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From: Jeff.Salzberg@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Jeff Salzberg)
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Subject: Re: Disability Rat Stickers
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Date: 4 Jan 90 21:29:28 GMT
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 PG> Relative to your comment about leaving stickers on the cars of 
 PG> people who are large, short-tempered, and nearby, I had an 
 PG> incident once.

This message thread has inspired me to get off my duff and do something
I've long wanted to do.  As of yesterday morning, I am the proud owner
of 1,000 5.5" X 8.5" pieces of paper that say:

"You are parked in a space that is reserved for handicapped drivers only.  I
know that you were "only running in for a minute", but you should realize that
by parking here you may have seriously inconvenienced a disabled driver and
may even have prevented him or her from using this facility.

"If it were in my power, I would write you a ticket; as it is, I can only urge 
you to be more considerate in the future."

I printed 'em up on the laser printer at work, had Word Perfect draw a
box around 'em, and had 'em printed on blue paper so they (sorta) look
like parking tickets.

A few have already found a well-deserved place under the windshield
wipers of certain deserving vehicles.

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