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PUSSS...@aol.com

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Dec 6, 2006, 11:00:00 AM12/6/06
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3 A.M. GIRLS/By STEPHEN MOYES
HEATHER Mills accused British Airways of humiliating her after staff
got a wheelchair instead of a buggy to take her to her flight.

Heather Mills

The former model, who has an artificial leg, asked her helper: "Have
you got it in for me?"

Heather, 38, was overhead telling staff: "This is vile! Why are you
doing this to me? Don't you know I have only one leg? Why are you
treating me like this?"

Heather, involved in a bitter divorce battle with her ex-husband Sir
Paul McCartney, checked in at Gatwick airport at 7am for her flight to
Brussels.

She had requested a wheelchair when she booked her economy flight but
apparently expected to get a ride to the departure gate in an electric
buggy.

A source near the BA desk, whose staff were handling her flight with SN
Brussels, said: "Heather's face fell when she saw the wheelchair.

"She was mortified. She asked for an electric buggy but there was not
one available. Eventually, after getting a few things off her chest,
she decided to walk to the plane.

"Heather was clearly worried about how she would look being pushed in a
wheelchair. She was very jumpy.

"She thought everyone had it in for her. It was very embarrassing for
her. She thought she shouldn't have been put in such an embarrassing
position.

"It created a bit of a fuss which a fair few people witnessed."

Heather was travelling to Brussels with her sister Fiona and newsreader
Fiona Bruce last Thursday. She was due to present a petition to the
European Parliament calling for dog and cat fur imports into the EU to
be banned.

But she was furious to find a wheelchair and assistant from OCS
Transport Services ready to push her to departure gate 45. After
complaining, she made the five-minute journey to catch flight 2122 on
foot.

Newsreader Fiona was booked in club class and it is understood that she
did not see the incident.

Another witness said: "The check-in staff were conscious of Heather's
disability and respectful of it and politely did all they could.

"But the situation was beyond their control. A wheelchair was requested
and provided. The fact that she chose not to use it was up to her."

British Airways confirmed the incident. A spokesman would only say: "We
are unable to access the relevant booking details for Miss Mills'
flight. We've not received a complaint."

A spokesman for Heather confirmed that she had been offered a
wheelchair, which she declined, but said there was no altercation.

Heather lost her leg after being hit by a police motorcyclist 13 years
ago.

Heather has revealed how she received death threats since her split
from Sir Paul, 64.

She has accused him of stabbing her in the arm with a broken wine
glass, pushing her over a table and into a bath while she was pregnant.
Sir Paul denies the allegations.

The couple, who married four years ago, face a bitter custody battle
over their three-year-old daughter Beatrice. Heather reportedly wants a
£80million divorce settlement but says she will give most of it to
charity.

FragileWarrior

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Dec 6, 2006, 11:40:11 AM12/6/06
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> Heather, 38, was overhead telling staff: "This is vile! Why are you
> doing this to me? Don't you know I have only one leg? Why are you
> treating me like this?"


This woman is totally fucked in the head. Jesus.

yD

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Dec 6, 2006, 11:54:45 AM12/6/06
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I'm with you! I'm also thinking how much I would love to be wheeled
from the check-in to the gate, sometimes they're miles apart and it's
such a drag to go through security and walk and walk and walk,
sometimes up stairs, sometimes down, sometimes both! I wonder if I
said, "why are you making me walk like this," I'd get a wheelchair, or
a buggy, I don't care. Perhaps I am simply too old and too tired to
fly anymore.
yD

Roofshadow

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Dec 6, 2006, 12:23:53 PM12/6/06
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In article <1165420800.2...@l12g2000cwl.googlegroups.com>,
PUSSS...@aol.com wrote:

> She had requested a wheelchair when she booked her economy flight but
> apparently expected to get a ride to the departure gate in an electric
> buggy.
>
> A source near the BA desk, whose staff were handling her flight with SN
> Brussels, said: "Heather's face fell when she saw the wheelchair.
>
> "She was mortified. She asked for an electric buggy but there was not
> one available. Eventually, after getting a few things off her chest,
> she decided to walk to the plane.

Um... I thought it said she asked for a wheelchair?

You know: "She had requested a wheelchair when she booked her economy
flight..."

And then she got mad when they brought her WHAT SHE ASKED FOR instead of
something else??

What a looney.

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Messalina

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Dec 6, 2006, 12:31:19 PM12/6/06
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I think she's mental. Seriously. She sounds like she has
disassociative personality disorder. Such people can be quite alluring
because they are excellent mimics, lacking a solid personality of their
own. Someone falls in love with what they think is their soul mate
only to wake up with a psycho.

