[Blindtlk] should blind people go barefoot?

Wed Jun 17 22:18:44 UTC 2009

It's the same kind of thing you apparently respond to at work. You are a
hypocrit and you don't even know how to spell. 

-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jeff Schwartz
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 2:15 PM
To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] should blind people go barefoot?

Is this the kind of crap you folks discuss when I'm at work.  I would say
yes, if you happen to be blind and stupid.  In the house there is the
problem of toe stubbing, etc.    Outside, who knows what kind of disgusting
or dangerous thing you can step on or into.  At the beech, along the water
line is nice.  Then there is the high correlation  between diabetes and
blindness from diabetic retinopathy.  People with diabetes have neuropathy.
They lose the feelings in their extremities, like feet.  Also they don't
heal well.  I had a patient who, in his home, barefoot, he stepped on a
nail.  It was in his foot and became infected after  a week or so.  As a
consequence he lost his leg.  That must have given him a feeling of freedom.

-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Ron Poire
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 2:38 PM
To: Ray Foret jr; Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] should blind people go barefoot?

Hi all,
I like going barefoot in my own home.
I never thought about mopping the floor or vacuuming barefoot.  I would be 
afraid of stubbing my toe on something, which would ruin the whole 
pleasurable experience.
I would definitely not go barefoot in a public place, because of diseases 
and toe stubbing.  Not to mention national convention, where one's feet are 
quite vulnerable to people's canes and sniffing dogs.
It's a great comic discussion, on a par with walking barefoot in the woods.

Ron Poire
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Foret jr" <rforetjr at comcast.net>
To: "Gary Wunder" <gwunder at earthlink.net>; "Blind Talk Mailing List" 
<blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 10:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] should blind people go barefoot?

> Especially when the floors are all completely smooth tile, as they are in 
> my
> new place.
>
> Sincerely,
> The Constantly BAREFOOTED Ray
>
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> come With images you tended Under foreign skies Far away from your own 
> land"
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gary Wunder" <gwunder at earthlink.net>
> To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 7:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] should blind people go barefoot?
>
>
> Vacuuming and mopping are much easier because it is easy for one to see
> his/her work.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kathleen Millhoff" <kmillhoff at gmail.com>
> To: "Ray Foret jr" <rforetjr at comcast.net>; "Blind Talk Mailing List"
> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 7:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] should blind people go barefoot?
>
>
>> Hi, you could have Robert make a TP out of this; and, yes, you haven't
>> asked this question for quite some time. I would bet that the
>> additional tactile and vestibular info offered by bare feet is
>> valuable to blind people. to say nothing of the fact that shoes carry
>> some pretty yucky stuff into the house. You should move to the islands
>> where people wear shoes when necessary, but mostly are barefoot inside
>> and wearing zoris (what you guys call flip-flops) outside. (some folks
>> also call them slippers, but they're not the bedroom slipper kind). I
>> seldom find shoes that work well for me, and this includes Berkies and
>> the rest.
>> also, it's always summer here I'm glad to say.
>> best,
>> kat
>>
>>
>> On 6/17/09, Ray Foret jr <rforetjr at comcast.net> wrote:
>>> With summer practically upon us?  I just thought I'd  throw this out
>>> there.
>>> Should blind people go barefoot; either inside or outside?  It's been a
>>> couple or three years since somebody else broached the subject; and so, 
>>> I
>>> just thought I'd get the general opinions out there.  Can it be tied in
>>> to
>>> blindness in any way?  IF so, why?  IF not, why?
>>>
>>> Ray
>>>
>>>
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