[nfb-talk] the new canes

[Kerri Kosten]

Hi:

Oh, that's good...I really like the straight canes.

Before I joined the NFB I used a folding cane but after I got my free
white cane which was a straight fiberglass cane I began to really like
the straight cane and now I don't think I could ever go back to a
folding!

They are a bit inconvenient at times but for the most part I have no
trouble storing mine.

I'm glad the straight canes are not going away!

Kerri

On 3/21/11, Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu> wrote:
> I travel alot, and I find that the straight canes are inconvenient.
> I'm not folding by cane, (in order to "throw my blindness away," as
> some in the organization think. I'm using a regular folding cane for
> convenience. That is why I don't like straight canes. Ray said in his
> original post that the telescoping canes are going away, (not the
> straight canes.)
> Blessings, Joshua
>
> On 3/21/11, Kerri Kosten <kerrik2006 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Joshua and All:
>>
>> I use and really like the straight fiberglass cane;I have never used
>> the telescoping canes because I've heard what you just said...that
>> they collapse when you don't want them to and I found I like the
>> straight canes well enough.
>>
>> Are both the telescoping and straight fiberglass canes going away or
>> just the telescoping fiberglass ones?
>>
>> Kerri
>>
>> On 3/21/11, Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu> wrote:
>>> Kerri, the Carbon Fiber canes are good. I know this, because someone
>>> showed me a California cane, and it was made from the carbon fiber.
>>> It's supposed to be stronger than the cords that hold most canes
>>> together, (in other words,) they won't break as easy. I hope these new
>>> canes won't collapse as easy as the others did. I had trouble using
>>> the standard NFB Telescoping canes, because they'd collapse when I
>>> didn't want them to, but they wouldn't do it when I needed them to. I
>>> hope this problem will be solved.
>>> Blessings, Joshua
>>>
>>> On 3/21/11, Kerri Kosten <kerrik2006 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi All!
>>>>
>>>> What is this about the independence market not selling fiberglass canes?
>>>>
>>>> Why are they not selling them anymore?
>>>>
>>>> I really like the fiberglass canes. What are the carbon fiber ones
>>>> like? Similar? Are they very different?
>>>>
>>>> Kerri
>>>>
>>>> On 3/21/11, Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu> wrote:
>>>>> Ray, are these the new canes that were given to the blind couple on
>>>>> the Extreme Home Makeover show? If so, I'm interested.
>>>>> Blessings, Joshua
>>>>>
>>>>> On 3/21/11, Ray Foret Jr <rforetjr at att.net> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am informed by the NFB independance market that the fiberglass cane
>>>>>> is
>>>>>> going away to be replaced entirely by the carbin fiber.  I understand
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> the new carbin fiber teloscopic canes are supposed to be better than
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> ones available prior to January.  I was just wondering if anybody here
>>>>>> could
>>>>>> tell me how the new version differs from the old one and if there are
>>>>>> any
>>>>>> improvments?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!
>>>>>> Skype name:
>>>>>> barefootedray
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Facebook:
>>>>>> facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1
>>>>>>
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