Mez

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Dec 6, 2006, 1:01:52 PM12/6/06
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Reality Check

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Dec 6, 2006, 1:22:27 PM12/6/06
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I agree, the woman is a fucking idiot!

Reality Check

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Dec 6, 2006, 1:34:12 PM12/6/06
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On 6 Dec 2006 09:31:19 -0800, "Messalina" <destruc...@gmail.com>
wrote:


How about narcissistic personality disorder?

1. has a grandiose sense of self-importance
2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power,
brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
3. believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be
understood by other special people
4. requires excessive admiration
5. strong sense of entitlement
6. takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
7. lacks empathy
8. is often envious or believes others are envious of him or her
9. arrogant affect.

Fits the silly cow quite well, IMO.

avery

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Dec 6, 2006, 1:56:21 PM12/6/06
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"Roofshadow" <Roofsha...@spamtrap.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Screaming "Don't you know I only have one leg?" in reaction to being brought
a wheelchair is also a bit odd.


FragileWarrior

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Dec 6, 2006, 2:02:13 PM12/6/06
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"avery" <doom...@hotmail.com> wrote in
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Too bad they didn't just toss an antique bedpan at her and tell her to
hoof it.

Roofshadow

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Dec 6, 2006, 2:12:06 PM12/6/06
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In article <pnEdh.37807$dN4....@news-wrt-01.rdc-nyc.rr.com>,
"avery" <doom...@hotmail.com> wrote:

Nice public meltdown wasn't it?

I give it a 9 out of 10.

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Ch...@mcgill.ca

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Dec 6, 2006, 2:42:27 PM12/6/06
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I think what she expected was a carriage drawn by four houses and a
couple of pages throwing rose petals in front of her. And maybe an
upgrade. Because she's Heather Mills.

CliffB

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Dec 6, 2006, 2:47:12 PM12/6/06
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She should look on the bright side. At least they didn't ask to use
Heather's wooden leg as an airplane taxi wheel stop.


Magda wrote:
> On 6 Dec 2006 08:54:45 -0800, in alt.gossip.celebrities, "yD" <yaffa...@aol.com>
> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
> ...
> ... FragileWarrior wrote:
> ... > > Heather, 38, was overhead telling staff: "This is vile! Why are you
> ... > > doing this to me? Don't you know I have only one leg? Why are you
> ... > > treating me like this?"
> ... >
> ... >
> ... > This woman is totally fucked in the head. Jesus.
> ...
> ... I'm with you! I'm also thinking how much I would love to be wheeled
> ... from the check-in to the gate, sometimes they're miles apart and it's
> ... such a drag to go through security and walk and walk and walk,
> ... sometimes up stairs, sometimes down, sometimes both! I wonder if I
> ... said, "why are you making me walk like this," I'd get a wheelchair, or
> ... a buggy, I don't care. Perhaps I am simply too old and too tired to
> ... fly anymore.
>
> Don't fly to Athens!! The new airport is made in a way that makes you walk literally
> kilometres from the plane to the outdoor. Endless corridors, stairs and more stairs and
> when you think it's over, it's not. Sometimes I wonder if I'll find myself in Thessaloniki
> when I finally walk through the door...

Roofshadow

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Dec 6, 2006, 3:39:11 PM12/6/06
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In article <o57en251r64etb8hj...@4ax.com>,
Ch...@mcgill.ca wrote:

Yeah... that wouldn't surprise me.

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yD

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Dec 6, 2006, 4:37:18 PM12/6/06
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LOL Greek is off my list :) Actually, the only airport I like is
Heathrow and that's only because of the shops :)
yD

FragileWarrior

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Dec 6, 2006, 5:06:47 PM12/6/06
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Ch...@mcgill.ca wrote in news:o57en251r64etb8hj...@4ax.com:

That's the problem. She's JUST Heather Mills. She's not Lady McCartney
anymore. WHOOHOOO!!!

maryanne kehoe

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Dec 7, 2006, 12:00:34 AM12/7/06
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>From: yaffa...@aol.com (yD)
>LOL Greek is off my list :) Actually, the only >airport I like is
Heathrow and that's only >because of the shops :) yD


Finally-a *positive* comment about Heathrow! Agree with you on the
shops. Even the non-duty free shops have prices that are the same as
what the Brits call the "high street"-this as a result of an agreement
all retail outlets at LHR signed many years ago. No more airport rip-off
prices!

