Wow, I boiled some water!

Category: The Rave Board

Post 1 by Texas Shawn (The cute, cuddley, little furr ball) on Monday, 07-Jan-2008 22:17:42

My rehab teacher taught me to boil some water today, she said next lesson we will add some instant coffee, but I am not sure If I will be able to open the package or not! Boy it feels so wonderful to be 33 years old and able to boil my own water!

Post 2 by Dubstep1984 (I just keep on posting!) on Monday, 07-Jan-2008 22:51:45

u know u guys. this is getting pretty old. u guys r taking my small achievements and making me sound stupid for accomplishing them. so i am triumphant about getting from point a to point b in an unfamiliar area. so i am triumphant about making fried eggs. so what. u guys dont need to pick on me just because u feel these r tiny tasks. anything that i accomplish now that i wasnt able to accomplish before should not be scoffed at. and i feel that is what u r doing. so back off!

Post 3 by Eleni21 (I have proven to myself and the world that I need mental help) on Monday, 07-Jan-2008 23:38:10

It's never too late to learn. As long as you have the willingness and the ability, that's what matters. I know people who are slowly losing their abilities, and they'd probably give anything to be able to perform these so-called small tasks. There are things we take for granted, hearing anything from music to conversation, being able to open a soda bottle, being able to use a computer or to have relatively healthy days instead of ones where we're not sure if we can get out of bed because we might faint or have some kind of attack. Then, there are the people with terminal illnesses who jus wanna live. So remember that before you go and make fun of an accomplishment, no matter how small. And also, I'm sure there was a time in your life when you couldn't do some things or when you needed help. No one is born perfect, and no one knows everything, no matter how old they get.

Post 4 by Dubstep1984 (I just keep on posting!) on Monday, 07-Jan-2008 23:40:56

damn straight tiff!

Post 5 by YankeeFanForLife! (Picapiedra: king of the boards!) on Tuesday, 08-Jan-2008 0:00:39

Lol yall have jokes!

Post 6 by midnight sun (you can't catch me, i'm the palobread man) on Tuesday, 08-Jan-2008 0:08:17

um somanea, where exactly in this topic is said that this was made to pick on you? just curious
maybe it was just a joke not directed to anyone in particular?
seeing that in post 1 there's nothing that could make believe that the intention was to pick on you, maybe you're just a bit insecure and that's why you took it that way? or you like to think that the attention is directed at you? just wondering that's all.

this said, i admit i was thinking of creating a similar topic too, but still the intention wasn't to pick on anyone in particular

Post 7 by laced-unlaced (Account disabled) on Tuesday, 08-Jan-2008 4:10:32

and dawson, i've learnt to pis. big deal!

Post 8 by wildebrew (We promised the world we'd tame it, what were we hoping for?) on Tuesday, 08-Jan-2008 5:37:45

I think the intention is rather for poor dawson to get some compliments on his humongous achievement, all you do is to put him down, he is nervous since he may have to learn to use the microwave in a few weeks when he has graduated from the boiling water class and he may even have to make a sandwich by the end of the semester, so don't put down his efforts. None of y'all's are perfect, not even these with fully grasps on the Englis grand ma, I mean grammar.

Post 9 by julians mom (Veteran Zoner) on Tuesday, 08-Jan-2008 6:01:04

Lol you should all be nice to this girl or I will beat you with the wet noodle I made in dawsons boiling water

Post 10 by midnight sun (you can't catch me, i'm the palobread man) on Tuesday, 08-Jan-2008 7:46:51

roflmao. wb, i'll say it again even if i did already, you are probably one of the funniest zoners ever

Post 11 by Dubstep1984 (I just keep on posting!) on Tuesday, 08-Jan-2008 11:29:57

hmm

Post 12 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Tuesday, 08-Jan-2008 15:06:54

Lol, I had some good times in my nudle eating course at Boiling Pots of the Blind.

Post 13 by Dusty (This site is so "educational") on Tuesday, 08-Jan-2008 18:45:00

You fools are fucking hilarious!

Post 14 by Blondie McConfusion (Blah Blah Blah) on Tuesday, 08-Jan-2008 19:38:44

shawn i'm so very very proud of you. will you come to kansas and teach me now please?

Post 15 by Dubstep1984 (I just keep on posting!) on Tuesday, 08-Jan-2008 22:08:08

rofllmao

Post 16 by irish girl 1215 (Zone BBS Addict) on Saturday, 09-Feb-2008 18:22:24

haha I like the humour! seriously though, well done.

Post 17 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2008 16:26:58

I love this topic!

Post 18 by DevilishAnthony (Just go on and agree with me. You know you want to.) on Tuesday, 02-Mar-2010 7:40:05

Well, it's been two years now. Can't we have a follow up on the achievements list?

Post 19 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Tuesday, 02-Mar-2010 7:47:03

Yeah. Let's see....thirty-five now. What can you do by thirty-five? Maybe put something to cook in that boiling water? Roflmao!

Post 20 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Tuesday, 02-Mar-2010 14:19:34

Perhaps the dreaded tea bag? They're easy to drop as they are not blind friendly.

Post 21 by Eleni21 (I have proven to myself and the world that I need mental help) on Tuesday, 02-Mar-2010 15:08:44

lol You guys are too much.

Post 22 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Thursday, 04-Mar-2010 15:13:05

Lol this topic is great.

Post 23 by CSection (Out standing in my field.) on Friday, 05-Mar-2010 11:17:31

I learned to wipe my arse today. Thanks mum!...

Post 24 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Friday, 05-Mar-2010 12:24:17

See? When you put your mind to it...well...you can do anything!

