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By memebrs of usherLife egroup.
What are ten of the best things about having Usher? Not that we embrace it, but it’s there so we have live with it. I asked Ushers and their partners in the enthralling UsherLife egroup and here’s their best 10 of the best...
- DRINK AND NOT DRIVE: One of the best things about getting drunk is not having to drive home! Let some poor orange-lemonade laden Deafie take the wheel...
- BENEFICIAL BENEFITS: Better benefits such as higher DLA rates, high income support, tax allowances. Laughing all the way to the bank.
- WHAT A SMALL USHER WORLD!: You thought the Deaf world was small? Think again, Usher world’s much smaller - one big happy family and fantastic friends and telling funny stories too!
- DO IT YOURSELF... PLEASE?: Getting a partner or a friend to do the dirty work such as DIY, looking for and picking up things we couldn’t see or find, reading small print such as in menus...
- S/HE LOVES ME, S/HE LOVES ME NOT: Holding hands with partners for whatever reason such as guiding and communication... Especially the Hands On communication in bed after lights out!
- SPECIAL USHERS: Getting the special treatment - best seats in the theatre, getting an trolley ride offer round the airport, getting in planes first, getting top priority at restaurants, being offered a seat in a crowded bus or train, getting discounts and freebies into tourist attractions and football grounds, people getting the drinks from the bar for you...
- I’M NOT IGNORING YOU, I HAVE USHER: Not being able (well sometimes deliberately) to notice people’s angry faces after bumping onto them let alone not hear their moans!
- THANKS, BUT NO THANKS, I HAVE USHER: Having a good excuse not to participate in activities you don't want to do such as not having to join in the parents' races at school sports days. Let other parents make a fool of themselves and embarrass their kids!
- I WANT THIS AND THAT THERE AND OVER THERE: Telling our managers we cannot work at this desk cos of glare, etc. and move elsewhere and demand we need a bigger monitor and getting it!
- FUSS AND MOVE: Having people fuss all over us making sure we are comfortable and people and animals who know us move out of the way as you approach them.
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