[Home-on-the-range] Thanks and Giving

[Cindy Ray]

Serena, tell Tom to let us all know when dinner is so we can drop on in and say hey to him. They are such lovely hosts, but then you may well know this already. Enjoy, and have a happy Thanksgiving and lots of blessings to come.

Cindy

On Nov 21, 2012, at 1:21 PM, Sharon Luka wrote:

> You'll enjoy Tom and Linda!  Give them a happy hello!
> 
> Sharon
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Home-on-the-range [mailto:home-on-the-range-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Serenqa Nickell
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 11:06 PM
> To: 'NFB of Kansas Internet Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [Home-on-the-range] Thanks and Giving
> 
> This year will be the first year that I won't be home for Thanksgiving.  I
> found out how strong the federation family is because I got a few offers to
> spend the holiday with people and their families.  I'm going to Tom's.  
> Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
> Serena
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Home-on-the-range [mailto:home-on-the-range-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Cindy Ray
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 6:27 PM
> To: NFB of Kansas Internet Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Home-on-the-range] Thanks and Giving
> 
> I think it is amazing the gifts we have received from the National
> Federation of the Blind, and one of the most important ones is the friends
> we've made and the confidence we've gained along the way. I guess that is
> two.
> 
> Last night I boarded a plane in Chicago. It was a Southwest Airlines plane,
> and the seating is open, so since I was pre boarding and the first to get
> there, I moved back some. A man who was on the crew told me I could not sit
> anywhere except the front. I said why was that? and he said because I had a
> service animal. I told him that what he was saying to me was simply not
> true. I told him I fly a lot and even have flown his airline and that I had
> not sat front. He argued with me a bit, and so I went there. This wasn't
> because I was afraid not to so much, but I really figured that I was anxious
> to get where I was going. I sat down, and the crew member went inside and
> got the service agent. He told me I was required to ride in the front. (I
> had my belt fastened there already.) I told him I was flying there but he
> needed to show me evidence of such a policy, and he said I can find it on
> the website. He also told me that if I choose to argue with the crew I can
> be removed from the aircraft. That would have been fine with me, but I
> wasn't sure what it would accomplish. It would have proved to my brothers
> and sisters in the NFB that I had been strong for the cause, but it would
> have made getting here to my daughter's much more difficult, and I will be
> here only until Friday. 
> 
> A bit later, a woman came onto the plane and asked if we have an issue here.
> I said that we no longer had one, and he asked me to tell her what happened.
> She told me I was correct in the fact that I was not required to ride front,
> but the dog needed to curl up under the eat in front of me. No dog could do
> that, but he can go front to back and leave a fair amount of space. The
> seating area was a little small. I could have moved then, but I did not want
> to undo the belt, get all of my stuff together and move, though in
> retrospect I could have because I got on very early. I think after I did,
> they were halted in their loading by a maintenance issue. It must have been
> small because we didn't leave all that late, and I got an update of the
> delay on the phone. In a way I wish I had moved, tried out another seat with
> the option of returning to the front if I couldn't get cooperation from
> Fisher. It would use have been an option time wise.
> 
> Happy Thanksgiving to all.
> 
> Cindy Lou
> 
> 
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