I think you will be fascinated by it. I'm a total since birth but
still got a lot out of it.
patAt 08:07 PM 5/30/2013, you wrote:
>I'll grab that book. There was a very interesting article in discover
>over ten years ago about him.
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>Butch
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>On Thu, 30 May 2013, Pat Byrne wrote:
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> > Might I recommend Crashing Through by Mike May - on the NLS
> > website. Lost his vision very young and got some back forty years
> > later. Interesting book - will make you think.
> > Pat, K9JAUAt 04:00 PM 5/30/2013, you wrote:
> >> Hi Gary,
> >>
> >> You say that you don't know of anyone who would pick blindness over =
> >> sight.=20
> >>
> >> I guess it depends on how you define your terms.=20
> >>
> >> If I could pick to go back and be sighted my whole life, maybe I'd pick =
> >> that. However, I would definitely not pick "going sighted", had I the =
> >> opportunity to do so starting from now forward. It would be too much of =
> >> a pain in the ass. You think blindness is a pain in the ass? Heh=85I =
> >> think sudden, untrained sightedness, or even latter-day trained =
> >> sightedness, would be a bigger pain in the ass.=20
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> >>> ife. I didn't choose her for that reason but she is great and it just =
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> >>> ed out this way. Now as far as the blindness thing. I doubt that =
> >> anyone h=3D
> >>> ere would prefer blindness over sight. No one cares about =
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> >>> r the blind for the most part. Cable tv boxes, microwaves, washers =
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> >>> ers and the list goes on. I applaude apple for doing what they do for =
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