[Nfbf-l] Bad plug

[David Evans]

Dear R.J.

Tell them you know blind people who work on high voltage electric current 
everyday and I am still here.  You don't get many second chances with 
260,000 volts.
I have worked in and around such devices mostly after I became blind.
You learn certain things that help to keep you safe.
I see nothing now, so I get someone sighted to identify the colors of wires 
and terminals, mark them with tactile markers and then go to work.  I can 
use a color identifier, but this will only tell me solid colors and not 
wires with colored strips on them.
I work in a very deliberate manner, step by step, making sure that all 
breakers are turned off, locked out and then I test to make sure there is no 
current with a tester before I touch a bare wire or strip one.
Most household wires follow the code of Black to the Brass screw, white to 
the silver screw and green to the ground.
I have been doing it for over 40 years and my good old Navy smoke test 
usually do not make any smoke.

I also weld with a235 amp  arc welder to build my car frames and own my own 
equipment.
I use power saws and flame cutting torches too.
I just get someone to stand fire watch, which is what even the sighted have 
to do as well.
I can even tear down and rebuild auto engines without being able to see 
them.
I still have all of my fingers and body parts I am suppose to have.
David Evans, NFBF and GD Jack.

Nuclear/Aerospace Materials Engineer
Builder of the Lunar Rovers and the F-117 Stealth Fighter.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Bad plug


> Just let them know your feelings and that you are perfectly capable of
> plugging something into the wall.
>
> Sherri
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "RJ Sandefur" <joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com>
> To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 6:55 PM
> Subject: [Nfbf-l] Bad plug
>
>
>>I resently had some one make the the most insulting statement to me, I've
>>ever hard! "Name one blind person who lives by their self. What if they 
>>try
>>pluging something into the wall, and they are electricuted because the 
>>plug
>>was bad? Face reality! Grow up! Blind people can't live by their selves!" 
>>I
>>was in complete shock at this statement, I was speachless! How can one
>>respond to this statment? RJ
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