[nfbwatlk] A warm embrace from a slithery pal, The Olympian, September 24 2009

Tue Oct 6 02:25:53 UTC 2009

Hi,
Oh yeah!  That would be great!
Thanks
Lauren
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Olympian,September 24 2009


> How about a cheetah?
>
> LEFT, RIGHT, FORWARD, HALT and MUNCH!
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lauren Merryfield" <lauren1 at catliness.com>
> To: "NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Friday, Oct 2, 2009 15:51:08
> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] A warm embrace from a slithery pal, The Olympian, 
> September 24 2009
>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>> I'll take a tiger, or any other big cat!
>> Thanks
>> Lauren
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Mackenstadt, Gary" <Gary.Mackenstadt at ed.gov>
>> To: "'Ationfb of Washington Talk Mailing List'" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 9:32 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] A warm embrace from a slithery pal, The
>> OlympianeaSeptember 24 2009
>>
>>
>> > How about a tiger?  Or skunk?  Or man eating ant?
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>> > On
>> > Behalf Of Kaye Kipp
>> > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 9:01 AM
>> > To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
>> > Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] A warm embrace from a slithery pal, The 
>> > Olympian,
>> > September 24 2009
>> >
>> > Anybody for guide mice?  Oh, but they'd have to come in threes wouldn't
>> > they?
>> >
>> > Kaye
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "gloria" <fairyfoot at webband.com>
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>> > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 8:49 AM
>> > Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] A warm embrace from a slithery pal, The
>> > OlympianeaSeptember 24 2009
>> >
>> >
>> >arI agree.
>> >ar
>> >ar Paul use to know a gal  in college who had a tarantula and I guess 
>> >she
>> >ar would let it crawl around in her hair.
>> >ar
>> >ar I would take a snake any day!
>> >ar
>> >ar
>> >ar Gloria Whipple
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>> >ar -----Original Message-----
>> >ar From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org 
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>> >ar On Behalf Of Jedi
>> >ar Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:40 PM
>> >ar To: nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org
>> >ar Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] A warm embrace from a slithery pal, The
>> >ar Olympian, September 24 2009
>> >ar
>> >ar Well, personally, I had no problem with the snake. I don't know the
>> >ar science behind it, but if the snake helps him and is out of the way,
>> >ar so be it. I rather like snakes, so perhaps I'm prejudiced in a
>> >ar positive direction.
>> >ar
>> >ar Respectfully,
>> >ar Jedi
>> >ar
>> >ar
>> >ar Original message:
>> >>> Gad!  What next?  I hope they _do limit service animals to dogs.
>> >>> That's enough!
>> >ar
>> >>> Alco
>> >ar
>> >>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>> From: Nightingale, Noel <Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov>
>> >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 9:32 AM
>> >>> To: 'nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org' <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
>> >>> Subject: [nfbwatlk] A warm embrace from a slithery pal, The Olympian,
>> >>> September 24 2009
>> >ar
>> >>> And a slippery slope about which some of us have cautioned is
>> >>> represented by this article
>> >ar
>> >ar
>> >>> Link:
>> >>> http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/980930.html
>> >ar
>> >>> Text:
>> >>> A warm embrace from a slithery pal
>> >>> Service: Shelton man gets a hug from his boa constrictor to warn him
>> >>> when a seizure is coming CHRISTIAN HILL; The Olympian Published
>> >>> September 24, 2009
>> >ar
>> >>> SHELTON - Most people would panic if a 4-foot boa constrictor draped
>> >>> around their neck gave them a squeeze.
>> >ar
>> >>> Daniel Greene, 46, credits the snake's embrace for helping him live a
>> >>> fuller life. So much so, in fact, that he has vowed to fight a tabled
>> >>> proposal by the federal government that would prevent him and many
>> >>> others from taking what they consider their service animals into
>> >>> stores and restaurants.
>> >ar
>> >>> He said use of his reptilian aide gives him greater confidence when
>> >>> he leaves home.
>> >ar
>> >>> "I was walking around playing Russian roulette a lot of the time," he
>> >>> said of the period before he began using the snake, named Redrock, as
>> >>> a service animal.
>> >ar
>> >>> Greene, who lives outside Shelton, suffers from epilepsy, a
>> >>> neurological disorder characterized by unprovoked and reoccurring
>> >>> seizures. He said the snake, its reddish-brown body draped around him
>> >>> like a necktie when he's out in public, senses when a seizure is
>> >>> imminent and gives him a light squeeze. The warning gives him enough
>> >>> time to take medication to head off the attack, alert someone it's
>> >>> coming or move to an area where the thrashing is not disruptive.
>> >ar
>> >>> Greene blacks out during these episodes, but his wife, Karen, said
>> >>> the snake's warning has headed off about a half-dozen seizures in
>> >>> Redrock's five months with Greene. This month, Greene has had four
>> >>> seizures at night - she refuses to let the boa constrictor share
>> >>> their bed - but none during the day
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