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Roses are red,

Started by: bumkin (102)

Roses are red,
Disabled badges are blue,
I pay for parking
Why dont you.

Posted by: the_gwim_weaper (11959)

Posted by: townofmemories (3261)

They have bad luck,
They have ill health,
So why don't you,
Go and shoot your daft self?

Posted by: walshy76 (2020)

Posted by: elmos (913)

don't start a witch hunt of blue badge holders again.

Posted by: townofmemories (3261)

I understand some milk it. But my father in law now has one, he's had a stroke, my grandparents both needed them due to broken bones in old age, and being unable to walk far. So although I do understand not everyone is honest, the ones that fake it are ruining it for the minority.

Posted by: bumkin (102)

I Pay for parking, why dont you.

Posted by: townofmemories (3261)

I hope you never have a stroke then, or lose your mobility. I assume, even if you do, you won't be applying for one? It's not the blue badge holders fault car parks carry a charge, so why not take it up with carpark owners?

Posted by: joseph 1 (9113)

You have done this before Bumkin, and it was boring then.

Posted by: walshy76 (2020)

Roses are red,
Disabled badges are blue,
I pay for parking
Why dont you

Posted by: xxstuartxx (2266)

Rose are red,
Violets are blue,
I'm a schizophrenic,
and so am I.

Posted by: joseph 1 (9113)

Well that's four of us!

Posted by: dustaf (11923)

Rose are red,
Violets are blue,
I've got amnesia
da dum de dum de dum.

Posted by: gemfree (169)

Rose are red,
Violets are blue,
Bumkins a troll
And is causing more pooh

Posted by: dustaf (11923)

Rose are red,
Violets are blue,
I've sleep apnoea
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Posted by: xxstuartxx (2266)

Rose are red,
Violets are blue,
Some poems rhyme,
This one doesn't.

Posted by: dustaf (11923)

Posted by: walshy76 (2020)

Rose are red,
Violets are blue,
Bumkins a tosser
thats what we think of you

Posted by: dustaf (11923)

Guess who copied and pasted the first two lines of Stuart's schizophrenic one.

It's roses

Posted by: walshy76 (2020)

guilty

Posted by: dustaf (11923)

So's Stuart.

Unless he wrote it wrong twice.

Posted by: townofmemories (3261)

Dustaf, you also made the "Rose" error in your post... See 20:20

Posted by: dustaf (11923)

Hence the blushing smilies 20:32.

Posted by: dustaf (11923)

I used the same 'paste' at 20:11 too.

Even I make mistakes you know.

Posted by: owd dave (2657)

i have a disabled badge simply because when i have a severe problem with my COPD i cant get my breath, luckily this only happens once or twice a year and that is the only time that i take up a disabled space,but i must say having the badge has made me more aware of the people who use them,sometimes i feel that badges are used by people who dont own them, ive seen young people jump from vehicles and run into supermarkets etc and you know that they are not disabled its these people who get the real disabled a bad name.

Posted by: walshy76 (2020)

I hope you never have a stroke then, or lose your mobility

i do

Posted by: xxstuartxx (2266)

Tough crowd.

Posted by: swifty (212)

comments totally justified i think

Posted by: walshy76 (2020)

not tough enough on subjects like this

Posted by: marieg (190)

The question of why blue badge holders don't pay could be something to do with choice. An able bodied person can choose to walk to where they want to go or catch a bus into town then walk to the shops. For those with walking difficulties they have no other choice than to park a car as near as possible to where they want to go.

Posted by: walshy76 (2020)

true marie

but thanks to lazy inconsiderate people that doesn't always happen

Posted by: bassman (1006)

I have no problem at all paying to park my car because the bays are usually in a position to help me....if you have a bee in your bonnet about blue badges go and sit in your car and tell the abled bodied arsholes who park in the same bays...Idon't wish invalidity on anyone but statements like yours push the boundaries...

Posted by: xxstuartxx (2266)

comments totally justified i think

not tough enough on subjects like this

I'm refering to the letter 's' on the word Rose.

Posted by: tracey (273)

Owd Dave,

Please don't think Im asking you to disclose any other health problems you may have other than COPD, Im just asking if you don't mind, is it solely the COPD that you have your blue badge for?

Posted by: danni (21233)

Roses are red
Violets are Blue....

Posted by: owd dave (2657)

tracy no i am also athsmatic so when one or the other kicks in its oxygen time.

Posted by: --oy-- (330)

Hmmm...

bumkin doesn't seem to be suggesting here that disabled people shouldn't get preferential parking space allocation. I.e a guaranteed parking space close to amenities. The issue seems to be payment.

Does being disabled mean that you should also get your parking for free? Does a disability automatically mean you are on a low income? If so, shouldn't others on a low income get their parking free too, but in a regular parking space? If not, why not?

I don't have the answers - but it raises some interesting questions.

Posted by: owd dave (2657)

quite right oy im not without money just breath at times and then thats when i need to be close to my destination, but i am quite willing to pay in fact when im bad and all the spaces are taken i would willingly pay double so as not to be gasping in front of other people.

Posted by: gricer (1983)

Threads like this always expose the element with the atitude that If I have not got it, neither should anyone else have it!

Posted by: walshy76 (2020)

Does a disability automatically mean you are on a low income

NO

Posted by: walshy76 (2020)

Threads like this always expose the element with the atitude that If I have not got it, neither should anyone else have it

true that

Posted by: billy (11609)

roses are red, violets are blue,
call em bastards afore they call you.

