[nabs-l] cane travel trip 2

Tue Jun 23 19:29:36 UTC 2009

Lucky!  I had blood running down my lip when I went back to the center. It
was gross! We used to,  and still do call it getting initiated over there.
You can't feel it with your cane as it is about 4 foot off the ground and
about 3 feet out? I think?

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Dezman Jackson
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 9:30 PM
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] cane travel trip 2

I managed to miss the jewelry box the whole time I was there.

Dezman
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sarah Alawami" <marrie12 at gmail.com>
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<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 8:54 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] cane travel trip 2

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
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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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