[nagdu] two quick questions

[Julie J]

AnnaLisa,

Thank you!  I will definetely check this out.  It sounds perfect!
Julie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "AnnaLisa Anderson" <annalisa at sector14.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] two quick questions


> Hi Julie,
>
> I don't have any good solutions for the first question, except maybe wear
> those rain pants that Toni mentioned.  And you've had a lot of great
> suggestions regarding the purse/backpack thing, but nobody has mentioned
> this yet.  There is a pretty nice looking purse called a Buxton bag, I 
> think
> there web site is www.buxtonbag.com.  If that's not it, I'm sure you will
> come up with it if you google it.  Anyway, it's a leather purse with a 
> wide
> adjustable shoulder strap made out of webbing, and you wear it diagonally
> across your body.  However, the one I have, and don't use much, was made 
> to
> hang on the left, not the right, and I don't know if they make them the
> other way around.  I think there are other companies too who make a
> knock-off of the Buxton bag, but can't recall any of them at the moment. 
> I
> have been carrying a nice looking black leather fanny pack for the last
> several years, which has lots of pockets in it.  I should say, it used to 
> be
> nice looking.... it's getting to be a little threadbare in places now, but
> it hasn't totally fallen apart yet so I'm still using it.  I think
> HandiWorks still makes those, and I know they also sell small leather
> backpacks that look pretty nice.  In the past I've also gotten a purse 
> with
> a long shoulder strap that I could throw over my head.  That works great
> too, but some of my favorite purses I can't use like that anymore because
> although the purse itself is still perfectly sound, the shoulder strap
> connection wore out, and it would cost more to fix that than the purse
> itself is worth.
>
> HTH,
>
> AnnaLisa and Sundance
>
>
>
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