And some of this has little to do with blindness. I have a friend who is an economist, very intelligent etc. He cannot do anything mechanical, period. He even has to get his brother-in-law to attach his water filter adapters. As for myself, I enjoy doing certain things, call it rough carpentry, but I'd never even think about doing the kind of finish work many folks on this List are apparently very good at. I could probably do more plumming than I do, but nheither my wife or I drive, and lack of an easy and quick way to get to the hardware or plumming supply place to get parts for something you just accidentally broke definitely makes me hesitant sometines when I probably don't need to be.
Bill Stephan Kansas Citty MO Email: [email protected] Phone: (816)803-2469 ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Rossi <[email protected]> Date: Monday, November 16, 2009 10:56 am Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] surprising question > River, > > I think each of us take on those tasks which we are comfortable > with, or > interested in. I called my father-in-law in to fix the walls in > the soon > to be nursery. Could I have patched the walls? Possibly, but I > have no > skill in it. He has many years of practice and can do it faster > and > significantly better than I can. When he is done, the walls in > the > nursery will be the best in the house. > > Other blind folks can do taping and spackling, it's just not > something I > want to take on. I might take on a roof, but hate plumbing. I > might > build a deck, but have never worked under the hood of a car. > > To each his own. > > It's not the fact that a particular blind person does this or > doesn't do > that. The disturbing issue is when people believe that if one > blind > person can't do something, no blind person can. Or, if one blind > person > can do something then all blind people should be able to do that. > It just > doesn't work that way. > > > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: [email protected] > Tel: (412) 268-9081 >