Post 25 by Queen Latina (Zone BBS is my Life) on Saturday, 06-Mar-2010 12:15:59

Roflmao to these two last posts--- mostly Cam's-- great job on wiping your ass! Lol!

Post 26 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Saturday, 06-Mar-2010 16:05:36

Hey you gotta reach back there...I mean really reach...

Post 27 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Monday, 08-Mar-2010 9:27:18

Yeah. It's a difficult thing to do, so congratulations to you! Now, to learn how to flush the toilet....lol!

Post 28 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Tuesday, 09-Mar-2010 14:08:29

oh I don't understand the jiggly handle thing on the toilet. Any advice?

Post 29 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Tuesday, 09-Mar-2010 14:54:20

Aww. Sorry. I'm too young to possibly be expected to know how to do such a thing. I mean....Jees. I'm only eighteen! Ask someone ten years older, at least. They might know. Lmfao!

Post 30 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Tuesday, 09-Mar-2010 17:39:55

Well, thanks anyway.
rofl!

Post 31 by Queen Latina (Zone BBS is my Life) on Wednesday, 10-Mar-2010 12:25:48

Hahaha! Jessica, I love you!... not in that way... Lmao!

Post 32 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Thursday, 11-Mar-2010 15:01:53

Lol. I know what you meant. It's all good.

By the way, I ate a pancake this morning without my mom stabbing the fork into it for me! Now, if only I could figure out that damn toilet flusher. Keep me posted if you figure it out, please? Roflmfao!

Post 33 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Friday, 26-Mar-2010 16:34:30

Oh I figured out the flusher. I'm so proud of myself!
Just push the handle and, thanks to some sort of magic that I do not understand, I hear a wooshing sound and...problem solved!

Post 34 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Friday, 26-Mar-2010 17:00:29

Really? Wow! That must be one of the seven wonders of the world...lol!

Speaking of bathrooms, I figured out that if you turn this little handle thing on the sink, water comes out of this metal thing. I think I've heard of it being referred to as a tap, or something like that, but...I wonder if I might be able to wash my hands in that running water after all that back-breaking work of flushing the toilet.

Post 35 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Tuesday, 30-Mar-2010 11:56:53

hmmm, I might just try that tap thing. I think we are making real progress, even though we are blind!
haha.

Post 36 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Tuesday, 30-Mar-2010 13:20:53

Yes people! This is the amazing part! We are finding all of this out even though we are blind! I mean, it's hard enough for sighted people, but for us? Just impossible! But somehow, we are doing it! Way to go us!

Post 37 by DevilishAnthony (Just go on and agree with me. You know you want to.) on Tuesday, 30-Mar-2010 17:16:41

Be careful children. You should not be attemptin these things without vision, um, I mean, supervision.

Post 38 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Tuesday, 30-Mar-2010 23:50:42

Well, I am a firm believer in independence. Oh, and I must complain about turning on the tap:
I turned it, and it hurt my hand. This is rediculous! I need to read braille with that hand...and the people who make the tap should be aware of that!

Post 39 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Wednesday, 31-Mar-2010 14:37:28

Of course. There should be a law that clearly states: All designers must be thinking very deeply of blind people when they design their products. Failure to do so could result in a blind person's inability to function.

Post 40 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Friday, 02-Apr-2010 0:08:30

It's as if nobody cares much about the blind. Wo are we, for we are blind!

Post 41 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Friday, 02-Apr-2010 9:52:50

No wonder we just sit around and mope about being blind six days out of seven. Nobody cares enough to design everything especially for us!

Post 42 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Tuesday, 06-Apr-2010 16:09:01

It's a damn shame.

Post 43 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Friday, 09-Apr-2010 9:25:36

Yes. Poor us. *cries*.

Post 44 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Saturday, 10-Apr-2010 17:46:09

Well, at least we have our accomplishments!

Post 45 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Monday, 12-Apr-2010 13:04:46

Even if they are few and far between, it's more than I ever thought possible!

Post 46 by Nicky (And I aprove this message.) on Monday, 12-Apr-2010 16:45:27

if you think the tap and the pushy thing on the poddy seet is amazing, maybe you should try that big bucket thing that sprays water and fills with water. I hear you can sit or stand in it and with a bit of rubbing you come out all new!
Maybe if old people would give it a try, they wouldn't be so broken and slow anymore.

Post 47 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Monday, 12-Apr-2010 23:40:15

Ah you mean the shower? I tried that out...well at first I got the soap in my eyes and the water went all over but I figured out a method for using it. It works great!

Post 48 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Tuesday, 13-Apr-2010 9:41:09

Yeah. It really is a wonderful thing. Now I just have to figure out how to prevent water from flying everywhere in the bathroom. I wonder if that curtain might help. Hmm. Maybe I'll give it a try next time I use it.

Post 49 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Friday, 16-Apr-2010 15:07:15

I have a door which is different than a curtain, but it is possible that they could operate under the same principel. Once I closed that door, the water stayed inside.

Post 50 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Monday, 19-Apr-2010 12:16:53

O yeah. I forgot....some showers have that instead. Might be even better if you think about it long and hard.

Post 51 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Tuesday, 20-Apr-2010 17:20:41

It's funny how the world works. I mean, we all have different stuff but the methods used are quite the same.

Post 52 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Wednesday, 21-Apr-2010 9:55:41

And somehow, we come out with the same result: Accomplishments!

Post 53 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Thursday, 22-Apr-2010 15:31:18

Well, this is what blind people can do. Thier is hope for us yet!

