Re: [BTT] Fleeing the planet... or, in brackets, knives

2011-03-09 Thread Rachel
Let's hope that they don't erupt lol Jk On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 9:17 PM, Nick Cocchiarella tubaco...@gmail.comwrote: Shrugs, too cold there. Besides, I do like Johann's lovely man lumps. They're like mountains! Or more appropriately, volcanoes! Rofl jk. - Original Message - From:

Re: [BTT] Driver's ed!

2011-03-09 Thread Rachel
Oh, and if it is possible when I have to take the driving portion on the test could they brail the signs so that I can stop and check if the sign says stop or to yeild, and could they also modify some syrons on the stop lights so that I can tell whether it's green, red or yellow. lol Jk On Wed,

Re: [BTT] blind people and canes

2011-03-09 Thread Rachel
Haha, that's funny! Personally I don't really like doing the double tap only, because I have a heavier cane and it can hurt my arm after a while when I have to use it for O and M lessons. On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 8:08 PM, Abby Bolling abbyboll...@zoomtown.comwrote: I just love the different

Re: [BTT] blind people and canes

2011-03-09 Thread Rachel
Isn't it fun when you tap like on a sidewalk or something, and it gets stuck on a crack or something? lol On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 12:35 AM, Nick Cocchiarella tubaco...@gmail.comwrote: Or there is tripping people headlong into things and make them go blam and things. I suppose it depends, when

Re: [BTT] blind people and canes

2011-03-09 Thread Rachel
I guess for some people it can be embarrassing and they feel like they have a sign posted on their forehead that says I'm blind look at me but others might feel like that people are judging them, and look at them as if they are disabled. Personally I think that blind folks should use their canes,

Re: [BTT] blind people and canes

2011-03-09 Thread Rachel
It also gives you some kind of independence for using the cane rather than being lead around by somebody. On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 4:48 AM, Maya Pureseva m...@tiflo.info wrote: I've never had complexes about using the cane. I know one guy (haven't met him personally though) who says he would

Re: [BTT] losing your sight and such

2011-03-09 Thread Nick Cocchiarella
Well then, if they wouldn't want to survive, they'd obviously want death. That's how I see it, anyway. - Original Message - From: Rachel rachelelizwas...@gmail.com To: blind-teen-talk@googlegroups.com Date sent: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 12:20:30 -0600 Subject: Re: [BTT] losing your sight and

Re: [BTT] choirs and challenged peeps

2011-03-09 Thread Rachel
Lol, In some schools they just push the kids with disabilities through, even if they were failing the class. On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Maya Pureseva m...@tiflo.info wrote: Does it mean you're educated now? Rofl - Original Message - From: Nick Cocchiarella tubaco...@gmail.com

Re: [BTT] following traffic

2011-03-09 Thread Rachel
They have online everything now. lol On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Lillie Pennington lilliepenning...@fuse.net wrote: Weird, I didn't know there were online grocery stores. -Original Message- From: blind-teen-talk@googlegroups.com [mailto:blind-teen-talk@googlegroups.com] On

Re: [BTT] college and testing

2011-03-09 Thread Rachel
I'm not uncertain really lol I think it was just the way I typed it that might have sounded that way. On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Maya Pureseva m...@tiflo.info wrote: Why so uncertain? lol - Original Message - *From:* Rachel rachelelizwas...@gmail.com *To:*

Re: [Bulk] [BTT] Clothes?

2011-03-09 Thread Rachel
Rofl I bet that felt good jk On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Nick Cocchiarella tubaco...@gmail.comwrote: Sure did. I went against a girl and won. Then Captain Hook, her boyfriend, came and tore my nuts off. Rofl jk. - Original Message - From: Maya Pureseva m...@tiflo.info To:

Re: [Bulk] [BTT] Clothes?

2011-03-09 Thread Rachel
Rofl It's sad really that some people don't know whether he has a fat head or he is incredibly fat er I mean incredibly fit and active man that head must be filled with a lot of hot air? er I mean Hair! Hair! Yea! that's what I meant! On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Alexis Garcia

Re: [Bulk] [BTT] Clothes?

