[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: A blast from the past
- From: "Monica Svopa" <svopa@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 15:58:54 -0600
Hi list. If I'm sounding opportunistic please let me know. I was wondering if
instead of giving the braille writer to a school if the person would mind
giving it to me. You see, my parents are from the Dominican Republic and theya
re always asking me if I know if anywhere they could get any type of braille
anything donated so that they could take it to the school there. You don't
have to do this but if you do know of anywhere I could get anuything a blind
person would use please let me know. Feel free to write me off list for your
convenience. Thanks.
Monica Svopa
----- Original Message -----
From: Charles Wadman
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 8:40 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: A blast from the past
Donna,
Donate it to someone who teaches braille. They'll use it as a loaner to a
student. My transcribing group has about 20 braillers that we loan to students
of braille at the Braille Institute.
They truly are remarkable machines, but about the only use we have for them
now is to braille greeting cards - one of our annual tasks at Christmas time.
Charlie
At 08:50 AM 11/21/2005 -0500, you wrote:
Hi all,
Sorry for sending yet another OT post, but I have a situation that I
thought folks from this list might be able to help with.
Last night my husband was working out in the garage, and stumbled upon
the old Perkins Brailler that my parents bought me when I was just starting
school. I have to say, these things are truly amazing, and could almost
convince one to become a Ludite. They're built like tanks! I've had mine for
over thirty-five years, and it still works as well as it did the day I got it!
Now i can't think of *anything you could buy today that would last that long.
Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't really want to trade in my PC or Pacmate and go
back to the old days, but I think we really lost something when we traded in
durability and longevity for a throw-away culture.
Anyway, my little musings aside, I don't want this thing to just go into
a land-fill somewhere, but I'm honestly not sure I'd ever use it again. Does
anyone know someone or someplace that might actually have a use for it?
Thanks,
Donna
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