[Blindtlk] FW: FNC Alert

Thu Nov 30 09:32:27 CST 2006

HI Guys,

Well, as I say, there is absolutely no question about the fact that in
the blindness field we have much, much bigger fish to fry.  However, if
there should eventually come a day, however it is done, that I can
identify my money from square one independent of sighted assistance, I
won't be complaining.

Diane Graves 
Civil Rights Specialist 
Indiana Civil Rights Commission 
Alternative Dispute Resolutions Unit 
317-232-2647 

"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference."--Winston
Churchill  

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-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Alan Wheeler
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 5:26 PM
To: 'NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] FW: FNC Alert

Diane,
I agree, there are bigger issues to take on, but at the same time,
aren't their bigger issues for the NFB to stand against, too?

You bring up a good point, and not just for blindness/alternative
technique
reasons:  Why does the US want so badly to stand out that there can't be
some uniformity with the rest of the world.  I can hear it now, from
people other than you, "Counterfeiting this, counterfeit that," but
quite honestly? I don't buy it.  I'm more concerned about being given a
5 when I should be handed a 10 than I am winding up with a counterfeit
bill.  I mean, it has never happened to me, and I do understand there's
a first time for everything, but I think that to say "Well, we shouldn't
change the currency because it might be more easily counterfeited."
holds about as much water as my spaghetti collinder. *SMILE*

Alan Wheeler
awheeler at neb.rr.com or alan_wheeler at neb.rr.com
redwheel1 on skype
http://alan-wheeler.blogspot.com/
"Tell the people the truth and the country will be free"
  --Abraham Lincoln

-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Graves, Diane
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 7:03 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] FW: FNC Alert

Good Morning To All,

My viewpoint is pretty much in line with yours Sherri.  I mean, PLEASE
do not get me wrong.  We have MANY much more important issues in need of
attention from our legislators and legal system than this one.

I too have a method of folding my money, and it generally has proven to
be quite effective.  For many years I didn't even fold it.  What I would
do is keep the larger bills on the outside of the role or stack of bills
and the smaller ones in the middle, and then just remember what I had.
But alas, I am growing older, and my memory is growing weaker.  So
several years ago I began to fold the bills for identification purposes.

But, it is a fact that, in order to get our money folded in the first
place we do have to depend on the honesty/accuracy of a merchant, a bank
teller, a family member and so on.  That is, if we don't' have that $400
identifier. Most of the time this method of initial identification works
fine, but I have been known to be on the other side of that coin. It
doesn't happen regularly or often, but it has happened.

Like Sherri, I don't spend a great deal of time fretting about this
issue, but the rest of the world is going to a completely tactilely
identifiable monitory system, and I don't see why we need to be
different just to prove that there are alternative techniques.

After all, progress is progress.  I mean, prior to the days of
wide-spread computer use, and scanners and Kurzweil and the whole bit,
blind people hired and used readers and sometimes had to call on others
to proof read there typed work and so on.  This worked out fine for them
then.  It was an alternative technique and it worked well.  But would
you rather have stayed back there?  Aren't you thankful, glad and
elated, that you can now take care of your bills, mail and other
business totally independently for the most part?

I know I am.  The alternative techniques worked fine for their time, but
I for one, am grateful to be increasingly more independent of sighted
assistance.

And now we even have the Kurzweil/NFB handheld reader which will
increase that independence even more as it can be carried with us.  I
can't wait to get my hands on one of those.  I am folding my money and
putting it away (when I can) in anticipation of that grand purchase.  

I do understand that it seems absurd to spend time on the little things
when there are so many major problems, but don't knock progress guys!
Every little piece of independence we achieve is precious.  At least it
is to me.

Diane Graves
Civil Rights Specialist
Indiana Civil Rights Commission
Alternative Dispute Resolutions Unit
317-232-2647 

"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference."--Winston
Churchill

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-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Sherri
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 2:26 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] FW: FNC Alert

This is probably an unpopular viewpoint and though I manage pretty well
without it and am much more concerned about obtaining more money than I
am about having some tactile way to tell bills apart other than folding,
I guess I don't understand why we don't just catch up with the rest of
the

world and make our money identifiable? If we have to change it anyway
because of counterfeit bills, why not just make the other changes too? 
However, I don't stay up nights thinking about this issue. Really, it
isn't that important in the scheme of things. (smile)

Sherri 

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