I agree! Come on, lets get back to the point of the list!!!
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: Angelo Sonnesso <[log in to unmask]
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Date sent: Thu, 30 May 2013 18:55:27 -0400
>Subject: Re: sighted wife
>Boy, talk about getting off subject.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]
>To: <[log in to unmask]
>Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 4:57 PM
>Subject: Re: sighted wife
>> Ya never know about people, Butch. Maybe it is as you say, that
he was =
>> over the top with the independence thing and felt he had
something to =
>> prove to someone, even if someone was just himself. Maybe He
didn't want =
>> his wife to feel as though she was just a pair of eyeballs
(though I =
>> can't fathom this in a social situation such as this). Maybe
*she* =
>> wanted it that way and didn't want to do the sighted guide
thing. Or =
>> maybe she was a rotten sighted guide, and he found it easier to
not rely =
>> on her as a guide. (I've had some pretty horrible guides in my
life, so, =
>> yeah, could be.)=20
>> --
>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
>> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>> On May 30, 2013, at 3:38 PM, Butch Bussen
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> I'm much like you Jerry. Rest rooms are a pain in the ass, well
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>>> guesws they would be <smile>, but I mean as far as getting
around. =
>> I've=20
>>> had to ask for help at times. My wife and I did almost
everything=20
>>> together except ham radio stuff as she wasn't interested. Even
if =
>> other=20
>>> people were there, she insisted she be my guide which was fine
with =
>> me.=20
>>> I had a friend in Vegas who we'd go out with some times, and he
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>>> blind, his wife was sighted. He would insist on using his cane
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>>> following her through the casinos which I thought was a little
over=20
>>> board as far as stressing independence. I just grabbed my
wife's =
>> elbow=20
>>> and away we went, and we made much better time.
>>> 73
>>> Butch
>>> WA0VJR
>>> Node 3148
>>> Wallace, ks.
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>>> On Thu, 30 May 2013, Gery=20
>>> Gaubert wrote:
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>>>> Well I am ok with the fact that my mother in law and father in
law =
>> let thei=3D
>>>> r concerns be known. I always did get along with them and we
joke =
>> about se=3D
>>>> eing and not. I have a son the is 23 now but due to financial
issues =
>> my wi=3D
>>>> fe was working when my son was born. I raised him and he is ok.
I =
>> guess i=3D
>>>> f the person I fell in love with were blind it would have worked
out =
>> too.
>>>> Since we are open and honest, I must say that many of you
seem =
>> more in=3D
>>>> dependent than I am. I don't go many places alone and a big
issue is =
>> when =3D
>>>> I go some where with my wife, the issue of getting around in the
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>> men's room=3D
>>>> bothers me. It is really embarrassing to have to ask for help
but =
>> you hav=3D
>>>> e to go. Curious on how others handle this situation. I am
totally =
>> blind =3D
>>>> and have to artificial eyes so no light or shadow perception.
In =
>> spite of =3D
>>>> my lack of independence, I am assistant director of the county =
>> sheriff's of=3D
>>>> fice IT division.
>>>>=20
>>>> Gery D. Gaubert
>>>> Assistant, Information Technology Administrator
>>>> St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office
>>>> office (985) 783-0208
>>>> mobile 504-329-9439
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