The whole "blind people have second sight" thing
has never really bothered
me. I mean it's nearly a universal cultural myth. I am
kind of curious where
it comes from though.
A. J.
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From: "Bob" <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Blind Crime Fighters (Re:
Re: blindisms et
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> Wow, haven't thought of Longstreet in years.
>
> He was played by the guy who played Mr. Novak, another
unremembered tv
> show about a teacher.
>
> There was a series of novels about a blind private
investigator (I think
> his name was McDonald). This guy had super psychic
abilities brought on by
> his blindness.
>
> Thanks for the memories.
>
> Bob
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> From: "EVAN REESE"
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> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 7:17 AM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Blind Crime Fighters (Re:
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>> Wasn't there some TV show back in the 70s I
think about some blind cop
>> named Longstreet or something like that who had
some remarkable
>> abilities? A blind friend of mine used to like to
make fun of that show,
>> but I think I only heard it once, so I don't
remember it very much at
>> all.
>>
>> Evan
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "A. J. Nolte"
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>> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 3:08 AM
>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: blindisms et al
>>
>>
>>> It's based on the commic book super-hero
Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer
>>> with, of course, super-powers.
>>>
>>> Hmm, wonder if there are any daredevil novels
out there that we could
>>> get for bookshare?
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>>> From: "Elfqueen"
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>>> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 2:26 AM
>>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: blindisms et
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>>>
>>>
>>>>I know, right? It was great. I just
thought, okay, now I've heard it
>>>>all. For goodness sake, babies know where
their mouths are when they're
>>>>born! But the author of the book really did
a good job. Didn't shrink
>>>>from anything, but it wasn't a tale of
horrors either.
>>>>
>>>> What was the plot of that movie? I've
never seen it and you make me, to
>>>> quote Alice, curiouser and curiouser.
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
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>>>> To:
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>>>> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 2:18 AM
>>>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: blindisms
et al
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Magnets on teeth?
That's...fantastic!!
>>>>>
>>>>> As for daredevil, well, I suppose
that's what you get when Benn Aflak
>>>>> pretends to be blind.
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Elfqueen"
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>>>>> To:
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>>>>> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 2:07 AM
>>>>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re:
blindisms et al
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Wow. Weird!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Say, there's a book, I think
it's on bookshare, called Mirror, Mirror
>>>>>> on the Wall. Part of the Dear
America series. I read it a long time
>>>>>> ago, and it's about a blind
girl named Bess Brennan who goes to a
>>>>>> school for the blind in the
1930's. A visitor comes, and asks how the
>>>>>> students find their mouths when
they eat. That one had me falling out
>>>>>> of my chair howling with laughter,
but the answer one of the boys
>>>>>> gave was even better: he said
he'd attached magnets to his teeth!
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "A. J. Nolte"
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>>>>>> To:
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>>>>>> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 2:01
AM
>>>>>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re:
blindisms et al
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nope, nobody asked me about
the rain thing; it's in the movie
>>>>>>> Daredevil though. <g>
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>> From: "Elfqueen"
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>>>>>>> To:
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>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008
1:47 AM
>>>>>>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss]
Re: blindisms et al
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> LOLOLOL! Did someone ask
you that? Wow! That goes beyond
>>>>>>>> weird...that's
amazingly weird! I don't like walking in the rain
>>>>>>>> either. It's
distracting.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I once had a lady come up
to me out of the blue, and ask me if I
>>>>>>>> wrote songs? Incidentally,
I do, and said yes. Hymns? Were they
>>>>>>>> hymns? Yes, I had written
some hymns, but how did she know all this
>>>>>>>> about me? Well, she knew
about Fanny Krosby, and since Fanny Krosby
>>>>>>>> was blind and wrote songs,
and I was blind too, I must write songs.
>>>>>>>> LOL! I love it.
>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message
-----
>>>>>>>> From: "A. J.
Nolte" <a.j.nolte@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>> To:
<bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, June 16,
2008 1:40 AM
>>>>>>>> Subject:
[bookshare-discuss] Re: blindisms et al
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> What, you mean you
can't see pictures of people's faces based on
>>>>>>>>> the way the rain hits
them? I'm shocked--shocked. <g>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Incidentally, rain is
kinda a bit disorienting rather than being
>>>>>>>>> helpful, for me
anyway.
>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message
-----
>>>>>>>>> From:
"Elfqueen" <elfqueen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>> To:
<bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, June 16,
2008 1:18 AM
>>>>>>>>> Subject:
[bookshare-discuss] Re: blindisms et al
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> *smiles* Not a
stupid question at all. This is where the line
>>>>>>>>>> starts to be
crossed between realism and myth. Lots of people
>>>>>>>>>> have
misconceptions about blind people's senses, like
we're
>>>>>>>>>> supposed to be
superhuman or someething. We're not, but I can
>>>>>>>>>> generally feel it
if someone is really focused on me. If I'm not
>>>>>>>>>> thinking about it
I don't always, but I'm by nature very
>>>>>>>>>> self-conscious,
and maybe that's what makes me so sensative about
>>>>>>>>>> it. I don't
know if that's universal.
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>>>>>>>>>> From:
"Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>>> To:
<bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, June
16, 2008 1:14 AM
>>>>>>>>>> Subject:
[bookshare-discuss] blindisms et al
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> This is
probably a stupid question, and perhaps I can guess the
>>>>>>>>>>> answer, but if
you're blind how do you know people are staring
>>>>>>>>>>> at you?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> G.Cindy
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>>>>> decided I
don't like to be stared at; frankly, I hate
>>>>>>>>>>>> it. T
>>>>>>>>>>>
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