[bksvol-discuss] Re: braille
- From: "Donna Goodin" <goodindo@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:49:46 -0400
Ha! Well, on the upside, you're probably pretty good at reading smashed
braille. :)
Donna
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> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob
> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 3:28 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: braille
>
> At the school for the blind which I attended from age 6 to 18, we used
> to
> have braille reading contests.
> Who could read a page with the most gloves on? how many pieces of
> typing
> paper could be laid over a braille page before it was unintelligible?
> etc.
> etc.
>
> We also had braille writing contests, like how many pages of braille
> paper
> could you emboss with a slate and stylus.
> It got pretty boring at the school for the blind as you can tell.
>
> Bob
> "We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of
> us
> will live on in the future we make,"
> Senator Edward M. Kennedy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donna Goodin" <goodindo@xxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 2:18 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: braille
>
>
> > Actually, yes.
> >
> > We bought this really old house once. When we moved in, the windows
> were
> > horrible. In some places there were gaps between the windows and the
> wall
> > that were big enough for me to put my hand down into. We live in
> > Michigan,
> > so as you can imagine, this ,made for a bitterly cold first winter.
> I was
> > working on my Ph.D. at the time, so had no choice but to just keep
> > reading.
> > There was one day I was so cold, that I decided to see if I could
> read
> > with
> > gloves on. Didn't work so well! *grin*
> > Donna
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-
> >> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob
> >> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 3:11 PM
> >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: braille
> >>
> >> I used to hate to read Braille in the winter time. Ever tried to
> read
> >> with
> >> gloves on?
> >>
> >> Bob
> >> "We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all
> of
> >> us
> >> will live on in the future we make,"
> >> Senator Edward M. Kennedy
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Donna Goodin" <goodindo@xxxxxxx>
> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 2:01 PM
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: braille
> >>
> >>
> >> >I also really like reading in braille when my husband and I are
> >> sitting
> >> > around both reading, usually either at night or in the morning
> over
> >> > coffee.
> >> > Braille makes it possible for us to interact, share things that we
> >> are
> >> > reading and so on. This would be a very different experience if I
> >> were
> >> > sitting there with a pair of headphones on! *grin*
> >> > Donna
> >> >
> >> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-
> >> >> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Amber Wallenstein
> >> >> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 10:27 AM
> >> >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: braille
> >> >>
> >> >> I can't tell you what a blessing Braille is for places like
> >> airplanes,
> >> >> moving busses, trains, etc where reading in audio is very
> difficult
> >> for
> >> >> me.
> >> >> Yay Braille.
> >> >> Amber
> >> >> Book blog:
> >> >> http://community.livejournal.com/book_cuddler/
> >> >> I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and
> thereby
> >> >> have
> >> >> consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our
> >> >> children. I
> >> >> give
> >> >> you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.
> >> >> John Adams
> >> >> E-Mail: amber.wallens@xxxxxxxxx
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