[Blindtlk] should blind people go barefoot?

Thu Jun 18 02:30:42 UTC 2009

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At 05:18 PM 6/17/2009, you wrote:
>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
> >
> > "Old friend, what are you looking for?  After those many years abroad you
> > come With images you tended Under foreign skies Far away from your own
> > land"
> > George Seferis
> >
> > Phone or Fax::
> > +1 (985) 360-3614
> > Cell:
> > +1 (985) 791-2938
> > e-mail:
> > rforetjratcomcastdotnet
> > Skype Name:
> > barefootedray
> >
> > ----- 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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> >> --
> >> kathy millhoff - "Let each morn be better than its eve, and each
> >> morrow richer than its yesterday."
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