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A graffiti artist gets in the last word.
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A nightclub's decision to turn away a disabled woman on crutches has been branded "absolutely ludicrous" by the Disability Rights Commission in the UK. Jennifer Bartle, 20, said she felt angry and humiliated after she was refused entry on the grounds that her crutches could be potential offensive weapons. Bartle, who suffers from a bone disease and cannot walk without her crutches, tried to get into the Hush Enigma Club in Newton Abbot, Devon. She was told she could go in if she handed in the crutches, which would be returned when she left. (Source: ThisIsLondon.co.uk)
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Pam Pasma of Whangarei stopped at her local service station to fill the car and a 9kg LPG bottle. "While the petrol gushed into the car, I lifted the empty gas bottle on to the scales, looking hopefully towards the office. When the attendant turned up after being fetched by the lady at the next pump (he assuring her that a little too much oil wouldn't hurt) he filled my gas bottle and hurried back inside. I am a 65-year-old, white-haired, 1.55m tall, 54kg female. You might even call me a little old lady. I did manage to lift the full bottle into the boot, but I do wonder why we call it the 'service' station."
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Dumb products: Stick-on scratches and rust stains are being used to deter thieves from nicking your new wheels. Or you could just buy an old rusty car for much less. (Source: Autounleashed.com)
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A reader writes: "I'm sure that neither the police highway patrol nor Land Transport NZ would approve but credit to the lads in the white ute in Albany on Wednesday night for displaying passion for the cause of the World Cup. Not only had they attached two All Blacks flags to the ute, these were on the windscreen wipers which were in full operation as they headed down Rosedale Rd, even though there was not a drop of rain to be had. Visibility may have been just a little restricted."
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Seems the Birkenhead bus driver who wouldn't let the teenage passenger on board because he didn't have change for her $10 note wasn't playing by the rules. This from the Stagecoach website: "Where any customer offers cash in payment of the fare to the operator which is in excess of the amount of the fare and for which the operator is unable to give the correct change, the customer shall be regarded as a customer unable to pay their fare. The customer shall give their name and address to the operator and shall pay the correct fare to the company at its office within seven days. If the customer fails within the seven days to pay the fare to the company, the company shall be entitled to charge such reasonable further sum by way of administrative fee as it shall from time to time determine and take such steps as it thinks reasonable to recover payment of fare and charge."
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Rajesh found a home-made Father's Day "certificate" from a child named Eamon to his Dad named Steve on Sunday morning at the corner of Ponsonby Rd and Picton St in the city. It is a laminated card with a child's blue palm print with four red stars. Call Rajesh on 021-2977-225 for its speedy return.
