[Blindtlk] should blind people go barefoot?

clinton waterbury clinton.waterbury at gmail.com
Thu Jun 18 13:56:29 UTC 2009


Woh woh woh woh woh!!!
Just where in the multicolored version of hell do you come out with  
people living off poverty programs for cripples?  You do realize there  
are people trying to get off SSI, if that's what you're aiming at, and  
quite frankly, I think you, Mr. I think I'm better than everyone else,  
better damn well get a grip, and watch what you say, as there are some  
people who because of different sircumstances can't get off your  
socalled poverty program.
On Jun 17, 2009, at 6:37 PM, Jeff Schwartz wrote:

> You can perfect your  spelling while I make a living well in excess  
> of six
> figures.  I don't rely on poverty programs for cripples.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk- 
> bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Mike Sivill
> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 6:19 PM
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] should blind people go barefoot?
>
> 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
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>> 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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>>> morrow richer than its yesterday."
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