[Blindtlk] Getting a new cane?

[Judy jones]

When the kids were growing up, we owned a large house.  Even though I'm a 
guide dog user, (Gabi's now retired), I kept an NFB telescopic cane hanging 
on a hook - one next to the front door, and one next to the back, in case I 
had to leave the house in a hurry while looking after the kids.

Judy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gloria Whipple" <glowhi at centurylink.net>
To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Getting a new cane?


> 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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