2011-03-09 Thread Rachel
lol, Yeah, it's best to evade them I think too, because it seems like the popular people are the ones that start up a bunch of annoying drama and gossip. On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Nick Cocchiarella tubaco...@gmail.comwrote: The popular people would usually avoid me the best they could,

Re: [Bulk] [BTT] Clothes?

2011-03-09 Thread Rachel
Lol, Yeah I know what you mean, I remember going to my old schol and getting lost all the time, it was quite sad really considering I had been going to the school for like three years. lol The ups at the school I go to now though are school ends earlier in the year, we get homemade lunches and

Re: [Bulk] [BTT] Clothes?

2011-03-09 Thread Rachel
The fact that they are just way too nice and things is just annoying I mean even if you tell them that you're normal and everything they still talk to you in that manner. On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Nick Cocchiarella tubaco...@gmail.comwrote: Those were the ones that made me feel

Re: [Bulk] [BTT] Clothes?

2011-03-09 Thread Rachel
Same here, and the people the always correct you? Even when you are right that annoys me too. On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Holly holly@hotmail.co.uk wrote: I hate those people. Or they are nice to you when you do group work in a lesson, but won't even say hi outside of it. -

RE: [Bulk] Re: [BTT] men versus women

2011-03-09 Thread Lillie Pennington
I thought this month was African American history month or something. -Original Message- From: blind-teen-talk@googlegroups.com [mailto:blind-teen-talk@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Shockley Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 9:38 PM To: blind-teen-talk@googlegroups.com Subject: Re:

Re: [Bulk] [BTT] Clothes?

2011-03-09 Thread Rachel
Really? because I'm pretty sure that the sun's rays are just burning you, because the sun is disturbed by all those nasty zits that are caked on your skinErm I mean Oh you know just hanging out at school expanding my knowledge inyearbook class. On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Reven

Re: [Bulk] [BTT] Clothes?

2011-03-09 Thread shelka
I don't mean to be one to judge here, but the popular people I've seen generally fall into two categories. There are the laid-back kids who are just awesome and popular because they are nice and have their heads on straight. Those people can actually be good friends. The other category is

Re: [BTT] losing your sight and such

2011-03-09 Thread shelka
Either that, or there is a bit of a gray area where people don't want to die, but they don't exactly want to learn how to adapt. I used to go see my grandfather in his nursing home and some of the elderly who had lost their sight just seemed so bitter about it and unwilling to learn how to do

Re: [BTT] Fleeing the planet... or, in brackets, knives

2011-03-09 Thread Nick Cocchiarella
But that is when they're the best, doncha know? It gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling. Pun not intended. lol jk. - Original Message - From: Rachel rachelelizwas...@gmail.com To: blind-teen-talk@googlegroups.com Date sent: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 12:21:49 -0600 Subject: Re: [BTT] Fleeing the

Re: [BTT] blind people and canes

2011-03-09 Thread shelka
My sentiments exactly. Back when I was younger and had more vision I used to reject the cane for the sign on the forehead reason, but it really does help in unfamiliar settings. I think aside from safety the benefit of it making everyone else aware is good too. In my experiences people are

Re: [BTT] blind people and canes

2011-03-09 Thread Holly
I don't use it if I know the place well because I don't need to, and if I know it well it probably means I've been there before and people will know me, an obvious example being home and when i'm at friends houses. But when I get a train somewhere or go on the bus or are just generally out

Re: [Bulk] [BTT] Clothes?

2011-03-09 Thread Holly
I agree with that. The popular friends I have definitely fall into the first catagory. The people in the second don't even speak to me, not to say hi or anything, but to be honest i don't really want to hang out with them. - Original Message - From: she...@fuse.net To:

Re: [BTT] Driver's ed!

