[stylist] Good writing-firewood cutting

Sun Mar 1 06:15:56 UTC 2009

Shelley,
that's one cool story and I'm so glad you could go and help out.  I 
think some probably learned a lot about blindness and blind people 
because of it.
jc

Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS

At 07:33 PM 2/28/2009, you wrote:
>about three years ago I went to Mississippi to work in a relief 
>kitchen after katrina. One of the people on the committee thought I 
>shouldn't go because we might be primarily required to use chain 
>saws, etc. I told him that if I needed to use one I'd learn how and 
>furthermore if they wanted to stop me from going I'd have something 
>to say about it in the paper or whereever I could find someone 
>wiling to push for my joining the team. Well the guy who put the 
>team together advocated for me he doesn't go to that church anymore 
>but I went on the team. There was a lot of work to be done so I 
>didn't use a chain saw but I'd be about learning it if I needed to. 
>The first thing I'd do is unplug it and get a good idea of the shape 
>of the circular blade and what was where, create my own visual map 
>and then do small projects till I figured out how to use it. I'd 
>most likely teach myself kind of like I did when teaching myself to 
>light a candle. No one taught me how to light matches I had to teach 
>myself. I'm happy to let the maintenance crew do their work around 
>here but if I have to learn how to do something I'll teach myself, 
>just get the instrument and do a lot of exploring before I use it. 
>By the way in the relief kitchen I did a lot of barbecuing I think I 
>barbecued eighty pounds of chicken. Someone tried to help me I said 
>no thank you I've been doing this for years please go use the other 
>grill and between the two of us we got it all done. I'll never 
>complain about doing dishes again after spending a week in Bay St. 
>Louis washing huge dishes bigger than most coolers you've ever seen. 
>I think my dishwasher is a luxury.
>Shelley J. Alongi
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>>I've used all that stuff- starting back in 1972 (both a gas powered and a
>>electric chain saws; also muscle powered, too). I regularly use electric
>>saws and other equipment for cutting and shaping lumber. Having a house
>>demands a variety of maintenance types of skills; over the years I have
>>learned most of them.
>>
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>>From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>Behalf Of LoriStay at aol.com
>>Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 6:54 PM
>>To: stylist at nfbnet.org
>>Subject: Re: [stylist] Good writing-firewood cutting
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>>Go visit the national center for the blind!
>>Lori
>>In a message dated 2/25/09 12:18:24 PM, fowlers at syix.com writes:
>>
>>
>>>Well, split it anyway. I haven't found anyone with enough guts to
>>>teach me how to use a chain saw yet.
>>>
>>
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