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The Peripatetic Paraplegic

Started by nomis , Oct 17 2011 08:06 AM

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#1 nomis

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Posted 17 October 2011 - 08:06 AM

When para and travel writer Ken Haley was asked of his worst moments when travelling the world he said:
"I could say the great Ukrainian suitcase robbery of 2002. Except I cannot help, any time I think of that disaster, bursting out laughing on imagining the thief's face when he opened the suitcase and saw he was now the proud owner of five dozen urinals, 100 tubes of KY gel and catheters galore."

An interview with Haley is at

http://www.stuff.co....etic-paraplegic
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 03:06 PM

Thats enough to put anyone off stealing another suitcase.

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Posted 18 October 2011 - 04:41 AM

Quite a guy,, this Haley fella.
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Posted 18 October 2011 - 10:46 AM

I once had a bag taken from the back of my chair in Camden Market-the 'lucky' thief also got a nice surprise with lots of urinary essentials. LOL . Hope it taught him a lesson.

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Posted 18 October 2011 - 03:40 PM

"Then there was the occasion in Tajikistan when, unable to wheel down a drop from footpath to road, he sought the help of a teenager. "He grabbed the handhold of the chair and halfway to the kerb he let go and walked away. As he let it go I heard him mutter, 'Americanski". As I was lying in the gutter I was calling out, 'No, Australian, not American'."

Ouch. so much for "depending on the kindness of strangers"
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