Scott, >From your question, I'm surmising you don't think a blind person can operate >a gasoline snowblower? Oh contraire my friend, I am the only one here and even >if I weren't I'd still be in charge of clearing the snow with my 8 HP >snowblower.
Certainly a blind person isn't going to be quite as efficient as a sighted person probably duplicating effort several times. But I've developed a system for clearing the snow from the garage area parking and my friends tell me I do an incredibly good job of it. Now the sidewalks are simply a matter of feeling; I can tell when I've strayed off the sidewalk from the feeling that comes from the snowblower housing sliding on grass instead of sidewalk concrete. And the deck (when I decide to pull the machine up there) is very easy to tell. I've been known to put an auxiliary hood over my head backwards. This is a real hoot because passing motorists (at least 1 out of 3) slows down to rubber neck. I do it on exceptionally cold days and I figure, "Why expose any flesh at all?" So, my answer to your question is a definite "YES," a blind person could run an electric snowblower! ---- Holland's Person, Bill - "Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint." - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
