YEah right R88---I am sure the police go to abandoned hospitals/care facilities to practice when they have state-of-the-art places with proper ear protection and targets to do that.
Morons abound!! (Talking about the shooter ... do mankind a favor whoever did this...PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't carry a gun!!!)
Rekrats...I am only about 2 inches taller than you are so I would need a small ladder too. That was my first thought when I saw this pic...how in the HECK can you sit on THAT thing!! LOL!
AAAA...now I have a picture in my head of some poor soul getting SUCKED down that thing...never to be heard from again...
Holy heck...I have 2 boys with Autism (granted, they are high-functioning but still disabled) and I would NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER think of abandoning them! They have had their share of difficulties (for sure!) but I have had support of special agencies to deal with the problems that come up, and we STILL have that support for us the parents and for the boys in school AND at home!
On a side note: when I was still pregnant with our 5th child, one of the ultrasounds I had showed something wrong with the ventricles in his brain.They weren't sure if he would have profound mental retardation or other problems because of it, and they tried to prepare me for all possibilities. Fast forward a couple of months later...E. was born on May 18th 2010 at 2:35 pm...the most perfect baby you could imagine. :) We took him to a specialist at 4 months old to see what kind of problems there were/are in his brain...and they found NOTHING. Since it seems that Autism runs on the boys' side of the family, I am expecting him to have some sort of developmental delay when he gets older, but so far, no problems.
My point: I said to the doctors (before he was born and when they found this problem on the ultrasound) that even if he was profoundly disabled, I would care for him and love him no matter what. He is our child and I had grown to love him and I didn't care what problems he had or would have. I told them that we already have 2 disabled boys and I am disabled myself (I have Asperger's Syndrome, oddly enough, and our 2 girls have NO signs of any kind of disability!) so one more disabled child is NO bother for us. :)
@ Larry When our 2nd born (son) was about 3 years old, he developed a kidney infection that landed him (and me!!) in the hospital for nearly a week and about 2 hours from home. The care at this hospital was the BEST that our son could've gotten (it really was top-notch!) but just to see that little boy so sickly in that HUGE hospital crib made my heart break. It really is heart-wrenching isn't it? As for this picture...my heart hurts now and I am going to go cuddle with our newest son, only 7 months old and our 5th child...
Man...Can you imagine being in that last cell...AAAH!