Saturday - January 30, 2010
and the moonbat award for the month goes to:Taxi drivers offered their licence form in Braille
Just seems to work this way. I have one thing planned and something else crops up I can’t ignore. This article come almost from our back door. Portsmouth is only about 12 miles away. I think it still takes 45 minutes to get there. Well anyway, I started the day with a laff thanks to Rich K
and LyndonB although they could not have known it.
To understand the following quotes, you would have to see my previous post.
Hmmm. Hit by a german blitzkrieg then steamrolled by a french tank brigade.Sounds about right to me.
Posted by Rich K United States 01/29/2010 at 02:55 PMSpeaking of “tragic accidents” http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/7103862/Israel-assassinates-Hamas-commander-in-Dubai.html
Oh dear, how sad, never mind. Posted by LyndonB
Those quotes had me spilling my coffee. They shall get the bill for cleaning coffee stain off shirt. Good thing it wasn’t McDees or I’d sue.
So anyway ... after that I ran smack into this.
Taxi drivers applying for their Hackney Carriage licence are being offered the forms in Braille by a council.
Published: 7:30AM GMT 30 Jan 2010
Braille ad in Taxi Driver Application formThe document, issued by Portsmouth City Council, makes clear that it is also available in large print or audio format for those with sight problems.
A notice at the end reads: “You can get this Portsmouth City Council information in large print, Braille, audio or in another language....”
The council, a member of the Plain English Campaign, defended the forms.
Head of customer services Louise Wilders said: “Obviously, a taxi driver would not need the Braille version, but they might find a foreign language version helpful.
“The form is also for employers to fill in - they could need a Braille version.”
Posted by peiper
on 01/30/2010 at 05:29 AM
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