[blparent] Happy Thanksgiving, eh?

Wed Dec 3 16:30:55 UTC 2008

And I'm disappointed that the media doesn't make as big a deal as it used to 
about where Santa is.  I remember listening to the radio and them giving 
updates of his whereabouts.
Barbara

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From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M." <Rebecca.Pickrell at ngc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 7:20 AM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Happy Thanksgiving, eh?

> Would be interesting to know if police officers have procedures that
> they *have* to follow if say they witness a prong or two, i.e. an
> argument about money, an argument about money with kids present,
> whatever.
> It's kind of like NORAD, where they *have* to report any object that
> flies into U.S. airspace if that object hasn't filed a flight plan.
> And, that my friends is why Santa gets reported every year.
> You can see the reports and watch NORAD tracking Santa at the NORAD
> site.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Veronica Smith
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 11:24 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Happy Thanksgiving, eh?
>
> Yup, no law breaking here.  We tease her, if she didn't have bad luck,
> she'd have no luck at all.  It was very scary for her and her children
> watching mom being taken away in a police car.  I call it harassment. I
> wrote a letter to the city and complained about those kind of officers.
> Instead of going after the crooks, they harrass young families minding
> their own business. V
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 11:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Happy Thanksgiving, eh?
>
>
>> Good grief, that's awful!  It doesn't sound as if your friend broke
>> the law or anything, just stepping out onto her porch and yelling.
>>
>> Jo Elizabeth
>>
>> It is easy--terribly easy--to shake a man's faith in himself. To take
>> advantage of that to break a man's spirit is devil's work. Take care
>> of what you are doing. Take care.--George Bernard Shaw in "Candide"
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 9:01 PM
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Happy Thanksgiving, eh?
>>
>>
>>> And it doesn't only happen to blind parents.  A few years ago my
> friend
>>> and her husband were having a discussion about someone they knew and
> my
>>> friend was really mad, yelling, but not at anyone inparticular and
> went
>>> out her front door slaming it behind her.  She wasn't hitting anyone
> or
>>> bothering anyone, just venting her frustrations and there across the
>>> street from her house was 2 policemen.  They heard her yell and they
> saw
>>> her slam her front door.  they came right over and asked her what was
>>> going on.  She told them she was upset and was venting her
> frustrations.
>>> Well right about then her kids came out of the house crying because
> mom
>>> was yelling.  then out came dad, almost shouting at her to come back
>>> inside.  Then without asking any more questions, the police officer
> hand
>>> cuffed my friend and put her in the police car.  She was stunned and
> so
>>> was her family.  She said she started to cry and her husband tried to
>
>>> tell
>>> the officer that nothing was going on except her venting about
> someone
>>> who
>>> didn't pay her for babysitting.  they took her to the police station
> and
>>> then made her take anger management classes for 3 weeks.  She says
> never
>>> again will she yell to let out her frustrations. Aaah! V
>>
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