Post 54 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Thursday, 22-Apr-2010 17:27:59

Of course there is, as long as you take your water boiling classes.

Post 55 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Thursday, 22-Apr-2010 19:13:22

Yes, do as your local blind leaders say and go to class! Sit up straight, don't dribble your soup, and all that.

Post 56 by CSection (Out standing in my field.) on Friday, 23-Apr-2010 8:40:57

sry if tis post is ful of speling misstakes but tis is teh furst tim ive ben aloud to tipe on my oan.
You know when you are out at a restaurant and your friends are doing the train and feeding you, well the other day i flicked my hands around the table, and by some amazing good luck, after knocking over two or three glasses and groping an unfortunate member of restaurant staff as she shuffled past, i happened upon a bread roll. Now after three or four clumsy minutes, i managed to move my fingers in such a way that they ended up under the bread roll. Now brimming with delight and pride, i heaved and i pulled, and eventually, i managed to bring the bread roll towards where i thought my face was. After another ten minutes, most of which was spent rubbing the roll over my face to find my mouth, i managed to take a big mouthful of the roll. The whole restaurant went crazy, the applause rippled through the tables, and i cried, i'm not ashamed to admit that. The happy tears flowed down my face, as well as the bread i was dribbling, and a little bit of wee came out. Lucky i was wearing my waterproof pants.

Post 57 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Friday, 23-Apr-2010 8:47:57

Wow....amazing! I wish I could do that! Perhaps I shouldn't even be attempting to pick up that soup spoon! I mean, that was bread. This is liquid!

Post 58 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Friday, 23-Apr-2010 14:52:23

That was a moving story and one day I think I'll try that! What a joyous feeling that must have been.

Post 59 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Monday, 26-Apr-2010 10:29:10

I'm sure it was. Seriously, live in the glory while you can!

Post 60 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Tuesday, 27-Apr-2010 14:10:01

Yes, one day you will be old and helpless. Good to have people to help when you need it though!

Post 61 by Voyager (I just keep on posting!) on Tuesday, 31-Aug-2010 18:53:53

And yesterday, the nice lady at the office for disabled students was helping me with my math. She asked, "What's two plus two?" I said, "Four?" She was so proud of me. She told everyone I was so smart I could do it all in my head. I just need her to put M&M's on my accommodation letter, because when we get to the real complicated problems I won't have enough fingers and adding candies helps me remember.

Post 62 by synthesizer101 (I just keep on posting!) on Wednesday, 20-Oct-2010 17:24:44

Sure. I've just learned about something I've never heard of, I think its called sleep. You see, you take three hours to change your position from standing up to lying down, and then you spend another six hours because you did it on the floor, and you get to the bed where I know you're supposed to do it, and it's morning. I think you're supposed to do it at night, but I'll figure it out. Congratulations to me!

Post 63 by Voyager (I just keep on posting!) on Wednesday, 20-Oct-2010 18:22:33

LOL Then I think some people at my school are confused about sleep. Some of them do it in class, and others get their limbs tangled when they change positions during their sleepy class in the gym. Actually I think that class is called Yoga. Wonder why?

Post 64 by AgateRain (Believe it or not, everything on me and about me is real!) on Wednesday, 20-Oct-2010 19:54:07

Yeah, you guys after a few days of trying to log on to here, I finally did it!

You just put in your password and user name and your good to go!

lol

Post 65 by Voyager (I just keep on posting!) on Wednesday, 20-Oct-2010 23:01:37

*gasps* Wow! Really? You mean in that order? My mommy does it for me.

Post 66 by rusty81 (Zone BBS is my Life) on Thursday, 21-Oct-2010 6:46:57

hey! that's some advance stuff! can you teach me? lol!

Post 67 by synthesizer101 (I just keep on posting!) on Thursday, 21-Oct-2010 19:21:49

Hey. How. did. you. type.? I. think. you. need. to. put. a. period. at. the. end. of. words. but. my. synthesizer. pronounces. this. strangely. Wonder. why.? Oh, by the way, I never new people shouldn't tell each other their password. Ha! I already said my password is fffffii *not*. Better remember that now :). What was it again?
Also, to Julians mom, wet noodles don't hurt at all.

Post 68 by Voyager (I just keep on posting!) on Thursday, 21-Oct-2010 19:47:45

someone told me those period things go at the end of sentences but I don't know how they know it's a sentence before they put the period so they explain that a sentence is a complete thought but I have no complete thoughts because I can't think

Post 69 by synthesizer101 (I just keep on posting!) on Thursday, 21-Oct-2010 20:23:37

Hey! I've now learned to type OK! Now, I get to learn to do this thing I've never heard of called--wait a minute--I have it written down--breathing. Somehow, I have to use something called a lung to pass air through a pipe to the throat and--I don't get it. I was told that after I master breathing, I get to make my heart beat or something like that. What fun!

Post 70 by rusty81 (Zone BBS is my Life) on Thursday, 21-Oct-2010 22:33:40

wait! lung? heart? do i have those? or we have to buy those things?
i heard a store called e-bay can we find a heart and a lung there? O! man so many things to buy in the sighted world...

Post 71 by Voyager (I just keep on posting!) on Thursday, 21-Oct-2010 23:14:39

I also heard of these things called brains. They're supposed to be quite useful. Can us blindies buy those on Ebay too?

Post 72 by Eleni21 (I have proven to myself and the world that I need mental help) on Friday, 22-Oct-2010 12:12:20

Maybe, but they might be a bit expensive. Will they accept our braille Monopoly money and how do we get it to them? Hmm, there's a slot in the side of my computer here. Maybe it goes in there!

