[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: The odd things people do
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 12:17:16 -0800 (PST)
Cool!!
Cindy
--- "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> In Pennsylvania, if the vehicle is in the public
> way, on the sidewalk or in
> the cross walk, we have um permission to identify
> the color of the car by
> using our cane tips.
>
> There was a guy in Harrisburgh a few years back who
> if he encountered
> someone in the crosswalk, would take out their head
> lights with his cane.
> They would call the cops, and get a ticket for being
> in the crosswalk, or
> the "Pedestrian right of way."
>
> Eveil smile.
>
>
> Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
> and Judson, guiding golden
> juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
> Graduate Alumni Association Board
> www.guidedogs.com
>
> Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
> Puppies are the joy at one end.
> Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
> Carolyn Alexander
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Natalie B." <lemina007@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 2:05 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: The odd things
> people do
>
>
> I live in Honolulu. I dont' know if that's
> considered small, but the
> neighborhood where I live is small. Houses are so
> close we can always hear
> what everyone else is doing. You're right in that I
> should probably take a
> cane, but in the incident I was mentioning, I didn't
> think that even a cane
> would've been the solution. There was no way for me
> to go around, unless I
> went two-thirds way into the street. And I don't
> think I should have to risk
> my safety because people are being dumb. Am I being
> close-minded here? Just
> my opinion.
>
> Natalie B.
>
>
> "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I
> cannot change,
> courage to change the things I can,
> and the wisdom to know the difference."
> -Reinhold Niebuhr
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Elizabeth and Burton" <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 7:44 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: The odd things
> people do
>
>
> > You must live in a very small town. People do
> illegal things here all the
> > time like running lights. Perhaps taking a cane
> is a good idea just for
> > you to have a means of knowing when the
> environment changes.
> >
> > E.
> > At 12:38 AM 12/5/2006, you wrote:
> >>List,
> >>
> >>This evening I was walking my dog when I
> remembered an incident that
> >>happened to me about a year or so ago. Just
> thinking about it makes me
> >>upset, and I really need to share this experience
> with others.
> >>
> >>About a year ago I put my beagle on his leash,
> grabbed some poop bags and
> >>proceeded to exit my front gate. I didn't take my
> cane with me, as I've
> >>gotten into the habit of leaving it at home. I
> only go around the block,
> >>and know the area so well that it's not necessary.
> Anyway, I walked down
> >>the street and came to an abrupt stop. Putting out
> my hand, I felt in
> >>front of me and felt, to my utter astonishment,
> the hood of a car! At
> >>first I thought maybe my beagle, in the excitement
> of his walk, had gone
> >>vertical and I was facing the wrong way. But after
> trying to scoot around
> >>the car, but to no success, for I then came up
> against the side of my
> >>neighbor's truck, which is always parked on the
> side of the street. I was
> >>baffled. I had no idea what was going on, and
> since I couldn't go
> >>anywhere, I turned right around and went straight
> back home, much to the
> >>disappointment of my dog.
> >>When I got home, I asked my mother to call the
> neighbor, since this
> >>obstruction was mmore or less in front of his
> driveway. She made the call,
> >>and then informed me that the neighbor had been
> expecting a couple of
> >>people over to discuss some kind of business. And
> the fools had parked
> >>their compact car directly on the sidewalk. I
> mean, it was directly,
> >>full-on smack dab on the sidewalk!
> >>
> >>Everyone, I cannot even begin to describe the
> irritation and annoyance I
> >>felt that someone could have been so rude, so
> unmindful of others, that
> >>they would deliberately park their car on a public
> sidewalk!
> >>
> >>To this day it still makes me annoyed, and even
> more so because no one had
> >>the opportunity to tell those people what they did
> was dumb and not to
> >>mention illegal.
> >>
> >>Natalie B.
> >>
> >>
> >>"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I
> cannot change,
> >>courage to change the things I can,
> >>and the wisdom to know the difference."
> >>-Reinhold Niebuhr
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