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From: Phil.Scovell@f810.n104.z1.fidonet.org (Phil Scovell)
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Subject: Re: Dogs Of Any Kind
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Date: 26 Jul 90 17:20:43 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Hi Al,
Your comments about some cane users and the way they treat those who 
might get in the way made me laugh.  I went to the Nebraska school for 
the blind back during the mid sixties and we had one blind teacher 
there.  He would beat you to death with his cane if you got in his way 
so we always gave him lots of room.  One day I went down to his room to 
pick up my books I had left there to go to lunch.  Of course the rule 
was always to walk the right hand side of the halls but his room was on 
the left and there wasn't anyone around so I walked the left side.  
About two feet in front of his door, I slammed into him and nearly 
knocked him down.  He had told us that he had dropped his false teeth 
right out of his mouth once before in public and I could hear his teeth 
rattling around as though they were about to fly free.  I'm laughing so 
hard while I'm typing this that I can hardly type.  Anyway, I figured 
the old buzzard had his cane so I immediately leaped back and dove into 
an open door across the hall.  The rooms were set back inside the walls 
so I hid in one of the door openings.  He began yelling and demanding 
that whoever that was to announce themself.  No sir, I didn't speak a 
word!  I even held my breath for fear he might hear me and beat me with 
his cane.  After a couple of minutes of not being able to find me, he 
walked away.  Years later I was preaching in the very church where he 
was a member.  I went to visit him at the school for the blind and he 
showed me around the school so I could see how it had changed over the 
years.  I never told him I was the one who had nearly knocked him down 
that day.  I guess I'm not a very good Christian but at least I'm alive 
to tell it.
Phil.

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