[blparent] naming and decorating canes

[David Andrews]

Yes, I think you are right, it is actually a cane and not a stick, a 
valuable tool, and deserving of respect.

Dave

At 11:40 PM 11/14/2008, you wrote:
>I think they were trying to get us to appreciate it.  they just kept 
>saying it is a cane, not a stick.   I'm not really sure, maybe Dave 
>Andrews knows, at one time he was my instructor. V
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
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>Subject: Re: [blparent] naming and decorating canes
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>>Why could you not call your cane a stick?  I've never named any of mine,
>>just never thought of it, I guess.
>>
>>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>
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>>Subject: Re: [blparent] naming and decorating canes
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>>>I love it, bubba.  My first cane's name was Palo which means stick in
>>>spanish.  When we started at the orientation center they told us we could
>>>not call our cane a stick, so Palo it became. Smile. V
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Shannon Wells" 
>>><pwandmomx2 at suddenlink.net>
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>>>Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 3:35 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [blparent] naming and decorating canes
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>>>>you all will laugh, but my cane's name when i was a kid, was Bubba
>>>>Shannon Wells
>>>>on the web at
>>>>http://www.christianhomeplace.com
>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Veronica Smith" 
>>>><madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>>>>To: "blind parents" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>>Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 2:22 PM
>>>>Subject: [blparent] naming and decorating canes
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>>>>
>>>>>I own 2 canes right now and they both have a name.  One is emily and she
>>>>>is
>>>>>a straight cane goes almost every where with me.  The second one is
>>>>>Casper
>>>>>and she is a telescoping cane and goes out to dinner or to the moviees
>>>>>with
>>>>>me.
>>>>>I used to work in a little kids program and the kids made sleeves for
>>>>>their canes during the holidays.  Some of the sleeves looked like cany
>>>>>canes and others like snow flakes.  For Halloween, they were orange and
>>>>>black and for Saint pats day, green with shamrocks.
>>>>>We had a lot of fun. V
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