[nabs-l] cane travel trip 2

Kevin Wassmer commanderlumpy2003 at earthlink.net
Tue Jun 23 21:04:48 UTC 2009


I smaked in to that once and that was enough for me.


Cause its been 18 days
Since I first held you
But to me it feels just like
It feels like a lifetime
I'm trying hard to re-arrange
Some say its the hardest thing to do
But that's another 18 days
Without you..
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angela fowler" <fowlers at syix.com>
To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'" 
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Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 8:24 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] cane travel trip 2


Ah, the famous pole. It's in a perfect spot, isn't it? I creased my forehead
on that sucker a couple times.

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Sarah Alawami
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 6:55 PM
To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
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
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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