[nabs-l] cane travel trip 2

[Sarah Alawami]

Loil.  Reminds me of the julery box that everyone including me used to smac
in to. Some were lucky until the day the graduated.

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of T. Joseph Carter
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 5:49 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] cane travel trip 2

More thread necromancy for Joseph, yay!

At CCB, there is a thing we call the DNA pole.  Just about every student at
the center has left some on it when they smack into it.  I managed to avoid
it because I'm left-handed and naturally tended to find it with my cane.  At
least, I managed until one day at the very end when not even wearing a
sleepshade or anything, SMACK!

Joseph


On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 03:25:38PM -0700, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>I remember in ther lcb there was one parkinglot everyone got lost in. 
>The thing felt like pavement and you realised it when you hit cars that 
>were not moving and the trafic on trenton sounded suddenly very far 
>away. I wandered in to that parkinglot every time I traveled back to the
center.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>Behalf Of Angela fowler
>Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 9:06 AM
>To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
>Subject: Re: [nabs-l] cane travel trip 2
>
>Jim,
>	Just wanted to say congratulations on taking that cane for a test 
>drive and keeping after it despite the frustrations. Once you get the 
>hang of it you will find it a big help.
>	A couple of points, do you know the general orientation of the 
>neighborhood in which you live? What I mean is, if I'm walking down X 
>street and toward X landmark I'm walking south if I have not passed that
landmark.
>If I walk down my driveway and turn right, I'm walking east. Once you 
>have that down you can keep your direction easier. I was walking east, 
>and I turned left, so now I'm walking north.
>	If you get an NFB cane, I think you will have a much easier dime 
>detecting the change from concrete to asphalt which indicates that you 
>have drifted into the street. As for large parking lots, I've been 
>using a cane all my life and I still hate them LOL.
>	Once again, good work. The more you use the cane, the more
comfortable 
>you will be with it.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>Behalf Of Jim Reed
>Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 12:15 AM
>To: MAB List; NABS mail list
>Subject: [nabs-l] cane travel trip 2
>
>Hey all,
>The mobility part is easy, its the orientation part that is going to be 
>hard to master. I decided to wear my sunglasses at night to make it 
>more challenging, I think sunglasses are a good compramize to 
>sleepshades at night, at least for now while Im trying to learn the 
>basics. With the sunglasses on,  I got turned around once, and then 
>overshot my house by two blocks. When I got lost I took off my 
>sunglasses and was able to find my way. I'm still trying to figure out how
I got turned around the first time.
>I ended up heading west when I wanted to go east. I realized my mistake 
>when I was walking past my gym in the wrong direction. If I hadn't 
>passed the gym, I'd be one county over by now.  Oh, by the way, large 
>parking lots are a pain as well. As are streets without sidewalks. and very
large sidewalks.
>and wheel chair accessable curbs that allow you to breeze into the 
>street without knowing your in the street until you run into the curb 
>on the other side (I was on quiet residential streets with no traffic 
>at midnight, I was safe).
>
>I did get nervous when I heard some people somewhere near me; a cane 
>make you an awfully big target. I'm a big guy, its not often I feel
vulnerable.
>
>Thanks,
>Jim
>
>"From compromise and things half done,
>Keep me with stern and stubborn pride,
>And when at last the fight is won,
>... Keep me still unsatisfied." --Louis Untermeyer
>
>
>      
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