Hell, I just woke my wife up to drive me to a mental health hospital to sign myself in for a few days on your recommendation that I should be committed <laugh>. The truth is that I'm pretty nuts and I didn't find your incomplete note as anything but amusing banter.
cdh On Dec 2, 2009, at 11:23 PM, peter apgar wrote: > Chris, > > please accept my sincere apologies. the below message was not the > completed response i had intended on posting. after reading the below > posting i have unintentuly falsely targeted you personally. My intent was > to poke fun and note one of my own experiences. however i have now made an > official as* out of myself and would like to apologize to you and the list > for the poor post. > > My sincere apologies, > > Pete > On Dec 2, 2009, at 10:20 PM, peter apgar wrote: > >> you should be committed. it's your fault for assuming. learn to >> communicate and all of your listed issues will be resolved. >> >> Good luck, Go nfb :( >> >> On Dec 1, 2009, at 9:44 AM, Chris Hofstader wrote: >> >>> I am so sick of teaching random citizens about guide dogs, blindness, that >>> I don't need a wheelchair or assistance walking up a jet way, how I can >>> dial a telephone, how I can pee into a urinal without missing - you name >>> it, that I can almost explode. >>> >>> An anecdote: In Harvard Square, the rapid transit terminal has both bus >>> and subway connections. I was working in Watertown (one town to the >>> northwest of Cambridge, and I rode a bus to work. After getting down the >>> stairs, I started walking to the indoor bus stop. Some random do-gooder >>> came upon me and said, "You're going the wrong way." >>> >>> I made the assumption that he was someone who took the same bus as me and >>> that somehow I had become disoriented. No such luck - this bugger led me >>> to the subway where I proceeded to start hitting him with my cane as I had >>> missed my bus and would need to wait another half hour for the next one >>> because of his moronic assumption. >>> >>> Sometimes violence can feel real good. >>> >>> cdh >>> >>> >>> On Nov 30, 2009, at 4:17 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: >>> >>>> I love conversations like that! It's a rare treat for me when >>>> someone comes up and says, basically, "You're different from me and >>>> that fascinates me, and I want to learn." Usually what I get is >>>> "You're different from me and that makes me afraid, so I'm going to >>>> control what I fear so that it can't hurt me." >>>> >>>> Growing up, I was taught that "It's your task to educate the sighted >>>> about the blind." In adult life, I realized that not only was this a >>>> pointless and thankless task, but it was a very heavy cross to bear, >>>> one that I had not asked for. Now, when someone is courageous enough >>>> to confront me as different and therefore stimulating, I feel >>>> privileged to talk to them; the rest of the people I don't bother >>>> trying to educate, because all the words in the world will not >>>> convince a scared or superstitious or xenophobic person to change >>>> their thinking patterns. Spent a half an hour with such an individual >>>> explaining how blind people use a computer or a dog, and they'll still >>>> shriek in panic and grab at you when stairs are present, or start >>>> talking to people around you about what you need, etc. Being cute and >>>> female never hurts, either. :) >>>> >>>> >>>> Mark BurningHawk Baxter >>>> >>>> Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 >>>> MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com >>>> My home page: >>>> http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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