[blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!

Thu Nov 10 19:15:22 UTC 2011

I think that for those special occasions and formal pictures our every day 
canes are ugly.  I do know that there is a company that makes different 
colored canes.  I have heard that there was a pink and a black one, but I 
believe there more colors to choose from.

Amanda
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From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 7:26 AM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!

>
> It was all about image.  You know, the perfect Christmas card picture. 
> Having a cane made me look ... *gasp* ... blind.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant 
> of the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been 
> all of these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 5:12 AM
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>
>> Gee, why would they not want you to have a cane?  That would be like 
>> asking them to go without their eyes.
>> I'm sure my family wished that I would have carried my cane, then I 
>> wouldn't have had to hang on to someone all the time.  And that job fell 
>> to my little brother becaus
>> I didn't like walking with my sisters.  One would yank her arm away and 
>> leave me and the other made me hold her wrist.  One parent had their 
>> excuse and the other, I didn't like walking with because of them being 
>> too tall.
>> Barbara
>>
>>
>>
>> Let every nation know whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay 
>> any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose 
>> any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of 
>> liberty.--John F. Kennedy
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto
>> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 1:16 AM
>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>
>> Some in my family didn't like me to use a cane or dog when I went places
>> with them, but now I have one or the other, always.  Non-negotiable.
>>
>> Jo Elizabeth
>>
>> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young,
>> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant 
>> of
>> the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all 
>> of
>> these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Sheila Leigland" <sleigland at bresnan.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 12:05 AM
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>
>>> I was waiting to get a battery in mmy watch and he dicided that he was 
>>> hungry so he just left. My sister came by and asked me where her husband 
>>> was and I had no idea. She figured it would be safe for me to leave my 
>>> cane in her car and I never did that again. Now I have dog or cane at 
>>> all times because you never know when you might need to leave on your 
>>> own.
>>>
>>> Sheila Leigland
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto <jopinto at msn.com>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 11:43 PM
>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>>
>>> It was an accident, right?  He just forgot to tell you he was wandering
>>> off--I hope.
>>>
>>> Jo Elizabeth
>>>
>>> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young,
>>> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant 
>>> of
>>> the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all 
>>> of
>>> these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Sheila Leigland" <sleigland at bresnan.net>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 11:15 PM
>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>>
>>>> My brother in law left me at a counter in the mall. I didnn't know he 
>>>> had
>>>> left boy was my sister mad.
>>>>
>>>> Sheila Leigland
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto <jopinto at msn.com>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 8:25 PM
>>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, my brother would always tell me he was going to leave me 
>>>> someplace
>>>> when we were out together.  I still get nervous about getting left in
>>>> unfamiliar places, even though I have the means now to get myself home 
>>>> if
>>>> it
>>>> ever happens, which it hasn't and probably won't.
>>>>
>>>> Jo Elizabeth
>>>>
>>>> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young,
>>>> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and 
>>>> tolerant
>>>> of
>>>> the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been 
>>>> all
>>>> of
>>>> these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>> From: "janel" <jjointski at verizon.net>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 5:42 PM
>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>>>
>>>>> My sister use to make me feel that a car would hit me when crossing 
>>>>> the
>>>>> street with her.  To this day, I am still somewhat afraid to cross the
>>>>> street.
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>> From: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 6:23 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> There are some tricks that my sister played on me as a kid that we 
>>>>>> laugh
>>>>>> about in the family to this day, but they often times backfired on 
>>>>>> her
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> that makes us laugh even harder.  We also have a great time laughing
>>>>>> about
>>>>>> how I'd chase my sister with my cane and hit her with it to get her 
>>>>>> back
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> putting my hand on a manikin's private areas in the mall or for
>>>>>> pretending
>>>>>> to go down stairs when there weren't any around to watch me stumble 
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> feel
>>>>>> for the step with my foot.  The difference here with my family 
>>>>>> compared
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> how yours is being is that my sister admits that those things were
>>>>>> stupid
>>>>>> and we laugh about how dumb they were and how I'd always find a way 
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> get
>>>>>> her back for being a shmuck.  I never got how the messing with 
>>>>>> people's
>>>>>> food
>>>>>> thing could be funny to anyone.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Erin
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org 
>>>>>> [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>>>> On
>>>>>> Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 4:12 PM
>>>>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't know.  I hated the stupid food tricks and always felt they 
>>>>>> were
>>>>>> mean
>>>>>> and vindictive.  I don't approve of practical jokes that let people
>>>>>> laugh
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> someone else's expense.  My family refused to be educated on the 
>>>>>> subject
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