[nagdu] Fw: 12 hours from gdb visit.

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

Julie and Dan,

Yup.  The point is not using the correct stance and the correct foot to
strike off with every single time.  The point is to get to the other side of
the street with your life.  /smile/

Thinking about it, I don't actually have a clue which foot I use, other than
"the one that works for me."  /smile/  I can guarantee that if I start
thinking about it, I won't be able to get anywhere because I will be too
busy falling on my face.  /lol/

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Julie J
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 8:37 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: 12 hours from gdb visit.

Dan,

I agree.  Sometimes I miss when it's my turn to go because the traffic is 
light.  Sometimes I think it's my turn to go, but then realize someone has 
turned right on red when I thought they were going to go straight.  and 
there have been other times when I do everything correct and someone runs a 
red light or decides to turn right on red in front of me.

Sometimes the wind blows 40+ mph, which makes figuring out which way the 
sounds are coming from a guessing game, if you can hear at all above the 
wind.   I do the best I can and leave the rest up to the drivers and fate.

JMHO
Julie



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Johnson" <blinddog3 at charter.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: 12 hours from gdb visit.


> Hmm, I am thinking what the master's stance is, and for some reason cannot
> remember what foot is where.  I do believe it is the left that is ahead
> though.
>
> Steve
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Dan Weiner
> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 9:37 AM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: 12 hours from gdb visit.
>
> Stepper.
>
> I'm so glad you got that hurtle behind you.
>
> Just a question, though, guys.
> What is it with these guide dog school reps?
> I don't even know what damned foot I use to check for curbs, honestly.
> I actually think it's the right, because I've found if I put my left foot
> out I inadvertently push my dog over to the left, but frankly I don't 
> know.
> I'll check next time I'm walking.
>
> So, in other words, the dog is so precisely trained that a person putting
> their right foot out would be a problem?--wondering face.
> And this obsession they have with traffic reading...it's hard to read
> traffic even for the best blind travelers sometimes and besides, the 
> factor
> in charge of a crossing is the drivers, not you, really, you could be
> crossing on the light and still some jerk will come barreling through.
>
> Geeze, if we were all so perfect we wouldn't need dogs at all.
>
> We're rooting for you, Stepper.
>
>
> JMO.
>
>
>
>
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