I think the buddy you bring should also be in a wheelchair, Seska.
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Sparky1 - Jun 17, 2010 9:40:34 am PDT #22950 of 30000
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Ginger - Jun 17, 2010 9:43:58 am PDT #22951 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
So it's accessible, as long as you have someone to carry you up the stairs?
You can't have those handicapped people wandering around without a keeper. Who knows what they'll do?
sj - Jun 17, 2010 9:44:53 am PDT #22952 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I think the buddy you bring should also be in a wheelchair, Seska.
If I were on the right continent, I would totally go with you, with my crutches of course.
lisah - Jun 17, 2010 9:44:55 am PDT #22953 of 30000
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I think the buddy you bring should also be in a wheelchair, Seska.
I vote for this!
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jun 17, 2010 9:47:21 am PDT #22954 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I think the buddy you bring should also be in a wheelchair, Seska.
Genius idea! I completely know a few people who'd come along just to see the reaction, too. I occasionally go to the cinema and use my free 'carer' ticket for my friend Lisa. (She can carry drinks and popcorn - her hands work.) They look at her in the wheelchair, then at me on my walker, boggle for a minute, then hand over the tickets. We're always willing them to ask "Who's the carer," a question The Girl fundamentally objects to, but they're usually too distracted. Heh.
Calli - Jun 17, 2010 9:51:29 am PDT #22955 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
yes, it's accessible, but I can only attend if I bring a dedicated "buddy".
How dedicated does this "buddy" have to be? Do they need to hang on your every word, or will someone who gets the occasional Buffy reference do?
If I were on the right continent, I would totally go with you, with my crutches of course.
That would be perfect. Oh cruel geography!
I'd say laugh, attend, sue, and then write a book about it. My Journeys Among the Clueless—an Ongoing Saga.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jun 17, 2010 9:55:18 am PDT #22956 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Where is the conference?
It's being hosted at Kings College in London, although it's not their conference - it's a THATCamp thing. (If you weren't in the wrong country I'd totally bring you, sj!)
How dedicated does this "buddy" have to be?
I really don't know (and I'm certainly not going to talk to the hosts at Kings College to ask, as I'll end up getting angry/worried and not going), but the conference organizers have offered to provide their own person to be my "buddy". Since I'm not willing to be tailed by someone else throughout, I'm refusing!
ETA
My Journeys Among the Clueless—an Ongoing Saga.
I am stealing that title and making a fortune from that book, I hope you know.
sj - Jun 17, 2010 9:58:29 am PDT #22957 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
It's being hosted at Kings College in London, although it's not their conference - it's a THATCamp thing. (If you weren't in the wrong country I'd totally bring you, sj!)
Now I really really wish I was on the right continent.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jun 17, 2010 10:07:27 am PDT #22958 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
You need a European holiday, sj. I'm just saying.
meara - Jun 17, 2010 10:26:06 am PDT #22959 of 30000
I hate when people approaching me at high velocity from behind shriek "on your left" (or right). It makes me want to just stop in my tracks and cower in a small ball. I font care if it's the appropriate thing for them to be doing, it makes me whimper. High speed figuring put which is my left and which is my right and what I'm supposed to do with that info?? PANIC!!!