[blparent] Interesting Trip to the Fair

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Getting my money back wasn't an issue because we had armbands that gave us 
unlimited rides.

Jo Elizabeth

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself--nameless, unreasoning, 
unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into 
advance."--Franklin D. Roosevelt

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From: "Tammy" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 10:07 PM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Interesting Trip to the Fair

> Hi,
>
> How ridiculous!  Did you get your money back for the ride you didn’t get? 
> grin  Glad you had a good time for the rest of the night though.  Some 
> people are so silly!
>
> Tammy
>
> From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto
> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 9:56 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: [blparent] Interesting Trip to the Fair
>
> Hi.  Gerald and I took Stephen and Sarah to the county fair for opening 
> night.  Overall, we had a great time.  Sarah rode her first roller 
> coaster--a small one for kids--and just about split her face, she was 
> grinning so big.
>
> But something interesting happened at the carousel.  Sarah and Stephen 
> picked out the horses they wanted to ride, which were next to each other. 
> The horses were three across, with Sarah on the outside and Stephen in the 
> middle, so I took the inside one, closest to the center of the carousel.
>
> The guy who ran the carousel came over and asked Gerald,  "You're going to 
> stand next to her, right?"
>
> Well, both of us thought he was talking about Sarah, so Gerald said yes, 
> he would.  He positioned himself next to Sarah, at the outside of the 
> carousel, presumably so she wouldn't fall off the horse or try to stand up 
> or something.  The ride started, but it stopped after only a few rounds, 
> and the operator came back over.
>
> He wanted Gerald standing next to me, if I was going to ride a carousel 
> horse!  It didn't matter that I'd just ridden a ride that spun me six ways 
> to Sunday.  It didn't matter that I was a grown-up, and that my 
> three-year-old daughter could sit on the slowly bouncing horse 
> independently.
>
> We all got off the ride, and three out of four of us had a bad taste in 
> our mouths.  Thank goodness, Sarah was too young to follow the 
> conversation, but I guess she'll catch on soon enough.
>
> I'm choosing to focus on the good time we had for the rest of the night 
> and not dwell on the incident.  But man, we have a long way to go toward 
> equality!
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself--nameless, unreasoning, 
> unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into 
> advance."--Franklin D. Roosevelt
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