Wheel Chairs

On Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:11:40 -0400, Tom K wrote:

On 3/18/11 7:12 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:


There are many people with heart conditions or respiratory conditions
that don't "look" handicapped, but they are just as much in need of a
wheelchair to board or disembark as those without limbs.


People with metal hips and knees too.

I have a metal hip. It creaks like an old aluminum door when Charles
bangs my fanny.

So *that's* what that racket is.

Get it fixed.
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Let's get this perfectly clear.

I'm not against the disabled using wheelchairs or any other device that
helps them enjoy the cruise.

Naturally there will not be enough wheelchairs or people to push them if
other selfish passengers order the cruise line to wheel them on ahead of
others and then walk, dance and run all over the ship until
disembarkation, when they suddenly become disabled again!


Gadget

On Sat, 19 Mar 2011 14:40:32 -0500, Jean O'Boyle wrote:

Walking long distances that are required while changing airport
gates are hardships on healthy people...

Actually, no.
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On Sat, 19 Mar 2011 13:08:16 -0700, Gadget World wrote:

Let's get this perfectly clear.

I'm not against the disabled using wheelchairs or any other device that
helps them enjoy the cruise.

Naturally there will not be enough wheelchairs or people to push them if
other selfish passengers order the cruise line to wheel them on ahead of
others and then walk, dance and run all over the ship until
disembarkation, when they suddenly become disabled again!

Gadget

LOL!

Got it, Gadget.

LOL!
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I never judge another person,i always say you do not know what is wrong
until you walk in their shoes





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I just thank good i do not need a wheel chair(yet) but when you hit 83
you never can tell,





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Made a mistake meant thank GOD i do not need a wheel chair,not thank
good





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On 3/18/2011 9:14 PM, Mark (SF) wrote:
In any event, I don't resent the people who use the wheelchairs.

I wouldn't trade places with the people who need them, nor with the
pathetic life of those who have so little self-worth that they
impersonate those who do.

Mark


Good answer!

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Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
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On 3/19/2011 3:08 PM, Gadget World wrote:
Let's get this perfectly clear.

I'm not against the disabled using wheelchairs or any other device that
helps them enjoy the cruise.

Naturally there will not be enough wheelchairs or people to push them if
other selfish passengers order the cruise line to wheel them on ahead of
others and then walk, dance and run all over the ship until
disembarkation, when they suddenly become disabled again!


At the Galveston cruise last January, we asked for the wheel chair for
my DH. The RCI employee had to check on the list that it had been
requested via special needs in advance and that his name was on the
list. When she found it, he got the chair.

I think this is a very fair way of handing out wheel chairs. Maybe all
cruise lines and terminals should follow this rule.

We also request a wheel chair in advance when booking air tickets.


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Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
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On 3/19/2011 3:42 PM, Chrissy Cruiser wrote:
On Sat, 19 Mar 2011 14:40:32 -0500, Jean O'Boyle wrote:

Walking long distances that are required while changing airport
gates are hardships on healthy people...

Actually, no.

My DH needs the wheel chair for walking long distances between gates. I
don't. I'm 64.

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Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.