From MisterAdvocate at aol.com  Thu Nov  4 15:02:53 2010
From: MisterAdvocate at aol.com (MisterAdvocate at aol.com)
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 11:02:53 EDT
Subject: [Blindvet-talk] Veterans Discounts
Message-ID: <86910.67bb78e0.3a04251d@aol.com>





 
 
 
 

 
Subject: Veterans Discounts





 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John  A Miterko
Veterans Advocate

FYI Veterans Day Restaurant  Freebies please pass it along
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR  SERVICE!

Restaurant  Freebies
Applebee's  Restaurant - Free dinners to veterans throughout Veterans Day  
November 11th; selections will be from a new Veterans Day  menu.

Outback Steakhouse - Free Blooming Onion and  beverage.

Golden Corral- Free buffet dinner from 5-9  p.m. on Nov. 15 to anyone who 
has ever served in the U.S. military  Staff.

In celebration of Veterans Day 11 Nov 2010,  Subway is showing its thanks 
with free six inch subs to all  Veterans or Active Duty members.

On Nov. 7,  _McCormick_ (http://topics.sacbee.com/McCormick+&+Schmick's/)  
_& Schmick's_ (http://topics.sacbee.com/McCormick+&+Schmick's/)   
restaurants will offer a free entree to military veterans for its  12th annual 
Veteran's Appreciation Event. Menu picks include such  seafood items as parmesan 
crusted tilapia, roasted cedar plank  salmon and almond crusted _rainbow_ 
(http://topics.sacbee.com/rainbow+trout/)  _trout._ 
(http://topics.sacbee.com/rainbow+trout/)  "Our Veterans Appreciation  Event has become a tradition that 
our restaurants look forward to  each year," said _Bill_ 
(http://topics.sacbee.com/Bill+Freeman/)  _Freeman,_ (http://topics.sacbee.com/Bill+Freeman/)  
CEO of _McCormick_ 
(http://topics.sacbee.com/McCormick+&+Schmick's+Seafood+Restaurants/)  _& Schmick's Seafood  Restaurants,_ 
(http://topics.sacbee.com/McCormick+&+Schmick's+Seafood+Restaurants/)  in a statement. For more 
information:  _www_ (http://www.mccormickandschmicks.com/)  
_.mccormickandschmicks.com_ (http://www.mccormickandschmicks.com/) 

Krispy  Kreme - One free doughnut of any variety.

UNO Chicago  Grill- Free entree or individual pizza with an entree or pizza 
 purchase of equal or greater value.

Coushatta Casino  Resort - The Louisiana casino and resort is offering a 
free  seven-clans lunch or dinner buffet to veterans or active  military.

MarketPlace Grill & Express - Veterans  and active-duty military receive 
free entrees.

Masala  Wok - The Northern Virginian restaurant is offering a free entree  
to veterans.

Hy-Vee supermarkets - The mid-western  supermarket chain is offering a free 
breakfast to  veterans.
Abuelo's Mexican Food Restaurants - All veterans and  active-duty military 
receive a free entree.

Carolina  Burgers & BBQ - In Matthews, NC is offering a free meal to all  
service members and veterans.

Retail  Freebies
Brides  Across America - Provides free wedding gowns to qualified military  
brides.

Lowe's & Home Depot - Extra 10% off to  active-duty military members, 
National Guard and reserve members,  retirees, honorably discharged veterans and 
immediate family  members.

Sam's Club - Over 25,000 Hugo canes will be  given away to U.S. veterans in 
need of mobility assistance.  Membership is not required, but supplies are 
limited, so check  with your local store.

_Amazon.com_ (http://amazon.com/)  - Free "Veterans Day Honor"  MP3 album 
download. The album includes 12 songs by The Bands and  Ensembles of the U.S. 
Armed Forces.

Cabela's Outdoor  Store - Offers their employee discount to all veterans,  
active-duty military and reserves, law enforcement, fire and EMS  personnel 
Nov. 11-12. Discounts vary from 5% to 50%, depending on  the item.

Build-a-Bear Workshop - Members of the  armed services including the Army, 
Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force,  Coast Guard, and Reserve Officer Training 
Corps, will receive a  20% discount Nov. 11-15 on any one transaction at 
Build-A-Bear  Workshop.

