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A moral dilema.



There is an event that I wish to attend, it doesn't happen often ( if ever ) & to miss it would be terrible. The tickets are for sale and all the best ones have gone. BUT right at the front there are a number of reserved seats for wheelchairs at the bargain price of ?10.00 inc. a seat for a helper/carer.


Now, rightly or wrongly I could use my "acquired" wheelchair to gain that special place right up front near the stage.


I so want to be there but do I do it ?


It is after all a rare opportunity & I could "front it out" if necessary.



Nette(?)

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Sadly no.


I got over the whole "take-that" thing first time round.


I saw Robbie close up a fair few times when he was going of the rails ( it wasn't pretty ) but that's another story for another day.


This event to me is way closer, more intimate. It is a cultural institution of a show that i'd kick myself ( with my newly broke foot, of course ) if I missed.


I'm sure as hell I won't, but where I sit is up for grabs.


Nette(!)

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katie1997 Wrote:

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> Tsk tsk, dear Ms Curtain.

>

> Only the best seats have gone? So go grab yourself

> a slightly inferior seat and enjoy, leave the ones

> at the front for those who are more unfortunate

> than you.


So, a NO from Katie (good girl) numbers.


BUT, I could be as unfortunate or fortunate ( in my view ) as them on the day.


Couldn't I ?


Nette(?)

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You would only get caught out...because 'the tapping of the feet' is an impossible thing to control at a Tom Jones gig Annette, only to then be named and shamed accross the Daily Mail and I suspect that if you didn't need a wheelchair going in there, you'll need one by the time you get out!


Having said that....a plaster cast on both legs beforehand might help.

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DJKillaQueen Wrote:

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> You would only get caught out...because 'the

> tapping of the feet' is an impossible thing to

> control at a Tom Jones gig Annette, only to then

> be named and shamed accross the Daily Mail and I

> suspect that if you didn't need a wheelchair going

> in there, you'll need one by the time you get

> out!

>

> Having said that....a plaster cast on both legs

> beforehand might help.



So I take it as a yes from DJKQ



Oh, & without doubt I would "immerse" myself in the role.


Casts & chairs and absolute knowledge of my condition would be pivotal on the day, after all who'd want to be outed in such a way.


Nette(!)

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Annette Curtain Wrote:

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> giggirl Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > NO

>

> NO but yes ?

>

>

> See, looking on another event in the same building

> on a different day, all the seats are gone.

>

> Though not one of the "special" seats are.

>

> Seems a waste, no ?

>

>

> Nette:-S


Then buy an ordinary seat further back and if, on the day itself, there is a wheelchair/carer space available at the front then take it. Is this at the South Bank? I've seen people moving forward into those spaces mid-concert before and the staff don't have a problem with that if they're not being used. I can't believe you're even considering posing in a wheelchair - it wrong.

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ianr Wrote:

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> Then you'll have to spend at least a couple of

> weeks trundling round ED in your wheelchair trying

> to re-establish your bona fides.


I know ianr.


This comes to mind


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/LittleBritain.jpg/220px-LittleBritain.jpg


I notice you haven't actually said No, in which case it's a YES then.


Nette(tu)

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Joe90 Wrote:

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> To be honest this whole thread simply smacks of

> attention seeking.

> What pillock in his right mind would feign

> disability ?


Well Joe


It doesn't actually say "Disabled" on the allocated seats, it says "wheel chair user"


So, if I use a wheelchair surely I qualify, no ?


Nette(!)

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Annette Curtain Wrote:

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> It doesn't actually say "Disabled" on the

> allocated seats, it says "wheel chair user"

>

> So, if I use a wheelchair surely I qualify, no ?




Hmmmmmm...now I know that you are just winding us all up! I should have known. Bad, bad, Nette.


*puts Nette across knee and gives her jolly good spanking*

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