[Blindtlk] Getting a new cane?

Thu Mar 7 20:36:25 UTC 2013

55 inches.

On 3/7/13, Gary Wunder <gwunder at earthlink.net> wrote:
> What length did you request?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Peter
> Wolfe
> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 1:02 PM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Getting a new cane?
>
>    In a related note, the NFB sent me a free minature cane in the mail that
> is waist high. Is this normal for a free requested cane or is something
> wrong? I wish that I could remember my normal cane, so that I could give
> its
> recommendation but cannot remember it exactly. All I know its from Canada
> and much more durable than this free minature thin cane with a flat coin
> shaped disc tip on it.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Peter
>
> On 3/7/13, mr. Chikodinaka Oguledo <happychikao at gmail.com> wrote:
>> i use my grafffight ultralight cane to go on plains airlines and with
>> my wife. but i relie on my lady Shee can see I can not see.
>>
>> On 3/7/13, Kendra Schaber <Baltimore777 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>> I have not heard of it. It sounds like an interesting place to pick
>>> up a cane!
>>> Kendra
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "mr. Chikodinaka Oguledo" <happychikao at gmail.com>
>>> To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 3:37 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Getting a new cane?
>>>
>>>
>>>> have u ever heard of cuestumcanes.com? google custum canes all 1word
>>>> no spaces btwine custum &canes! u can make a cane custumize 2your
>>>> likeings!
>>>>
>>>> On 3/6/13, Gloria Whipple <glowhi at centurylink.net> wrote:
>>>>> Hi Chris,
>>>>>
>>>>> The last time I ordered a free cane, it was just the straight can.
>>>>> They might of changed though.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gloria Whipple
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>>>> Chris Nusbaum
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 14:25
>>>>> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Getting a new cane?
>>>>>
>>>>> Carly,
>>>>>
>>>>> What kind of cane was that? I thought the free cane program only
>>>>> provided straight canes.
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris Nusbaum, Co-Chair
>>>>> Public Relations Committee
>>>>> Maryland Association of Blind Students
>>>>> Phone: (443) 547-2409
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>>>> Carly Mihalakis
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 2:55 PM
>>>>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List; 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Getting a new cane?
>>>>>
>>>>> Good morning, guys,
>>>>>
>>>>> I got my favorite cane ever of all places FREE from the Federation.
>>>>> it is different in that it is a streight cane,  is not ramrod
>>>>> streight and might be the best cane with which I've ever worked.
>>>>> This cane has survived being run over by a car, twice, as well as
>>>>> tangled with both a bike and
>>>>>
>>>>> a
>>>>> skateboard, as well as numerous other hazardous parels of Berkeley
>>>>> streets
>>>>> all  without busting.
>>>>> The cane is straight but I can't say enough about it. Free Cane
>>>>> Program
>>>>> |
>>>>> NFB https://www.nfb.org/free-cane-program
>>>>>   At 04:12 PM 3/5/2013, Gloria Whipple wrote:
>>>>>>I didn't like that cane either. I also like the folding cane with the
>>>>>>roller tip and the protection between the sections.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>This cane has never given me any trouble. I have had this cane for a
>>>>>>couple years or more. I don't remember.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Gloria Whipple
>>>>>>
>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>>>>> Kendra
>>>>>>Schaber
>>>>>>Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 16:09
>>>>>>To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>>>>>>Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Getting a new cane?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I'm glad that the kind of NFB cane that I talked about was
>>>>>>discontinued! I think that it had too many problems for it to remain
>>>>>> on
>>>>>>the market. As for the kind of cane that I like, I will promptly agree
>>>>>>to disagree with you all
>>>>>>
>>>>>>who like other kinds of canes than I do. It's all a matter of
>>>>>> apponyon.
>>>>>>I don't mind giving feed back on my personal experiences with canes.
>>>>>>Kendra
>>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>From: "Paul Wick" <wickps at gmail.com>
>>>>>>To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>>Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 3:28 PM
>>>>>>Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Getting a new cane?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > Hi Kendra,
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Just FYI the type of NFB cane you bought has since been
>>>>>> > discontinued, due to the problem you describe. However, as far as
>>>>>> > feedback goes nothing beats an NFB cane IMHO.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Best,
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Paul
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > On 3/5/13, Kendra Schaber <Baltimore777 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>>> >> I personally like the folding canes that are made of graphite. I
>>>>>> >> like the roling marshmellow tip and the pretecters that keep the
>>>>>> >> joint edges from waring down. The graphite keeps the joints from
>>>>>> >> sticking when you go to unfold or fold your cane. I don't like the
>>>>>> >> NFB white canes because I tryed one out back in 2006 because my
>>>>>> >> old
>>>>>> >> cane broke. The cane was one that folds
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> in half. Well anyway, I used it for a month but the strings inside
>>>>>> >> of that cane broke shortly before the end of July of that year. I
>>>>>> >> also did not like
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> the tips because I would go through one tip a week. I quickly went
>>>>>> >> back to the kind of cane that I use today after that. I like a
>>>>>> >> cane
>>>>>> >> that is stirty and durrable. I also like a cane that folds because
>>>>>> >> I can keep it near me
>>>>>>
>>>>>> >> at
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> all times at work so that I can use it at any time that I need
>>>>>> >> without having to walk all the way to the house that I work out of
>>>>>> >> just to use my cane. I don't often lay my cane down because it can
>>>>>> >> get in the way while I'm
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> pulling up weeds. I also don't have a good place to stick my cane
>>>>>> >> up against
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> whenever I am in the garden outside. I find that a durrable
>>>>>> >> folding
>>>>>> >> cane is
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> the best cane for me.
>>>>>> >> Kendra
>>>>>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> >> From: "Ceci martinezl" <cmlhe at hotmail.com>
>>>>>> >> To: <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>> >> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 5:30 PM
>>>>>> >> Subject: [Blindtlk] Getting a new cane?
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> Hello!
>>>>>> >>> So, I'm planning to get a new folding cane, just wondering, what
>>>>>> >>> kind of cane would you recommend? and why?
>>>>>> >>> I really don't want a telescopic cane, that's all.
>>>>>> >>> Thanks!
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Cordially,
Peter Q Wolfe, BA
cum laude Auburn University
e-mail: yogabare13 at gmail.com
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