<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hi Eileen,</div><div>Sorry you experience this. People mean well but it is up to us to help them realize we will ask for assistance if we need it. It might help to send everyone or post if you are on Facebook, the Ten Rules of Courtesy for Blindness. I found this eliminated this in my family!<br><br><div> Deb Reed, President<div>National Federation Of The Blind</div><div>Central CT Chapter</div><div>Phone - 860-378-5370</div><div>Email - <a href="mailto:deb.reed57@gmail.com">deb.reed57@gmail.com</a></div></div></div><div><br>On Nov 26, 2016, at 10:37 AM, stanley torow via CT-NFB <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>thanks Gary.<br>does anyone else have this problem? and how do they handle it without sounding nasty.<br>Eileen<br><br><div style="font-family:Verdana"><br><br><br>On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 10:13 AM, Gary Allen via CT-NFB wrote:<br><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(136, 136, 136); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex"><div style="white-space:pre-wrap">You should no reason for that. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 10:05 AM stanley torow via CT-NFB <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org" _djrealurl="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">i am glad everyone had a good holiday. we did, but i find that relatives that don't see me too often, treat me like a child, just because i don't have perfect vision. wish i could speak up. nest year i will.<br class="gmail_msg">Eileen Torow<img alt=":-)" src="https://webtop.webmail.optimum.net/permCacheWrapper/images/emoticons/smile.gif"><div style="font-family:Verdana" class="gmail_msg"></div><div style="font-family:Verdana" class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg">On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 09:25 AM, Mary Silverberg via CT-NFB wrote:<br class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div style="font-family:Verdana" class="gmail_msg"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(136,136,136);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_msg"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg">Gary & All,<br class="gmail_msg"></div>Thanks for all the good Thanksgiving wishes. Joe & I also had a lovely day yesterday with family in New Jersey. We are all very fortunate to have much to eat, & friends and family to share. <br class="gmail_msg"></div>Mary<br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_extra gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_msg">On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 11:26 PM, Gary Allen via CT-NFB <span dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg"><<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org" _djrealurl="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>></span> wrote:<br class="gmail_msg"><blockquote class="gmail_quote gmail_msg" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">I spent the day with Rob Palaski<br class="gmail_msg">and his family. I had a great time, and the goid was really good also. </div><br class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_-589321624634593201h5 gmail_msg"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg">On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 10:04 PM Nathanael T. Wales via CT-NFB <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org" _djrealurl="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br class="gmail_msg"></div></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote gmail_msg" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_-589321624634593201h5 gmail_msg">Gary and Esther,<br class="m_-589321624634593201m_-2501925258780261539gmail_msg gmail_msg">
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Thank you both very much for the Thanksgiving wishes to all of us. I too,<br class="m_-589321624634593201m_-2501925258780261539gmail_msg gmail_msg">
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