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From: Stu.Turk@f26.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Stu Turk)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: crossing the street
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Date: 9 Feb 91 05:19:42 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

 >  From: rudy@mtqua.att.com (Rudy Vener)
 >     And how!  Such as crossing busy streets.  I still have SOME
 >  useful vision
 >  and SOME hearing.  Problem is the hearing is not directional, the
 >  vision is
 >  (let us say) unreliable.  I really hate those nasty little cars with the
 >  quiet engines that can make snappy right hand turns faster than
 >  you can say 'run over the blink'.

   Get yourself one of those magic canes from the blind association or the
state office for the blind.  They are white with a red tip and have special
magic powers to make cars stop in their tracks.  Get a good solid one just in
case the magic doesn't work - then you can use it to take a good wack at the
car...  :-)

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