Must be, if he knows 1 or 2.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Howell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 4:40 AM
Subject: Re: sighted wife


> Interestingly, I have had fellow restroom users tell me where the towels =
> etc. are without any prompting. Most people are more than willing to =
> help. I've just learned to listen carefully for the typical sounds =
> associated with activities in a restroom and it has worked well. Not to =
> mention that my German Shepherd seems to understand the purpose of a =
> restroom and will make every effort to locate the correct fixture =
> necessary. I did not make any real effort to teach him all the different =
> fixtures found in a restroom, but he's a clever old man.
>
> On May 30, 2013, at 6:04 PM, Howard Kaufman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Jerry, everybody does something well, and nobody does everything 
>> well.=20=
>
>> Honesty is the best policy, the truth shall set you free.  The cane =
> explains=20
>> 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=20
>> 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=20
>> the urinals placed around a wall, so if the door is opened, nobody =
> sees.  If=20
>> I don't hear anybody, I explore, if I do I ask.  The cane will find =
> what I=20
>> don't want to touch.  After years of struggle, I have learned that the =
> more=20
>> comfortable I am in asking, the more comfortable people are with =
> answering.=20
>> So I'll ask towels or blowers?  Where do the towels go?  Stalls are =
> easy to=20
>> find anyway.  I wouldn't do any of this with out a cane, because the =
> cane=20
>> explains why I am asking.