Gregory Morrow

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Dec 7, 2006, 5:11:46 AM12/7/06
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maryanne kehoe wrote:


Stop with the phony - baloney name - dropping. And you haven't been to
LHR in many years...

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Greg

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JAH

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Dec 7, 2006, 10:11:56 AM12/7/06
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On 6 Dec 2006 08:00:00 -0800, PUSSS...@aol.com wrote:

>3 A.M. GIRLS/By STEPHEN MOYES
>HEATHER Mills accused British Airways of humiliating her after staff
>got a wheelchair instead of a buggy to take her to her flight.
>
>Heather Mills
>
>The former model, who has an artificial leg, asked her helper: "Have
>you got it in for me?"
>
>Heather, 38, was overhead telling staff: "This is vile! Why are you
>doing this to me? Don't you know I have only one leg? Why are you
>treating me like this?"
>
>Heather, involved in a bitter divorce battle with her ex-husband Sir
>Paul McCartney, checked in at Gatwick airport at 7am for her flight to
>Brussels.
>
>She had requested a wheelchair when she booked her economy flight but
>apparently expected to get a ride to the departure gate in an electric
>buggy.

Idiot. You asked for a wheelchair.

You got one.

JAH


Net Crimes & Misdemeanors
netcrimes.net
2nd edition
haltabuse.org

yD

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Dec 7, 2006, 11:17:28 AM12/7/06
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You're enjoying this, aren't you.
yD :)

FragileWarrior

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Dec 7, 2006, 12:22:27 PM12/7/06
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"yD" <yaffa...@aol.com> wrote in
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Yeppers. And it came a lot quicker than I could have hoped for in my
wildest dreams.

yD

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Dec 7, 2006, 12:30:52 PM12/7/06
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Part of me hopes it won't go to court, but, y'know, a part of me hopes
it does. I want her lies out in the open as proof that she can't be
believed (if you know what I mean). Can I tell you again that I met
Paul and Linda once and they were really really nice to 3 autograph
hounds.
yD -- If you're nice I'll show you his autograph :)

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camille

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Dec 7, 2006, 12:54:09 PM12/7/06
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And this is the woman who wanted a bedpan next to her bed.
Hee hee, Heather. (Or should I say "pee pee.")

camille

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Dec 7, 2006, 12:56:35 PM12/7/06
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Is this the same as sociopath - the new terminology?

camille

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Dec 7, 2006, 12:58:06 PM12/7/06
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I go with narcissst. Visions of grandur coupled with paranoia. Not
sure if that is noted above, but paranioa is KEY with narcisssists.

camille

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Dec 7, 2006, 1:00:04 PM12/7/06
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Most likely she wanted a motorized cart and someone, her assistant or
the airport staff, understandably, brought a wheelchair.

However, she must be having trouble with her leg. A five minute walk
was nothing to her in the past.

FragileWarrior

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Dec 7, 2006, 1:05:20 PM12/7/06
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"yD" <yaffa...@aol.com> wrote in news:1165512652.620629.53420
@n67g2000cwd.googlegroups.com:
[..]

> Part of me hopes it won't go to court, but, y'know, a part of me hopes
> it does. I want her lies out in the open as proof that she can't be
> believed (if you know what I mean). Can I tell you again that I met
> Paul and Linda once and they were really really nice to 3 autograph
> hounds.
> yD -- If you're nice I'll show you his autograph :)


OOooohhhh! COOOOOOOOL! Where did you meet them? What were they like?
DISH!

And mail me the autograph. I promise to mail it back after I see it.
0;)

yD

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Dec 7, 2006, 2:06:13 PM12/7/06
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FragileWarrior wrote:
> "yD" <yaffa...@aol.com> wrote in news:1165512652.620629.53420
> @n67g2000cwd.googlegroups.com:
> [..]
> > Part of me hopes it won't go to court, but, y'know, a part of me hopes
> > it does. I want her lies out in the open as proof that she can't be
> > believed (if you know what I mean). Can I tell you again that I met
> > Paul and Linda once and they were really really nice to 3 autograph
> > hounds.
> > yD -- If you're nice I'll show you his autograph :)
>
>
> OOooohhhh! COOOOOOOOL! Where did you meet them? What were they like?
> DISH!