Posted by: walshy76 (2020)

just another example of a coward that start a sensitive thread,because they have nothing else better to do,and then doesnt reply

Posted by: billy (11609)

whats new walshy mate.?

Posted by: bingbongbillabong (17)

I agree with the badges but quite rightly why shouldn't holders pay (people on low income have to pay) what next free bus rides for blue badge holders. I am 100% behind having priority parking closer to amenities. they really help people with disabilites. (slightly off track but) what I can't stand is the idiots who park there when clearly there is nothing wrong with them - that's not saying that you can always tell by looking what illness's & disabilities people have. I mean builders vans parking in these bays at supermarkets for example. don't get me started on parent & child places as well. these spaces should be monitered and fines in place for pepole who use them just because they're lazy.

Posted by: the_gwim_weaper (11959)

Well put, Bing.

Posted by: georgina13 (438)

its the same for parent and child parkin how many times do people park in one of those spots and do not have kids.. same thing.

Posted by: peawapp (979)

I am in possesion of a blue badge which I rarely use,I suffer from angina and heart problems and once in Blackpool I was abused by of all people a parking attendant, when I pointed out to him that just because I wasn't limping it didn't mean that I didn't need a blue badge,he said anyone can tell lies to a doctor. how appalling anyway I said to him "go and get yourself stuffed you moron and get yourself a proper job, but this is why I dont use my badge much even though I am perfectly entitled to do so.

Posted by: bingbongbillabong (17)

Peawapp that's shocking, if you need to, use your badge!! like you said you're entitled to, don't let people like him get to you. :( horrible man

Posted by: townofmemories (3261)

Does that mean that everyone should pay for prescriptions too? Because some folk can get them free?

Posted by: bingbongbillabong (17)

well I'm on incapacity benefit and I have to pay for presciptions even though I need regular medication. I know those on low income get them free and people with certain medical conditions but hey that's life. what I mean is that a lot of people with disabilities can afford parking but do need the spaces closer to wherever they need to go. so maybe a means tested system would be better to decide who should pay or be exempt from parking charges. or maybe make everybody pay but drop the charges in general so eveyone benefits. see I could be prime minister and do a better job :)

Posted by: tracey (273)

Thanks owd dave,

I was just asking as I have C.O.P.D, Asthma and Angina and can't get anything coz I live with my partner, Im not at the stage of the oxygen just yet, (inhalers and Nebulizer) I can't even get an exemption certificate for prescriptions which at the moment is costing me an arm and a leg, but my arms and legs won't be much use to them in a couple of years

Thanks for replying.

Posted by: aspuller (1835)

Bumkin,I have a Blue Badge,along with COPD affecting me almost 24/7.I also have two other serious conditions but I won't bore everyone with the details.I don't know you, but I would swap your health for mine any day of the week.Heres hoping that you never need a Blue Badge.

Posted by: bingbongbillabong (17)

well tracey, under my government your conditions would make you exempt from paying prescription charges

Posted by: bumkin (102)

Sorry for all these serious conditions.But not the point,Purses and wallets have got a serious condition DONT OPEN.

Posted by: walshy76 (2020)

serious condition

lets hope you get one

Posted by: owd dave (2657)

Tracy i cant see why living with your partner should stop you getting a badge have you asked your doctor for help, also before i finished work i needed lots of medication so i got a twelve month perscription its a lot cheaper.

Posted by: aspuller (1835)

bumkin,your last post says far more about you than any badge holder on WW. I'll leave it there !

Posted by: tracey (273)

Ive just purchased a pre payment certificate, my Doctor says, that they are not very forth coming at giving medical exemption certificates out, as they get slapped on the hands

I had no alternative but to return to work after 2 years of not being able to claim a penny, just could not afford to stay out of work, my partner was having to keep me and his elderly mother. I take my meds and Nebulize before and after work (during if needed).
I have been told I will be completely housebound by the time I am 54, I am now 44, well they won't give me anything, I'll be damned if they think Im gonna give them the satisfaction of predicting my lifespan!!

Posted by: cindy (2414)

Got to take my Mother to hospital next week she has a Blue Badge, Am I allowed to park in the pay & display area on the road & Will I need to pay.

Posted by: megsmum (53)

If there are spaces on the main road (Wigan Lane)- you will not need to pay. In fact these places are often closer than the designated disabled places in the hospital. These are roadside places and carry the same regulations as those elsewhere in Wigan. But don't park round the corner (Clifton Cres?) they are residential places for residents of WN2 permit holders only.

Posted by: cindy (2414)

Thanks megsmum

Posted by: peawapp (979)

I have been into Leigh this morning and because I felt O.K. I left the disabled bays free and parked my car in an ordinary bay on my return there was a council van parked next to me without displaying a valid parking ticket,he was also parked on the line and he had knocked my wing mirror in.I dont know wether or not he is allowed to park free cos he drives a council van,but he shouldn't be neither should he be allowed to use the car park,they should be made to pay like everyone else, after all they get handsomely paid for what they do

Posted by: gricer (1983)

p0eawapp

Council workers on the lowest rates are not well paid, the lowest rate only just being above the minimum wage. Only those at the top in managerial posts above a certain scale are well paid!

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