Dollar General - 10% discount for all  veterans, active-duty military, 
National Guard and reserve and  their immediate families.

Fashion Bug - 20% off all  plus-size and misses clothing purchases with a 
copy of military ID  or spouse's military ID.

Entertainment  Freebies
National  parks, forests and monuments - Admission is free to everyone on  
Veterans Day.

Knott's Berry Farm - Free park  admission to U.S. armed forces personnel 
and a guest during  Veteran's Month, November 1-26.

Colonial Williamsburg  - Free admission Nov. 6-11 for active-duty military, 
guard and  reservists, retirees, veterans and their dependents.
San  Jacinto Museum of History - Free visits to the Observation Deck,  
theatre, and special exhibit for veterans, active duty military  personnel, and 
their families.

Historic Jamestown -  Free admission to veterans, current Armed Forces 
members and their  family members.

Battleship Cove - Free admission and  a special ceremony for veterans, 
active, duty and  reservists.

Vicksburg National Military Park - Free  admission for all.

Birmingham Museum of Art - Free  admission to the ticketed event "Life and 
Liberty" on Nov. 10-11  for veterans and active military.

Vulcan Park and  Museum- In Birmingham, Alabama is offering discounted 
admission  through November to the park and museum.

Greenbay  (WI) New Zoo - Free admission to veterans and their  families.
Central Florida Zoo - Free admission to the Sanford,  Florida zoo with 
proper ID.

Strategic Air & Space  Museum- Free admission for veterans Nov. 11-14 to 
the Ashland,  Neb. museum.

National Cowboy & Western Heritage  Museum - in Oklahoma City offers free 
admission to veterans and  five guests from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Veterans  Day.

Natural Elements Spa & Salon - In  Chesapeake, Virginia, will provide free 
services from 10 a.m. to 3  p.m. to both active duty and retired military
Anytime  Offers:

MILITARY  DISCOUNTS UPDATE 02: All these businesses offer military  
discounts; all you have to do is  ask:
Restaurants
Arby's  
A&W 
Back Yard Burgers 
Burger King 
Captain D's  
Chick-Fil-A 
Cotton Patch
Denny's 
Dunkin' Donuts  
Farmers Boy 
IHOP (20 percent discount with military  identification)
Java Cafe 
KFC 
Long John Silver  
Pancho's Mexican Buffet 
Pizza Hut 
Quizno's  
Sizzler
Sonic 
Taco Bell  
Whataburger

Services
AT&T  
California Cryobank 
Geico 
Jiffy Lube 
Meineke  
Sears Portrait Studio

Travel  and Leisure
Blockbuster  Movie theaters 
Ripley's attractions and museums  
Professional Sports teams

Products
Apple  Computers 
AutoZone 
Barnhill's 
Bass Pro Shop 
Bath  and Body Works
Big 10 Tires 
The Buckle Champs Sports  
Copeland's Sports 
Dell
The Discovery Channel Store  
Dress Barn 
The Finish Line 
Foot Action  
Footlocker
Gadzooks 
GNC 
Goody's 
Great Party  
Happy Harry's 
Home Depot 
Hot Topic
Jockey  
Lerner Lowes 
Michael's NAPA Auto Parts 
New York &  Company 
Pac Sun
Payless Shoes 
Play It Again Sports  
Pure Beauty Sally Beauty Supply 
Spencer's  Gifts
Suncoast 
Timberland Outlets 
Wilson's  Leather

Cell  Phone Service Discount -  All Federal employees are able to get a 15% 
discount on their  personal cell phones by calling their carrier and 
mentioning the  "Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 - Discount to Federal  
Employees Past and Present." You will need to know the military  member's 
supervisor's name, phone number, and full address, so  that his/her military 
status can be verified. Use the following  contact numbers:
Cingular -  800-319-6393
Sprint  - 877-812-1223
T-Mobile -  866-646-4688
Nextel  - 800-639-6111
Verizon - 800-865-1825
[Source: VA Frederick Service  Office Maryland VSO msg. 26 Apr 2010 ++]







 
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From gfmueden at verizon.net  Thu Nov  4 21:15:36 2010
From: gfmueden at verizon.net (G F Mueden)
Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:15:36 -0400
Subject: [Blindvet-talk] Advice on powered wheelchairs and scooters"
Message-ID: <56E615C41CE441A69F77FCAF53EE2A02@mueden>