2011-03-09 Thread Reven
And would you mind putting a beeper on the pedestrian's so I can. SPEED UP AND Kill THEM ALL!!! . I mean ... So I don't hit them... - Original Message - From: Rachel rachelelizwas...@gmail.com To: blind-teen-talk@googlegroups.com Date sent: Wed, 9 Mar

Re: [BTT] blind people and canes

2011-03-09 Thread Reven
Whispers: She's anerexic, that's why. Have a wonderful day! - Original Message - From: Rachel rachelelizwas...@gmail.com To: blind-teen-talk@googlegroups.com Date sent: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 12:29:52 -0600 Subject: Re: [BTT] blind people and canes Haha, that's funny! Personally I don't really

re: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] Re: [BTT] men versus women

2011-03-09 Thread Reven
That was February. March = women's history month! Every other month? Me! Me! Me! Oh, and the other guys. LOL JK. - Original Message - From: Lillie Pennington lilliepenning...@fuse.net To: blind-teen-talk@googlegroups.com Date sent: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 15:07:37 -0500 Subject: [Bulk] RE:

Re: [Bulk] [BTT] Clothes?

2011-03-09 Thread Reven
Have your studies shown yet that they've omitted every picture with you in it because your so ugly...er, I mean. That's awesome. I know a lot about the yearbook. Seeing as I'm in it so much... Most inspirational...most athletic...academic all-star...president of student counsel...of

Re: [BTT] blind people and canes

2011-03-09 Thread Reven
Totally agree with Kaiti and you about the awareness thing. I mean, if people in wheel chairs depended on people to carry them around, how would you know when someone wasn't just trying to be lazy? Hey, getcho, um, butt over heeya and carry my, butt, to the store. Terrible analogy, because

Re: [BTT] Driver's ed!

2011-03-09 Thread shelka
Better yet, can you just, like, install some audible thing in the car that would tell me where the other cars are and what the color of the light is so I can run them all, urn... I mean, make sure I go on time?... Kaiti. Reven reven4...@att.net wrote: And would you mind putting a beeper

Re: [BTT] Driver's ed!

2011-03-09 Thread Reven
LOL, that reminds me of a story... My family was leaving church a few weeks ago, and as we're pulling out, my dad said, I wonder how much that jaguar in front of us costs...Lets find out! He revved the engine like he was gonna speed up and stuff. We all freaked out. LOL. My dad's crazy

Re: [BTT] Driver's ed!

2011-03-09 Thread Nick Cocchiarella
Don't forget, they may have to braille street signs and put braille stickers on the switches and such of the car. Provided that there's room to fit them. Oh, and after you go through all that trouble, do you mind driving the car for me? lol jk - Original Message - From: Rachel

Re: [BTT] blind people and canes

2011-03-09 Thread Nick Cocchiarella
Grow some muscles! lol jk. I have a graphite cane, and I tap a lot to hear the echo of things such as buildings or objects around. Helps me get a better feel for where I am at. Oh, speaking of, I have no idea in the world whatsoever why, but I'm actually, excited, for mobility this summer.

Re: [BTT] blind people and canes

2011-03-09 Thread Nick Cocchiarella
Or when you shoreline after a snowy season, on a warm day, when the temp finally climbs into the 40s, and you're extracting your cane from an inch of mud? Not to mention it screws up the tip a great deal. lol - Original Message - From: Rachel rachelelizwas...@gmail.com To:

Re: [BTT] blind people and canes

2011-03-09 Thread Nick Cocchiarella
I use it in my own yard. But then again, it's quite large, and shturff gets moved around sometimes. lol - Original Message - From: Rachel rachelelizwas...@gmail.com To: blind-teen-talk@googlegroups.com Date sent: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 12:38:23 -0600 Subject: Re: [BTT] blind people and canes

Re: [BTT] blind people and canes

2011-03-09 Thread Nick Cocchiarella
It gives you the ability to be independent, period. Being lead around subtracts from the social opportunities. - Original Message - From: Rachel rachelelizwas...@gmail.com To: blind-teen-talk@googlegroups.com Date sent: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 12:41:43 -0600 Subject: Re: [BTT] blind people and

