[nagdu] Luggage Tags was Re: attending The Seeing Eye

Fri Apr 13 15:19:13 UTC 2012

Also, duct tape fixes absolutely everything, and I always have a Swiss army 
knife and a role of duct tape in my checked luggage.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Reinhard Stebner" <raydar11011 at yahoo.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Luggage Tags was Re: attending The Seeing Eye

> Mark,
>
> I like your method a lot and will use it. On top of that, you can now get
> colored duck tape!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Mark J. Cadigan
> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 7:48 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Luggage Tags was Re: attending The Seeing Eye
>
> What I always do is put a couple of stripes of duct tape across the 
> luggage.
>
> I find that this is far more recognizable than ribbons, and absolutely no
> one follows this method. If you have to look professional when leaving the
> airport, simply peal off the duct tape.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Nicole B. Torcolini at Home" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 11:30 PM
> Subject: [nagdu] Luggage Tags was Re: attending The Seeing Eye
>
>
>> First, have your own luggage tags with your information in case. Second,
>> you can have someone sighted pick out some brightly colored ribbons to 
>> tie
>
>> on your suitcase. The ribbons on my suitcase are orange. Of course, this
>> does not help me much, but it usually stands out to the sighted people 
>> who
>
>> are helping me.
>>
>> HTH,
>> Nicole
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Reinhard Stebner" <raydar11011 at yahoo.com>
>> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 7:54 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] attending The Seeing Eye
>>
>>
>>> Robert, as usual your description is giving me a very good understanding
>>> of
>>> what to expect; I greatly appreciate your complete description. I seem 
>>> to
>>> have misplaced the luggage tags they had sent and I am concerned about
>>> TSE
>>> not being able to locate my luggage . What should I do.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>> Behalf
>>> Of Robert Hooper
>>> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 3:27 PM
>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] attending The Seeing Eye
>>>
>>> Hello Reinhard:
>>>
>>> I envy you your trip to The Seeing Eye. It's hard to say what your
>>> experience will be like, as you will likely be working with different
>>> staff
>>> members than I did. So, the best I can do is give you my thoughts from 
>>> my
>>> perspective.
>>> Training
>>>
>>> The Seeing Eye should have sent you some electronic documents regarding 
>>> a
>>> general outline of what training will be like, including a sample
>>> schedule.
>>> You will have it relatively easy for the first two days (your pre-dog
>>> days).
>>> You will be able to sleep later and the only things you will do
>>> training-wise are Juno walks and familiarizing with the Seeing eye's
>>> campus
>>> and training center. The food is very good, all homemade and
>>> professionally
>>> served. They don't frown upon those who request extra helpings, so be
>>> careful!
>>> After you receive your dog, you will be getting up at 5:30 every 
>>> morning.
>>> They will pipe music into your room via an intercom located above your
>>> bed.
>>> You can adjust the volume of this intercom, but I suggest you don't, as
>>> announcements are also given via this medium. As soon as the music
>>> blasted
>>> its way into my consciousness, I rolled out of bed, said good morning to
>>> my
>>> pup, and yanked on some pants, socks, and shoes. I then waited at the
>>> door
>>> for the instructors to come around with the doggy breakfast. After 
>>> giving
>
>>> me
>>> a food bowl, I closed the door and fed and watered the dog. After that, 
>>> I
>>> traipsed down to park (relieving area). Afterward, I returned to my 
>>> room,
>>> took the food bowl to the common lounge (as requested), and took a
>>> shower.
>>> Breakfast usually wasn't until 7:30, so after the shower I would go to
>>> sleep
>>> (or go to the lounge, depending on what struck my fancy). At breakfast,
>>> our
>>> instructors would brief us on the day's events (who's going where and
>>> when,
>>> and the things on which we would be working). After consuming The Seeing
>>> Eye's delicious coffee, I would return to the lounge or my room and wait
>>> for
>>> my shuttle to be called.
>>> An instructor (or apprentice) would drive us and our dogs into town,
>>> where
>>> we would wait to walk with our instructors and usually another person.
>>> The
>>> instruction was superb, and as I said in a prior post, comfortably
>>> repetitive. Toward the end of the morning, we would start leaving for
>>> base,
>>> where we occasionally attended a lecture, parked the dogs, and ate 
>>> lunch.
>
>>> We
>>> then repeated the morning routine in the afternoon, and returned for
>>> evening
>>> park and doggy/human dinner. Most of the lectures took place in the
>>> evening,
>>> and were the length of some standard college lectures. They were
>>> semi-formal, interactive, and serious.
>>> You will be given a thumb drive with mp3 versions of the lectures on
>>> them,
>>> and you will be encouraged to listen to them before the lecture in
>>> question.
>>> I enjoyed the lectures, being the academic person that I am. Topics 
>>> range
>>> from traffic to dog massage.
>>>
>>> Dorm life
>>>
>>> It's hard to analyze each aspect of existence at TSE, as they are so
>>> blended
>>> together. You will be hanging out in the same place that lectures are
>>> given.
>>> I made amazing friends at TSE, and remember several loud, laugh-filled
>>> evenings and afternoons in the common lounge. You will have a very
>>> comfortable life at TSE. You have a full-size bed, your own bath/shower,
>>> XM
>>> radio, soap, and miscellaneous other things in your room, including
>>> heat/AC.
>>> However, I would be wary of leaving any valuables around your room, as
>>> the
>>> bedroom doors do not have locks. However, you have two closets in your
>>> room,
>>> one of which has a lock.
>>> Weekends can be a bit boring, as you will only have one trip (although I
>>> seem to remember something saying that this is going to change). Since 
>>> we
>>> are not allowed to take our dogs off campus, there is little to do save
>>> walk
>>> the leisure path, talk to friends, read, study lecture material, sleep,
>>> and
>>> recuperate from the week's activities. It does get a bit slow, so be
>>> prepared to be a bit restless on the weekends. If you have people who
>>> will
>>> visit you, that can make things more enjoyable.
>>>
>>> Computing
>>>
>>> TSE has a tech center (which has actual airline seats to practice). I 
>>> had
>
>>> my
>>> own laptop, so I did not make use of the technology center. However, I
>>> did
>>> make use of their wireless network for both my phone and computer. The
>>> tech
>>> center is downstairs with the laundry, grooming room, and rec center.
>>> Staff
>>> In my experience, all the staff were positive, encouraging, and a joy to
>>> have around. I, being the humor-loving, controversy-driven, and
>>> conversation-having person that I am, loved conversing with everyone 
>>> from
>>> the housekeeping staff to the instructors and servers. I'm sure I did 
>>> not
>>> cover everything, but feel free to write me some follow-up questions to
>>> address any discrepancies or anything on which you wish me to elaborate.
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Robert Hooper
>>> Hooper.90 at buckeyemail.osu.edu
>>> The Ohio State University
>>> 0653 Buckeye-Cuyahoga CT
>>> 653 Cuyahoga Court
>>> Columbus, Ohio 43210
>>> (740) 856-8195
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>> Behalf
>>> Of Reinhard Stebner
>>> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 2:47 PM
>>> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
>>> Subject: [nagdu] attending The Seeing Eye
>>>
>>> Good afternoon,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I will be attending The Seeing Eye on Monday 4/16/2012. Could you please
>>> let
>>> me know from a user's prospective, what to expect? I am referring to:
>>>
>>> 1)      Training
>>>
>>> 2)      Lectures.
>>>
>>> 3)      Dorm life.
>>>
>>> 4)      Computing.
>>>
>>> 5)      Staff in terms of warm / friendly or not.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
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