I Will Deal With It

That's sad, mostlyharmless.
Can she not contact AgeUK and get advice?
How would neighbours know if she was getting PIP unless she told them?
Or are you saying that some people would assume she was, even though she isn't?

Thanks for the link Mazie it worked.

I'm not the forum police, but I don't like bullies

I don't think you recognise them Primrose. Try looking in the mirror.

durhamjen I'm sure most people would be very sympathetic. She lives alone and looks so frail and wobbly, but that is how she feels. Neighbours would know if she had a disabled parking permit I suppose but not if she received PIP.

That is so sad mostlyharmless but I expect you could hear the same story over and over again.

"As most of the UK press is currently right wing, it has managed what would seem an almost impossible feat. It has persuaded voters that it is not the rich, who tend to avoid paying taxes, but the poor who are the social and economic vultures."

I would also add the disabled to the poor in that quote.

@Primrose

Sorry you're not able to deal with a confident person

No problem with 'confidence' but I've never cared for bossiness

and have to create a fake backstory

I wasn't creating a fake back story at all. Just 'wondering' as your posting style is a bit familiar. But that must be sheer coincidence.

P.S Have you explained what you mean by 'discussion' anywhere?

Good for you Primrose and all should remember that gossiping about another forum member and asking ( sarcastically)if they have changed names is something unpleasant and personal.

When new posters won't go onto the politics threads.....it's not the politics that bothers them but the rude/insulting/bickering/bullying posts about anything at all.

Posting on the politics threads is certainly challenging roses.

understatement of the year!

^nobody who needs to walk with the aid of crutches can run on a treadmill,^

I've held back as long as i can, but this is bugging me so much I can't let it go, try as I might.

When I have had a bad back, I could only have walked with crutches. Despite that, I would have been capable of running on a treadmill. Admittedly, in my case there is a proviso - I would have to lean forward, holding on to the bar that (at the last gym I used, at least) you are meant to hold on to anyway. That doesn't mean that there aren't other disabilities where even that bar would not be needed,

My own intermittent back problems are fortunately few and far between and would never warrant my getting any benefit, but they are a very basic example of how even a very common complaint can explain this perceived anomily.

What exactly this has to do with the OP, I have long since forgotten, but as I said, this has been bugging me too much to let it go!

Good for you Primrose and all should remember that gossiping about another forum member and asking ( sarcastically)if they have changed names is something unpleasant and personal

Telling someone to stfu is unpleasant and personal too.

As you and others have no hesitation in making personal comments about other posters I find your comment a bit hypocritical.

From Trisher, page 17:
"This man is obviously doing his best to stay fit, what a pity in doing so he has encountered such prejudice."
That was my interpretation of the scenario too.
Sorry, just catching up.

ps and now I see MamaCaz had the same reaction.

I do not make personal and insulting posts to others as you do Maizie end of story!
All this high horse stuff is simply a diversion away from the thread and Corbyn.

Oh that that were true Rar.

Oh that that ?

It is true GGM2....... but I can see that you would not recognise that.

Get back to the OP's thread for goodness sake!

The OP was vague, roses. People had to guess what it was about.

No problem with 'confidence " but I've never cared for bossiness

Oh the irony!

Ladies please!

I felt the OP was a rather unsubtle way of getting an anti-Corbyn thread going. Or did I get that wrong ? I said upthread "I will deal with it" for me means I will look at the issue and see what can be done to sort it.

I agree, Penstemmon.
On the other hand, we didn't have to take it that way.

I think Corbyn said exactly the right words, and I've watched the speech quite a few times to see if it could be read any other way.
Strange how people are accused of just taking a few words out of context. That's exactly what the OP did.

It's OK. Corbyn isn't real.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGekr6jl61o&t=11s

Just what's needed on a Monday morning Primrose, a good laugh

Not nearly as funny as Maybot trying to deal with her cabinet.