[Sportsandrec] Research Not Survey

[Mike]

Hello,
Is this getting interesting or what? Snore. I usually lay my long white 
cane along  the side of the weight bench underneath it, convenient since 
it's only about an inch or two longer than most benches.
When I utilize my Seeing Eye (registered trademark) dog at the gym, I 
usually make a long leash, which I sit or step on and tel her to stand 
nearby where there are no weights likely to fall near her.
And that is the worst time for people to come by and want to hug on her 
too, by the way. But I think at times they see their opportunity.
Mike S

On 8/11/2012 8:59 PM, JUSTIN LOUCHART wrote:
> 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
>>>> JALOUCHART at GMAIL.COM
>>>>
>>>> Inveniam Viam Aut Faciam
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