Since we're on this topic of blind and sighted, I thought I would share a
funny but embarrassing story that happened a few years ago.

My daughter was probably 6 at the time.  She's almost ten now.  One day we
were out somewhere and I kindly asked her to walk me to the Ladies' room.
So she walked me to the door and said, "Okay, here you are, Mom," and
quickly left.  She didn't go inside with me.  She just waited outside the
door.  When I walked in I heard a voice say, "Hello." who happened to be my
husband.  To which I responded, "Hello Dear, what are you doing in here?"  I
ran out of that restroom so fast.  Later my husband said that just before I
walked out of there, there were a couple men washing their hands who were
trying very hard not to burst out hysterically.  I've never let my daughter
live that one down.

Then there was a time when her grandpa was with us and I again, asked her to
walk me to the Ladies' room.  Grandpa noticed her vearing me over to the
Mens' room; he made a point to watch closely.  So when he saw that he said,
"Don't you walk your mother to the Mens' restroom."  My daughter gave him a
scowl expression, and Grandpa commented, "Boy, she can sure be honery, can't
she?"  Needless to say, I think my daughter gets her prankster streik from
her dad. LOL!! 

Sylvia Bernert
"If you can conceive it and believe it, you can achieve it."

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Howard Kaufman
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 4:04 PM
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Subject: Re: sighted wife

Jerry, everybody does something well, and nobody does everything well. 
Honesty is the best policy, the truth shall set you free.  The cane explains
why you do what you do, and why others do what they do.
I get near the men's room by asking the waitress to direct me, taking her
arm and holding my cane to the door.  Inside, I know a couple of things.
If it isn't the size of a home bathroom, the sinks are near the door, with
the urinals placed around a wall, so if the door is opened, nobody sees.  If
I don't hear anybody, I explore, if I do I ask.  The cane will find what I
don't want to touch.  After years of struggle, I have learned that the more
comfortable I am in asking, the more comfortable people are with answering. 
So I'll ask towels or blowers?  Where do the towels go?  Stalls are easy to
find anyway.  I wouldn't do any of this with out a cane, because the cane
explains why I am asking.