[Nfbf-l] Covert Affairs

Thu Aug 5 22:09:23 UTC 2010

Got this one twice.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kirk" <kvharmon54 at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Covert Affairs


> 2:30a.m.?? WOW, are we up late! LOL! KH
>
>
> Kirk Harmon
> 1138 Evening Stroll Lane
> Jacksonville, FL. 32221
>
> Florida Disabled Citizens for Progress, Inc.
> President & CEO
> PH: (904) 783-9896
> Cell: (407) 473-2176
>
> " Turning Hope into Reality"!
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
> To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 2:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Covert Affairs
>
>
> That's cool! I would have liked to try it!
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kirk" <kvharmon54 at gmail.com>
> To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 11:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Covert Affairs
>
>
>> Sherri, I tried earlier to explain and describe it to our friends, I 
>> guess
>> it was not very well done! Ha HA! The best thing I liked about it besides
>> not having to fold up my cane everytime I sat down or got in a vehicle 
>> was
>> that all you had to do to realize there was something in front of you was
>> by
>> the different beeps it  would make. It truly was a very user friendly
>> item!
>> the whole unit was about 5inches long and  fit in back pockets for our
>> gentlemen friends, or placed easily in our Lady friends purses! KH
>> Kirk Harmon
>> 1138 Evening Stroll Lane
>> Jacksonville, FL. 32221
>>
>> Florida Disabled Citizens for Progress, Inc.
>> President & CEO
>> PH: (904) 783-9896
>> Cell: (407) 473-2176
>>
>> " Turning Hope into Reality"!
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
>> To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 11:21 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Covert Affairs
>>
>>
>> But this is not a cane. It's a small Laser object that he just waves
>> around
>> apparently. Maybe others who can see it can describe it better.
>> Sherri
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Kirk" <kvharmon54 at gmail.com>
>> To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 7:46 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Covert Affairs
>>
>>
>>> RJ, It is just a small grip with an invisible laser to the sighted naked
>>> eye
>>> . It is suppose to hit on anything in your way as you work it as you
>>> would
>>> any other white cane. When it was working on the video I watched many
>>> years
>>> past as it was starting to hit the market, it was really cool! You just
>>> go
>>> back and  forth as you would with any other white cane and it would give
>>> you
>>> a quiet beep when it hit an object for you to be able to avoid. It was
>>> having problems however, and I haven't heard any exposure about  it ever
>>> since until today! KH
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Kirk Harmon
>>> 1138 Evening Stroll Lane
>>> Jacksonville, FL. 32221
>>>
>>> Florida Disabled Citizens for Progress, Inc.
>>> President & CEO
>>> PH: (904) 783-9896
>>> Cell: (407) 473-2176
>>>
>>> " Turning Hope into Reality"!
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "RJ Sandefur" <joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com>
>>> To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 6:27 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Covert Affairs
>>>
>>>
>>> What is a lazer cane suposed to do? RJ
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Kirk" <kvharmon54 at gmail.com>
>>> To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 6:07 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Covert Affairs
>>>
>>>
>>>> PJ, I haven't watched it yet, but perhaps I will try it out now that 
>>>> you
>>>> have pointed  it out to us! As far as the laser cane, This is not new.
>>>> It
>>>> was developed quite awhile ago, but from what I heard about  it, it was
>>>> extremely expensive at the time of my reading abbouutit! They also had
>>>> problems with it, which at this reply, I can't rememberr what the 
>>>> issues
>>>> were! In any event, thanks for the heads up for another good show! KH
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Kirk Harmon
>>>> 1138 Evening Stroll Lane
>>>> Jacksonville, FL. 32221
>>>>
>>>> Florida Disabled Citizens for Progress, Inc.
>>>> President & CEO
>>>> PH: (904) 783-9896
>>>> Cell: (407) 473-2176
>>>>
>>>> " Turning Hope into Reality"!
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "PJ" <persianpj at aol.com>
>>>> To: <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 3:28 PM
>>>> Subject: [Nfbf-l] Covert Affairs
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you've discussed this show, already, forgive us.  We've been out of
>>>> town
>>>> and away from e-mail most all of July.
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone, but James and I, seen Covert Affairs?  It's on 10:00 
>>>> Eastern
>>>> time each Tuesday evening on the USA Network and you can watch 
>>>> episodes,
>>>> online, too.  One of the main characters, Auggie Anderson, is blind.
>>>> They
>>>> show him in a pretty good light (no pun intended) and it's a pretty 
>>>> good
>>>> show. So far we haven't seen any glaring errors but he does, sometimes,
>>>> use
>>>> a small laser cane that we don't think is on the market, yet.
>>>> PJ
>>>> Panama City
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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