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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi, Friends!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What appears below landed in my email inbox at work this morning. Enjoy!--Susan<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Good morning. This nifty piece appeared on our Maine blind-forum group yesterday:</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The 12 Days of Rehab</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>By: John Weidlich</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Here is a silly song I wrote that I hope you might find amusing. It can be</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>sung roughly to the melody of the Twelve Days of Christmas.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>John .</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Twelve Days of Rehab</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Intro: The first time I called Rehab, they told me I would need</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>An eye exam to see what I could see.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The next time I called rehab, they assigned to me</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A friendly rehab counselor, and here's what she gave to me.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>On the first rehab visit my counselor gave to me, a white cane because I</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>can't see.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2. On the second rehab visit, my counselor gave to me, Lots of paper work</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>And</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>a white cane because I can't see.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3. On the third rehab visit, my counselor gave to me,</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hand-held magnifiers, Lots of paper work And a white cane because I can't</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>see.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4. On the fourth rehab visit my counselor gave to me,</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Talking clocks and watches, hand-held magnifiers, lots of paper work And a</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>white cane because I can't see.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>5. On the fifth rehab visit, my counselor gave to me,</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A CCTV, talking clocks and watches, hand-held magnifiers, lots of paperwork</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>And a white cane because I can't see.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>6. On the sixth rehab visit, my counselor gave to me,</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A golden lab a-barking, all that other stuff And a white cane because I</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>can't</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>see.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>7. On the seventh rehab visit, my counselor gave to me, A new computer</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>talking, all that other stuff And a white cane because I can't see.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>8. On the eighth rehab visit, my counselor gave to me,</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Braille and cooking lessons, all that other stuff And a white cane because I</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>can't see.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>9. On the ninth rehab visit my counselor gave to me,</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A Victor Stream downloading, all that other stuff And a white cane because I</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>can't see.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>10. On the tenth rehab visit my counselor gave to me,</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A Braille embosser brailling, all that other stuff And a white cane because</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I can't see.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>11. On the eleventh rehab visit my counselor gave to me,</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>college courses for taking, all that other stuff And a white cane because I</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>can't see.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>12. On the twelfth rehab visit my counselor said to me,</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"Your case is closed," but there's no job for me.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>But that's ok, because I still got to keep the college courses, the Braille</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>embosser, the Victor Stream, the Braille and cooking lessons, the talking</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>computer, the guide dog, the CCTV, the talking clock and watch, the</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>hand-held magnifier, the paperwork and-the white cane because I can't see.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Merry Christmas</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>