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Skriven 2015-01-31 13:44:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: ailments & travel 111
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 01-27-15  22:27 <=-

 ML>> which is not handicapped-accessible (I bet foreigners
 ML>> get confused when they hear of non-accessible stations,
 ML>> so I try to remember not to use that terminology) and
 NB>> (probably... especially since it's a language shortcut.. it used to
 ML> Yep. Accssible to handicapped persons (persons with
 ML> disabilities > handicapped accessible > handicap accessible >
 ML> accessible. "What do you mean it's not accessible? It says
 ML> 'open,' doesn't it?"

Indeed.   :)

 NB>> take me up short when my son, then the architect, used that sort of
 NB>> language, or worse, spoke of ADA parking spots, or ADA entrances...)
 ML> I doubt the shorthandization saves much time or effort.

Basically it's jargon, only readily understood by a particular group...
and thereby not particularly accessible to others...  ;)

 ML>> had to hump my stuff down the stairs and off to the
 ML>> nearby Metro station, which of course was south of the
 ML>> troubles.
 NB>> So you survived, even with the change in accessibility (multiple
 NB>> meanings, there)...  ;)
 ML> To get down the stairs I held the stuff in my right (stronger)
 ML> hand and used the left to guide me down by the railing. It is
 ML> lucky that nobody decided to turn the corner from the tunnel
 ML> and barrel up the stairs without looking while I was doing this.

Indeed lucky... for both you and the potential someone... ;)
 
 ML>> I suppose if I wanted to heat something up, using one
 ML>> might add a lot of heat and not that much flavor, so
 ML>> it would be preferable to regular Habbies.
 NB>> Ah.   Apparently the ones Popeyes is using aren't giving heat or
 NB>> flavor to the winglets... judging from Dale's review...  :)
 ML> It's like these people are getting a milligram of the
 ML> pepper in a batter and then bragging that they've
 ML> eaten them "and they weren't that hot."

Illigitimate bragging rights, I'd say... (G)  Maybe it was just a bad
batch of them, though... I've had the regular spicy thigh not be
particularly spicy sometimes, and other times be right nice...  :)

ttyl        neb

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