[stylist] rollerball cane tips

[Angela fowler]

Jim, so glad you're getting better.
Yes, those roller tips aren't all they're cracked up to be. I gave my old
folding cane away a long time ago, someone was desperate, and haven't missed
it a bit.  

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of James Canaday M.A. N6YR
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 5:40 PM
To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: [stylist] rollerball cane tips

hello friends,
I'm going back to a previous discussion we had regarding canes and cane
tips.
the replacement tips I had ordered for my cane were wrong, rainshine instead
of the standard metal glide tip and I could not get the rainshine on my
solid fiberglass cane.
I had a trip downtown this afternoon and thus was forced to use what I call
my "dress cane" because it looks nice, doesn't appear to have survived a
nuclear blast.  problem is it is a folding cane, probably three times the
weight, and made of graphite.  it was given by a state functionary.  my
"dress cane" has a rolling tip.
after walking with it downtown on some familiar sidewalks, I can
conclusively report that it doesn't communicate nearly so much detail as my
solid, light, metal glide tipped, cane.  I tried tapping (harder with
heavier cane) and even tried some of the rollerball 
technique.    so, I'm getting metal glide tips ASAP.

one note, during my trip downtown I had to take cover under the awning of
the newspaper/cable-TV/ISP because it was hailing pea-sized hail.  hail
presents its own travel problems, chiefly the pain and the noise.

and to those who have been praying for me, I am getting better.  thank you
and thank God.

jc

Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS


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