Post 73 by rusty81 (Zone BBS is my Life) on Friday, 22-Oct-2010 12:26:23

wow! you know how to use computer? you are so cool! I still learning how to use a brailler.

Post 74 by synthesizer101 (I just keep on posting!) on Friday, 22-Oct-2010 17:12:31

Oh, wait a minute, I think to get them you cut yourself open. Somehow, they got in there, and now you take them out, and they're connected to pipes, so I suppose you cut those. Then, you do something with air and a throat, but I don't know how it works. I thought you typed on a fireplace! It's so non-blind friendly to type other places!

Post 75 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Saturday, 23-Oct-2010 11:06:06

You know what's cool? Using punctuation marks where they belong. I mean, people can actually understand me now! before that, my sentences looked something like this:

O wow I've never? heard of this typing, thing and punctuation marks thingy do you. think maybe someone could show me or tell me! where some of, the marks: go Ive heard that! the marks complete a thought or something like that but the? trouble is, that I can't figure out where they go

Post 76 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Saturday, 23-Oct-2010 11:07:20

O wait! I've figured it out! Now my writing makes more sense. It's pretty amazing how just a few simple marks can make all the difference between writing that makes sense, and writing that doesn't. wow!

Post 77 by DevilishAnthony (Just go on and agree with me. You know you want to.) on Saturday, 23-Oct-2010 11:23:34

Blind people do not have lungs. It's a well known fact. Since we were born without lungs, of course, we can't see. When I was a kid, I asked my older sister to explain all about the period to me and she slapped me, so I take it that a period is a bad thing and should be avoided at all cost, unless you like being slapped.

Post 78 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Saturday, 23-Oct-2010 12:35:02

So, if we had lungs we might be able to see? That would be so great because I am sick of beeing blind and worthless. I mean, I can't even think straight.

Post 79 by Eleni21 (I have proven to myself and the world that I need mental help) on Saturday, 23-Oct-2010 13:09:54

hahahaha Love it! Byut tome peole speel lke dis... and they can see! Perhaps, we can give them a spelling lesson along with the one on punctuation! I think periods are okay for men but they make women very upset. Funny thing is, when a woman gets old enough, she stops worrying about them. Now quotation marks are another story. Everyone worries about them. If you don't put them in sometimes, some people get upset. This is mostly writers and teachers. But if you put them in the wrong place, or mess up the sentences in them, then it's even worse! So just write everything in braille and no one can read it... lol

Post 80 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Saturday, 23-Oct-2010 13:55:53

Wait...braille? Is that that writing code blind people use to read and write? How are you supposed to make sense out of a bunch of dots? I suppose there's a pattern, but how can you figure it out with your hands?

Oh yeah! You're supposed to use one or two fingers to read it! I think I get it now!

Post 81 by DevilishAnthony (Just go on and agree with me. You know you want to.) on Saturday, 23-Oct-2010 15:05:44

At a restaurant the other day, the waitress told me her name was Dot. I started rubbing my fingers all over her and she slapped me. I was just trying to read her, you know, since my teachers always told me I should rub my fingers over the Dots...

Post 82 by Voyager (I just keep on posting!) on Saturday, 23-Oct-2010 16:31:23

Once, for real, I was at a restaurant and my waitress's name was Justice. I should've asked her how she waited tables without her sight, since according to what I've always heard, justice is blind...

Post 83 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Saturday, 23-Oct-2010 17:20:11

Wow. If Justice is blind, maybe we could all be waiters and waitresses. That would be kind of cool, don't you think?

Post 84 by Voyager (I just keep on posting!) on Saturday, 23-Oct-2010 18:30:31

Or maybe that's why so many people get away with stuff. Justice didn't see them do it. LOL

Post 85 by Eleni21 (I have proven to myself and the world that I need mental help) on Saturday, 23-Oct-2010 18:43:18

hahaha Good one! There really is a restaurant with all blind waiters and waitresses, and those people who aren't naturally so are blindfolded. It's called Dining in the Dark. The place is pitch black, so the sighted guests have to use only touch, taste, smell and hearing. There are a few spread out in America.

Post 86 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Monday, 25-Oct-2010 13:43:54

I don't like that it makes us look bad.

Post 87 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Monday, 25-Oct-2010 14:44:44

If I'm going to get away with something, I don't want it to be just because I'm blind.

Post 88 by Voyager (I just keep on posting!) on Monday, 25-Oct-2010 17:03:10

How does Dining in the Dark make us look bad?

Post 89 by DevilishAnthony (Just go on and agree with me. You know you want to.) on Monday, 25-Oct-2010 17:23:38

And this whole board makes us look good? It's publically searchable, you know.

Post 90 by Voyager (I just keep on posting!) on Monday, 25-Oct-2010 17:25:42

Not searchable by my name. And hopefully after anyone's read a few of these posts, they can tell it's extremely sarcastic.

Post 91 by DevilishAnthony (Just go on and agree with me. You know you want to.) on Monday, 25-Oct-2010 17:29:08

Exactly. Wish things could stay humorous once in a while. i'll be back later. A lady is coming today, to teach me how to make my bed.

Post 92 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Tuesday, 26-Oct-2010 11:18:02

Aww man. That must feel good, to finally be able to get under those neatly fitted sheets, and to know you did it yourself!

Post 93 by DevilishAnthony (Just go on and agree with me. You know you want to.) on Tuesday, 26-Oct-2010 11:45:17

I slept horribly last night. There was a bedspread on the bed, and it even covered up my pillow. I sure do miss my sheets, but I can't find them. *sigh*

Post 94 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Tuesday, 26-Oct-2010 15:15:56

I lost a pillow case and I had to use one from another pillow.

