[optacon-l] Re: Paperless
- From: "John Huffman" <j73.huffman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 05:52:17 -0400
Paperless? Never! Courts and lawyers will see to that. Harrumph!
Harrumph!
Regards, All. JH
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan and Bonnie Tonge" <dandbtonge@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 12:46 AM
Subject: [optacon-l] Paperless
>I used to always hear about the days when paper wouldn't be used any more.
>Actually, I also heard that we use more paper than before because it is so
>easy to print. In the office setting, people just print off lots of rough
>drafts after each change and make more changes (poor trees [grin]).
>
> Dan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Effie Boyd" <starlyte@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 5:42 PM
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: paperless living, and reading small items
>
>
> Hi Linda, I don't think we will ever be paperless either. I thought that
> when we got computers, there might be hope but I guess not. I have all of
> Randy Travis's religious CD's. I like him, too.
>
> Effie Boyd
>
>
>
> God bless you,
> Effie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Linda Webb" <rtfan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 10:01 AM
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: paperless living, and reading small items
>
>
>> Lerae and List:
>>
>> As far as paperless, I doubt we'll ever become paperless even if we
>> personally do and would want to. We need some way to sort out all that
>> junk
>> mail we get, don't we?(lol).
>> Unless one has sighted assistance, I can think of no better way than our
>> trusty Optacons.
>>
>> I just use regular checks with the typewriter attachment and until that
>> dies, that will be my method of choice.
>>
>>
>> Always and Forever...A Randy Travis Fan
>> Linda and Guide, Greg
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> On Behalf Of Lerae Olesen
>> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 6:07 PM
>> To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: paperless living, and reading small items
>>
>> Linda G and list,
>> I, too receive my bank statements in braille, they include a print
>> statement
>>
>> with the braille one, and they send the regular print statement by
>> itself,
>> so I definitely am not living a paperless life. I keep track of the bank
>> balance through the phone bank thing, have my phone, Internet, and
>> electricity bills automatically deducted, and write checks for the rent
>> and
>> my Visa card. I'm glad to be able to verify the checks that I write with
>> the
>>
>> Optacon. I have never worked with a typewriter lens, just by trial and
>> error, have figured out how to coincide the raised lines of the check
>> with
>> the edge of the cartridge on my Smith Corona.
>> I still receive hard copies of the phone and electric bills, but I don't
>> try
>>
>> to read them, since the phone bill is the same all the time, and I can
>> check
>>
>> the deductions over the phone.
>> We don't want to carry this paperless thing too far, or somebody might
>> wonder why we need the Optacon. Smile.
>> Lerae
>> (Le rae)
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Linda Gehres" <ljgehres@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 9:35 AM
>> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: paperless living, and reading small items
>>
>>
>>>I haven't gone the "brave new world" of paperless living yet. I only
>>>write
>>
>>>a couple of
>>> checks per month, but I still insist on getting braille bank statements
>>> along with print bank statements
>>> given that I'm on SSI and redeterminations may or may not still happen.
>>> I
>>
>>> pay via phone and
>>> credit card when I can, if they don't charge me for making payments that
>>> way. I remember being
>>> somewhat frustrated that when I was with Earthlink and had them directly
>>> debit from my bank account, there was
>>> always a charge for doing that. I think they called it a "recovery
>>> charge." Right now I'm putting two
>>> 41 cent stamps which my mom bought for me thinking they were forever
>>> stamps because a postal employee told her
>>> they were as they do not have a designation on the stamp saying they're
>>> 41
>>
>>> cents. Gotta get rid of
>>> them somehow and I don't need further confusion with a bunch of penny
>>> stamps running around here, LOL.
>>> My overpaying the post office is my contribution to stimulating the
>>> economy, LOL! Nope,
>>> haven't figured out a way to read the stamps Optacon or otherwise, but
>>> as
>>> long as I remember
>>> to put 'em on in duplicate, guess it doesn't matter till I run out of
>>> them.
>>> Linda G.
>>>
>>> On Thu, 2 Apr 2009 06:30:25 -0700, wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Mary L and list,
>>>>
>>>>Yes, paperless bills are definitely a plus; all my bills come to me
>>>>online
>>>>and are paid that way. I have so little mail these days that the mail
>>>>carrier commented about it. I suspect we all get less mail due to the
>>>>economy; I heard a news item last week indicating that the U.S. postal
>>>>service is considering (again!) not delivering on Saturdays; usually
>>>>that
>>>>idea gets tossed out, but maybe this time it will happen.
>>>>
>>>>Reading postage stamps has been a challenge; sometimes it's been easy to
>>>>see
>>>>the word "USA" in upper case, and below it, the number of cents followed
>>>>by
>>>>the cents sign. These days, though, I guess the color is different
>>>>because
>>>>it's not easy to figure out the amount. The cost of postage keeps going
>>>>up.
>>>>There are "forever" stamps, which I haven't purchased, but apparently
>>>>they're quite popular. Has anybody figured out any techniques for
>>>>reading
>>>>stamps and other small items?
>>>>
>>>>Mary
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>to view the list archives, go to:
>>>>
>>>>www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l
>>>>
>>>>To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to:
>>>>
>>>>optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the
>>>>quotes) in the message subject.
>>>>
>>>>Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a
>>>>message
>>
>>>>to:
>>>>
>>>>optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the
>>>>quotes)
>>>>in the message subject.
>>>
>>> to view the list archives, go to:
>>>
>>> www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l
>>>
>>> To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to:
>>>
>>> optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the
>>> quotes) in the message subject.
>>>
>>> Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a
>>> message
>>
>>> to:
>>>
>>> optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the
>>> quotes) in the message subject.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> to view the list archives, go to:
>>
>> www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l
>>
>> To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to:
>>
>> optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the
>> quotes) in the message subject.
>>
>> Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a
>> message
>> to:
>>
>> optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the
>> quotes) in the message subject.
>>
>>
>> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus
>> signature
>> database 3984 (20090402) __________
>>
>> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.
>>
>> http://www.eset.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus
>> signature
>> database 3984 (20090402) __________
>>
>> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.
>>
>> http://www.eset.com
>>
>>
>>
>> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus
>> signature
>> database 3988 (20090404) __________
>>
>> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.
>>
>> http://www.eset.com
>>
>>
>> to view the list archives, go to:
>>
>> www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l
>>
>> To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to:
>>
>> optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the
>> quotes) in the message subject.
>>
>> Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a
>> message
>> to:
>>
>> optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the
>> quotes) in the message subject.
>>
>
> to view the list archives, go to:
>
> www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l
>
> To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to:
>
> optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the
> quotes) in the message subject.
>
> Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message
> to:
>
> optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the
> quotes) in the message subject.
>
> to view the list archives, go to:
>
> www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l
>
> To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to:
>
> optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the
> quotes) in the message subject.
>
> Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message
> to:
>
> optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the
> quotes) in the message subject.
>
>
to view the list archives, go to:
www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l
To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to:
optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the
quotes) in the message subject.
Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to:
optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes)
in the message subject.
Other related posts:
