[bookshare-discuss] Re: OT: Over there?
- From: "shannon" <shannon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:55:33 -0500
HaHaHahahah
I love this!!!
The funny thing is that my family will still do this to me. Grin When I just
stand there they do the mental slap to the head and complete by saying to
the right of the fridge, or at the end of the couch some thing like that.
It is so funny how many times that happens. I never thought of "over there"
as a land but that is an apt description.
Thanks for the grin.
Shannon
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From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 10:35 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] OT: Over there?
> Louise forwarded this to me. While it should probably
> more appropriately be posted on a site where there are
> a lot of sighted people, I thought some of you might
> enjoy it and think, "Ah, yes--I've had that
> experience."
>
> Cindy
>
> > >
> > > >>> As my guide dog and I stood in line at the
> > checkout of the River City
> > > >>> Market at CSUS, I asked the cashier what I
> > considered a simple
> > question.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> "Where are the napkins please?"
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Her response was hurried, but sincere, "over
> > there."
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Emerging from the light rail for the first
> > time, I managed to catch
> > the
> > > >>> attention of a passer-by. "Please sir, can you
> > tell me where I might
> > > >>> catch bus 63?"
> > > >>>
> > > >>> A kind voice offered a pleasant response
> > before disappearing into the
> > > >>> cacophony of the early afternoon, 'You can
> > catch it, 'Over there.'"
> > > >>>
> > > >>> So many things reside over there -- napkins,
> > bus stops, pencils, pens,
> > > >>> clothing racks, department stores and even my
> > shoes! A never ending
> > > >>> supply of important and indispensable items
> > and locales all reside in
> > > >>> this
> > > >>> place which is shrouded in mystery and
> > intrigue.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> I stand in perplexed silence after learning
> > that something is over
> > > >>> there.
> > > >>> It is a place I have never been and have no
> > hope of finding on my own.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> My guide dog is quite skilled in finding
> > chairs, stairs, elevators,
> > > >>> escalators, helping me cross streets, and can
> > even find me the Diet
> > > >>> Pepsi
> > > >>> display at Food Town; however, when I tell her
> > to find "over there"
> > her
> > > >>> little bottom hits the floor and a small
> > whimper tells me that she is
> > as
> > > >>> confused as I.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> >We will not be going "over there" today. Over
> > there has caused me
> > > >>> abit of vexation, a lot of confusion and, on
> > occasion, made my heart
> > > >>> race.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> I have discovered that "over there" can be a
> > dangerous place. One
> > day,
> > > >>> while crossing a street, I heard a driver's
> > irritated voice shout out
> > a
> > > >>> warning of a truck bearing down on me from
> > over there. Shadow
> > artfully
> > > >>> dodged the oncoming vehicle and pulled me to
> > the safety of the curb.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> > Our hearts were both racing as we took a few
> > moments to compose
> > > >>> > ourselves.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Close encounters with over there can be
> > frightening experiences.
> > > >>> Although
> > > >>> many blind people have wondered as to the
> > exact location of, "over
> > > >>> there,"
> > > >>> few have dared to venture forth in an actual
> > exploration of the
> > > >>> mysterious
> > > >>> place.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> One day, while standing in line at the
> > supermarket, I asked the clerk
> > > >>> where I might find the aspirin. With a cheery
> > smile in her voice, she
> > > >>> informed me that the aspirin was located,
> > "over there."
> > > >>>
> > > >>> With a weary sigh, I decided that I would take
> > the extra step that
> > would
> > > >>> unravel the mystery, which had vexed my
> > compatriots since the
> > beginning
> > > >>> of
> > > >>> time.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Taking a deep breath, and attempting to look
> > nonchalant, I smiled at
> > the
> > > >>> clerk, "Where," I asked, "is over there?"
> > > >>>
> > > >>> I imagined the girl's shocked expression. I
> > felt her sharing
> > > >>> condescending and concerned looks with her
> > fellows in the store. The
> > > >>> silence grew palpable as they mulled the
> > possibility of allowing a
> > blind
> > > >>> person access to the forbidden land. She had
> > no choice; she would have
> > > >>> to
> > > >>> tell me how to find "over there!"
> > > >>>
> > > >>> I had won! Exhilaration swept through me as I
> > waited in breathless
> > > >>> anticipation. A victorious smile crept to my
> > lips, my hand tightened
> > on
> > > >>> the handle of Shadow's harness, we would soon
> > be going over there!
> > > >>>
> > > >>> The clerk's voice reeked with resignation as
> > the decision was made.
> > > >>> "That
> > > >>> way," she said.
> > > "We make a living by what we get; we make a life
> > by what we give."
> > > Sir Winston Churchill
> > > Peace & Friendship,
> > > Nancy Lynn
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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