[nagdu] Some one stole my cane !

Tue Dec 20 00:22:10 UTC 2011

Interesting about using a tree branch.  Growing up, we went camping with 
my Dad.  The first thing I would do would be find a hiking stick.  I did 
not use it like you would a white cane, but it was still very helpful.  
We would hike a lot and my stick would tell me the terrain.  Thing is, I 
would never have been allowed to use it at home since I had 20/200 
vision.  Too bad.  Brenda

On 12/19/2011 7:02 PM, Lea williams wrote:
> 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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