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I am not a fan of Steve I am not ouraged by his task but it must have been difficult for him for the obvious reasons,they have given  him an easy time with most of the tasks, I thought the dart task  because of the constant walking back and forward and bending must have been very painful for him  to be fair to him he did not complain and he won the task, but as a HM that is a different story I dont like him and hope he goes ASAP.
Marguerita

The 'blind' thing is nonsense.      He's got one good eye so his perception of distance will be different to normal, but after all these years he will have adjusted to it.      I knew someone who lost an eye in a work accident and he raced motorbikes in competition (legally).


The legs are a different matter - but then again he managed the task.  Corin's back must've been killing her doing Head, shoulders, knees and toes for all those hours - they all have physical strains put on them at some stage.   I can't stand the guy, but fair play to him for doing that task.

Kaffs
Reference KaffyBaffy Today at 19:30:
The 'blind' thing is nonsense. He's got one good eye so his perception of distance will be different to normal, but after all these years he will have adjusted to it. I knew someone who lost an eye in a work accident and he raced motorbikes in competition (legally).
I said this in the earlier thread. I'm staggered that the Mail managed to get an RNIB "spokesperson" to speak out against the task. (Although perhaps I shouldn't be surprised that (s)he remained anonymous...). The RNIB are supposed to be about inclusion.
As I'm sure I said when Mikey was in the house: you ain't seen disabled sports till you've seen blind darts!  Fact is, a few one-eyed players have competed at quite a high level, and the Mail even wrote about one of them a few years back (I linked to it in the earlier thread).


Oh, and anyway: Steve nearly got a bullseye with his first dart...
Eugene's Lair
Reference Blackpudlian Today at 19:53:
My friend got told off by friends for having a game of pool with her ex husband who had only one eye and not letting him win.

This is exactly why I'm annoyed by that article. I've got a friend who's only got one good eye, and I have a heck of a job keeping up with him at snooker. I've even seen him hold his own in an exhibition frame against Dennis Taylor!

My friend also plays squash at a reasonable level. Gordon Brown's apparently quite good at tennis. Douglas Bader had similar leg injuries to Steve, but he walked without a stick and could play a decent round of golf.

Disabilities are only show-stoppers if you let them...
Eugene's Lair

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