[blparent] something comical

Tue Aug 4 20:05:09 UTC 2009

Yeah but they let Barbara adopt so I'm not "getting" it. 

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Elizabeth Cooks
Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 3:43 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] something comical

Probably how theyhandle blind persons there...Who knows?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] something comical

> We were actually headed for the more American style restaurant
downstairs 
> but the person at the door took us upstairs.  First off, they were in 
> shock when we each wanted a brazed chicken.  (The chickens in China
are 
> tiny. At least all the pieces I ate lead me to believe so.)  So we
split 
> one order. When it was brought to us, it was not that much to eat.
You 
> see, they just chop up the chicken bone and all and you pick the meat
off. 
> Then--I had no clue what was happening when it did--my husband said,
"She 
> doesn't need that."  When I asked after they walked away and he and
our 
> friend who went with us told me they were going to put a bib on me, I
was 
> at first dismayed. Afterwards we had a good laugh over it.  I don't 
> remember if we ever got them to fill the glass all the way or if I
just 
> drank it.
> Barbara
>
> If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care:  of
whom 
> you speak, to whom you speak, and how and when and where.
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (IS)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at ngc.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 9:57 AM
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] something comical
>
>> If it had been a dog, you may not have gotten him back.
>> They tried to put a bib on you and filled your glass half-way? Do
share,
>> sounds like a neat story.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> On Behalf Of Barbara Hammel
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 10:37 AM
>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] something comical
>>
>> When we were in Beijing four years ago, I lost my cane tip.  Luckily
we
>> hadn't walked far from the restaurant before I noticed.  They had
found
>> it and gave it to us right away when we showed them.  They probably
>> thought it was a strange thing.  This is the same place that tried to
>> put a bib on me when we sat down for supper, and only filled my glass
of
>> water half full every time.  Sure is an eye opener to travel abroad.
>> Barbara
>>
>> If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care:  of
>> whom you speak, to whom you speak, and how and when and where.
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 11:02 PM
>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: [blparent] something comical
>>
>>> Just before I went to bed last night I stopped to check the front
door
>>
>>> to make sure it was locked.  My cane (Ponchita) was sitting
cockeyed.
>>
>>> I lifted her up and noticed the top was missing.  I thought it was
>>> really weird.  I checked the floor and all around the area.  It was
no
>>
>>> where to be seen.
>>> So this morning I asked Gab and my husband if they had seen it
>>> anywhere and they did not.  We checked our car- not there.  We
checked
>>
>>> the path to the
>>> mailbox- no not there.  When we took Gab to camp this morning I
asked
>>> if anyone had seen it, nope not there.
>>> It is more than just a little black cap with a cord, it has a bright
>>> red star made from foam on the end.  It isn't hard to miss.
>>> I called the piano teacher and asked if it was there, nope not
there.
>>> Then
>>> this evening I was talking to my friend Christine and I asked her to
>>> check her car, no not there but she said did I call IHOP?  She
>>> reminded me that I had laid it on the floor there yesterday morning
>>> when we stopped for breakfast.  She said when we came out she
thought
>>> something was missing, but couldn't put her finger on it.  So I
called
>>
>>> them this evening at 9:00 just before Gab jumped into bed.  They had
>>> it and my hubby suggested we go right away to get it before someone
>>> threw it away. Yippee!  Only a cane user would appreciate this kind
of
>>
>>> turmoil. V
>>>
>>>
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