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#1 Apparelyzed

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Posted 14 October 2009 - 02:12 PM

Mobility scooter in hit-and-run

An 85-year-old woman has had to undergo surgery after being hit in a town centre by a woman riding a mobility scooter who failed to stop. :hug:

The woman had been walking past Marks and Spencer in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, at about 1250 BST on Saturday when she was hit.

Police said the injured woman broke her hip and arm and had other injuries to her leg.

She underwent surgery and is now said to be in a "comfortable" condition.

Officers urged anyone who saw the scooter rider to contact them.

She was described as white with shoulder-length hair and wearing a light-coloured top. The scooter was red.

Pc Derya Mustafa said: "The motorised scooter would probably have been quite slow moving and therefore it is very likely that someone would have seen it leaving the area at the time."

Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.u...rcs/8306567.stm

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#2 edlee

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Posted 14 October 2009 - 03:19 PM

Wasn't me,,,, nobody saw me,,, you can't prove it,

Crap,,, gotta go buy some paint.
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Posted 14 October 2009 - 05:18 PM

wasnt me, i havent got shoulder length hair, pass the scissors quick!! my scooters silver but guess all that blood on it could have made it look red!! but then again it says it would have been moving sl;owly as it left the area. definatelly rules me out i only go full speed everywhere!! dont do slow
it wasnt me, i didnt do it, no one saw me so they cant prove a thing!

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Posted 14 October 2009 - 05:47 PM

View Postedlee, on Oct 14 2009, 08:19 AM, said:

Wasn't me,,,, nobody saw me,,, you can't prove it,

Crap,,, gotta go buy some paint.
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Ed, do you dress up in women's clothing, wear a white wig, on a regular basis...we're both across the pond so I think we're safe :dancegirl:
Sure hope she doesn't holiday in the states tho :drooldrip:

Edited by StillFingers, 14 October 2009 - 05:52 PM.

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Posted 14 October 2009 - 05:59 PM

View PostStillFingers, on Oct 14 2009, 06:47 PM, said:

Ed, do you dress up in women's clothing, wear a white wig, on a regular basis...we're both across the pond so I think we're safe :drooldrip:

Now I have visions of Norman Bates ... been to any motels lately? :dancegirl:

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Posted 14 October 2009 - 06:23 PM

She was just bitter that another old lady was walking

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Posted 14 October 2009 - 06:33 PM

View PostApparelyzed, on Oct 14 2009, 01:59 PM, said:

View PostStillFingers, on Oct 14 2009, 06:47 PM, said:

Ed, do you dress up in women's clothing, wear a white wig, on a regular basis...we're both across the pond so I think we're safe :drooldrip:

Now I have visions of Norman Bates ... been to any motels lately? :dancegirl:

Simon :muahaha:

Yes,,, occasionally,,,,, to both questions,,,, now I need to see about mother.

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Edited by edlee, 14 October 2009 - 06:34 PM.


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Posted 14 October 2009 - 08:46 PM

Wow.
Some poor, old, frail octogenarian brutally run down in the prime of her life, left for dead by yet another reject from a motorcycle gang.

And you guys have the poor taste and boorish nature to make fun. To joke and make light of her horrific situation.
My goodness, if I weren't rolling on the floor laughing my frigging ass off in a drunken stupor I'd be saddened by your callus attitudes.

Shame, shame, hic', shame. :drooldrip:

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when it absolutely, positively, has to be destroyed overnight, call the Marines.

I will nevah, EVAH take a pinch from a greasy muddahf*@kah like you!

How 'bout if I spell it out for ya. D-I-L-L-I-G-A-F

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Posted 14 October 2009 - 11:52 PM

Daddy's scarey when he drinks

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Posted 15 October 2009 - 05:18 AM

Sorry....right color chair (though mine is a manual) oh & more importantly wrong side of the pond. :lol:

Obviously driving wheelchairs & scooters are like driving cars.......sure theoretically it shouldn't be that difficult yet some just never seem to get the knack down to save their life. :wink05:
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Posted 15 October 2009 - 03:00 PM

View Postwheeliebear75, on Oct 15 2009, 06:18 AM, said:

Sorry....right color chair (though mine is a manual) oh & more importantly wrong side of the pond. :blush:

Obviously driving wheelchairs & scooters are like driving cars.......sure theoretically it shouldn't be that difficult yet some just never seem to get the knack down to save their life. :)

I can understand how easy this kind of accident can happen, I was in Majorca last year and driving around the local market on a hired scooter, with not a care in the world. I put my bag around the handlebars of the scooter and it got caught on the accelerator, well the scooter tore into the crowd almost pinning an elderly woman to the ground.
If I could have ran I would have been out of there like a shot, as it was the crowd were staring at me as if I was a leper. The poor woman regained her composure and accepted my apology (albeit hesitantly).
No more bags on handlebars for me, I learnt my lesson.

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Posted 15 October 2009 - 05:46 PM

wasn't me..i was at lowes yesterday....hitting the tool dept. mgr. who acted like i was invisible.....and how did she "hit and run" ?.....if she hit and ran, the scooter would still be there

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Posted 15 October 2009 - 06:03 PM

View PostApparelyzed, on Oct 14 2009, 03:12 PM, said:

She was described as white with shoulder-length hair and wearing a light-coloured top. The scooter was red.
Hang on a mo,
White hair, light coloured top (beige probably) & red electric scooter...emmmmm

Only sounds like every cotton bud coffin dodger on the planet :dev:

P.S.
This wasn't any hit & run, This was an M&S hit & run :assassin:

Edited by CR_L1, 15 October 2009 - 06:09 PM.

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I use to be indecisive but Im not so sure anymore

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Posted 15 October 2009 - 06:22 PM

View PostCR_L1, on Oct 15 2009, 07:03 PM, said:

P.S.
This wasn't any hit & run, This was an M&S hit & run :assassin:

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Posted 15 October 2009 - 07:26 PM

View PostRatticis, on Oct 14 2009, 04:52 PM, said:

Daddy's scarey when he drinks

Something ya'll might wanna keep in mind.
Cause daddy's always drinkin'.
when it absolutely, positively, has to be destroyed overnight, call the Marines.

I will nevah, EVAH take a pinch from a greasy muddahf*@kah like you!

How 'bout if I spell it out for ya. D-I-L-L-I-G-A-F

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Posted 16 October 2009 - 06:21 PM

View PostE-DOG, on Oct 15 2009, 12:26 PM, said:

View PostRatticis, on Oct 14 2009, 04:52 PM, said:

Daddy's scarey when he drinks

Something ya'll might wanna keep in mind.
Cause daddy's always drinkin'.

Scary indeed hic' :hug:
Huh, what has happened? :)
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Posted 19 October 2009 - 01:54 AM

That is priceless, just wish I had been privey to it !! LMAO.....
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Posted 19 October 2009 - 12:12 PM

Wasn't me
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