[nabs-l] Trays

[Chelsea Cook]

Hi,

  I agree with Darian on the tray points, and thank him for 
posting that Happy New Year sentiment! I liked it.
  As to the tray: I usually employ Dave's first method.  This is 
how I do it, particularly if there are multiple items (warning: 
physics major side peeking out):
Usually, I'll figure out what I have on the tray and try to 
conceptually determine its center of gravity (where everything is 
balanced), and try to achieve that as I move, making sure that 
not too many heavy things lean to one side.  Once I find that 
position, I usually hold my tray between non-cane arm and my 
body.  If I'm carrying a drink and it's not too difficult, I'll 
usually put the drink near the outer edge of the tray so my thumb 
can keep track of where it is.  The higher you hold on the cup, 
the more control you have over it.  If getting fast-food, I'll 
often ask for a to-go bag, even if I'm eating in.  That way, I 
can carry the drink securely and hold the bag between arm and 
body.  It makes life much easier.
Question: When in a college cafeteria setting with a fountain 
drink machine, do you usually find a table, set stuff down, and 
then go get a drink? Not sure how effective this would be when 
eating alone.
Chelsea
"I ask you to look both ways.  For the road to a knowledge of the 
stars leads through the atom; and important knowledge of the atom 
has been reached through the stars."
Sir Arthur Eddington, British astrophysicist (1882-1944), Stars 
and Atoms (1928), Lecture 1