[nfbwatlk] Seeing shoes, what next?

[n7pzr]

I agree with you Carl.

Paul Whipple n7pzr
Vice President Inland Empire Chapter
of the National Federation of the Blind
of Wa.
phone 509/362/3148
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carl Jarvis" <carjar at olypen.com>
To: "NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 8:09 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Seeing shoes, what next?


> Isn't it heart warming to think of all the people in the world who care so
> much about us blind folk that they will bend Heaven and Earth to invent
> gadgets that will drive us nuts?
> A neighbor of mine invented a gadget that would help me walk a straight 
> line
> while mowing my lawn.  It buzzed like an old fashioned door bell if I
> strayed in either direction.  One tone if I veered left and a different
> pitch if I veered right.
> As I worked my way across the lawn, correcting my direction at each step,
> the constant buzzing drove me mad.  A condition my friends tell me I have
> never recovered from.
> If Dog Guides and their Masters will forgive me, I believe that there has
> never been a simpler, more reliable, less intrusive, maintenance free 
> travel
> tool than the long white cane.
> And it doesn't buzz.
>
> Carl Jarvis
>
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