Now there is a reason for a cane that I never thought of.
How do you dog owners ah handle that?
Asking for help in the men's room is one thing, asking some stranger to hold
your ah dog?  Is quite another.


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Pat Byrne
Sent: Monday, May 04, 2015 3:50 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: absolutely nothing to do with ham radio but Dayton made me
think about it.

It does have to do with radio - hams have to relieve!!  When you get to the
restroom pay attention to traffic flow and listen carefully.  You can hear
the water in the sinks and the flushing sounds.  i assume you use a cane.
If help is offered I let the helper reach out to me.  A crappy way to be
guided but it seems less threatening to me than reaching out to a stranger
in that setting.
And as dog guide user it is awkward in a public restroom.  you have one hand
tied up with the harness and you need a couple more hands to take care of
business, so it will happen but it ain't easy!!
Good luck my friend!
Pat, K9JAUAt 03:01 PM 5/4/2015, you wrote:
>Are any of yall totally blind and without a dog?  Not sure what to do 
>but m= y wife likes to go to concerts and it gets rather expensive to 
>take someone=
>  along.  What do yall do when you have to go to the rest room as a 
>blind pe= rson?  Do you ask someone for help?  DO you go in and hope to 
>not hit some = one?  I've had a run in when trying to go.  I 
>accidentally bumped into some=
>  one and they about came unglued.  Email off list if this is way far 
>out.  = I just figured with the talk of the ham show this problem may 
>be faced by s= ome one.