People often ask us about being blind, and how we do the things we do. Our anchor segment features a facet of the adaptive skills we learned from the Blindness Rehab Center (BRC). We discuss various specialized products that blind people use as a prosthetic, as well as simple ways to adapt to the world around us and in the home.
Along the way we have some fun telling funny life stories, share unusual news items, top 10 lists, and even letters from listeners. Leave us ratings, reviews, blah blah blah. But feel free to tell us your funny life story, ask a question, or suggest a topic you want to hear about.
Our goal is to keep the conversation family-friendly, fun, and humorous. Language may drift to the childish, but kept as clean as possible. Some topics may not be geared to children, so parental guidance is preferred.
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People often ask us about being blind, and how we do the things we do. Our anchor segment features a facet of the adaptive skills we learned from the Blindness Rehab Center (BRC). We discuss various specialized products that blind people use as a prosthetic, as well as simple ways to adapt to the world around us and in the home.
Along the way we have some fun telling funny life stories, share unusual news items, top 10 lists, and even letters from listeners. Leave us ratings, reviews, blah blah blah. But feel free to tell us your funny life story, ask a question, or suggest a topic you want to hear about.
Our goal is to keep the conversation family-friendly, fun, and humorous. Language may drift to the childish, but kept as clean as possible. Some topics may not be geared to children, so parental guidance is preferred.
Quick recap
The podcast episode began with personal stories and humorous anecdotes shared by the hosts and guests, including fishing experiences and home remedies. The group discussed various news stories and played a trivia game covering historical and cultural topics, with participants actively engaging in the questions and answers. The conversation ended with discussions about blindness advocacy conventions, challenges in accessing services across counties, and a comedy show featuring jokes and humorous anecdotes shared among the hosts and audience.
Summary
Jill shared her first fishing experience and humorous encounter with a unique toilet flush mechanism at a friend’s house. Keith and Terry discuss various home remedies, including Robin’s hair growth concoction and Terry’s dental implant aftercare advice involving Vagisil. The segment concludes with Keith announcing the return of the show’s voicemail number. Keith and Terry discussed the new voicemail number, which Terry humorously named “217 BL 00Sxi” based on the numbers and Braille shortcuts. The number to call is: 217-250-0799. Feel free to send us a text or leave a voicemail.
News of the Week
Terry then shared a story about a wallet found during renovations at a high school, and Jill shared a story about a 105-year-old nun golfer.
Keith shares a story about a moose rescue in Maine and Terry has a story about an aggressive squirrel in California that attacked multiple people. They also shared a story about an Oklahoma family who found a 2.79-carat brown diamond while celebrating a birthday at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas. The conversation concluded with a brief mention of a railway train driver in England who found a crab in first class.
Jill’s Trivia Quiz
We substitute Jill’s usual weird words for a brief trivia quiz. Questions covering topics such as literature, movies, birds, saints, and card games. Keith and Terry participated actively, with Keith correctly answering several questions and Terry occasionally guessing.
Terry’s Top 10 List
Terry then shared a “Top 10” list about reasons why a wife might doubt her husband’s ticket to heaven, which included humorous items about dishwashing, remote control hiding, and nacho consumption.
Anchor Topic
This is the part of the show where we talk about blindness related issues. Keith mentioned upcoming blindness advocacy conventions in Michigan, Oregon, and Virginia, and a survey about improving natural parks’ accessibility for deaf and blind people, noting that these events focus on networking and support among the blind community.
The group discussed challenges faced by individuals seeking assistance across different counties, highlighting issues with double-dipping and navigating multiple service systems. Keith explained how county blindness counselors typically aim to open and close cases efficiently, while veterans might access additional support through VA coordinators. Terry shared a case example of a person receiving training in St. Louis despite living in a different county, which Keith noted could be due to the county line running through Granite City. They also discussed the benefits of networking and attending conventions for accessing new equipment and training opportunities.
Voicemail, Email and Final Thoughts
Keith discussed issues with his new phone and voicemail number, in particular a mysterious message thread from someone named Jazzy B. He also shared a humorous voicemail about a wife practicing yoga. Keith and Terry briefly discussed the humor in reading voicemail transcripts. Keith then read two listener emails, one about a husband’s annoyance with his wife’s text messages and another about a pastor’s struggle with a mouse infestation at his church.
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That Sounds Funny
People often ask us about being blind, and how we do the things we do. Our anchor segment features a facet of the adaptive skills we learned from the Blindness Rehab Center (BRC). We discuss various specialized products that blind people use as a prosthetic, as well as simple ways to adapt to the world around us and in the home.
Along the way we have some fun telling funny life stories, share unusual news items, top 10 lists, and even letters from listeners. Leave us ratings, reviews, blah blah blah. But feel free to tell us your funny life story, ask a question, or suggest a topic you want to hear about.
Our goal is to keep the conversation family-friendly, fun, and humorous. Language may drift to the childish, but kept as clean as possible. Some topics may not be geared to children, so parental guidance is preferred.