Re: [BTT] choirs and challenged peeps

2011-03-09 Thread Nick Cocchiarella
I've heard of that. I don't see why they'd just have them take a lower level class that they can comprehend better? They won't learn anything by taking a class which they'll pass anyway because, quote unquote, they're disabled. That's just my thoughts though. - Original Message -

Re: [BTT] following traffic

2011-03-09 Thread Nick Cocchiarella
Before you know it, there will be online gyms. Yeah, get your online workout for free? Ahem, maybe not. lol. - Original Message - From: Rachel rachelelizwas...@gmail.com To: blind-teen-talk@googlegroups.com Date sent: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 13:44:10 -0600 Subject: Re: [BTT] following traffic

Re: [Bulk] [BTT] Clothes?

2011-03-09 Thread Nick Cocchiarella
Lol, I could never imagine going to a small high school. Just as I could never imagine going to a huge college. - Original Message - From: Rachel rachelelizwas...@gmail.com To: blind-teen-talk@googlegroups.com Date sent: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 13:59:49 -0600 Subject: Re: [Bulk] [BTT] Clothes?

Re: [Bulk] [BTT] Clothes?

2011-03-09 Thread Nick Cocchiarella
Some girls are kinda sorta like that in college. Although, I kinda think it's more to do with their nature than their personality or what they think of you, I think it's more the initial shock of, oh, wow, he's blind. They're much easier to persuade, though, in my opinion. rofl. -

Re: [Bulk] [BTT] Clothes?

2011-03-09 Thread Nick Cocchiarella
But that you can find anywhere. I think she's talking about the nice peeps in class and the ignorant peeps outside of class. I see that somewhat here, although I kinda think it has a bit to do with the fact that you cannot see them and acknowledge your presence or whatever if they silently

RE: [Bulk] Re: [BTT] men versus women

2011-03-09 Thread Nick Cocchiarella
I think that's febhbhbhbhbrhrhrbhbhbrhrhrhrhrbhbhbbhbhbrhrhruary. Anyway, I didn't exactly know that either. Although, Reven's fat er um ahem I mean imaginative and organized head likes to create things all by itself. Rofl. - Original Message - From: Lillie Pennington

Re: [Bulk] [BTT] Clothes?

2011-03-09 Thread Nick Cocchiarella
I've hung around a lot of people from the first (flighty) category, and can usually tell them apart by their behaviors and such. Not to be stereotypical, but I think 69 percent of it is made up of guys, at least getting into more high school and college. Sure, there are some girls that do as

Re: [BTT] Driver's ed!

2011-03-09 Thread Nick Cocchiarella
YAY, everybody in the world, or at least, the industrialized world, gets to have beepers put into them! Just in case they're ever in that situation! lol jk - Original Message - From: Reven reven4...@att.net To: blind-teen-talk@googlegroups.com Date sent: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:57:39 -0600

Re: [Bulk] [BTT] Clothes?

2011-03-09 Thread Nick Cocchiarella
If this were the case, you'd probs go national, and I have seen nothing, I repeat, NOTHING, of you on the news. So, WAKE UP! *deactivates the dream machine and yanks it out of Reven's wrist*. Or, more appropriately? *puts the headphones on and jhjhjhjhjhjhjerhrhrkrkrkrkrkrrkrkrkrkrks Reven

Re: [Bulk] [BTT] Clothes?

2011-03-09 Thread Nick Cocchiarella
If they go to college, that is. Remembering that a lot of the popular kids tend to focus more on that than their grades. Well, from what I've seen anyway. - Original Message - From: she...@fuse.net To: blind-teen-talk@googlegroups.com Date sent: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 15:47:30 -0500 Subject:

Re: [BTT] Driver's ed!

2011-03-09 Thread Nick Cocchiarella
I'd have put my hands in de air like I just don't care, and said, Well, least it's not me driving dat car! lol jk - Original Message - From: Reven reven4...@att.net To: blind-teen-talk@googlegroups.com Date sent: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:32:08 -0600 Subject: Re: [BTT] Driver's ed! LOL, that