[NFBMV] Minutes for August 13, 2016 meeting

[richard]

Dave this is good. I think every day is a day to meet the blind. Richard

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If this is meet the blind month then Reggie who drives for Uber got a full
dose today.

I went to Second Time Around on Brown Street on the RTA and took Uber back
home from Dewey's.

The driver and I were talking about language, the current state of the
constantly changing vernacular and the possible sources of such changes.
EG.  No worries, super good, super fun, super cold/hot, wellness, unAmerican
etc.

Reggie said that before he picked me up he heard something he'd never heard
before.

"I had a pickup of 3 blind people and they were talking about getting
tattoos.  They spoke like you" he said referring to the verbiage use of the
word seeing instead of hearing incorporated by us blind peoples.

"I just thought it was so cool.  I'd never thought that blind people would
be talking about tattoos let alone getting tattooed."

I assumed if Reggie had 3 blind people in his car then it must be
federation-related because in all of my life I've only known federationists
to get out and travel in groups.

"Did you pick them up at the Episcapal church downtown" I asked?

Reggie said he did and that he drove one man and two ladies.

"What was the fella's name?"

"Robert" he said.

I was excited about this,  and when Reggie had finished speaking
appreciatively about what he had learned and the unexpected nature of the
event I added that meeting 4 blind people within an hour was probably a new
record for the average person (national/state conventions being an
exception).


So this is the aftereffect of blind people simply doing everyday things, and
as far as meeting the blind month goes Reggie's familiarity increased
four-fold.

On 10/8/16, Robert Spangler via NFBMV <nfbmv at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> This was a long time ago, before our picnic.  Here are the minutes.  
> See you all soon!
>

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