[nabs-l] Heightened Senses

[Kirt Manwaring]

Joe,
  Were these nationally syndicated people?  If so, who were they?
Because that makes me kind of jealous.
  Anyways, when people say stuff like that I say something like "I
don't really think that's true.  From my experience, my ears aren't
better than the average person's.  I think I pay more attention to
what I hear more than most people, but my senses are just the same."
Of course, that's kind of long-winded and not always practical, but
there you have it.

On 9/21/10, Joe Orozco <jsorozco at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Today I had the rare privilege to meet some of my favorite Fox News Channel
> personalities.  One of my friends from judo practice made it happen, and
> while we were telling one of the anchors about how we'd met, she, the
> anchor, said judo must not come all that difficult for me since it only made
> sense that with the loss of sight, my other senses would be enhanced.  I
> only consider myself a somewhat average judoka, but I did not have a brief,
> witty comment to educate her on my reality that my hearing and other senses
> are similarly average.  My sense of smell is most definitely not impressive.
> I had too many questions of her to bother correcting the misperception.
>
> My questions are these:
>
> 1. Do you feel that blindness has enhanced your other senses?
>
> 2. How do you generally field remarks like these?
>
> Under normal circumstances I would have more time to educate people.  If the
> anchor in question weren't one of my favorites, I may have taken a more
> instructive tone, but in general I want to answer such perceptions
> accurately and succinctly.  Church is another one of those venues where you
> want to be polite but informative.
>
> Anyway, all thoughts welcomed.
>
> Best,
>
> Joe
>
> "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
>
>
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