[nfbwatlk] tips about canes

[Alco Canfield]

Yeah, you wouldn't think it would be a hot item.  Thirty-eight years!  That's amazing!  Planned obsolescence cffeates economic security.  (grin)

I just loaned Stacy one of my telescoping canes to see if she likes it.

Alco

-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Jarvis <carjar at olypen.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 4:20 PM
To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] tips about canes

Alco,
I had to lose my first Rain Shine cane in order to buy a new one.  I'd had 
it for 38 years and left it on the back of our pickup truck at the super 
market.  It had to have fallen off in the parking lot, but I checked back 
several times and no one ever turned it in.  I keep wondering just what 
someone thought, as they picked up a lost white cane and took it home.

Carl Jarvis

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alco Canfield" <amcanfield at comcast.net>
To: "NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] tips about canes


>I love the Rain Shine but I find after all the years I have used a lighter 
>cane, that its heaviness is something I have become unused to.  However, 
>Rain Shines are virtually indestructable.
>
> Alco
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Jarvis <carjar at olypen.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 6:49 AM
> To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] tips about canes
>
> Jim,
> You make the case I've advocated for years.  If you want something light
> weight, sexy looking and easy to tuck out of the way, and out of public
> sight, by all means get the tricky folding or collapsible cane.
> But if you are a serious traveler and you want a tool that is reliable and
> one that will not fall apart on you, lose it's tip, break it's cord, crack
> and splinter if closed in a door, and will also give you support in event
> you slip on the ice or trip over your own big feet, then it's Rain Shine
> solid fiber glass canes all the way.
> Seriously, I love the heft of the cane.  It gives me more information than
> any of the light-weight, sexy canes.  The complaint some folks have over 
> the
> inconvenience of not being able to tuck it out of sight is far outweighed 
> by
> its effectiveness as a travel tool.
>
> Go Rain Shine!
> Carl Jarvis
>
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