[stylist] rollerball cane tips

[James Canaday M.A. N6YR]

yeah!  I only keep it because it looks nice and use it just for 
formal occasions where I'm not gonna do much walking!
another term I have for it is: "boat anchor cane" because it is so heavy!
jc

Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS

At 07:43 PM 11/14/2008, you wrote:
>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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