[blparent] Different Colored Canes

Thu Nov 10 20:07:16 UTC 2011

Typically you would have two canes your everyday cane for traveling on the 
streets and keep the colored one for use at the occasion you are attending.

Amanda
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From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 11:54 AM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Different Colored Canes

> But does it count legally as a cane? As in if you're crossing a street and 
> a driver doesn't stop, can they say "I idn't know that was a cane"?
> My cane isn't apart of me. It's just something I use. I have more 
> sentimental attachment to my space shuttle jacket. That thing is beautiful 
> and has lots of good memories. Plus cool stuff happens when I wear it.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Amanda Winkler
> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 2:49 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Different Colored Canes
>
> I know that the gentleman that had the black one was a judge in our city.
> The girl who had the pink cane used it everywhere she needed to be dressed
> up (church, interviews, etc.).  They are mainly to be functional and not 
> so
> obvious during these special times.  Think of it this way we have to dress
> up for these occasions so why not dress up your cane too because it is 
> apart
> of you.  You would only need to by one cane that was the color that suited
> you the best or your favorite color.
>
> Amanda
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 11:22 AM
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [blparent] Different Colored Canes
>
>> But could a pink or black cane be used on the street?  I mean, it would
>> work just fine, but isn't part of having a cane letting people know you
>> are blind because the white cane is a universal symbol?  Or would the
>> colored cane be just for a wedding or something like that?  I never 
>> really
>> thought of something along those lines, though I wouldn't be inclined to
>> spend money changing the appearance of my cane for someone else's sense 
>> of
>> asthetics.
>>
>> 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: "Amanda Winkler" <awcactuscat1 at hotmail.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 12:15 PM
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>
>>> 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
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> 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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