[Blindtlk] Getting a new cane?

Fri Mar 8 03:15:09 UTC 2013

Hi Carley,

For a long time I didn't want to use any type of canes. I always depended on
my late husband and did sighted guide.

Now it is all up to me. I really like using my cane now.

I have both folding and collapsible and like them both.

Gloria Whipple

-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Carly
Mihalakis
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 18:50
To: Blind Talk Mailing List; 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Getting a new cane?

Good evening, Gloria,

         Indeed, the FREE canes available from the NFB, are still 
straight. I think I prefer those to their collapsible counterparts. 
Upon going to the CCB while in high school however, I remembered 
being horrified by the straight cane, felt it was a 
terrible  imposition  although before I got it, I never imagined how, 
in spite of my pretty active lifestyle of buses, trains and other 
places I couldn't see myself negotiating a straight cane. Now that 
i've been using it for a while, I find it to work just fine. On the 
bus, I just hold it upright in front of me. Inside public places or 
in class,  I simply lay it beneath my feet.
So, if you need a cane but are a little short on cash, GOOGLE NFB 
free canes. See where it gets ya.
for today, Car 18 PM 3/6/2013, Gloria Whipple 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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