[blindlaw] Pimp My Cane

[Derek Wilson]

The white cane with the red stripe near the tip is standard in North
America.  In Asia and many (if not all) parts of Europe, I believe the
all-white cane is standard.  In the movie Scent of a Woman, Al
Pacino's character used an all-black cane, which I have seen at online
retailers in both Canada and some states.  Never came across a rainbow
cane, but have often thought of doing a red-and-white candy cane to
help others celebrate the mid-winter festive season.

Cheers,
Derek Wilson


On 3/28/10, ckrugman at sbcglobal.net <ckrugman at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Generally the white cane with the red tip is what is standard in many
> locales.
> Chuck
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Aziza Cano" <daydreamingncolor at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 12:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Pimp My Cane
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>> I'm guessing thaWell, lets not forget that some of the folding canes have
>> red on them, so what happens there?
>> Aziza
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Joe Orozco" <jsorozco at gmail.com>
>> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
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>> Cc: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 8:26 PM
>> Subject: [blindlaw] Pimp My Cane
>>
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> Finding myself low on my stash of collapsible canes, I called the
>>> National
>>> Center and discovered they no longer carried those fiber glass types with
>>> the chains.  I don't actually like the chains.  In fact, I promptly take
>>> them off and lose them, and I much prefer these to the dorky ones with
>>> the
>>> elastic bands, no offense if you happen to sport these.  Besides, I am
>>> now a
>>> dork, because since that's all they had, that's all I got.
>>>
>>> So, my question:  Would it really not be acceptable to paint my cane a
>>> different color?  I think the little elastic band is mortifying, and
>>> short
>>> of replacing the cap with something cooler, I thought about painting my
>>> cane
>>> black or blue or some sweeter combination than the dull white, and I
>>> guess
>>> the point is not so much whether this is acceptable.  I'll paint my cane
>>> all
>>> the colors of the rainbow if it so moves me, but legally, could someone
>>> actually claim they did not know I was blind in the case of an accident
>>> if
>>> my cane were not white?
>>>
>>> Laugh all you want, but I'm thinking of starting a revolution of
>>> multicolored canes.  You'll be jealous when I have a cane to match my
>>> outfits!  It'th called getting in touch with my feminine thide.  *grin*
>>>
>>> Thanks for any serious responses.  If we've never met, look for the
>>> smooth
>>> operator with the brand-new black magic stick.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Joe Orozco
>>>
>>> "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their
>>> sleeves,
>>> some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing
>>>
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