Post 95 by DevilishAnthony (Just go on and agree with me. You know you want to.) on Tuesday, 26-Oct-2010 15:39:53

But who put it on for you? Don't tell me you did it all by yourself. Blind people can't do that.

Post 96 by Voyager (I just keep on posting!) on Tuesday, 26-Oct-2010 16:02:43

I learned something new today. All I have to do to find people I can relate to is talk to every blind person with a service dog in town. Surely if you're blind, and you have a German Shepherd, you're exactly like me, right? You share all my past experiences, my personal beliefs, my special interests, in fact we might as well all be clones! I live in the blind capital of Texas and was just too blind to notice how we are all exact copies of one another, and I was so lonely without my duplicates. If only I had known, and if only sightlings could know the joy of being a cookie-cutter person. I'd like to thank my note-taker at school for helping to bring about this life-changing revelation.

Post 97 by rusty81 (Zone BBS is my Life) on Tuesday, 26-Oct-2010 22:29:13

who made us.
a xerox copyer going arai? hehhehehhe

Post 98 by Voyager (I just keep on posting!) on Tuesday, 26-Oct-2010 23:05:56

Maybe it was a xerox belonging to Freedom Scientific. They make the blind clones whose life expectancies are as long as those of real people and sell upgrades once a year. Or maybe it was the mice, who in reality are pandimensional beings who created this planet in an attempt to answer the ultimate question. Actually, since we already know that the answer is fourty-two, the question is likely to be: How many blind people does it take to change a lightbulb?

Post 99 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Tuesday, 26-Oct-2010 23:34:49

I think we went in a big copy machine but something went wrong. Our lungs fell out and ink went in our eyes so we are now blind.
And the pillow case was put on by a sighted friend. Isn't that nice?

Post 100 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Wednesday, 27-Oct-2010 9:51:52

and the sighted friend stayed with you while you slept, right? I mean, blind people can't live alone, and we certainly can't sleep alone. I mean, what a concept!

Post 101 by Voyager (I just keep on posting!) on Wednesday, 27-Oct-2010 10:26:57

Of course not! Who's going to turn on lights for us and dress us when we get up in the morning? How do you think I wear matching clothes and shoes on the correct feet?

Post 102 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Wednesday, 27-Oct-2010 15:00:16

Well, exactly. I mean, we can't see the difference, so how would we know?

Post 103 by synthesizer101 (I just keep on posting!) on Wednesday, 27-Oct-2010 23:21:26

I mean, we are only supposed to know this when we're in middle school. I mean, you have to be at least eighty-seven for that.

Post 104 by Voyager (I just keep on posting!) on Thursday, 28-Oct-2010 10:45:10

Wow! An 87-year-old middle schooler?

Post 105 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Thursday, 28-Oct-2010 10:47:00

Well, I guess if you're blind, it takes that long to get there. If you can't see, how are you supposed to learn?

Post 106 by CrystalSapphire (Uzuri uongo ndani) on Thursday, 28-Oct-2010 11:05:53

omg rofllmao this board.

Post 107 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Thursday, 28-Oct-2010 15:29:59

She even turned on the oxygen for me!

Post 108 by synthesizer101 (I just keep on posting!) on Thursday, 28-Oct-2010 18:01:17

Oxygen, what's that?

Post 109 by Voyager (I just keep on posting!) on Thursday, 28-Oct-2010 19:00:33

It's the stuff humans breathe, I think, but since I'm blind I can't be human, so I'm not entirely sure. Hey this post is starting to remind me of a song about wanting to be human.

Post 110 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Friday, 29-Oct-2010 10:17:38

And, I assume your sighted friend is writing these posts for you? Since you're blind, you can't possibly use a computer. In fact, that might be dangerous. I mean, not being able to type is just the first part. You might drop it, since you wouldn't be able to see if it was too close to the edge of your desk, or wherever your sighted friend put it for you.

Post 111 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Friday, 29-Oct-2010 14:27:26

I have someone type what I say. And oxygen is this stuff in this tank near my bed and it goes in my face for some reason.

Post 112 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Friday, 29-Oct-2010 14:49:07

wow. I wonder why we all don't need it?

Post 113 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Tuesday, 02-Nov-2010 15:14:07

Well I guess it helps you see or something. So far it hasn't worked.

Post 114 by CrystalSapphire (Uzuri uongo ndani) on Wednesday, 03-Nov-2010 13:23:52

lmao. you guys are funny.

Post 115 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Wednesday, 03-Nov-2010 15:55:38

Well, I know there's this stuff called air. People have said it has oxygen in it. Funny how some people who breathe it can see, and some don't. Maybe it doesn't have to do with the oxygen at all. Wow! How on earth did a blind person possibly come to that conclusion!

Post 116 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Thursday, 04-Nov-2010 13:13:21

Well, this is progress I guess!

Post 117 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Friday, 05-Nov-2010 7:58:19

Wow. Progress? What is that? Something that some say will never happen to us, apparently.

Post 118 by CrystalSapphire (Uzuri uongo ndani) on Friday, 05-Nov-2010 8:40:19

yeah... Who would guess we could progressed?

Post 119 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Sunday, 07-Nov-2010 18:08:33

It's simelar to what they call evolution I think.

Post 120 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Monday, 08-Nov-2010 8:36:19

Yeah, similar, but while evolution will happen no matter what, progress is something you can control, and since we can't see, we obviously can't control anything, right?

