[nabs-l] Not Just Your Average Cane

Jamie Principato blackbyrdfly at gmail.com
Mon Mar 29 20:12:26 UTC 2010 

I just had a cool idea that I thought I'd share. I've found that my
telescoping cane comes apart if you take off the cap at the top and let the
sections fall out. If you have more than one telescoping cane, you could
paint the different sections of one and leave the other white, and mix and
match. If one day you want a very colorful cane, use the colored one. If you
only feel like a little pizazz another day, swap out a few of the colored
sections for white ones and just leave one or two bands colored, maybe the
handle and tip. Or you could go all white if, say, you're going out at night
and want to be very visible.

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Aziza Cano <daydreamingncolor at gmail.com>wrote:

> That's a good idea. That way it isn't a done deal if it doesn't work out.
> Aziza
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Domonique Lawless" <
> dlawless86 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 9:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Not Just Your Average Cane
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>
>  Joe and Fellow Listers,
>>
>> I don't know if this has already been mentioned, but it is perfectly
>> exceptable to have multiple canes. If you own more than one you can
>> pick one  to decorate and see if it will work for you and still ensure
>> your safety when traveling. Let us know how the decorating works out
>> for you.
>>
>> Domonique .
>>
>> On 3/28/10, Sarah Alawami <marrie12 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey I named my cane joseph. Well that one got run over by a wheel chair
>>> and
>>> joseph junior got smashed in a door so now joseph junior is back. lol.
>>>
>>> but in all seriousness good luck and be careful when decorating your
>>> cane.
>>> not to much in my opinion but maybe you could do something that would
>>> catch
>>> a driver's attention so they could see you better.
>>>
>>> Take care..
>>> s
>>> On Mar 28, 2010, at 7:32 PM, Jedi wrote:
>>>
>>>  No worries Joe. I once called my cane Fido because I got sick of people
>>>> who would ask me if I had a dog. I then responde with "Yes, he's a
>>>> skinny
>>>> white lab!" I like yours though.
>>>>
>>>> Respectfully,
>>>> Jedi
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Original message:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Mark,
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Having started the thread, I feel compelled to respond to your
>>>>> thoughtful
>>>>> post.  It goes without say that people's opinions here do not reflect
>>>>> any
>>>>> official NFB positions, and I honestly doubt the NFB would genuinely
>>>>> care
>>>>> if
>>>>> all its members suddenly decided to sport a wide range of colorfully
>>>>> decorated canes.  I think Dr. Maurer would probably find the concept
>>>>> amusing, and doesn't Whozit sport a black cane in our logo?  That
>>>>> fellow
>>>>> was
>>>>> far ahead of the curve.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  For my own part, I'm headed to Michael's sometime soon to embark upon a
>>>>> project to transform my own cane into the walking wonder I know it can
>>>>> be.
>>>>> I think that in doing so I would do well to use a measure of practical
>>>>> sense.  Security checkpoints at airports and federal buildings would
>>>>> probably not look kindly on a cane that is different from what is
>>>>> popularly
>>>>> accepted.  We can't expect the world to automatically get that blind
>>>>> people
>>>>> have their own sense of pizzazz, and by the same token, we can't expect
>>>>> people to pick up on the fact we're blind at night if using something
>>>>> as
>>>>> obscure as a black cane, even though I agree with the previous
>>>>> subscriber
>>>>> that motorists should respect pedestrians with or without this new
>>>>> breed
>>>>> of
>>>>> eye candy.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  I'm glad people pointed out the jurisdictions that specifically call
>>>>> for
>>>>> the
>>>>> cane to be white.  In asking my question, sarcasm notwithstanding, I
>>>>> was
>>>>> not
>>>>> really setting out to violate laws that are meant to preserve my
>>>>> safety,
>>>>> but
>>>>> I do not want these laws to tuck me away into a label that can be every
>>>>> bit
>>>>> as condescending as terms like "handicapped."  If senior citizens can
>>>>> sport
>>>>> all manner of creatively designed walking canes, by golly, I want my
>>>>> own
>>>>> mode of transportation to broadcast my own sense of humor.  It's not as
>>>>> if I
>>>>> can smack a bumper sticker on my German shepherd's butt and call it
>>>>> good,
>>>>> although, can you imagine the wide range of clever slogans one could
>>>>> produce
>>>>> with that kind of strategic angle?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  All of this having been said, I spent nearly a year working on behalf
>>>>> of
>>>>> victims of human trafficking.  I learned all about the negative
>>>>> connotations
>>>>> associated with words like "pimping," and for using that term to catch
>>>>> your
>>>>> attention, I am truly sorry.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  In summation, I think the responses on both lists to which the question
>>>>> went
>>>>> out has been mostly positive.  It's no scientific survey, but I think
>>>>> it
>>>>> is
>>>>> at least slightly indicative of the membership's willingness to explore
>>>>> the
>>>>> idea or at least humor my nonsense.  People who have given more
>>>>> straight-laced responses are no doubt secretly glad they're not the
>>>>> only
>>>>> ones who thought of this, because original this idea is most certainly
>>>>> not.
>>>>> Let's leave out the references to accessible currency and other
>>>>> controversial topics out of it this time around.  We debate those
>>>>> serious
>>>>> issues all the time and should enjoy the all too infrequent light
>>>>> banter.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Best,
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Joe Orozco and the Soon to Be Improved Sir Tap-A-Lot
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  What, as if you haven't ever thought of giving your cane a name???
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their
>>>>> sleeves,
>>>>> some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>>> [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mark BurningHawk
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 5:51 PM
>>>>> To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
>>>>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Pimp My Cane
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  I'm following this thread, and I know a large percentage of the folks
>>>>> here are NFB members; I personally a not, nor any organization, for
>>>>> that matter.  I find a bit of hypocrisy in this discussion:  First the
>>>>> NFB rails against things like audible cross walk signals and so on,
>>>>> claiming that the blind don't need them, that it's not what the blind
>>>>> "want," whatever.  Same with identifiable currency.  Now, however, I
>>>>> hear a bunch of the same people saying, in effect, "I want to carry a
>>>>> symbol of blindness! I want to proclaim my blindness to everyone so
>>>>> that they can alter their behaviors appropriately in recognition of
>>>>> the fact that I'm blind!"  I should think the true spirit of the NFB
>>>>> might be to use a black cane and give no indication whatsoever of
>>>>> blindness, except on a purely voluntary basis.  I just don't
>>>>> understand this.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Mark BurningHawk
>>>>> Skype and Twitter:  BurningHawk1969
>>>>> Home:  Http://MarkBurningHawk.net/
>>>>> Namaste!
>>>>>
>>>>
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