[Blindtlk] Cool news during Christmas

[Ericka Short]

Merry Christmas! Good for you. That is a great gift.

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> On Dec 30, 2014, at 5:51 PM, justin williams via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I agree; this is a great Christmas. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gary Wunder
> via blindtlk
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 6:22 PM
> To: gwunder at earthlink.net; 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Cool news during Christmas
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> Tom, can you send me your email address off list. Mine is
> gwunder at earthlink.net. This might be fun to highlight as a short in the
> Braille Monitor.
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gary Wunder
> via blindtlk
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 5:17 PM
> To: 'Tom Cramer'; 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Cool news during Christmas
> 
> This is the best Christmas story I have read this year and certainly ranks
> in the top five of any I've ever read. Thank you for sharing it.
> 
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tom Cramer
> via blindtlk
> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2014 1:15 PM
> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Blindtlk] Cool news during Christmas
> 
> Hello.
> 
> I wanted to write the list to let you know about something cool that
> happened Christmas eve!  It goes back to a conversation we had on the list a
> few weeks ago when I was asking about canes and independent mobility.
> 
> I needed to buy a final gift for a family member and Amazon told me they
> wouldn't deliver till after Christmas.  Since it was a CD I figured that
> some nearby stores would have it.  My parents were working and I didn't have
> much in the way of quick transportation and would have to take a taxi or
> something to get the CD, and the more stores I called the less luck I had.
> I finally got one store that had it but it was on a different side of town.
> I figured I'd put my travel skills to use, and I called to find out what
> buses I'd need to get to that store.  Turns out that if I took onebus, it
> would turn into a different number at some point and literally take me a
> couple of blocks from where I needed to go.  Why not?  I needed to practice
> doing this anyway.
> 
> With cane in hand I found my way to the us stop and took the bus to where I
> needed to go.  I walked the way I was directed and did get slightly
> confused, but someone helped me out. He even made sure I crossed a pretty
> long street.  I continued asking people along the way when I needed
> clarification and found the music store.  I went in and they had the CD
> waiting for me.  I even got another one for me.
> 
> Before  I left I asked about how to get out of that weird parking lot, and
> following the directions they gave me I made my way back to the street and
> sidewalk and back to the bus.  I did worry a little bit because I thought I
> had missed the stop due to walking a long time and not exactly knowing where
> the stop was.  As I began to second guess myself, I found the gus shelter
> and asked a passer by if I was where I needed to be.  About ten minutes
> later the bus came.
> 
> I was home before the rest of my family came back from work.
> 
> When I told my family, they were surprised.  I'm on my way to being a better
> traveler!  I need to practice a lot and not just wait for o&m instructors to
> come every once in a while.
> My mom and sister are still apprehensive.
> That was the coolest Christmas I gave someone this year.
> Tom
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