[blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!

[janel]

Some people ask me why I use the cane when I walk with them.  It is another 
form of security just in case.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 2:16 AM
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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