[nagdu] Some one stole my cane !

Tue Dec 20 00:02:53 UTC 2011

the thing about using a branch is that the branch is heavier. I did
this once for a couple of weeks when I left my cane over at a family
house and they took that long to get it back to me. My arm hurt a lot
cause a branch is heavier.
It will work, but I would rather use a broom stick or something. LOL,
the sight for that one. If you could, you could request a free one
from the NFB, it is strait, so if this is possible, get one of those
to use as a back up. I rather have a folding one though. I have a
small ID one that I use. I love it better than the heavy ones.

On 12/19/11, Dan Weiner <dcwein at dcwein.cnc.net> wrote:
> Just cut a limb from a tree, it will be just as useful as the average cane,
> a cane being a stick after all.
>
> Dan
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Doug Parisian
> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 5:18 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Some one stole my cane !
>
> Perhaps a little better choice of friends and/or acquaintances would
> alleviate the problem?
>
> I've had canes run over by cars, tripped over by some mental midget or
> other, and even attempted leadings by some unfortunate grabbing my stick by
> it's end but never stolen.  Must be the company I keep.
>
> Doug: Raising Cain when Able.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 1:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Some one stole my cane !
>
>
>>        Maybe the person needed it? I met a family that was new to this
>> country, had a member that was blind and wanted to know where to get a
>> cane. I'm not sure they knew what a cane was until they saw me using mine,
>
>> thought "What a cool idea" and came over to talk to me.  If I'd had
>> another one on me, I'd have probably given them the one I was using.
>>
>> They were hoping/expecting you could just buy one at any store.
>>
>> And, why not buy a few backup canes that meet your needs? I treat canes
>> like shoes, I have one I use but I also have a few backups that meet my
>> needs, a broken cane serves me no purpose so I don't hang onto them, just
>> as I wouldn't hang onto shoes I couldn't wear. Ditto for a cane that is
>> too long, it'd be like hanging onto shoes that were too small.
>>
>> Since this seems to happen a fair bit to you, can you keep the cane say in
>
>> something you hang onto like apurse? Or just keep the strap around your
>> wrist so you are in contact with it when it isn't in use?
>>
>> What happened was wrong, I'm just not feeling the outrage the list seems
>> to be feeling here.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>
>> Of Brittney N. Mejico
>> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 6:27 AM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Some one stole my cane !
>>
>> That is really awful who would do such a thing.  Hope you get a new cain
>> soon
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mardi Hadfield
>> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 12:59 AM
>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [nagdu] Some one stole my cane !
>>
>> Hi every one, Mardi here. I went Christmas shopping the other day and some
>> one stole my white cane.I keep it in a leather holster type of pouch
>> attached to my wheelchair when I am not using it. It is quite snug fitting
>> so it is impossible for it to have fallen out.When I left the store and
>> headed to the bus station,I reached for it so I could get into the
>> wheelchair bay when I got on the bus. It was not their! I had it when I
>> got
>> off the bus so it disappeared somewhere between the bus station and the
>> store.The only time I use it when I have my dog with me is getting on or
>> off the bus.This is the second time someone has stolen a cane from me.
>> This
>> is extremely annoying as I can not afford to buy another one until next
>> month.I have an old broken one and a very long NFB cane as a back up.
>> Today
>> when I went out to pay a bill,I had to use the very Long NFB cane as I did
>> not take the dog with me in Carla's car.This cane would be fine if I were
>> walking but is way to long for use with a wheelchair.It also has a mettle
>> tip which gets caught in every crevice and pokes me in the face.I don't
>> know why someone would want to steal a blind person's cane??????? Fake
>> service dogs, now fake blind people? What is happening to this world.
>> Mardi and Shaman
>>
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