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... to expect people who use parent & baby car parking spaces to have children with them?

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fryalot · 05/02/2007 15:11

Or am I the only who gets fed up of waiting for a space because they are all filled with lazy b***ds who can't be bothered to walk an extra yard?

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fryalot · 06/02/2007 18:53

Thank you bo. I've been on mn for a while (in various different guises) but have never managed to cause such offence before. I'm not generally an insensitive or nasty person anyway, I'll give the bmc a miss for now

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LittleBoSheep · 06/02/2007 18:51

Squonk - forgiven and I am SURE this thread is not the last time you will say something on here that upsets someone - there are some very strong personalities on mumsnet and the impersonality of being online seems to make people more outspoken than perhaps they would be in the street.

Yesterday I got a virtual kicking on this thread and on another thread where I made a flippant (joking) remark about "career mums"

God I hope they are not this blunt in RL - how dull to be so stressed all the time LOL

Custy makes me laugh though - I seem to remember a comment about admiring peoples fugly children the other day (I chuckled about that for a while)

bobalinga · 06/02/2007 18:42

Bit harsh there Custardo. I'm also disabled and in a wheelchair with DD in a wheelchair These things are vital when it comes to do what normal people do without thinking, get into a shop.

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fryalot · 06/02/2007 18:41

I am ashamed, bo; very very ashamed and I am truly sorry for my flippant and misjudged remarks concerning hair products. Can I please be forgiven or do I have to join the bmc?

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LittleBoSheep · 06/02/2007 18:24

I meant "been amazed"

LittleBoSheep · 06/02/2007 18:24

Oh well their website isn?t working properly?.shame I was reading and interesting thread from someone who had just amazed by a fight in their office!

Squonk - All the years of support hair gel has given us girls and the second you get a whiff of wax you are off?you should be ashamed of yourself?so fickle.

Ahh cats....the only nice cat is a squashed cat (if anyone gets annoyed with me about that I have to warn you I will PMSL)

Twinklemegan · 06/02/2007 18:09

Ah - completely missed that one

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fryalot · 06/02/2007 18:07
Wink
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yellowrose · 06/02/2007 18:03

now what was it the oap said to the guinea pig ?

or was it the bishop to the lady boy ?

misdee · 06/02/2007 18:02

twinklemegan, because f the third post on this sunject.

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fryalot · 06/02/2007 17:59

not kittens because they tend to stick in my teeth, and I only eat the really really cute ones with the big brown eyes that look up at you and say "take me home, I'm a nice dog, woof". If you enjoyed this, watch out for my next thread, not going to tell you what it will be called but it will involve a blind man, an oap, a rabid, hunted fox and a guinea pig.

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yellowrose · 06/02/2007 17:56

squonk - it's not your fault - ALL threads about one thing turn into a thread about something else - that is the beauty of MN

now - how many days old were those puppies you ate ? why not kittens ? i eat those in my spare time - lol

reminds me of blackadder and the
Baby-Eating Bishop of Bath

Twinklemegan · 06/02/2007 17:50

I couldn't understand why popcorn and hard hats would be required for such an innocent sounding thread. Now I see and I gather it's not the first time, but how does a thread about parent and child spaces turn into an argument about disability??

ItsMeMellowma · 06/02/2007 17:48

Thanks...I think (again)!!

Squonk re: eating puppies, I may have to start a new thread about that one

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fryalot · 06/02/2007 17:32

I think I may have to change mine to "Squonkeatscutepuppies" - I didn't even mean to offend the parkers-in-p&c spaces.

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bumblebeee · 06/02/2007 17:31

It's not a personal attack mellow
If you do it after 6.30 I would guess most kids are eating their tea and it wouldn't bother anyone

ItsMeMellowma · 06/02/2007 17:21

thanks bumblebee & squonk - shall I change my name...mellowignoramous??

not .....

bumblebeee · 06/02/2007 17:20

I know squonk - it seems to have got a bit lost tho....!

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fryalot · 06/02/2007 17:17

Bumblebee - that was my point.

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bumblebeee · 06/02/2007 17:14

I think the real debate is not between who's worse off the disabled or mother's with babies but the fact that people with neither a disability nor a child park in the spaces allocated for them. I think those people are plain ignorant..

2shoes · 06/02/2007 17:07

custardo

PeachyClair · 06/02/2007 17:05

There's a severe lack of disabled aprking here (in Cwmbran, rarely go to Newport). They don't charge for parking. so poeple all head for the same car park.

I've never seen a disabled bay free, or a P&T.

For the record, even when I get (I pray!) a blue badge, I would always allow someone with a wheelchair to park in preference as there is a difference between difficult (my situation) and damned impossible. My Nan could only walk for 3 minutes ata time, when the Disabled bays were taken (usually by police cars for some bizarre reason) that was it.

Internet shooping is fab, used to rely on it, but a nightmare with allergy diets to cater for.

yellowrose · 06/02/2007 17:01

custardo - the reason i and the other MILLION ??? or so mention disabled parking is because IMO it is so much more difficult for a disabled person to get into a shop than it is for an able mum with able kids. worse still if you are disabled or have a child that is.

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fryalot · 06/02/2007 17:01

3nad: I know what I said to upset everyone, I just didn't mean to and I'm sorry

Little Bo: You're using the WRONG hair product - how bl**dy dare you!!!!! Don't you CARE?????

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LittleBoSheep · 06/02/2007 16:59

I found online shopping great but then I did get it delivered on the cheap days of the week when they are obviously not so busy.