mishaps

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Well handsome (HEY, if you say I AM YOUNg, i say you are handsome right ? ) 

wink wink

 

 

I have had my share of mishaps:

 

because of my small fingers I use a track

ball and I LOVE ut, but I drpped the thing

so often and the ball would take off in its

own direction and then OF COURSE I cant

find the ball.

 

Walmart: Husband calls me " cafre al volante "

which loosely translates as  " wild woman at

the wheel "  beacuse i get in

that cart and sideswipe aisles and displays...

fortunately no pededtrians  !!

 

 

 

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To: blind-diabetics

Sent: Monday, December 5, 2011 8:06 PM

Subject: RE: maybe OT BUT ...

Hi Lavanda,

Well Young Lady, it is really sorta like this:

What you see from us is kinda like watching the Waltons and how perfectly

they rise to the occasion on TV. What you don't see is us pulling our hair

out trying to find the blamed item we just dropped on the floor and heard it

roll somewhere under something.

You don't get to hear much about the times we manage to boil the pot of

spaghetti all over the stove top and down the front onto the floor.

You also do not get to hear about the times we have looked all over the

house trying to find the coat we stuffed somewhere in a chair.

I'll bet you don't hear much about the times we have found ourselves

completely turned around and lost in a Wal-mart and, of course, there is not

a single soul within a thousand miles to lend a hand or ask if we need some

help.

We all have frustrations just like you are bound to have and we all get

discouraged from time to time but, I promise you, just hang in there and it

will, eventually, work out and you can laugh about it.

Do you cook?

Cy, The Anasazi

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From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of Lavanda

Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 4:48 PM

To: blind-diabetics

Subject: Re: maybe OT BUT ...

 

I am in TX

Have veen blind for about 5 yrs

Diabetic for over 27 yrs...

After hearing how well yall cope, I fear

I have a lot of catching up to do !

My sight failed after I HAD CATARACT SURGERY

they hadone akk types of things -

laser treatments, eye injections etc to no

avaik.

Even when I COULD SEE i was horrible  at typing !

I flUnkED it iN HIGH school because my pinkys could

not reach far enough si compensaed with other fingers

and because ny hnds were humping around I MADE BEAUCOUP

errs.

So now I use hunt and poke methods and made so many

errors that it takes forever to go back & correct

that i get frustrated so now i mostly dont say much !

Dont wanna sound so pitiful but i guess i do ...

looking for solutions

thanks Lavanda

 

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From: LaFrance-Wolf <plawolf@...

<mailto:plawolf%40earthlink.net> >

To: blind-diabetics

<mailto:blind-diabetics%40yahoogroups.com> 

Sent: Monday, December 5, 2011 1:42 PM

Subject: RE: maybe OT BUT ...

Welcome LaVanda,

I have been totally blind for over 34 years due to the diabetes.  I learned

braille then and relearned to type on a regular keyboard.  When computers

came around, I learned the computer keyboard and now do most of my record

keeping, emailing (of course), writing of letters and storage of recipes

etc. on the computer.  I use braille  mostly for labeling things such s

spices and medications. I never was a very fast braille reader, so never

read books that way.  If you connect with your local State Dept. of

Rehabilitation, they can help you learn all these skills.  What State are

you from?

  _____ 

From: blind-diabetics

<mailto:blind-diabetics%40yahoogroups.com>

[mailto:blind-diabetics

<mailto:blind-diabetics%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of Lavanda

Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 5:28 PM

To: recipe-games <mailto:recipe-games%40yahoogroups.com>

Cc: blind-diabetics

<mailto:blind-diabetics%40yahoogroups.com>

Subject: maybe OT BUT ...

 

How many of us are blind here?

And how blind are you ?

How do you read  ?

and how do you type ?

Does anyone know pros or cons about Dragon

software ?

thanks ya'll

Lavanda