[blparent] Different Colored Canes

Pipi blahblahblah0822 at gmail.com
Fri Nov 11 04:51:59 UTC 2011 

My friends, both blind did just that for their wedding.
pipi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Different Colored Canes


>I suppose what one could do is make a "cane cover" that matches the dress. 
>Too bad I didn't think of it then.
> 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 1:22 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> 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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