[Blindtlk] Getting a new cane?

Fri Mar 8 04:43:23 UTC 2013

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On 3/7/13, Judy jones <jtj1 at cableone.net> wrote:
> 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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