My legs are going and i am thinking of getting a powered wheelchair or scooter.  (Call them what you will; I hear both.)
Where can I find user reviews?
Has the VA tested them?  Does the VA have an opinion?

gfmueden at verizon.net
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From NABlindVets at aol.com  Sat Nov 13 19:49:53 2010
From: NABlindVets at aol.com (NABlindVets at aol.com)
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:49:53 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [Blindvet-talk] Test
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From randolphc at kbti.org  Sat Nov 13 21:05:48 2010
From: randolphc at kbti.org (randolphc@kbti.org Cabral)
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 13:05:48 -0800
Subject: [Blindvet-talk] Test
Message-ID: <5b4122df$12a94fab$13d96da1$@com>

Dear Fellow Veterans and Members,

First and foremost, I sincerely hope that this past Veteran's Day was 
appropriately recognized in your hometown, and that you too were given the 
deserved recognition you have earned.  I state this in this manner mainly 
because I was disappointed in my hometown when I attended the Veteran's Day 
Parade.  There were possibly 200 people present in a community of nearly 
400,000 residents.  Nor was there any gatherings after the parade as in 
years past.  Seemed everyone was in a hurry to go home or somewhere else.  
Sad too, as the weather was so favorable.

I would like to take this opportunity to mention for those of you who are 
even slightly acquainted with me and the Institute I operate here in Kansas 
that is credited with creating the nation's only congressionally recognized 
Braille American Flag that this year we received honorable recognition from 
the National Headquarters of the American Legion for the Braille American 
Flag, on their website, and soon to come out in their print and Braille 
publication.  What is more, the Headquarters is contemplating acquiring 
bulk orders from us to send out to their membership, so that their 
membership can help get the Braille American Flag out and into the hands of 
blind citizens and blind veterans.

This step by the American Legion comes on the heels of the American Legion 
Children's Foundation that earlier this year agreed to help make the 
Braille American Flag available to one thousand blind children in 
conjunction with the National Organization of Parents with Blind Children.  
This order of Braille flags will begin to go out at the beginning of next 
year.

I always believed it would take men and women that have served in our Armed 
Forces to lead the way for the Braille American Flag, just as it was our 
military that led the way for the cloth version that is now more than 200 
years old.

I have been asking myself, "How does a person thank each of you properly 
for all that you have given us and each other by putting your lives on the 
line unselfishly". I don't have an answer.  I only have a limited knowledge 
and memory of what it was like for me when I first enlisted.  I never saw 
any action what little time I was in.  In fact, I never even left the 
country.  However, I had 3 brothers in Viet Nam during the time I enlisted. 
 Well, that is not completely accurate.  My eldest brother Jeff, and second 
oldest brother Pat enlisted in the Army in 1969, 1970 respectively and were 
both stationed in Viet Nam when I enlisted in the Army in 1971.  My younger 
brother Gerard enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1972, and was in Viet Nam in 
1974.

I am 56 years old now.  I never really felt like I had given anything back 
to my country until I became a part of this Institute, and only now do I 
feel as if I can in some small measure make a worthy while contribution to 
the lives of other Americans, veterans and civilians.  And, as ever, were 
it not for our veterans of military service, I could not even do this.  Not 
only because it is our military men and women that make it possible for 
each of us to be free and to follow a chosen course in life unhindered, 
but, because as I mentioned above, if it were not for the members of the 
American Legion and their vast numbers, it would be impossible for me and 
the Institute for which I am employed to reach out to as many blind 
Americans and blind veterans as can they, taking with them the Braille 
American Flag.

I again thank you for serving our country, and thank you too in advance for 
shouting out with me"Thank You" to the members of the American Legion for 
remembering and caring that there are Americans that are blind and may 
never before have seen the American Flag or may have lost their sight and 
are unable to see Her now.  But that they, members of the American Legion 
are helping to bring an end to that!

Very respectfully,

Randy Cabral

  

Randolph Cabral, President
Kansas Braille Transcription Institute
P.O. Box 48091
Wichita, Kansas 67201-8091
316-265-9692  (Office)  9:00 AM - 5:00CST
316-265-0184  (Fax)
randolphc at kbti.org
 www.kbti.org

"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." -- Helen Keller  

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