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

Fri Apr 13 18:48:23 UTC 2012

I got some that could be either the activator or the noise maker. That is, 
all pieces had buttons on them, and any piece could call another piece when 
programmed correctly. However, the programming kept getting messed up, and 
they weren't very loud.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Luggage Tags was Re: attending The Seeing Eye

> We had those audible luggage tags.  We liked them a lot.  Then one day our
> suitcase turned up sans tag.  Our best guess is the TSA took it off in
> case it was a bomb.  Our government at work for us.
> Tracy
>
>> There are also audible luggage tags, just in case this hasn't been
>> mentioned. They consist of two parts: a tag for the luggage and a
>> activating
>> device. When you arrive at the carousel to claim your luggage, you press
>> the
>> activating device and the luggage tag beeps. You can purchase these
>> luggage
>> tags from the Independence Market at the National Center for the Blind 
>> for
>> about $25. I believe you get two tags and the activator. HTH!
>>
>> Fraternally yours,
>> Marion
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mark J. Cadigan" <kramc11 at gmail.com>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 11:19 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Luggage Tags was Re: attending The Seeing Eye
>>
>>
>>> 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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