[Blind-rollers] doors

Mon Oct 12 18:04:13 UTC 2009

Laura, if it could happen to anyone, it would be you, smile.  Big hugs,
Becky who has not forgotten you.

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[mailto:blind-rollers-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of qubit
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 9:57 AM
To: Blind wheelchair users list
Subject: Re: [Blind-rollers] doors

reminds me of grad school when I went down to the dorm kitchen to make 
something. No one was there --  can't remember if it was a holiday or 
something -- and I accidently knocked the door shut behind me. It opened 
inward so I had to turn around to pull it open again, and it was heavy.  The

problem was that I couldn't turn around in that narrow galley kitchen.  Then

the fire alarm went off, and didn't stop. I tried everything to get that 
blasted door open but couldn't do it -- yelling the whole time. Someone 
finally came, and it was a drill anyway, but I have to laugh at it now.
Happy Columbus Day.
--le

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Becky Frankeberger" <b.butterfly at comcast.net>
To: "'Blind wheelchair users list'" <blind-rollers at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-rollers] doors

Holly think about fire doors and how they automatically close after you.
Now you don't need anything that heavy duty for a door.  We got ours at Wal
Mart. Ours though was for a gate so not strong enough to close a door I
would not think anyway.  So a hard ware store should know exactly what you
need. Ours was two metal plates on a hinge. The hinge has a spring. You can
pull apart the metal plates, but boy watch your fingers when you let go.
The spring will clap the metal together.

I don't know though what one would look like for a door, maybe similar, but
I don't know.

Becky hugging you tightly

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[mailto:blind-rollers-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Holly Alonzo
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 8:35 AM
To: 'Blind wheelchair users list'
Subject: Re: [Blind-rollers] doors

Didn't know they made such a thing.  How does it work?  Where can I look
at one?  Thanks.

Holly Alonzo
www.hollyalonzo.com
May God grant me the strength to accept what I can not change.

-----Original Message-----
From: blind-rollers-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:blind-rollers-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Brian Langlois
Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 9:46 PM
To: Blind wheelchair users list
Subject: Re: [Blind-rollers] doors

How about installing a door closer?
Brian Langlois

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Becky Frankeberger" <b.butterfly at comcast.net>
To: "'Blind wheelchair users list'" <blind-rollers at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-rollers] doors

> Hey I am also new at this.  Someone told me a rope.  The rope has to
> be
> long
> enough for you to hold on the end and the door close behind you.  No
easy
> trick in my limited experience, but it is for me far easier then the
> turning
> around back and forth blab la you rightly describe.
>
> Give it a whirl.  Any other ideas?
>
> Becky and Johnny walker, lololol.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blind-rollers-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:blind-rollers-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Holly Alonzo
> Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 2:58 PM
> To: blind-rollers at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Blind-rollers] doors
>
> Hi All, another question.  lol.  but how do yall handle doors?
>
> like my own house has a small step from the porch into the house, so I

> have a small ramp there.  So if I go out of my house, I have to go to
> the porch, turn around and go back up the ramp to close t door.
>
> This is frustrating when there are mosquitoes out, or if it's cold.
> So, what would be easiest to get the door shut quickly when I go
> through it.
>
>
>
> Holly Alonzo
> www.hollyalonzo.com <http://www.hollyalonzo.com/>
> May God grant me the strength to accept what I can not change.
>
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