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I'd love to discuss this further but not on this list. If anyone wants to
pick it up, my email is:
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Thanks and 73. Lou WA3MIX
Lou Kolb
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Harvey Heagy" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 5:10 PM
Subject: FW: Echo locating
> In the story it said that even he uses a cane and also a hiking stick when
> he goes hiking. So apparently it is not meant to be a substitute for a
> cane
> or guide dog. I'm skeptical of it as a primary mobility tool, but if it
> helps some then let them do it as long as it doesn't annoy others. But
> can
> you imagine lots of blind people at a convention tongue clicking? It
> might
> not be any more annoying than cane tapping, but I question its value in
> that
> environment.
> Harvey
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Mark
> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 1:59 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Baked Corn Casserole
>
> I
>
> I have so many people telling me how the idea of clicking ones tongue is
> as
> a mobility guide. It is quite annoying. I have noticed that all the people
> that are telling me how to do mobility are sighted. Apparently there is
> even
> youtube videos on the subject.
>
> Personally, I learned much of my mobility training in Seattle, Washington
> where the clicking not only would have looked odd, but probably been
> drowned
> out by the traffic. Today I was snapping my fingers to get an echo off
> from
> the house to find my way back from the dumster. Don't you know the sound
> was
> totally absorbed by the snow? I finally used my cell phone to contact my
> step son who looked out the window and gave me directions back across the
> field. Smile.
>
> God bless,
> REV. Mark WZ0K
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