[blindlaw] Pimp My Cane

[Steve P. Deeley]

You are right on that one!
Steve
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ckrugman at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Pimp My Cane


> Perhaps its my age and experience but I have nothing to prove by not 
> having
> the cane notify and protect the public from any unforeseen consequences.
> Perhaps we need to get on with real life issues instead of living in a 
> make
> believe world. I for one believe that I have a responsibility to the 
> public
> just as a driver of a vehicle would have the same responsibility to a
> pedestrian. I also have more important things to do in life than bucking 
> the
> system for the sake of doing so and making fashion statements.
> Chuck
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Aziza Cano" <daydreamingncolor at gmail.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 1:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Pimp My Cane
>
>
>> Yes it is. The truck doesn't beep all the time, and a backing up truck
>> unnoticed can be hazardous. A blind person walking down the block,
>> entering a building or anything else is not hazardous, unless someone
>> trips over them, in which case, the cane user either needs more training,
>> or the sighted person need to watch where he's going.
>> Aziza
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <ckrugman at sbcglobal.net>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 1:48 PM
>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Pimp My Cane
>>
>>
>>> That's the whole purpose of carrying an identifiable cane. Its basically
>>> to alert the surrounding community of a blind person's presence.  This 
>>> is
>>> no different than a truck beeping when it is backing up.
>>> Chuck
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Steve P. Deeley" <stevep.deeley at insightbb.com>
>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 9:54 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Pimp My Cane
>>>
>>>
>>>> You don't want others to be injured by your mistakes, do you?
>>>> Steve
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Mark BurningHawk" <stone_troll at sbcglobal.net>
>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 10:54 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Pimp My Cane
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Even better to be skilled enough that you don't need people to know
>>>>> you need their handicap to get by.  I don't need people to watch out
>>>>> for me because I"m blind; the thought is repugnant.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mark BurningHawk
>>>>> Skype and Twitter:  BurningHawk1969
>>>>> Home:  Http://MarkBurningHawk.net/
>>>>> Namaste!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> blindlaw mailing list
>>>>> blindlaw at nfbnet.org
>>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org
>>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>>>>> blindlaw:
>>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/stevep.deeley%40insightbb.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No virus found in this incoming message.
>>>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
>>>> Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2777 - Release Date: 
>>>> 03/29/10
>>>> 06:32:00
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> blindlaw mailing list
>>>> blindlaw at nfbnet.org
>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org
>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>>>> blindlaw:
>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/ckrugman%40sbcglobal.net
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> blindlaw mailing list
>>> blindlaw at nfbnet.org
>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org
>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>>> blindlaw:
>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/daydreamingncolor%40gmail.com
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> blindlaw mailing list
>> blindlaw at nfbnet.org
>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> blindlaw:
>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/ckrugman%40sbcglobal.net
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> blindlaw mailing list
> blindlaw at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
> blindlaw:
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/stevep.deeley%40insightbb.com


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------



No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2778 - Release Date: 03/29/10 
18:32:00