Bill,
Do you run the gas snow blowedr at the same speed as a sighted person or do you
slow it ddown a bit. I am not suggesting that a blind person can't run it but
more for me it's scarry for me to run. My father let me try his and it was a
bit too fast for me.
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Gallik
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 18:53
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] electric snowblower
Scott,
From your question, I'm surmising you don't think a blind person can operate
a gasoline snowblower? Oh contraire my friend, I am the only one here and even
if I weren't I'd still be in charge of clearing the snow with my 8 HP
snowblower.
Certainly a blind person isn't going to be quite as efficient as a sighted
person probably duplicating effort several times. But I've developed a system
for clearing the snow from the garage area parking and my friends tell me I do
an incredibly good job of it.
Now the sidewalks are simply a matter of feeling; I can tell when I've
strayed off the sidewalk from the feeling that comes from the snowblower
housing sliding on grass instead of sidewalk concrete. And the deck (when I
decide to pull the machine up there) is very easy to tell.
I've been known to put an auxiliary hood over my head backwards. This is a
real hoot because passing motorists (at least 1 out of 3) slows down to rubber
neck. I do it on exceptionally cold days and I figure, "Why expose any flesh at
all?"
So, my answer to your question is a definite "YES," a blind person could run
an electric snowblower!
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Holland's Person, Bill
- "Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint."
- US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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