[Ohio-talk] The Barefoot Lawyer

[adcohen823 at roadrunner.com]

The blind man in China needed a lot more than a cane or guide dog if he was on the run from authorities.

Hmm.  A dog that eats from one bowl and turns to drink from another might be able to see what is to the right side of a vulnerable blind person I guess, but where could such a dog be found so that field testing can begin immediately?

Gosh darn it.  All that stuff on the right forcing blind folk to carry sticks here at home, and all the same nasty stuff across the Atlantic forcing the same blind people to carry the same protective sticks for the left.  The dogs will have to watch everything else I suppose… 

The complete negligence and oversight of the 50-year guide dog training system is what concerns me the most.  That fella in the WTC on 9/11 with his guide dog nothing but lucky is all he was.  The entire right side of the 40 staircases he and his guide descended could have been missing and he’d have never known.  There but for the grace of God go I, you, he/she, they, we, you and I we, and you and I along with y’all.

Of course a two-headed guide dog would solve the problem.  I mean who hasn’t considered this already with all the bio-tech available today.  A couple of fifth-graders in my neighborhood could probably have the dog growing within a month’s time of recesses.

Unfortunately the R&D expense and adapted training model required to breed such a guide dog at this time will be impossible because all of the guide dog schools will be confronting class-action law suits for their negligence regarding all stuff on the right side.  I wonder if dogs are right-brained or left-brained, mathematicians or macramé artisans like humans?

During this interim period I for one suggest the dogs be equipped with extension side mirrors like those affixed to the driver’s and passenger sides of automobiles and trucks towing campers and horse trailers.  But until a canine can read house addresses or real estate signs I suppose sticks for both the right and left will be the only tool in the box.

---- Milena Zavoli via Ohio-talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote: 
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I remember that incident with the blind man from China.  When he escaped from the authorities, he had no cane.  I don't think he uses one--although he should.  At least he should use a cane or a dog.  I think that he addressed the 2012 national convention, is that right?
> 
> By the way, if you get a guide dog in Canada, you have both hands full because the instructors want you to use a short cane in your other hand. I know, because I met a Canadian with a guidedog, and he told me that at the travel school, if you are planning to get a dog, the instructors want you to use a short cane as well.  They say it helps you pick up things that a dog can't tell you about. 
> 
> Well, if you're going to use a guidedog and a cane at the same time, the cane should be nice and long so you don't get too close to anything nasty before it's too late.
> 
> Milena Zavoli
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