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Old Tue Jun 03, 2008, 09:42pm
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I always try and have a sense of humor about things:


Years ago I officiated women's college basketball in a NAIA conference in Indiana. The name of of the college is not important but I officiated one of the first college games played in their new facility, which had been just opened and had been built per the new handicapped accessable rules that had just had become federal law and the officials dressing rooms were labled in both English and Braile. I thought it was very funny and asked the A.D. if she was trying to tell my partner and me something.

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Old Thu Jun 05, 2008, 04:26pm
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Years ago I officiated women's college basketball in a NAIA conference in Indiana. The name of of the college is not important but I officiated one of the first college games played in their new facility, which had been just opened and had been built per the new handicapped accessable rules that had just had become federal law and the officials dressing rooms were labled in both English and Braile. I thought it was very funny and asked the A.D. if she was trying to tell my partner and me something.
Where I'm from, drive-through ATMs have Braille on the buttons. Makes you wonder. . .
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Old Mon Jun 09, 2008, 08:09am
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Where I'm from, drive-through ATMs have Braille on the buttons. Makes you wonder. . .
If they didn't have them, it would make me wonder why they needed to make two different sets (one for walk-up ATMs and one for drive-up ATMs), especially when they don't know where the keypad is going when it's manufactured.
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