Armchair Psych,
Why don't you ask her?
Paul
> So, how does she live the other 14 hours of the day outside the bubble
> without getting sick?
On Nov 11, 3:30=A0pm, marcia <so_you_...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Nov 11, 4:25 pm, rpautrey2 <rpautr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > Woman ordered out of chemical-free =91bubble=92
> > She says shed helps with her extreme allergies, but neighbors want it
> > gone
> > The Associated Press
> > Oct. 20, 2008
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> > ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Ten hours a day, every day, Elizabeth Feudale-Bowes
> > confines herself to a galvanized-steel-and-****celain shed outside her
> > house. Inside are a toilet, a metal cabinet, a box spring with the
> > metal coils exposed, and a pile of organic cotton blankets. Aluminum
> > foil covers the window.
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> > The place is as austere as a prison cell =97 but it's also her
> > sanctuary
> > from an outside world that she says makes her violently ill.
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> > She and her husband call the structure "the bubble."
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> > This bubble, though, may be about to burst: A judge has ordered it
> > taken down by the end of the month.
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> > Some of the couple's neighbors in suburban South Whitehall Town****p
> > complained that the 160-square-foot building is unstable and so
> > unsightly it could drag down their property values. The couple also
> > hooked up electrical, water and sewer service without securing
> > permits.
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> > "For the wife's medical problems, there is sympathy. For the owner's
> > defiance of the town****p's lawful directives, there is no excuse,"
> > Judge Carol McGinley ruled earlier this month.
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> > Feudale-Bowes, 52, says she was diagnosed several years ago with
> > "environmental illness," described as extreme sensitivity to everyday
> > substances.
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> > Some doctors question whether environmental illness is a genuine
> > physical disorder and suggest it is psychological. Feudale-Bowles
> > says
> > she was diagnosed by Dr. William Rea of Texas, who has been accused
> > by
> > the Texas Medical Board of promoting "pseudoscience." He vigorously
> > disputes the charge and continues to see patients.
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> > Feudale-Bowes says fabric softener, nail polish, perfume, new
> > sneakers, upholstery and many other items can make her body go
> > haywire. She says she has suffered from a range of chronic ailments,
> > including migraines, joint pain, bladder inflammation, seizures and
> > tem****ary paralysis. Her insides, she says, have sometimes felt like
> > "fire with ground glass in it."
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> > A couple of years ago, the couple settled in South Whitehall, moving
> > into a Lustron house, a 1940s-era prefabricated home made of
> > ****celain-
> > enameled steel that serves as their main residence. They paid an
> > additional $10,500 for the bubble.
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> > The zoning board has recommended the couple explore other options,
> > such as an addition to their house.
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> > "We're just asking them to comply with the same safety codes that
> > every other person in the community has to comply with," said
> > Town****p
> > Manager Jerry Gasda.
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> > The couple are threatening to sue the town****p under the federal
> > Americans with Disabilities Act.
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> > "My wife's not a lawn mower, and I didn't put up an illegal shed just
> > to mess with the town****p," said Craig Bowes, 52, who owns a company
> > that cleans supermarket floors.
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> > Some neighbors question whether her ailment is genuine. But they and
> > others say the main issue is the couple's disregard of the zoning
> > rules.
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> > Thomas Kelly, 53, who lives across the street, said that while he
> > feels sorry for Feudale-Bowes, her husband "just did whatever he
> > pleased."
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> > "We don't live like that," he said. "We live in a society governed by
> > laws."
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> > But Feudale-Bowes said: "If I don't live like this, my pain level is
> > so severe that I can't function, I can't live, I can't survive. It's
> > excruciating."
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