[nagdu] Some one stole my cane !

Tue Dec 20 13:52:50 UTC 2011

I asked and he said no.

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Julie J.
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 8:40 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Some one stole my cane !

Perhaps he feels being viewed as being drunk is preferable to being 
viewed as blind?

Julie

On 12/20/2011 7:30 AM, Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC) wrote:
> Can you guys explain?
> I wa talking to a guy who has RP. He said people think he's drunk. I told him a cane would solve that problem. He told me he doesn't "need a cane", which I took to mean he's okay with people thinking he's wasted.
> Can somebody explain. I don't get it.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tami Kinney
> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 9:02 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Some one stole my cane !
>
> Yeah, I did things kinda that way, too. So long as no one realized I was
> using it to compensate for tunnel vision and night blindness. Which of
> course, I did not have because I did *not* have Retinitis Pigmentosa.
> Denial, much, folks? /lol/
>
> Tami
>
> On 12/19/2011 04:22 PM, Brenda wrote:
>> Interesting about using a tree branch. Growing up, we went camping with
>> my Dad. The first thing I would do would be find a hiking stick. I did
>> not use it like you would a white cane, but it was still very helpful.
>> We would hike a lot and my stick would tell me the terrain. Thing is, I
>> would never have been allowed to use it at home since I had 20/200
>> vision. Too bad. Brenda
>>
>> On 12/19/2011 7:02 PM, Lea williams wrote:
>>> the thing about using a branch is that the branch is heavier. I did
>>> this once for a couple of weeks when I left my cane over at a family
>>> house and they took that long to get it back to me. My arm hurt a lot
>>> cause a branch is heavier.
>>> It will work, but I would rather use a broom stick or something. LOL,
>>> the sight for that one. If you could, you could request a free one
>>> from the NFB, it is strait, so if this is possible, get one of those
>>> to use as a back up. I rather have a folding one though. I have a
>>> small ID one that I use. I love it better than the heavy ones.
>>>
>>> On 12/19/11, Dan Weiner<dcwein at dcwein.cnc.net>  wrote:
>>>> Just cut a limb from a tree, it will be just as useful as the average
>>>> cane,
>>>> a cane being a stick after all.
>>>>
>>>> Dan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>> Behalf
>>>> Of Doug Parisian
>>>> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 5:18 PM
>>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Some one stole my cane !
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps a little better choice of friends and/or acquaintances would
>>>> alleviate the problem?
>>>>
>>>> I've had canes run over by cars, tripped over by some mental midget or
>>>> other, and even attempted leadings by some unfortunate grabbing my
>>>> stick by
>>>> it's end but never stolen. Must be the company I keep.
>>>>
>>>> Doug: Raising Cain when Able.
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)"<REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
>>>> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
>>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 1:53 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Some one stole my cane !
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Maybe the person needed it? I met a family that was new to this
>>>>> country, had a member that was blind and wanted to know where to get a
>>>>> cane. I'm not sure they knew what a cane was until they saw me using
>>>>> mine,
>>>>> thought "What a cool idea" and came over to talk to me. If I'd had
>>>>> another one on me, I'd have probably given them the one I was using.
>>>>>
>>>>> They were hoping/expecting you could just buy one at any store.
>>>>>
>>>>> And, why not buy a few backup canes that meet your needs? I treat canes
>>>>> like shoes, I have one I use but I also have a few backups that meet my
>>>>> needs, a broken cane serves me no purpose so I don't hang onto them,
>>>>> just
>>>>> as I wouldn't hang onto shoes I couldn't wear. Ditto for a cane that is
>>>>> too long, it'd be like hanging onto shoes that were too small.
>>>>>
>>>>> Since this seems to happen a fair bit to you, can you keep the cane
>>>>> say in
>>>>> something you hang onto like apurse? Or just keep the strap around your
>>>>> wrist so you are in contact with it when it isn't in use?
>>>>>
>>>>> What happened was wrong, I'm just not feeling the outrage the list
>>>>> seems
>>>>> to be feeling here.
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>>> Behalf
>>>>> Of Brittney N. Mejico
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 6:27 AM
>>>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Some one stole my cane !
>>>>>
>>>>> That is really awful who would do such a thing. Hope you get a new cain
>>>>> soon
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Mardi Hadfield
>>>>> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 12:59 AM
>>>>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>>>> Subject: [nagdu] Some one stole my cane !
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi every one, Mardi here. I went Christmas shopping the other day
>>>>> and some
>>>>> one stole my white cane.I keep it in a leather holster type of pouch
>>>>> attached to my wheelchair when I am not using it. It is quite snug
>>>>> fitting
>>>>> so it is impossible for it to have fallen out.When I left the store and
>>>>> headed to the bus station,I reached for it so I could get into the
>>>>> wheelchair bay when I got on the bus. It was not their! I had it when I
>>>>> got
>>>>> off the bus so it disappeared somewhere between the bus station and the
>>>>> store.The only time I use it when I have my dog with me is getting
>>>>> on or
>>>>> off the bus.This is the second time someone has stolen a cane from me.
>>>>> This
>>>>> is extremely annoying as I can not afford to buy another one until next
>>>>> month.I have an old broken one and a very long NFB cane as a back up.
>>>>> Today
>>>>> when I went out to pay a bill,I had to use the very Long NFB cane as
>>>>> I did
>>>>> not take the dog with me in Carla's car.This cane would be fine if I
>>>>> were
>>>>> walking but is way to long for use with a wheelchair.It also has a
>>>>> mettle
>>>>> tip which gets caught in every crevice and pokes me in the face.I don't
>>>>> know why someone would want to steal a blind person's cane??????? Fake
>>>>> service dogs, now fake blind people? What is happening to this world.
>>>>> Mardi and Shaman
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> http://wolfsinger-lakota.blogspot.com/
>>>>> http://wolfsinger2-thegoldendragon.blogspot.com
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