there are still folks at big box hardware stores who make it seem like one must get their approval and clearance before buying a power tool. I've been tempted more than once to say that I was going to put the thing in my face and turn it on. Ignorance is a plague and the worst thing is that it seems to demand it's own bill of rights. Can't blame folks who are innocent. but it seems like a plague sometimes.
On Sun, 15 Nov 2009, clifford wrote: > Dear List members: > I was in a chat room on a site for blind folks and their friends, and the > subject turned to the events of the day. My first wife and I engaged in some > spring cleaning in November, and we can not figure out whether we are behind > several months, or ahead several months. In any event, I was commenting > about my collection of screw-drivers, which has gotten out of control, and I > am telling all of my friends and family that this Christmas need not involve > screw-drivers. > One of the participants on the site asked me, "what would a blind person > do with a screw-driver". I explained that I had disassembled a chair today > and reassembled the good parts from two chairs to make one good one. This > gentleman apparently has not been exposed to handyman activities at all. > While I don't perform as many tasks as I did as a younger man, I am > astounded at the lack of opportunity some blind folks have. Their parents, > teachers, and friends have protected them too much, in my country boy's > opinion. > > Yours Truly, > > Clifford Wilson > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
