[optacon-l] Re: Paperless
- From: Linda Gehres <ljgehres@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2009 06:41:37 -0700
John, thanks so much for my morning's first chuckle! Love the way you've said
this!
On Sun, 5 Apr 2009 05:52:17 -0400, John Huffman wrote:
>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
>>>>>
>>>>>
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