please explain this to me.

April 29, 2012

Yesterday at the picnic I was ask why does a talking scale weigh you

different when you get on it 4 or more times in a row? back to back to back and

every time will be different. I have noticed this my self in the past. what I do

is weigh 3 times and go with the middle of the range. nothing about the way you

are dressed or not dressed changes, but only ten seconds between the times you

weigh will never agree with how much you weighed the first time or second time

or so on. Some one who uses regular scales said all scales will do this same

thing. they said the doctor's office will always put you down for your weight as

the first time you step on there scales. now that I think about it this is true.

the nurse never tells you to get back on to make sure it was right the first

time. Maybe from now on I should go with the first number the lady gives me and

not gain more pounds by making the mistake by jumping back on to see if I lost

weight instead? most blind people I know don't like the talking scales for all

kinds of reasons. I heard they use to make a Braille read out scales for the

blind? it is kind of puzzling to think of how you bend over far enough with out

falling on your head to read the Braille between your feet though. I know my fat

belly wouldn't allow me to bend over that far with out falling off! what I

would rather have is a set of talking scales that would keep track of how much I

was losing each time and let me know how much that week was lost and how much

total I have lost. then I wish for the voice to be a sexy lady's voice and I

wish her to tell me how proud she is when I lose pounds. I wish her to be so

friendly and encourage me to the point that I can't wait to get back on and have

her pour some more love all over me. make me feel all warm and fuzzy. of course

if I was to not lose any weight or heaven for bead I put some back on, I

certainly don't wish for her to turn in to a red head with a bad temper! Maybe

instead she would tell me how it wasn't my fault and maybe she simply didn't

read it right. maybe she would blame the weather or blame my spouse. maybe she

could just blame the old batteries and tell me not to worry about it because

there is always next week!

April 30, 2012

Mark,

The braille bathroom scale has the braille on a post and it is up about

waste high for me. A friend of mine has one and I really like it. I

currently use a talking scale but am not sure on its accuracy.

Vivian and Barbee - That's Barbee with 2 E's

blazie.girl@...

From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of Mark Ruth

Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 1:03 PM

To: blind diabetics

Subject: please explain this to me.

Yesterday at the picnic I was ask why does a talking scale weigh you

different when you get on it 4 or more times in a row? back to back to back

and every time will be different. I have noticed this my self in the past.

what I do is weigh 3 times and go with the middle of the range. nothing

about the way you are dressed or not dressed changes, but only ten seconds

between the times you weigh will never agree with how much you weighed the

first time or second time or so on. Some one who uses regular scales said

all scales will do this same thing. they said the doctor's office will

always put you down for your weight as the first time you step on there

scales. now that I think about it this is true. the nurse never tells you to

get back on to make sure it was right the first time. Maybe from now on I

should go with the first number the lady gives me and not gain more pounds

by making the mistake by jumping back on to see if I lost weight instead?

most blind people I know don't like the talking scales for all kinds of

reasons. I heard they use to make a Braille read out scales for the blind?

it is kind of puzzling to think of how you bend over far enough with out

falling on your head to read the Braille between your feet though. I know my

fat belly wouldn't allow me to bend over that far with out falling off! what

I would rather have is a set of talking scales that would keep track of how

much I was losing each time and let me know how much that week was lost and

how much total I have lost. then I wish for the voice to be a sexy lady's

voice and I wish her to tell me how proud she is when I lose pounds. I wish

her to be so friendly and encourage me to the point that I can't wait to get

back on and have her pour some more love all over me. make me feel all warm

and fuzzy. of course if I was to not lose any weight or heaven for bead I

put some back on, I certainly don't wish for her to turn in to a red head

with a bad temper! Maybe instead she would tell me how it wasn't my fault

and maybe she simply didn't read it right. maybe she would blame the weather

or blame my spouse. maybe she could just blame the old batteries and tell me

not to worry about it because there is always next week!

April 30, 2012

Hi Mark,

A long time ago I used to have a Braille scale and the scale was waist high

and there was a little square area that had the Braille read out on it in

pounds. The Braille was on the waist high area. It was really neat and there

was a hand that revolved around the scale so say you weighed 200 pounds the hand

would revolve twice clockwise and stop on the 200 or whatever you weighed. Each

time the hand revolved around the scale and passed the zero that would be a

hundred pounds. It was very cool. they don't make them anymore though. I wish

they did. It had 3 dots on the 0 pound mark and double and single dots on the

rest of the scale. . so you could tell where the zero was. It's been so many

years since I had that scale it's hard to remember.

Sharon please explain this to me.

Yesterday at the picnic I was ask why does a talking scale weigh you different

when you get on it 4 or more times in a row? back to back to back and every time

will be different. I have noticed this my self in the past. what I do is weigh 3

times and go with the middle of the range. nothing about the way you are dressed

or not dressed changes, but only ten seconds between the times you weigh will

never agree with how much you weighed the first time or second time or so on.

Some one who uses regular scales said all scales will do this same thing. they

said the doctor's office will always put you down for your weight as the first

time you step on there scales. now that I think about it this is true. the nurse

never tells you to get back on to make sure it was right the first time. Maybe

from now on I should go with the first number the lady gives me and not gain

more pounds by making the mistake by jumping back on to see if I lost weight

instead? most blind people I know don't like the talking scales for all kinds of

reasons. I heard they use to make a Braille read out scales for the blind? it is

kind of puzzling to think of how you bend over far enough with out falling on

your head to read the Braille between your feet though. I know my fat belly

wouldn't allow me to bend over that far with out falling off! what I would

rather have is a set of talking scales that would keep track of how much I was

losing each time and let me know how much that week was lost and how much total

I have lost. then I wish for the voice to be a sexy lady's voice and I wish her

to tell me how proud she is when I lose pounds. I wish her to be so friendly and

encourage me to the point that I can't wait to get back on and have her pour

some more love all over me. make me feel all warm and fuzzy. of course if I was

to not lose any weight or heaven for bead I put some back on, I certainly don't

wish for her to turn in to a red head with a bad temper! Maybe instead she would

tell me how it wasn't my fault and maybe she simply didn't read it right. maybe

she would blame the weather or blame my spouse. maybe she could just blame the

old batteries and tell me not to worry about it because there is always next

week!

April 30, 2012

Hi Vivian,

I didn't know they still made those scales.

Sharon