Sorry for the lack of funneh.
In my job with the Civil Service I often find myself at the Defence Rehabilitation Centre at Headley Court in Surrey. For those of you who don't know about this place it is where injured soldiers are sent for rehabilitation after they leave hospital.

Some of these folks have some of the most horrific injuries I have ever seen ranging from horrific burns to single, double, and often triple amputees not mention some of the psychiatric problems that many of these soldiers need treatment for.

Without fail each and everyone of these people (outwardly at least) hold no bitterness, no hatred and no anger to anyone. To a man, each and every one of those soldiers says they would rather it have been them that was injured rather than a mate and that they would return to active duty would their injuries permit it.

The courage these people show in the face of such injuries and their determination to do the things that we all take for granted, such as wiping their own backsides or just being able to walk from the living room to the kitchen unaided is genuinely astonishing.

The rather rambling point I'm trying to make is we've uttered the immortal words about how that particular day at work could not have been worse.



Trust me. Yes it could have been.
(kickstandrich last had sex with your mum/sister/wife/daughter on, Sun 3 Jun 2012, 19:00, 6 replies)

Hell yes
I had major surgery a few months ago and while I was recovering I spent some time in a wheelchair and being unable to do those things too. It really opens your eyes to what some people go through, and I was lucky - I was always going to make a full recovery. It really gives you a perspective on things. Those men are incredibly brave, and how some people view the sacrifices they make is deeply upsetting.
(Petite chien is going to do science to it, Sun 3 Jun 2012, 19:09, closed)

NIMBY
I live in Leatherhead, so just up the road... my father raises '000s a year for Help For Heroes and he was equally as disgusted as me when the residents in local village Ashtead actively campaigned against a house being converted for wheelchair access to allow families to stay close by while there husbands/wives were being reconstructed, because they feared it would a) lower the tone (bloody big wheelchair ramp..... how very dare they) and b) make them a terrorist target. I do believe that the house has now been build and to my knowledge we have not had any bombs go off lately.
(the_icks has the sweet essence of giraffe, Mon 4 Jun 2012, 10:28, closed)

it probably wasn't the ramp
They were probably worried about having squaddies and squaddie families in the village.

We pay our taxes to get these guys of the streets and sent abroad, not have them living next door.
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Mon 4 Jun 2012, 14:33, closed)

?!?!?
Wasn't for the Squaddies, but was for their families. If I had rooms to spare I would happily put up their families.

LOL, I have just discovered that this is actually posted on Wikipedia under the definition of NIMBY!!!

Ashtead, Surrey

In the affluent English village of Ashtead, Surrey, which lies on the outside of London, residents objected in 2007[16] to the conversion of a large, £1.7 million residential property into a family support centre for relatives of wounded British service personnel. The house was to be purchased by a registered charity, SSAFA Forces Help.[17][18][19] Local residents objected to the proposal out of fear of increased traffic and noise, as well as the possibility of an increased threat of terrorism. They also contended that the SSAFA charity is actually a business, thereby setting an unwelcome precedent.[20] Local newspapers ran articles titled "Nimby neighbours' war with wounded soldiers' families" and "No Heroes in my Backyard."

Ex-servicemen and several members of the British general public organised a petition in support of SSAFA, and even auctioned the "Self Respect of Ashtead" on eBay.[21]
(the_icks has the sweet essence of giraffe, Mon 4 Jun 2012, 19:59, closed)

And just to add... this is the same village who are up in arms about a proposed Tescos because it will affect the local businesses, but strangely the Waitrose proposed for the same site has had no opposition... so I do think its more about lowering the tone!
(the_icks has the sweet essence of giraffe, Mon 4 Jun 2012, 20:01, closed)

Thanks for posting that, it wasn't rambling

(sabre32, Mon 4 Jun 2012, 17:12, closed)