Just bought tickets to see Britney at Pride in Brighton this year. It'll be utterly awful, but strangely brilliant fun I'd imagine. £25. Rude not to.
That moment when you reach the toll booth on the M6 before 7am and you realise you’ve left your wallet at home. And you’re away over night
Is it a self service toll in which case you might get fined for not paying or manned and let off with a bill to be sent? I used to wind my wife up by constantly checking that I had all I needed before leaving home especially passports but what you have done is the reason for what I do. Hope your day gets better
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42802901 Heard everything now. 12 Camels disqualified from a beauty contest because of the use of botox.
Obviously not a great deal to do in some parts of the middle east. At least they're not wearing make-up
If anyone is going to Southern Spain in the next few weeks, be warned. The temperature in Granada reached 21C today from a low of -1C!!! That is a considerable diurnal range!!!
Parts of the Costa Blanca have been hitting temperatures in the twenties, recently. Really used to enjoy living there, wearing jumpers and coats first thing, getting down to shirt sleeves by midday, during parts of their winter. Just over a year ago, Torrevieja was celebrating snow falling, and have just put on a photo show in celebration. I really miss seeing the blue skies almost every day. And a pint of Mahou.
Just seen this on BBC, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42776454 This is the relevant legislation that was not being followed apparently: Under the Equality Act 2010, any organisation supplying a service to the public is under a duty to make reasonable adjustments to ensure that a disabled person's experience is as close as possible to that of someone without a disability. Now I am absolutely in favour of trying to make society and life more inclusive but am troubled by what is deemed to be reasonable, and who gets to decide. Not being deaf myself, I wouldn't know how close to a hearing person's experience it is to be able to see someone signing the lyrics during a gig rather than hearing the words however the cost of having to provide such a service at potentially every single public performance surely endangers the ability of some individuals and small groups/organisations to be able to even put some events on. It doesn't stop there though - are detailed audio descriptions of the acts a legal requirement to be provided for blind people who want to attend too? I thought that offering a free carers ticket to enable the lady in question to be able to bring a translator was a reasonable adjustment, and imho, it is unreasonable to expect more at a music gig. When the promotors didn't initially offer the requested signing facility and were then threatened with legal action, this led the promotor to back down and organise what must have been quite a complex thing and provided what sounds to me like a very good adjustment to allow a deaf person to get more out of a gig. They were then taken to task by the customer because they hadn't done it for the support acts! Life is not fair, and a disability is exactly that, a restriction on being able to do and experience the same as everyone else, but surely it is totally unreasonable for a disabled person to expect to be able to do and experience everything the same as someone with no disability? We can all make adjustments but can we make enough adjustments to completely bridge the gap between able and disabled experiences and should we be reasonably expected to have to try that hard. An example came to mind that if this legislation was used by a deaf person at say, Glastonbury festival, would the organisers be expected to provide a personal signing service who would then have to follow said deaf person around for the best part of a week, signing on demand? It all seems too much to me, and is attempting to achieve the impossible. Thoughts?
I also read that and thought (like you) that this was a case of being unreasonably demanding. There will be occasions when signing could be a good idea....political rallies for example...where it is essential not to disenfranchise hearing impaired...but a pop concert. What on earth can even be gained by having the songs signed....why not just read the lyrics off a sheet? I think the organisers were trying hard to be reasonable with an unreasonable person. Sadly being disabled makes life hard for you, but not every problem can be overcome.
and as Ted Lowe said "and for those of you who are watching in black and white, the pink is next to the green."
Another thing about the situation, is the question that it raises in my mind - is a gig in fact a service at all, or is it a product and therefore not subject to the legislation?
