Thursday, 29 August 2013

Car crashes, a short detour and mobility scooter riders



29 August 2013

On our way home from Brandon the other day we called in to a pub called the Coniston on the St Nicholas Park Estate.  It's a nice friendly pub and the pint of Pedi I had was really good.  Anyway - on the way home from there we had to turn around and find another route because of a crash on the corner of Higham Lane and St Nics Drive.  It wasn't too far a detour though and we were home only a couple of minutes later than we should have done.  Then yesterday I saw an item on a Facebook page about another road closure in town after yet another crash.

This one was on Avenue Road by Coton Arches.  Now then ... this one wasn't between two cars though; no, it was a car and a mobility scooter rider.  Nothing has been said about who was at fault yet  but the scooter rider was taken to hospital with injuries to her pelvis.  I won't repeat everything I've just posted on Facebook after the comments from one user, you can read for yourself here ...  http://www.nuneaton-news.co.uk/News/Road-closed-following-collision-20130828135426.htm 

The sort of comments made by Mr Gunn here is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to attitudes to the disabled.  Society seems to be going backwards not forward.  Back to the times when disabled people were shut away and never seen.  Back to when disabled people had no help and no voice.  Mr Gunn will not be able to move us back into the dark ages now that we are out of them; but he will find that his comments on Facebook will not be tolerated these days if he continues to make them.  Thing is, it's so sad that we have to go through all this again simple because someone can't see any further than the end of nose!

A change of direction here now.  Our son Tom is soon to be taken to Germany by a friend where he hopes to find a job and make a fresh start out there.  Jan is off to see him today, possibly for the last time.  I won't be bothering!  But Tom will need to buck up his ideas a good deal if he is to make it in Germany.  Not only will he need to learn German, his general attitude to life will need to be radically altered.  I can't see it happening and he'll be back here in Dorktown blaming everyone but himself yet again.  I hope he does make it work, but history is against him I'm afraid.

And so for a photo ... 

A small tortoiseshell butterfly.  

And for a funny I offer ...

Wife texts husband on a cold winters morning " Windows frozen" ........... Husband texts back, "pour some luke warm water over it"................... Wife texts back "computer completely f***ed now"    

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