Post 121 by CrystalSapphire (Uzuri uongo ndani) on Monday, 08-Nov-2010 9:22:49

Oh that's exactly right Jess. :)

Post 122 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Monday, 08-Nov-2010 13:22:41

Like the sarcasm which has been spewing from most of our typing fingers since this topic was created. Lol!

Post 123 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Monday, 15-Nov-2010 17:31:37

rofl!

Post 124 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Tuesday, 16-Nov-2010 13:35:34

So, any more milestones, anyone? come on. We blind people need something to brag about, because there isn't much, you know. Lol!

Post 125 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Wednesday, 17-Nov-2010 23:44:19

Well I figured out how to use the tooth brush. It is electric and I just put it in my mouth and push the button and buz'z'z'z'z'z'z'z'z. It feels strange and I was told that I need to use this paste first. Oh well better luck next time.

Post 126 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Thursday, 18-Nov-2010 11:00:29

Paste? What's that? Do you squeeze it into your mouth, or onto the toothbrush? Your mouth makes more sense, because putting it on your toothbrush could get pretty messy, considering we can't see where we're squeezing it.

Post 127 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Thursday, 18-Nov-2010 14:40:59

Yeah. Wow it's hard but I got the paste on the brush and it tasted bad. Maybe the paste is not for eating?

Post 128 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Friday, 19-Nov-2010 11:04:30

Well, I know when I go to the dentist, they put this stuff in my mouth after they floss my teeth, and they always tell me not to swallow it. Maybe that's why?

Post 129 by synthesizer101 (I just keep on posting!) on Friday, 19-Nov-2010 17:53:20

I actually have a toothbrush that doesn't go buzz. You just put it in your mouth, after puttingg the paste on, and move it back and forth. Wonder why my paste tastes like mint and yours tastes bad?

Post 130 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Friday, 19-Nov-2010 19:08:23

not a buzzy brush? That's to much work.

Post 131 by synthesizer101 (I just keep on posting!) on Friday, 19-Nov-2010 21:46:31

Right. And my toothpaste comes from this tube but yours came from a bottle, didn't it? I wonder why. Also, I found a tube of paste that tastes sweet. Someone told me it was chocolate syrup. I think I'll use that this time. Oh, yeah. I forgot the big tube in the fridge that tastes ok. It's labeled relish. Wonder what that means? Somebody told me to put it on a dog if it's hot to give it added flabor, but I can't exactly imagine putting this stuff on a dog anyway. I can't figure out what they mean.

Post 132 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Sunday, 21-Nov-2010 16:38:00

I have that same stuff. Maybe you need to find a dog to heat up and it will work. But I don't have one. Oh well.

Post 133 by synthesizer101 (I just keep on posting!) on Sunday, 21-Nov-2010 22:09:41

I've tried, but my dog won't go into the oven. Actually, it doesn't go anywhere near the oven. And I can't imagine eating my dog anyway. This chocolate syrup sure tastes good. I now brush my teeth ten times a day. By the way, I've learned how to use a window. You take a rock, and throw it at the window, and crrash! You get this strange noise. I wonder why.

Post 134 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Sunday, 21-Nov-2010 23:25:07

Hmm. There's this stuff that someone told me is called peanut butter, and it tastes really good. I wonder if that'll work, too?

Post 135 by synthesizer101 (I just keep on posting!) on Monday, 22-Nov-2010 17:00:38

I tried it, but chocolate syrup tastes better.

Post 136 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Monday, 22-Nov-2010 19:16:57

What about both of them together. do you think that might be good?

Post 137 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Tuesday, 23-Nov-2010 15:11:02

Now that is something to think about!

Post 138 by synthesizer101 (I just keep on posting!) on Tuesday, 23-Nov-2010 17:41:46

You know, I don't think they mix well, but I don't know why. Anybody tried the window yet? Just take the rock and fling it. You get this crashing noise.

Post 139 by tallin32 (Veteran Zoner) on Tuesday, 23-Nov-2010 22:43:55

Post 140 by synthesizer101 (I just keep on posting!) on Wednesday, 24-Nov-2010 0:11:57

Weird. I don't think that really would work, but if the person was three, it might be ok. I used to have some trouble with that, when I was a toddler. I can still remember the first or second time when I squeezed the toothpaste in the wrong direction (up away from the brush). Hey, anyone does stupid things when they're two and a half.

Post 141 by Stevo (The Established Ass) on Wednesday, 24-Nov-2010 1:41:38

My problem was nobody told me I had to flip the cap off the tube first, so here was me wondering why no paste was coming out. Once I knew what I was doing wrong I worked out how to unscrew the lid but then they told me I was doing it wrong. Who cares - I got the paste out didn't I?

Post 142 by tallin32 (Veteran Zoner) on Wednesday, 24-Nov-2010 2:15:19

I think the person in question was ... in their early twenties. They also had trouble scraping their plate into the trash. "It was a visual job", apparently.

Post 143 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Wednesday, 24-Nov-2010 8:21:34

ah, yes. That's why garbage disposal units were invented. But in all seriousness, a visual job? Last time I checked, food did feel a certain way on your plate.

Post 144 by synthesizer101 (I just keep on posting!) on Wednesday, 24-Nov-2010 11:07:35

I figured out how to use a clock. You press a button, and the clock says some numbers and two letters, and then goes quiet. I don't really understand it, but clocks are a visual job.

Post 145 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Friday, 26-Nov-2010 15:59:53

Yes, better get a sighted person to explain that one.

Post 146 by tallin32 (Veteran Zoner) on Friday, 26-Nov-2010 16:57:55

OceanDream said:

Post 147 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Friday, 26-Nov-2010 22:18:09

Oh yes, because we all know the possibility for us blind people to have a normal life just isn't an option.

