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From: Walter.Siren@p18.f5.n396.z1.fidonet.org (Walter Siren)
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Subject: Re: Please Read
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Date: 18 Jun 91 16:16:30 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 PG> i have just 1 question.  did you have a guide dog?  if so what role or
 PG> help did it play.  i ask because in the past i could not believe mine.
 PG> when something was out of the ordinary she would either wake me up by
 PG> shaking the bed or running back and forth from the trouble tto me and
 PG> back until i checked it out.  i don't know if this is common amongst
 PG> guide dogs or if she was just unremarkable.

Well, I can only add this.  Once before we were married, my wife
accidently left a gas burner on the stove on, and went and laid
down, and when she was about to fall asleep, her dog starting
jumping at the window, untill she got her up to see what was the
matter, and when she got up, she almost passed out from the gas.
So there was no doubt, that her guide dog saved her life.

Also did you hear the story about the apartment house fire, in
which a blind man and guide dog went around allerting everyone in
there to the fire.  This story was on 911 a few weeks ago.

               Walter

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