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hansel 01-25-2016 11:36 AM

Big thanks from a disabled vet
 
I just wanted to thank the person who left the note on my car at the seabreeze rec center on saturday. I am so very happy you are watching my car and will continue to do so to verify if i am disabled and have a disabled placard. My suggestion is that you call the department of motor vehicles or better yet the local police before you leave harassing notes on a car. No need to thank me for my service your "nice" note said it all.
Purple heart recipient vet nam 1967.

tomwed 01-25-2016 12:24 PM

I'm grateful for your service.
Don't let the one or two knuckleheads in the crowd ruin your day.
Besides, if everyone who was grateful left a note on your car, your windshield wipers would get bent.

Madelaine Amee 01-25-2016 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by hansel (Post 1177211)
I just wanted to thank the person who left the note on my car at the seabreeze rec center on saturday. I am so very happy you are watching my car and will continue to do so to verify if i am disabled and have a disabled placard. My suggestion is that you call the department of motor vehicles or better yet the local police before you leave harassing notes on a car. No need to thank me for my service your "nice" note said it all.
Purple heart recipient vet nam 1967.

This is beyond disgraceful. I know there are some real a...............s living here, but this is unbelievable. What a pity you did not return to your car in time to confront the ignoramus who did this to you.

Please allow me to thank you for your service.

redwitch 01-25-2016 01:37 PM

Did you forget to display your placard? I can understand someone wanting to protect the handicapped spots from abuse and, hopefully, this was the case here even though it sounds like a kinder note could have been left. Having lived with a disabled mother, I sincerely appreciated those who cared enough to make sure someone was entitled to park in a handicapped spot. Sorry, just not enough facts given to condemn anyone.

CritterLover 01-25-2016 01:42 PM

Mean, miserable people suck. Thank you for your service!

graciegirl 01-25-2016 01:55 PM

Thank you for your service and please don't think twice about some unkind and nasty person.


If I had been there, I would have smacked them good.

Polar Bear 01-25-2016 02:06 PM

Thank you for your service. But I have to admit I had the same question as redwitch.

BobnBev 01-25-2016 02:24 PM

WELCOME HOME, BROTHER. Glad you're here.:wave:

RickeyD 01-25-2016 02:31 PM

Leaving notes on anyone's car is generally creepy.

hansel 01-25-2016 03:04 PM

Posted this also on a Village facebook page and it was removed by I guess the facebook page administrator. WOW.................:doh:

hansel 01-25-2016 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by redwitch (Post 1177288)
did you forget to display your placard? I can understand someone wanting to protect the handicapped spots from abuse and, hopefully, this was the case here even though it sounds like a kinder note could have been left. Having lived with a disabled mother, i sincerely appreciated those who cared enough to make sure someone was entitled to park in a handicapped spot. Sorry, just not enough facts given to condemn anyone.

state issued disabled license plate

hansel 01-25-2016 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by polar bear (Post 1177299)
thank you for your service. But i have to admit i had the same question as redwitch.

state issued disabled license plate.

Polar Bear 01-25-2016 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by hansel (Post 1177326)
state issued disabled license plate.

That sure shows it. No excuse for leaving note.

Thanks again!!

Mikeod 01-25-2016 04:08 PM

Sounds like another of those who feel they can tell just by looking if someone is disabled or not. If they observed you entering or leaving your vehicle, it's kind of cowardly to leave a note instead of asking you in person. Then they'd just be really rude instead of what they showed themselves to be.

Inexes@aol.com 01-25-2016 04:21 PM

Thank you for your service. Some people have nothing better to do with their time than mind other people's business.

tomwed 01-25-2016 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by hansel (Post 1177320)
Posted this also on a Village facebook page and it was removed by I guess the facebook page administrator. WOW.................:doh:

Any idea why?

hansel 01-25-2016 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by tomwed (Post 1177451)
Any idea why?

No idea, Posting was pretty much the same as on here, no offensive language and no threats. I am waiting to hear from the administrator. Supposedly she is going to send me a message tonight.She pointed the finger at someone else. I am banking on hearing NOTHING.

