[access-uk] Re: RNIB Now Selling Long Canes in Different Colours - Import from Canada
- From: terry <terrycooper94@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:20:51 +0100
This topic has been closed now on two occasions, and I'm really bored with
keep seeing them.
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On Behalf Of Alex Stone
Sent: 17 October 2012 18:58
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIB Now Selling Long Canes in Different Colours -
Import from Canada
As soon as they do, I want one.
Cheers
Alex
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On Behalf Of Bobby McNab
Sent: 17 October 2012 18:41
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIB Now Selling Long Canes in Different Colours -
Import from Canada
lets hope they sell none that look like a samurai sword.
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From: "Alex Stone" <alexstone871@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 4:16 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIB Now Selling Long Canes in Different Colours -
Import from Canada
> Edward, the trouble is, it would be bloody heavy, and it would be
> bound to get nicked.
> Cheers
> Alex
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Edward Green
> Sent: 01 October 2012 20:53
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIB Now Selling Long Canes in Different
> Colours - Import from Canada
>
> Hi all,
>
> I must say I was once tempted to bling up my cane. I thought some
> gold plating on the sections and a cubic zirconia in the handle might
> go down a treat. However, I don't handle my canes with nearly enough
> TLC for them to last much above 3 months, so I decided that this would
> be a hugely expensive operation.
>
> I know that the colour of the cane has come to depict a certain
> disability. However, if you're a sighted person who sees someone
> walking a long holding a stick out in front of them moving it in some
> sort of side-to-side gesture, then surely the chances are that you're
> going to take extra care as something is likely to be amiss, even if
> you don't know what it is.
>
> Ed
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Saqib
> Sent: 01 October 2012 09:12
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIB Now Selling Long Canes in Different
> Colours - Import from Canada
>
> Hi. I'm well in favour of coloured canes. The whole idea is meant to
> remove the tipical blind label of a white stick. I don't mind looking
> at them as a fashon accessory because the plain white cane is just so
> dull and has blind written all over it and I expect the majority want
> to move away from this.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clive Jacobs
> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2012 4:52 PM
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIB Now Selling Long Canes in Different
> Colours - Import from Canada
>
> Hi, not too sure about the idea of coloured canes. You are right in
> saying that the white cane is the universal indication of blindness. I
> fear that in offering coloured canes the impact will be lost and
> people will start to think that it is some kind of fashion accessory
> rather than a major mobility aid for the blind. Others may have
> different views but why confuse something that is so widely? Regards to
you, CJ.
>
>
> On 30/09/2012 16:00, Eleanor Burke wrote:
>> Sorry Barry, this may be inappropriate. I would be interested if
>> those who have used the imported non white canes would e-mail me off
>> list to tell me how you find them and the public's reaction to you
>> using one instead of the traditional long white cane, the worldwide
>> symbol of blindness. My e-mail address is
>> eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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