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In message , Helen Deborah
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In the dark and p***ing rain, sitting in a chair facing traffic at 8pm
on a Sunday night, there are few buses and it's normal to want to stay
within sight of the driver. He could see I was in the chair.


Many people wait by the bus stop and don't necessarily want that
particular bus. Sometimes one does need to ask (even) for the obvious.
What's obvious to one isn't always obvious to another.


Two of us, (one in a wheelchair, one out) waving arms (with reflective
piping on all sleeves) at the only bus approaching a bus stop isn't
obvious to the driver? How else should we attract attention?


Ah! You didn't mention that in the original post. I would definitely
agree that that is sufficient form of attention seeking (although I can
think of more distracting things to do, I wouldn't necessarily think
them appropriate on a British street...).


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Ah! You didn't mention that in the original post. I would definitely
agree that that is sufficient form of attention seeking (although I can
think of more distracting things to do, I wouldn't necessarily think
them appropriate on a British street...).


It was *far* too clod and wet for me to strip naked...

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On Sun, 25 Nov 2007, Helen Deborah Vecht wrote:

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Ah! You didn't mention that in the original post. I would definitely
agree that that is sufficient form of attention seeking (although I can
think of more distracting things to do, I wouldn't necessarily think
them appropriate on a British street...).


It was *far* too clod and wet for me to strip naked...


Also, unless you've got retroreflective nipples, this might not even have
been more distracting.

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