[Sportsandrec] Research Not Survey

[JUSTIN LOUCHART]

Hello without a pretense of time,

I'm blind, and I place my cane/stick ( no preference) nearby a device
-- either against a wall or less preferably lying on the floor.

Justin Louchart

On 8/11/12, Robin <robin-melvin at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hello:
>
> Miss/Mrs. Ashley,
>
> I'm TOATLLY BLIND & I also CALL my Cane a "Stick".
>
> As for where I stash IT while WORKING OUT, I usually stash it lying
> close to a fixture in our Spin Class so does Carly.
>
> At 07:13 PM 8/11/2012, you wrote:
>>Carley,
>>You're the only blind person that will stand calling  our canes as
>>sticks. They are not just sticks, more important than that. I think
>>we should educate sighted people about their real name and what they
>>are used for.
>>
>>Now on a rec question with canes, where do you place your cane while
>>working out? It has to be near you to grab it if you are in the gym,
>>so you can move around. But also has to be out of the way. Usually I
>>place it beside the equipment I'm using or if there is little space,
>>I put it under the equipment.
>>Ashley
>>
>>-----Original Message----- From: Carly Mihalakis
>>Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 7:42 PM
>>To: Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List ; Sports and
>>Recreation for the Blind Discussion List
>>Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Research Not Survey
>>
>>Hi, Justin,
>>
>>It's not THAT important. Why should we speak of the stick in
>>reverent, terms when it's a part of us that ought to be a given?
>>
>>I just don't like the pretentious sound of it.
>>Initiated folk don't call it a wheelchair, although others do
>>prefering instead to call it what it is, a chair. It's the same for
>>us, doncha think?don't Original Message----- From: JUSTIN LOUCHART
>>>Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 11:06 AM
>>>To: Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List
>>>Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Research Not Survey
>>>
>>>Good morning, Jody,
>>>
>>>A stick is actually grammatically and fundamentally correct, seeing as
>>>it serves no other function. A stick is not a definitional preface
>>>based upon matter or material thereof. Our cultural disposition to
>>>meet the word stick with negativity is only that, a cultural
>>>disposition.
>>>In every language I speak the word for the long cane is comparable to
>>>an English word for stick, as in German, schtuk. I would be dismayed
>>>to find this singular cultural disposition causing a glitch between
>>>multiple parties of the blindness contingent. We deal with enough
>>>negativity as humans in the first place, dealing with extra relative
>>>merely to our dialectical diction seems... unnecessary.
>>>
>>>Similarly, I'm totally on board with helping to explore historically
>>>significant paradigm shifts. Bring on the Louis and Clark!
>>>
>>>Justin
>>>
>>>On 8/11/12, jody at thewhitehats.com <jody at thewhitehats.com> wrote:
>>>>Hi Justin,
>>>>
>>>>Yes, and a sighted guide will forget to remind you of curbs and
>>>> obstacles
>>>>but the guide dog does not forget.  Hahahaha
>>>>
>>>>Especially spouses.
>>>>
>>>>JODY
>>>>
>>>>
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Justin Louchart
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