Post 148 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Thursday, 02-Dec-2010 11:51:46

Well, that is what people say, and people are always right.

Post 149 by musicgirl (Veteran Zoner) on Wednesday, 15-Dec-2010 1:20:06

We blind people can't possibly function on our own, let alone have anything like credit cards, as mentioned by a doctor's office nurse. Maybe we should get some plane cards and put braille on them and present them as our blind credit cards! I seriously wonder how many sightlings would fall for it.

And if I walk into a store and the casheer tells me that two blind people walked in here last week, I'm supposed to get this look of surprise and be like, "Really? What were their names?" Because we blindies are one huge close-nit family and we all know one another, right? lol

Post 150 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Wednesday, 15-Dec-2010 7:57:38

O yeah. I know every blind person that has ever set foot in the grocery store, and of course their parents, too, because we all know we blind people can't go to a store on our own.

Post 151 by synthesizer101 (I just keep on posting!) on Wednesday, 15-Dec-2010 15:11:23

Yep. every blind person knows every other blind person in the world. Right?

Post 152 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Wednesday, 15-Dec-2010 17:14:10

Of course. apart from our parents, that's the only other people we associate with.

Post 153 by tallin32 (Veteran Zoner) on Wednesday, 15-Dec-2010 23:18:29

Post 154 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Thursday, 16-Dec-2010 12:51:03

And we all have to use paratransit survices because that is the rule the blindies must follow.

Post 155 by musicgirl (Veteran Zoner) on Thursday, 16-Dec-2010 18:50:13

No.. we can't even get around in our own homes without the assistance of braille labels on our doors to read our way around. Seriously I had a few people at school ask me if I did.

Post 156 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Thursday, 16-Dec-2010 19:50:57

Yeah, I mean, really. Without braille labels, how would we know the difference between the bathroom and the kitchen? they both have sinks, after all. and of course, the only way we'd find the toilet on our own would be to fall head first in it.

Post 157 by synthesizer101 (I just keep on posting!) on Friday, 17-Dec-2010 23:18:06

Yep. All the people have to have braille labels too. Otherwise, I wouldn't know the difference between my cat and my sister, wouldn't I?

Post 158 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Saturday, 18-Dec-2010 21:22:21

Well, of course not. You can't see the tail of the cat. I mean, the cat meows, and your sister probably talks, but you can't just assume she'll be talking, can you?

Post 159 by synthesizer101 (I just keep on posting!) on Monday, 20-Dec-2010 19:17:00

People seem to think I need to use a cane to get around my room. They also seem to think I say to my cane "Toaster oven." and it'll tae me right there. It's annoying.

Post 160 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Tuesday, 21-Dec-2010 10:22:04

Wow. I mean, if that's the case, then shouldn't we be able to stick our cane in the oven to figure out whether or not our food is done? I mean, people have told me that as long as I'm using my cane, it'll tell me everything about my surroundings I need to know, so why shouldn't that apply to the oven or stove?

Post 161 by synthesizer101 (I just keep on posting!) on Tuesday, 21-Dec-2010 15:48:11

Yes. We blind people have our own personal almost-servants. We ask it for things, and it takes us right to them.

Post 162 by musicgirl (Veteran Zoner) on Tuesday, 21-Dec-2010 23:33:03

Then we should start using it to eat our food, right? Since it does everything for us, maybe we should work out a system that lets us pick our food up with our cane and eat it like that. And maybe it can tell us whether it's hot or cold before we put it in our mouth.

Post 163 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Wednesday, 22-Dec-2010 8:36:53

Maybe it could put the food in our mouth for us. I mean, we'd miss if we did it on our own, since we can't see where the food is in relation to our mouth.

Post 164 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Sunday, 26-Dec-2010 16:26:01

Well I heard of this thing called a candy cane. Maybe it is a special cane that makes candy come out.

Post 165 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Sunday, 26-Dec-2010 16:28:17

Oooooo! I want one of those. A cane made of candy? that would be awesome. I could use my cane, and then eat it when I'm done using it.

Post 166 by synthesizer101 (I just keep on posting!) on Monday, 27-Dec-2010 14:31:05

For your information, someone I know once had a real candy cane that was six feet tall. You could actually use it as a walking cane, if you were really tall. It was still edible, though.

Post 167 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Tuesday, 28-Dec-2010 12:58:13

Wow! Candy for life! Well, not for life, I guess, but for a long time!

Post 168 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Tuesday, 28-Dec-2010 14:08:58

yeah who knew?

Post 169 by jessmonsilva (Taking over the boards, one topic at a time.) on Monday, 07-Mar-2011 14:08:05

on a somewhat more real note though I actually did use paratransit more for work then I did public transportation just because it was a more set schedule and I had a better idea when I'd be picked up and dropped off and all that so it was a bit more structured. Of course when I don't need the scheduled time so much I definitely agree that public transit is the much better route. And it actually has been proven that not everyone obviously but a lot of blind people do hang out with other people like them, but then again so do black people and chinese people and musicians and all that, so I don't really see that as a bad thing, it's more of an observation I've noticed.

Post 170 by synthesizer101 (I just keep on posting!) on Monday, 07-Mar-2011 15:33:24

Musicians probably hang out with other musicians because they do similar things and might give each other tips, or maybe create a new band. As for ethnic groups, I don't see the point as much, but anyway...

Post 171 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Monday, 07-Mar-2011 20:24:47

there is one actual advantage related to blindness that comes with hanging out with other blind people, and that's the one where you don't get asked a lot of seemingly obvious questions. I'm not knocking sighted people for asking those questions, because they don't know, and can't be expected to know, but it's just something I can appreciate, at least at the beginning. Other than that, I see no real differences, good or bad.

