Is Heather McCartney disabled?

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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    dunkman wrote:
    Oui!


    what kinda bite was i after?? :confused: i'm afraid you've lost me on that one

    Not as confused as me! :p I'm tired now, and you've already made my head hurt!

    Your comment was inflammatory. I suspect you posted it hoping for a bite from someone. Hmmm......maybe my head's not so bad after all!! :o

    Must be the garlic and crucifix protecting me from you!! ;)
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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    Jeanie wrote:
    Your comment was inflammatory. I suspect you posted it hoping for a bite from someone. Hmmm......maybe my head's not so bad after all!! :o


    nah, not inflammatory... jocular in tone yes... but it wasnt meant to inflame... it was meant to give the reader a chuckle rather than get morbidly obese people to come at me online.. which makes me think:-

    do morbidly obese people have keyboards with bigger keys to allow their fat fingers room to type? ;)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    dunkman wrote:
    nah, not inflammatory... jocular in tone yes... but it wasnt meant to inflame... it was meant to give the reader a chuckle rather than get morbidly obese people to come at me online.. which makes me think:-

    do morbidly obese people have keyboards with bigger keys to allow their fat fingers room to type? ;)

    Gee I don't know dunk. Did they have to make the doorways bigger at your house to fit you and your ego through at the same time? ;)

    I guess I just think it's not so funny. Sorry.:( Bit of a personal bug bear of mine. I just think all things considered, that the kind of comments I see people making about fat people would be howled down if they were talking about some one's race or sex. And I would say disability but judging from this thread, some folks aren't so concerned about being offensive to the disabled either. Anyhoo, perhaps I'm too tired to be here in this space tonight. I should stick to Happiness I think. Much more pleasant over there. :)
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  • dunkman
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    Jeanie wrote:
    Gee I don't know dunk. Did they have to make the doorways bigger at your house to fit you and your ego through at the same time? ;)

    i have a standard size ego... its yours that is too small ;)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    dunkman wrote:
    i have a standard size ego... its yours that is too small ;)

    Maybe. :)
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  • even flow?
    even flow? Posts: 8,066
    dunkman wrote:
    well she is a registered disabled person and therefore has a blue badge on her car(s) that enables her to use disabled parking zones...

    fair enough so far...

    but she is soon to appear on the US version of Strictly Come Dancing (celebrity people do ball dancing/tango/salsa/etc) and so i believe a disabled group near London are asking for her to have her disabled badge revoked.



    Sir Paul McCartney's estranged wife Heather Mills' forthcoming appearance on "Dancing with the Stars" has angered a disabled group in her native Britain, which claims her ability to dance means she is able-bodied.

    Mills wears a prosthetic limb after she lost her left leg below the knee following a 1993 road accident in London.

    After the charity campaigner confirmed she would be a contestant on the show next month, the Federation of Disabled People claims she has no right to use the blue disabled badge on her Mercedes car, which gives users priority parking in public places and in car parks.

    The Federation's spokesperson Kathy Gordon says, "Clearly she has mobility so she should refrain from using the badge. It's not fair on other disabled people."

    To be fair. Her partner is Larry Flint. ;)
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  • dunkman
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    A journalist asks Paul McCartney if he'll ever go down on one knee again.
    Paul replies 'I'd prefer if you called her Heather.'
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    So anyway, back to disabled parking.

    I have a disabled parking permit, which in order to get I had to have an illness or disability that qualified me and I had to get forms attesting to this signed and delivered from my doctor. Which I then passed on to my local council, who then approve or disapprove my request. So I qualified.
    And like Heather and tooferz I may not appear disabled to the average person on the street. BUT I don't feel guilty about how it looks to other people. Fact is that my life is all about energy conservation, and if parking a little closer to the building, and more importantly being able to return laden with packages to somewhere closer makes it a little easier for me to conserve energy that I can then use for other things, LIKE actually shopping then so be it. I don't care if it doesn't look like I need it. That was a decision dictated by my condition, my doctor and the council. And a very necessary thing it is in my life too. So next time you see someone parked in a disabled park with a sticker and they don't seem disabled enough to you maybe have a rethink about that. And save your spleen for the people who park in the parks that don't have a sticker. Now there's something to get mad about.
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  • Jeanie
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    Our very own Olympic swimming hero and all round Aussie legend, was also vilified for having a disabled parking permit and then have the temerity to participate on Dancing With The Stars here. Perhaps its a world wide conspiracy?

