Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 12/14/2004 9:45:03 A.M. Central Standard Time, cmbrow@wm.edu writes: In what sense? I don't believe that you feel that "handicapped" folk shouldn't own Hummers, or that the condition of being "handicapped" prohibits one from owning any sort of vehicle one chooses--so the irony can't reside there. It may be, considering that there's no visible marking on the license plate nor visible hangtag, that the Hummer's illegally parked, which does form an ironical juxtaposition, but it is impossible to discern this in the photo alone. Or, perhaps, finally, you intend to suggest that *anyone* who would buy a Hummer is in someway "handicapped," but it requires a far stretch or the imagination, I think, to light confidently on this interpretation: again, based solely on the image offered. Cheers, Chandos You asked, and I answered irony. As to whether handicapped shouldn't own hummers, I don't particularly care. It seemed an interesting and unusual vehicle for someone with a handicap to drive, especially since it takes a good deal of effort to hoist even a healthy body up and in. (I know a good deal about the subject of handicapped drivers.) It was parked quite legally with a hangtag on the mirror. Later I thought that a more interesting shot might have been with the 21mm head on. In my neck of the woods I see some strange vehicular sights, and when I see them, I shoot them; http://www.sonc.com/yellow_flathead_yellow_boats1.htm http://www.sonc.com/orange.htm http://www.sonc.com/hootenanny.htm http://www.sonc.com/hootenanny.htm http://www.sonc.com/paw2/motor3.htm Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane ?galit?, libert?, crawfish