[stylist] farther, further, farthest, furthest-bus riding

[John Lee Clark]

Jim:

I use communication cards to determine whether or not I am on the right bus.
When I am, I give the bus driver a card that asks him or her to tap my knee
twice when we arrive at my desired stop.  I make sure to sit across from the
driver.

On some routes, I don't need to ask the driver anything, as the buses all go
where I want to go or my stop is "'tangible," such as the first stop after
the bus turns left from Seventh and turns right into Eighth.  

Dunno if this is any help.  But if you tell me where you are located, I will
probably know who the local deaf-blind people are.  It would be good to have
a rep attend those meetings.

John



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From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of James Canaday M.A. N6YR
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 10:29 PM
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Subject: Re: [stylist] farther, further, farthest, furthest-bus riding

no,
john what I was looking for was a convenient way to remember and keep 
track of them.  I got that here.

oh, question:
John, when a deaf-blind person rides the bus, how does he or she know 
when to get off the bus?

came up in our meeting tonight, local chapter meeting with a 
consultant working on merging the city and university bus systems, 
baby steps at first with just coordination and route efficiencies.
jc

Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS

At 02:02 PM 2/13/2009, you wrote:
>Jim:
>
>Farthering is very, very rare, so erase it from your vocabulary.
Furthering
>is useful.  Since further refers to abstract concepts, such as progress,
>furthering as a verb is like progress or expanding or advancing as a verb.
>
>If you're confused about a word, simply refrain from using it.  There are
>plenty other words you can use, and many of them would be better, anyway.
>
>John
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>Behalf Of James Canaday M.A. N6YR
>Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 9:52 PM
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>Subject: Re: [stylist] farther, further, farthest, furthest
>
>or, would that be the furthest swim anyone had done?
>
>I must confess, I am still further confused how to tell especially
>farthest and furthest.
>thanks for the comments John Lori and Barbara.
>
>jc
>
>Jim Canaday M.A.
>Lawrence, KS
>
>At 09:26 PM 2/12/2009, you wrote:
> >And that would be the farthest swim anyone has ever done.
> >Barbara
> >
> >--------------------------------------------------
> >From: <LoriStay at aol.com>
> >Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 5:01 PM
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> >
> >>Quite right.   Though one of the mapquest maps tells you to swim the
>Atlantic
> >>to get to England.   I coldn't believe it when I saw it!
> >>Lori
> >>In a message dated 2/12/09 3:45:31 AM, johnlee at clarktouch.com writes:
> >>
> >>
> >>>If you walk east from
> >>>NFB headquarters, can you walk farther than twenty miles? No, you
can't,
> >>>because you can't walk on the Atlantic Ocean!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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