[nfbwatlk] A warm embrace from a slithery pal, The Olympian, September 24 2009

Fri Oct 2 23:00:59 UTC 2009

How about a cheetah?

LEFT, RIGHT, FORWARD, HALT and MUNCH!

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lauren Merryfield" <lauren1 at catliness.com>
To: "NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Friday, Oct 2, 2009 15:51:08
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] A warm embrace from a slithery pal, The Olympian, September 24 2009

>
>
> Hi,
> I'll take a tiger, or any other big cat!
> Thanks
> Lauren
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mackenstadt, Gary" <Gary.Mackenstadt at ed.gov>
> To: "'Ationfb of Washington Talk Mailing List'" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 9:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] A warm embrace from a slithery pal, The 
> OlympianeaSeptember 24 2009
> 
> 
> > How about a tiger?  Or skunk?  Or man eating ant?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> > Behalf Of Kaye Kipp
> > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 9:01 AM
> > To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] A warm embrace from a slithery pal, The Olympian, 
> > September 24 2009
> >
> > Anybody for guide mice?  Oh, but they'd have to come in threes wouldn't 
> > they?
> >
> > Kaye
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "gloria" <fairyfoot at webband.com>
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> > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 8:49 AM
> > Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] A warm embrace from a slithery pal, The 
> > OlympianeaSeptember 24 2009
> >
> >
> >arI agree.
> >ar
> >ar Paul use to know a gal  in college who had a tarantula and I guess she
> >ar would let it crawl around in her hair.
> >ar
> >ar I would take a snake any day!
> >ar
> >ar
> >ar Gloria Whipple
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> >ar -----Original Message-----
> >ar From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> >ar On Behalf Of Jedi
> >ar Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:40 PM
> >ar To: nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org
> >ar Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] A warm embrace from a slithery pal, The
> >ar Olympian, September 24 2009
> >ar
> >ar Well, personally, I had no problem with the snake. I don't know the
> >ar science behind it, but if the snake helps him and is out of the way,
> >ar so be it. I rather like snakes, so perhaps I'm prejudiced in a
> >ar positive direction.
> >ar
> >ar Respectfully,
> >ar Jedi
> >ar
> >ar
> >ar Original message:
> >>> Gad!  What next?  I hope they _do limit service animals to dogs.
> >>> That's enough!
> >ar
> >>> Alco
> >ar
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Nightingale, Noel <Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov>
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 9:32 AM
> >>> To: 'nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org' <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
> >>> Subject: [nfbwatlk] A warm embrace from a slithery pal, The Olympian,
> >>> September 24 2009
> >ar
> >>> And a slippery slope about which some of us have cautioned is
> >>> represented by this article
> >ar
> >ar
> >>> Link:
> >>> http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/980930.html
> >ar
> >>> Text:
> >>> A warm embrace from a slithery pal
> >>> Service: Shelton man gets a hug from his boa constrictor to warn him
> >>> when a seizure is coming CHRISTIAN HILL; The Olympian Published
> >>> September 24, 2009
> >ar
> >>> SHELTON — Most people would panic if a 4-foot boa constrictor draped
> >>> around their neck gave them a squeeze.
> >ar
> >>> Daniel Greene, 46, credits the snake's embrace for helping him live a
> >>> fuller life. So much so, in fact, that he has vowed to fight a tabled
> >>> proposal by the federal government that would prevent him and many
> >>> others from taking what they consider their service animals into
> >>> stores and restaurants.
> >ar
> >>> He said use of his reptilian aide gives him greater confidence when
> >>> he leaves home.
> >ar
> >>> "I was walking around playing Russian roulette a lot of the time," he
> >>> said of the period before he began using the snake, named Redrock, as
> >>> a service animal.
> >ar
> >>> Greene, who lives outside Shelton, suffers from epilepsy, a
> >>> neurological disorder characterized by unprovoked and reoccurring
> >>> seizures. He said the snake, its reddish-brown body draped around him
> >>> like a necktie when he's out in public, senses when a seizure is
> >>> imminent and gives him a light squeeze. The warning gives him enough
> >>> time to take medication to head off the attack, alert someone it's
> >>> coming or move to an area where the thrashing is not disruptive.
> >ar
> >>> Greene blacks out during these episodes, but his wife, Karen, said
> >>> the snake's warning has headed off about a half-dozen seizures in
> >>> Redrock's five months with Greene. This month, Greene has had four
> >>> seizures at night — she refuses to let the boa constrictor share
> >>> their bed — but none during the day
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