[blparent] Different Colored Canes

Sat Nov 12 02:34:19 UTC 2011

Maybe instead of a different color cane, maybe just the handle.

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Barbara Hammel
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 1:27 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] Different Colored Canes

I would agree with you here.  It's the white cane that's universal.  If you 
want to allow different colored canes, the next thing will be different 
shapes.  (Oh, wait!  They've had those in the past.)
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: Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 1:54 PM
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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
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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
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From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 11:22 AM
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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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