[Nfb-krafters-korner] blind motorcycle mama

[River Woman]

No, it is the power of the large bike that is the thrill. The heft of the 
bike - it is an iron horse and there is nothing to compare with what you 
feel when driving it. I had put Cobra Drag Pipes on mine - they rumble and 
are loud - a crazy broad out to enjoy the day.

I loved going up and down mountain roads, doing switchbacks, and blazing 
down a nighway with the wind whipping my face and giving the raised fist 
greeting to passing bikers  going the other direction.

I better quit this or I will be kicked off the list - how to turn this back 
to Kraft talking???? Hmmm.... I repent.



Lynda Lambert
River Road Studio, Since 1976
www.lyndalambert.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <Terry.Powers at nih.gov>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] blind child withresidual visionin asewing 
class


> Would a moder bike travel slower?  Can you ride the moder sycle at a 
> slower spead.  It is just the ability of being able to ride, not the 
> spead.
>
> Terry P.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: River Woman [mailto:riverwoman at zoominternet.net]
> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 10:22 AM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] blind child with residual visionin 
> asewing class
>
> I cannot imagine a blind person driving a motorcycle as you have to be on 
> top of your game at every moment - everything is heightened, not anything 
> like driving a car. You have to be able to constantly scan the road ahead 
> of you for about 50 feet, make very agressive and quick decisions and 
> turns, etc.  It is a skill that takes finesse and decisive moves 
> constantly. My husband always wants to take me up to the shoping mall 
> parking lot late at night so I can ride again...I think I will just be 
> content with my knitting and beadworking and pottery making but sometimes 
> I dream I am riding again and in all my dreams I am not visually impaired. 
> Isn't that strange? I wonder if that will change in time. I see perfectly 
> every night in my dreams...so I am only blind 1/2 the time,  when I am 
> awake. Does that mean I am only 1/2 of a blind person?  Just wondering? 
> (laugh) Lynda Lambert River Road Studio, Since 1976 www.lyndalambert.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <Terry.Powers at nih.gov>
> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" 
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 10:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] blind child with residual visionin 
> asewing class
>
>
>> Linda;
>> Take it to a empty parking lot and you could have fun with verbal
>> guidance.  I once drove a car off the road with a broken drive shaft
>> with my husband pushing.  You might say I steared it.  I even have
>> driven boats with verbal guidance. And of course I have driven bumper
>> cars.  I won third place and second place, twice, in the national braille 
>> car rally.
>> They use race cars and the blind person reads directions to the race
>> car driver and you are timed! If there were better wramps and they
>> were brightly marked in yellow, I might take on the chalange of using
>> a scooter to get to the store.  It is just to dangerous.  I can not
>> imagine a blind person driving a car, like in the blind car chalange!
>>
>> Terry P.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: River Woman [mailto:riverwoman at zoominternet.net]
>> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 7:56 PM
>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] blind child with residual vision in
>> asewing class
>>
>> Joyce, you are such an inspiration. I love hearing you describe the
>> things you do and how you do them. You make me know I can do anything
>> I decide to do - of course I won't break the law and drive my
>> motorcycle any longer though..haha  Lynda
>>
>>
>> Lynda Lambert
>> River Road Studio, Since 1976
>> www.lyndalambert.com
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
>> To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 6:56 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] blind child with residual vision in
>> asewing class
>>
>>
>>> Ed:
>>>
>>> I have no light perception and I truly love my sewing, quilting,
>>> sewing clothes for my Grand daughters besides knitting, crocheting,
>>> weaving candle making and whatever else hits my fancy in the crafting
>>> world.
>>>
>>> I use nothing fancy, but I have a plastic credit card masking taped
>>> to the bed of my sewing machine which is measured from my sewing
>>> machine needle
>>> 1/4  inch.  I use quarter inch seam allowance on almost everything.
>>> So if you want 5/8seam allowance securely tape something like a
>>> plastic credit card to  the bed of the machine.  By positioning the
>>> credit card approximately
>>> 2
>>> inches forward from the foot of the machine, but 5/8 inch to the
>>> right it will  extend back from the foot far enough.  I butt the
>>> fabric up against the plastic edge and this is my guide.I can keep my
>>> right hand and  feel the edges of the fabric moving guiding with the
>>> left fingers in front and  the right in back of the foot.I can feel
>>> the pins approaching the foot and stop them to remove them.  I use
>>> quilting pins to pin my seams together.
>>> They
>>>  are long with the large plastic heads.   They are easier to feel and
>>> pull
>>> out before going under the needle of the  machine.
>>>
>>> Do you know that we have a blind teacher in Wisconsin that teaches
>>> home ec in the public school?  Her students are sighted.  She is a
>>> member of  NFB and I would suggest you get in touch with her and have
>>> her get in contact with this teacher.
>>>
>>> I need to look up her name.  If you are interested please email me
>>> and I will give you her contact information.
>>>
>>>
>>> Joyce  Kane
>>> www.KraftersKorner.org  (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
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