I can't believe I haven't boast, er ... told you about this: well, it
was July 23, 1986 -- I remember because it was the day Prince Andrew
married Sarah Ferguson; my husband and I were staying with a friend in
Sussex, England, and we took her to dinner at a hotel nearby -- Paul
McCartney was being interviewed in that very hotel! (pause for gasps),
when they came down to the lobby, my friend and I went out, husband
thought he was too cool, until we didn't come back and he asked himself
why he was sitting there -- long and the short of it is that they were
both really really nice, very friendly and we stood for several minutes
chit chatting, Brooklyn husband, English friend and moi, from Belfast,
he called it "Belly!" There was absolutely no sense that we were
annoying or intrusive and no hint that he (they) wanted just to go
home. I was most impressed. I suppose the word is "gracious" and
friendly, too.


>
> And mail me the autograph. I promise to mail it back after I see it.
> 0;)

I'll go and get it in the mail right this minute. My friend got
Linda's also. Mean me, I didn't. I know one thing, it made my
husband's vacation :)
yD

FragileWarrior

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"yD" <yaffa...@aol.com> wrote in news:1165518373.700925.114040
@l12g2000cwl.googlegroups.com:

Really neat story. Thanks for sharing.


>>
>> And mail me the autograph. I promise to mail it back after I see it.
>> 0;)
>
> I'll go and get it in the mail right this minute. My friend got
> Linda's also. Mean me, I didn't. I know one thing, it made my
> husband's vacation :)
> yD


It took me a long time to forgive Linda but eventually I had to admit she
made my man happy so I decided it was okay to like her.

JFlexer

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Dec 7, 2006, 3:02:10 PM12/7/06
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"yD" <yaffa...@aol.com> wrote in message
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It sure is a good case of "schadenfreude" ain't it?!

When I read this story, I was reminded -- wasn't there a BI about someone
being dared to step on her artificial foot at her wedding?

Poor Heather. It must really suck to be her - cause she's a former model,
formerly styled "Lady", and will only have a paltry divorce settlement (I
bet she does better than Diana, Princess of Wales, did on her divorce... )

Maybe she can hook up with K-FedEx...

--
-J

** Keeper of Bette Midler and Betty Buckley **

"Jesus saves sinners...and redeems them for valuable prizes!"


yD

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Dec 7, 2006, 3:47:37 PM12/7/06
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I wont' take that bet -- I think you're right. otoh Diana didn't live
long enough after to see how being a 'former' anything can really suck!

> Maybe she can hook up with K-FedEx...

OH, you wicked wicked boy!
yD

yD

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Dec 7, 2006, 3:49:43 PM12/7/06
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Except for the vegetarian thing, of course (no offense intended).
Which reminds me -- no more news on the tapes, iirc Paul McCartney had
them sealed (do I mean sealed?).
yD

Sweeeet Wizdom

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Chris wrote:

<<I think what she expected was a carriage drawn by four houses and a
couple of pages throwing rose petals in front of her. And maybe an
upgrade. Because she's Heather Mills. >>

More likely because she's Heather Mills
McCartney.

Roofshadow

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In article <11847-457...@storefull-3277.bay.webtv.net>,
Sweeee...@webtv.net (Sweeeet Wizdom) wrote:

No... I don't think she's yet figured out that people only kissed her
ass because she was Lady McCartney... she's due for a rude awakening and
it couldn't happen to a more deserving person.

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Roofshadow

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mikesm...@hotmail.com

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Dec 7, 2006, 9:16:04 PM12/7/06
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Hopefully there was some radio-active products on the plane!

PUSSS...@aol.com wrote:
> 3 A.M. GIRLS/By STEPHEN MOYES
> HEATHER Mills accused British Airways of humiliating her after staff
> got a wheelchair instead of a buggy to take her to her flight.
>
> Heather Mills
>
> The former model, who has an artificial leg, asked her helper: "Have
> you got it in for me?"
>

> Heather, 38, was overhead telling staff: "This is vile! Why are you
> doing this to me? Don't you know I have only one leg? Why are you
> treating me like this?"
>

> Heather, involved in a bitter divorce battle with her ex-husband Sir
> Paul McCartney, checked in at Gatwick airport at 7am for her flight to
> Brussels.
>

> She had requested a wheelchair when she booked her economy flight but
> apparently expected to get a ride to the departure gate in an electric
> buggy.
>
> A source near the BA desk, whose staff were handling her flight with SN
> Brussels, said: "Heather's face fell when she saw the wheelchair.
>
> "She was mortified. She asked for an electric buggy but there was not
> one available. Eventually, after getting a few things off her chest,
> she decided to walk to the plane.
>

Angie...@hotmail.com

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Roofshadow wrote:
>
> No... I don't think she's yet figured out that people only kissed her
> ass because she was Lady McCartney... she's due for a rude awakening and
> it couldn't happen to a more deserving person.

Exactly.

