There are blind and sighted people who have no interest in things mechanical, or home repairs, etc. Perhaps this gentleman was among them. But he certainly needs an education. By the way, I'm short a #2 Phillips, if you want to send it over. Blessings, Tom
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of clifford Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 8:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [BlindHandyMan] surprising question 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] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