Nucky 01-25-2016 07:20 PM

You've gotta be kidding. All you did was risk your life and dedicate years of your life for our country and this idiot leaves you a note like that, they have no rite to touch your property. You owe nobody any explanation at all for parking in a handicapped spot even if you went inside and forgot your placard. They have no rite to play Barney Fife and question you at all. People really have gotten outta hand. You know the one who left that note is probably up to their necks in illegal activities and is trying to cover it up by messing with you. Like Gracie said They deserve a good smack down but then again they might like it. Bastards! Thank for making the way we live our lives possible. With all Respect.

hansel 01-25-2016 08:50 PM

Thanks

Farmay 01-26-2016 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by CritterLover (Post 1177291)
Mean, miserable people suck. Thank you for your service!

Yeah you are right about it.

hansel 01-26-2016 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by hansel (Post 1177455)
No idea, Posting was pretty much the same as on here, no offensive language and no threats. I am waiting to hear from the administrator. Supposedly she is going to send me a message tonight.She pointed the finger at someone else. I am banking on hearing NOTHING.

Told that by posting the comment I was accusing someone in the face book group. Basically she was more concerned if I still had the note and if I was in the wrong. Good face book group to avoid.

outlaw 01-26-2016 08:55 AM

Dang! Talk about a mob mentality. Lot's of vitriol. If you're really that bad off that you need a handicap permit, then sorry for your inconvenience. You can blame the many placard users that hop out of their car and walk briskly into the stores for an hour of shopping, or the placard users that take up a HC spot while their 25 yo son runs into the convenience store. HC parking has exploded in this country. It is either because of abuse of the system, or the USA has become a very unhealthy country. Definitely more enforcement and scrutiny is needed in this area. BTW, before you tell me that this is my imagination, the government announced it is going to increase scrutiny of SS disability claimants due to suspicion of fraud and abuse.

hansel 01-26-2016 09:11 AM

You are 100% right, lots of folks using the system. I earned my disabled from a Purple Heart. Worked 30 plus years until my injuries won out.

Jima64 01-26-2016 09:39 AM

thankyou
 
Thank you from another vet of that same era. SOme people can be very self rightous about things. hopefully they will see this posting and man up to it. People have it so good now they forget what it used to be like.

blueeagle65 01-26-2016 09:50 AM

Totally inexcusable if your handicapped placard or license plate were visible.

cquick 01-26-2016 10:45 AM

I am sorry someone left a note on your car. Why would they? If you were parked in a handicapped parking space, and you have disabled license plate, you do not need a placard on your mirror. We have the plate, so we don't have to use the placard.

hansel 01-26-2016 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by cquick (Post 1177685)
I am sorry someone left a note on your car. Why would they? If you were parked in a handicapped parking space, and you have disabled license plate, you do not need a placard on your mirror. We have the plate, so we don't have to use the placard.

Exactly what I can't figure out. Got the PLATE, parked in ONE space. If someone though I was don't something illegal call the local police. I don't use a placard since in my prior development in NJ someone stole it through the sunroof.
All kinds of people on this earth......

birdawg 01-26-2016 12:27 PM

Thanks for your service.

Nucky 01-26-2016 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by blueeagle65 (Post 1177653)
Totally inexcusable if your handicapped placard or license plate were visible.

It's still excusable. What if a severely handicapped person forgot to hang the placard on the rear view mirror for whatever reason. The person who notices this epic event should feel free to observe but not approach the forgetful person. Back up & think. If it is so ground shaking that you find the need to share your undercover work I think the best move would be to call someone who has the AUTHORITY to question the criminal parking spot offender. You, the undercover bonehead investigator are not that person. People's lives are rough enough put your time into trying to help someone less fortunate than yourself.

outlaw 01-26-2016 03:27 PM

I don't think there is a law that makes leaving a nonthreatening note on someone's windshield illegal....yet.

cquick 01-26-2016 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by hansel (Post 1177715)
Exactly what I can't figure out. Got the PLATE, parked in ONE space. If someone though I was don't something illegal call the local police. I don't use a placard since in my prior development in NJ someone stole it through the sunroof.
All kinds of people on this earth......

Don't let them cause you any discomfort! You are doing great! Keep it up! You have all of our support!


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