Sweeeet Wizdom

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Dec 8, 2006, 4:09:43 AM12/8/06
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RoofShadow wrote:

<<No... I don't think she's yet figured out that people only kissed her
ass because she was Lady McCartney... she's due for a rude awakening and
it couldn't happen to a more deserving person.>>

I disagree with the first part of your statement. I think Heather Mills
knew
exactly who she was marrying and all the perks and benefits and ass
kissing that went along with being Lady McCartney.

I totally agree with the last part of your statement.

Roofshadow

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Dec 8, 2006, 2:03:07 PM12/8/06
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In article <15932-457...@storefull-3273.bay.webtv.net>,
Sweeee...@webtv.net (Sweeeet Wizdom) wrote:

> RoofShadow wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> <<No... I don't think she's yet figured out that people only kissed her
> ass because she was Lady McCartney... she's due for a rude awakening and
> it couldn't happen to a more deserving person.>>
>
>
>
> I disagree with the first part of your statement. I think Heather Mills
> knew
> exactly who she was marrying and all the perks and benefits and ass
> kissing that went along with being Lady McCartney.

She's such a narcissist though that I think she believes she STILL
deserves to be treated like she's something special.

> I totally agree with the last part of your statement.

This will be a lot of fun to watch.

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Roofshadow

AUK FNG

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Roofshadow

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Dec 8, 2006, 2:14:31 PM12/8/06
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In article <qpdjn2hu50ge6gn0f...@4ax.com>,
Magda <chris...@hey.eu> wrote:

> On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:03:07 -0500, in alt.gossip.celebrities, Roofshadow
> <Roofsha...@spamtrap.yahoo.com> arranged some electrons, so they looked
> like this:
>
> ... > <<No... I don't think she's yet figured out that people only kissed
> her
> ... > ass because she was Lady McCartney... she's due for a rude awakening
> and
> ... > it couldn't happen to a more deserving person.>>
> ... >
> ... > I disagree with the first part of your statement. I think Heather
> Mills
> ... > knew exactly who she was marrying and all the perks and benefits and
> ass
> ... > kissing that went along with being Lady McCartney.
> ...
> ... She's such a narcissist though that I think she believes she STILL
> ... deserves to be treated like she's something special.
> ...
> ... > I totally agree with the last part of your statement.
> ...
> ... This will be a lot of fun to watch.
>
> Like watching a building burn.

Exactly!

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Sweeeet Wizdom

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Dec 8, 2006, 10:01:47 PM12/8/06
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Roofshadow wrote:


<<This will be a lot of fun to watch.>>


So true. The Mills-McCartney divorce is the best gossip we've had in
AGC in a loooooong time. JMHO.

Sweeeet Wizdom

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JFlexer wrote:


<<Poor Heather.   It must really suck to be her - cause she's a former
model, formerly styled "Lady", and will only have a paltry divorce
settlement (I bet she does better than Diana, Princess of Wales, did on
her divorce... )>>

You're right. Didn't Princess Diana settle for a paltry 25 million?

Roofshadow

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Dec 9, 2006, 6:11:46 PM12/9/06
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In article <11847-457...@storefull-3277.bay.webtv.net>,
Sweeee...@webtv.net (Sweeeet Wizdom) wrote:

Still... I feel bad for Paul and Beatrice.

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Roofshadow

AUK FNG

JFlexer

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"Sweeeet Wizdom" <Sweeee...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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JFlexer wrote:

Actually, the figure of 17mil sets in my head - but I'm too lazy to look it
up.

camille

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Dec 12, 2006, 5:15:28 PM12/12/06
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Yes, it was 25 million. And I know this how? Last night on Anderson
Cooper during the James Kim special it got mentioned. She got 25 mill,
plus she had like 8 million from her family, so her kids got around 33
million, not sure of the final, but definitely it was 25 mil from
Charles.

JFlexer

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"camille" <lin...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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If her total worth at death was 33mil, it's possible that the $17mil figure
stuck in my brain as the amount inherited by one or each of her sons...

Sweeeet Wizdom

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Camille wrote:

<<Yes, it was 25 million. And I know this how? Last night on Anderson
Cooper during the James Kim special it got mentioned. She got 25 mill,
plus she had like 8 million from her family, so her kids got around 33
million, not sure of the final, but definitely it was 25 mil from
Charles.>>

It's absurd that a Royal Princess received
a 25 million dollar divorce settlement from a Royal Prince. That piddly
settlement
added insult to injury.

Prince Charles is vastly wealthy, worth much more than 50 million.

The Princess' lawyers were more loyal to the Prince than to her.


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