    I say dance on ladies, and park with your permits wherever you are allowed to. :)

    And those that feel hard done by, well sorry that some of us don't look and behave "disabled" enough for you. Sad to think that there's a pecking order in the disabled community too.
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  • tybird
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    even flow? wrote:
    To be fair. Her partner is Larry Flint. ;)
    Too bad, George Wallace (the white governor, not the comedian) is dead...eh?
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  • Restless Soul
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    decides2dream wrote:
    and in regards to ms. mills...honestly, i have no idea. just b/c the woman can manage to dance with her prosthetic limb, does that mean she is no longer 'dsabled'...? i would simply say it proves nicely for her that she has adjusted VERY well to her handicap...and that's wonderful.


    This is what I thought. Everyone knows her fake leg is a genuine disability. It's still a disability even if she can dance. I bet lots of disabled people would also be supportive of her doing this show because I think a lot of disabled people are seen as disabled first and people second, and heather turns that around. Everyone knows she has this disability but it doesn't define her (but then again, I suppose it helps being famous for other reasons!)
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  • Heatherj43
    Heatherj43 Posts: 1,254
    To me, "disabled" sounds like "not able". I prefer "handicapped". I don't feel all people with handicaps need these special parking spaces. I am disabled...the government's term for me, but I can walk just fine. I cannot imagine getting one of those passes to park. My handicap has nothing to do with walking...actually walking is good for me.
    As for Heather McCartney, that is her choice. I would guess that it would tough to walk in snow and ice. I don't think any of us can walk in her shoes, no pun intended, and know what is needed.
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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    Heatherj43 wrote:
    To me, "disabled" sounds like "not able". I prefer "handicapped". I don't feel all people with handicaps need these special parking spaces. I am disabled...the government's term for me, but I can walk just fine. I cannot imagine getting one of those passes to park. My handicap has nothing to do with walking...actually walking is good for me.
    As for Heather McCartney, that is her choice. I would guess that it would tough to walk in snow and ice. I don't think any of us can walk in her shoes, no pun intended, and know what is needed.

    It's funny isn't it Heather because I prefer disabled. :) Interesting how we all view ourselves differently.

    I guess the thing is that if you felt that you needed the parking permit you would apply for it or your doctor would suggest that you apply. And the fact is that not everybody that has a disability that applies for a permit gets one. You do have to qualify. There are certain requirements. Unfortunately it would appear that not everybody understands this. But you are exactly right Heather, no one can walk in another persons shoes. And I think the most important thing is that everyone strive to remember that. :)
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  • Heatherj43
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    Jeanie wrote:
    It's funny isn't it Heather because I prefer disabled. :) Interesting how we all view ourselves differently.

    I guess the thing is that if you felt that you needed the parking permit you would apply for it or your doctor would suggest that you apply. And the fact is that not everybody that has a disability that applies for a permit gets one. You do have to qualify. There are certain requirements. Unfortunately it would appear that not everybody understands this. But you are exactly right Heather, no one can walk in another persons shoes. And I think the most important thing is that everyone strive to remember that. :)
    LOL! That is probably why no one knows what is pc about this. We all do have our own preferences. I could likely get my doc to have me meet the requirements, but I know I don't really need a pass, so I would never get one unless really needed.
    For the people who do get one, only they know why and if its really needed and I don't think its always visible to the rest of us why someone may have one, and they may really need it, but we don't know their story....and I leave it at that. Its their business and they have to look themselves in the mirror everyday.
    As i said, walking is good for me, and I am so called 'disabled".
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  • Nothingman54
    Nothingman54 Posts: 2,251
    I thought her name was Ilean?
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  • decides2dream
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    Nothingman54 wrote:
    I thought her name was Ilean?


    that is just so bad...it's funny. :p
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  • Cuntified C
    Cuntified C Posts: 114
    She was a glamour model and she got into a car accident in which she injured her leg so badly, they had to amputate. So yes, she is disabled. She was in the public eye for a long time before she got married to paul mccartney. She used the publicity she'd got from the accident to try to raise awareness about landmines, then she got married and divorced and all she's known for now is being a money grabbing bitch...I find that strange...

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