Post 172 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Thursday, 10-Mar-2011 11:56:55

Agreed.

Post 173 by Grace (I've now got the ggold prolific poster award! wahoo! well done to me!) on Friday, 18-Mar-2011 13:52:26

kust catching back up here

long time away
and
well, for
a non-blindie

tales have I to tell of
boiling water
and so much so
the boiling so high
and well, forgets it
and kettle boiling pot
it like

oh what a mess all over the top of the stove
stove
heat elements contained
and melted stuff
from like the boil water container
well
melted on stuffy
and eventually the mess no more
and all nice and tidy

only quite awhile
cause the melted stuffy
like
hotter than hot wax

Post 174 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Monday, 11-Apr-2011 23:07:20

At leas you tried.

Post 175 by CrazyCapricorn (I lost my conscience! Anyone seen it?) on Tuesday, 12-Apr-2011 17:30:36

Omygod, I have great news! I'm sure most of us blindies couldn't've heard of this thinggy called a water faucet? Well, I learned how to use one yesterday! Alls you have to do, is turn this little knob thinggy, and water pors out into the sink! Man, only a sighted person should know these things, right? lol

Post 176 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Sunday, 05-Jun-2011 23:35:41

Well they say that the blind have special abilities after all.

Post 177 by Voyager (I just keep on posting!) on Sunday, 05-Jun-2011 23:51:22

I recently learned in physics that the force of my fingers against my eyes, while poking them at an angle, will still cause my eyeballs to slowly make their way back into my head, and in math I learned I had two eyes. In exercise class I learned that the reason my bike wasn't going anywhere was because a couple of key components (wheels) were missing, and I had not yet covered the concept behind these strange devices in physics. Of course, sightlings already know all of these things, because they know everything. <smile>

Post 178 by Dirty Little Oar (I'd rather be rowing.) on Monday, 06-Jun-2011 11:22:59

The other day, I got out of a car and walked to the door of a building all by myself. A nearby sightling was amazed that I did it and then was even more amazed when he learned I can do it without having to count my steps. I'm so awesome!

Post 179 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Saturday, 11-Jun-2011 23:36:22

I once went down steps all on my own and wow what a feeling!

Post 180 by kgs4674forever (Zone BBS is my Life) on Sunday, 19-Feb-2012 15:18:14

Oh man all I've got to say is I really hope no one is googling this right now because if they are there probably going to think we're a bunch of morons.

Post 181 by GreenTurtle (Music is life. Love. Vitality.) on Monday, 20-Feb-2012 15:18:33

You guys forgot something essential as far as going to the bathroom is concerned!
Today, I was, you know, doing my business, and I had a sudden urge to reach to my right and explore what was there.
Yes, I know, it was a foolish thing to do, what if I fell off the toilet? But I found this soft roll of paper. I tore off a piece and used it to wipe, forever dispelling the myth that blind people cannot, in fact, wipe their own asses!
What a concept! Now I pass this little bit of wisdom on in hopes that blind people everywhere can benefit from this wonderful invention called toilet paper! Lol!

Post 182 by Voyager (I just keep on posting!) on Monday, 20-Feb-2012 20:40:56

I thought you were going to say you reached under the stall and to your right and began exploring the soft person next to you, without knowing what it was.

Post 183 by GreenTurtle (Music is life. Love. Vitality.) on Tuesday, 21-Feb-2012 17:51:21

Well now, it was just lucky that I didn't let my hands wander that far, wasn't it?

Post 184 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Thursday, 23-Feb-2012 13:58:24

Now I know what that rolly paper is!

Post 185 by kgs4674forever (Zone BBS is my Life) on Monday, 27-Feb-2012 21:36:00

i do the toothpaste that way I just find it much easier than getting it on the toothbrush. pluss I live with my Aunt and we just have our own tube of toothpaste.

Post 186 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Tuesday, 28-Feb-2012 12:59:05

You share the tube? Don't you get sick? I mean, everybody puts their mouth on it. Lol.

Post 187 by hopeburnsblue (http://hopeburnsblue.deviantart.com) on Wednesday, 18-Apr-2012 2:52:38

Fuck. Yes. That is all.

Post 188 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Wednesday, 18-Apr-2012 11:51:42

O, that reminds me: that fucking thing I always hear people talking about. My parents told me that's how I got into this world, and I know it involves a girl and a guy...they told me as much, too. Come to think of it, I heard some strange sounds one night, and nine months later I had a sister. But everyone is all private and discrete about it. well, except sometimes on TV. But why is this? I mean, if it's natural, why don't people just, ya know, do it? I mean, everything natural looks beautiful, right?

Post 189 by TechnologyUser2012 (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Wednesday, 18-Apr-2012 15:20:00

You mean, just do it anywhere in public? That would be kind of... strange... I think lol. But I say go ahead to those who are brave enough to try it lol.

Post 190 by musicgirl (Veteran Zoner) on Thursday, 05-Jul-2012 11:35:00

But, how do we do that stuff in the first place? I mean shouldn't how to have sex lessons be incorporated into daily living classes for us poor unfortunate blindies so we can learn how it's done?

Post 191 by GreenTurtle (Music is life. Love. Vitality.) on Friday, 06-Jul-2012 2:03:28

Oh yes, and since we can't see, we need to have hands on demonstrations.

Post 192 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Friday, 03-Aug-2012 13:07:18

Exactly. How do we know what is going on if nobody takes us by the hand and we can feel our way.