[nabs-l] phone numbers at night clubs

Sat Jan 2 14:28:09 UTC 2010

What did you like about the club? The music would be too loud for you and the person sitting next to you to hear each other. How did people deal with this? I never been before. It would be something to try one time experience. 

> From: hope.paulos at maine.edu
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 20:28:33 -0500
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] phone numbers at night clubs
> 
> I' with Brice. I'd definitely bring a cane, if that is your travel aid of 
> choice. I use a guide dog, but won't take her to the clubs. I'll most 
> likely bring a folding cane or my telescopic cane. The cane I have gets 
> really small.
> Hope and Beignet
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Brice Smith" <brice.smith319 at gmail.com>
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 6:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] phone numbers at night clubs
> 
> 
> >I know this is slightly off topic from the original question and
> > others might have different opinions on this, but a club or bar is the
> > last environment I'd feel comfortable losing any type of independence
> > whatsoever. What happens if you find yourself separated from your
> > friends? As a guy I never go out at night without my cane, cell phone,
> > and some extra cash ... and for good reason women usually worry over
> > this more than guys do. Buy an identification cane or one of the new
> > ambutech telescoping canes if you need something light -- anything to
> > keep yourself feeling and looking independent if something unexpected
> > happens.
> >
> > To add to the original question, ditch the notetaker or anything extra
> > that unnecessarily weighs you down. Except for my cane, I never carry
> > anything that can't fit into my pocket. Doing otherwise is asking for
> > trouble.
> >
> > Brice
> > On 1/1/10, Adrianne Dempsey <adrianne.dempsey at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I think taking a note taker to the club is a bad idea. I don't even 
> >> bring
> >> my purse because it is just something to carry around. You don't want to
> >> set it down somewhere, and you would just look silly dancing with it. In
> >> fact I don't even bring my cane because I don't know what to do with it 
> >> on
> >> the dance floor. I usually go with a friend and just go sighted guide. 
> >> I
> >> hate loosing a bit of independence but what ells can you do. If I go 
> >> with
> >> other blind friends then I usually bring my cane but I always feel silly
> >> with it at the club. As far as phone numbers... I think having someone
> >> ells program it in to your phone is fine if you can not do it yourself. 
> >> But
> >> my phone is not very accessible and I can do it. I just hit o.k. and it
> >> brings up a menu the first thing on the menu is add contact. I hit O.K.
> >> again, and then you can type in the number then down arrow and type in 
> >> the
> >> name. Then hit o.k. again and their it is. Another option is to have a
> >> bizness card with your info, so you can give the new person your number.
> >> This is probably not so necessary as pretty much every one has cell 
> >> phones
> >> now but it is a thought. The slate and stylist is a good idea to if you 
> >> can
> >> get a hold of one of those ninny slates. But you have to be careful with
> >> this option, because you could get stabbed with the stylist if you move
> >> funny or if your pants are tight.
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Beth" <thebluesisloose at gmail.com>
> >> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
> >> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> >> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 4:24 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] phone numbers at night clubs
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hmmmmm. Interesting subject. I would've taken the notetaker just
> >>> because I'm pretty touchy feely about my information. The numbers are
> >>> not programmable by a blind person in my cell phone, so a note taker
> >>> is a good option.
> >>> Beth
> >>>
> >>> On 1/1/10, Kevin Wassmer <commanderlumpy2003 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >>>> Hello folks. It's been a long time sense I have bought up a discussion 
> >>>> on
> >>>> here. First of all, I will say I am doing fine. I have a job at Verizon
> >>>> Wireless working at a call center. It is challenging. How it is
> >>>> rewarding. I
> >>>> am glad to finely get off of social security soon. Or as I call it
> >>>> socialist
> >>>> insecurity. But that's another story.
> >>>>
> >>>> I want to bring up a topic. I use to go to night clubs
> >>>> back
> >>>> in the day. I did not want to bring my Braille Note with me because the
> >>>> thought back then of bringing my note taker sounded strange. But I 
> >>>> would
> >>>> always have a problem if I met someone and wanted to get their number.
> >>>> This
> >>>> was because the music was so loud that it was hard to communicate. I 
> >>>> use
> >>>> to
> >>>> have people program numbers in to my cell phone at nosy places like 
> >>>> that.
> >>>>
> >>>> My
> >>>> question to you all is this. Being blind, would you have taken your 
> >>>> note
> >>>> taker to the night club? The more I think about it, the more I believe 
> >>>> a
> >>>> Slate and Styles would have been a great option for some like the night
> >>>> club
> >>>> sidereal. What would you have done?
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