[Blind-Rollers] Blind-rollers on Facebook or Whatsapp

Mon Nov 17 11:12:06 UTC 2025

Hi Becky, so sorry to hear about your hip, that's nasty. I usually say I'm chuggin' along. I'm on trains for most of the day today, so tomorrow will be dodgy, but I'm seeing my Mum for the first time in years, so that will offset the ouch and the yuck. 
Sending good wishes from my furry children andme. 

Erica. 
If you need to reach me urgently please text, call or whatsapp on 07505 269 559 

> On 16 Nov 2025, at 2:56 pm, Becky Frankeberger via Blind-Rollers <blind-rollers at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Erica, I am just the opposite. I check emails all the time I am near the computer. Since I am mainly home, I check often, smile.
> 
> I have a very sore hip for some reason. The Ortho can't see me till Dec.5. The nurse I talked to said to call every day and any cancellation is mine. But that means finding a way to the doctor's clinic. I am maintaining. You all know what that means. Your normal routine is interrupted. You do what you can do when you can do it, giggle.
> 
> Warm hugs all around,
> Becky and retired Holden the golden
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blind-Rollers <blind-rollers-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Erica Cole via Blind-Rollers
> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2025 11:22 AM
> To: blind-rollers at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Erica Cole <ejcole at fmail.co.uk>
> Subject: [Blind-Rollers] Blind-rollers on Facebook or Whatsapp
> 
> Hi all
> 
> I'm wondering whether there would be mileage in having a blind-rollers facebook group or whatsapp group. I sometimes don't check my emails for months at a time, and this list has literally had 4 messages in 3 months. So I'm curious to know if it'd be worth having a group on FaceBook or Whatsapp?
> What do people think?
> It just feels like this list is pretty dead and I'd hate to see a resource like this go silent.
> 
> Erica
> If you need to reach me urgently please text, call or whatsapp on 07505 269 559
> 
>> On 15 Nov 2025, at 5:59 pm, Becky Frankeberger via Blind-Rollers <blind-rollers at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Yes, I spoke with him. He is in a holding pattern as the Veterans Administration might be buying his cane. I still think this one would be great for us in a wheelchair. The phone is on a bracket attached to the cane.
>> 
>> He wants to do presentations but he is waiting for approval.
>> 
>> Sorry,
>> Becky
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Blind-Rollers <blind-rollers-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of
>> Erica Cole via Blind-Rollers
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2025 1:41 PM
>> To: blind-rollers at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: Erica Cole <ejcole at fmail.co.uk>
>> Subject: Re: [Blind-Rollers] Smart cane
>> 
>> Were you able to contact this man Becky?  I'm definitely curious.
>> 
>> PS sorry I know this was 3 months ago :( Erica from UK If you need to
>> reach me urgently please text, call or whatsapp on 07505 269 559
>> 
>>>> On 27 Aug 2025, at 2:04 am, maureen Pranghofer via Blind-Rollers <blind-rollers at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> Hi
>>> I would be interested, not so much for myself but I have a friend totally blind who is really struggling with her walker and a link to a You Tube might be helpful for her.
>>> Maureen
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Blind-Rollers <blind-rollers-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of
>>> Becky Frankeberger via Blind-Rollers
>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2025 3:43 PM
>>> To: 'Blind wheelchair users list' <blind-rollers at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: Becky Frankeberger <b.butterfly at comcast.net>
>>> Subject: [Blind-Rollers] Smart cane
>>> I am listening to a man formerly from the VA training center trainer who is talking about a smart cane he invented with a wheel. This sounds so much easier to move in front of us, plus the detection of objects using vibrations. The wheel is omnidirectional, so usable by anyone using a manual, or power chair as well I should think a walker. His name is Brian.
>>> Is anyone interested if he has a YouTube video, and I don't know either way if he does, to send it to this list. I shall inquire of him, if anyone shows interest.
>>> Becky
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