hi carol i remember once when my cane snapped i used an old pedal rod out of a rubbish piano to get me back to albrighton hall in the early seventies god knows what collour it was but i amanaged to hitch a lift back off the elsmere road smile. ----- Original Message ----- From: carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Monday, 11 August 2014 10.55 am Subject: [access-uk] Re: LONG CANE PROBLEM > > > Hi Mary, > > Well, that's the state of mine--one joint now won't fold at all! It's just > such hard work and I consider this a fault, even if others don't, since the > whole idea of a fold-up cane is that it does just that! > > Thanks to those who suggested various lubricants. To be honest, if I'd been > told this was necessary for a while after purchase then I'd probably do it > but now, having had all these problems, I'm not prepared to try to solve this > one, perhaps only to find that I don't manage it anyway. > > I didn't know that QAC actually sold canes, but then I had the same cane for > over 30 years and didn't need to know since most of the time I worked a > dog!:) Do they sell different makes/types to those sold by the RNIB? I > thought all the ones the RNIB sold were AMBUTech. That's how much i know, or > rather, don't know! Perhaps someone will put me straight!:) > > Thanks for everyone's feedback. At least I can tell the RNIB it's not just me > that has had a problem. > > Carol P > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mary Tottle <mary@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > CC: > Date: Monday, 11 August 2014 10.08 am > Subject: [access-uk] Re: LONG CANE PROBLEM > > > > > > > Hi Carol, > > > > Mike and I had the same problem. We decided to buy new canes from CAQ > > which are fine. Whatever we tried with the RNIB canes just came to > > nothing and in the end we just could not fold them at all. > > Regards > > Mary > > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ** and in the Subject line type > > ** unsubscribe > > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > > ** immediately-following link:- > > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > > ** or send a message, to > > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > > > > > Carol P > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq