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To: devane617
Let me tell you this quick story....

there's a fellow at work...very nice,btw...who has some kind of a deformed limb...

he always walked around for his job...

but know he gets this little scooter to take him around, and if he needs to get up, he does so easily...

he told me a few weeks ago what he did one night....

went out and line danced the entire night away....every single dance!

so tell me.....why is he using that electric chair?

5 posted on 03/02/2004 2:05:01 PM PST by cherry
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To: cherry
so tell me.....why is he using that electric chair?

He might be a malingerer.

OR, he might actually have a disability that allows him to pursue normal activities part of the time (including dancing the night away occasionally).

Remember that golfer, Casey Martin, who had a deformed leg and something called KTW syndrome? He could participate in normal activities; yet prolonged standing or walking was painful and potentially dangerous for him.

NOT that I'm in favor exceptions to PGA rules for Martin -- nor for taxpayers having to foot the bill for power wheelchairs.

11 posted on 03/02/2004 2:48:17 PM PST by shhrubbery!
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