Like so many others on the list, I wanted to know what print was on everything. We had a department store here then called the Emporium, and when the monthly bill came, all sorts of things were in the envelope with it. I had always wondered what those little pieces of paper said so out came the optacon. I started with the first one, turning it this way and that until I had some vibrations that looked like print. I was sort of expecting some ad for an exotic perfume or lingerie but what did I see : "Jockey Shorts". At 08:00 AM 5/18/2006 -0400, you wrote: >I was like that too. When I had a little sight I could read a lot of things. >Then I got reading glasses and could read most things and I was always >reading. Then I lost that sight so when I got my first optacon I was >always reading >again. I don't use my optacon as much now but I do use it to read my mail and >anything smaller and things a scanner won't read. >Gail > >When I was just a very little girl I was always picking up things like >wrapped straws and wrapped Tootsie Rolls and pops and asking my mother, >"What does this say?" >Oh, yes, I indulged my print-reading desires big time when I first got my >Optacon. <smile> I read everything I could get my hans on. I remember >picking up a packet of sugar which I had brought home from a restaurant, >maybe even Stickney's, and reading it just because I wanted to know what a >packet of sugar said. >Pam >-----Original Message----- >From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] >On Behalf Of Gailselfridge@xxxxxxx >Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 5:21 PM >To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: Some comments on the Optacon >I too had a lot of fun reading record labels. >Gail >Linda and list, >Reading record labels and LP covers is really lots of fun, although if you >try to read the ones that open up like books, it's challenging because >you've got two 12-inch surfaces to read across with about four columns per >LP cover; talk about challenging! >CD inserts can be a challenge too; some CD's that are packed in >booklet-style containers are great if the print in the booklet is good >enough. CD's are great but I get nervous about scratching the surface of the >disk with the optacon lens, but it works sometimes if the colors have enough >contrast. Somehow, though, it's just not as much fun as reading all those >lP's. What a treat to find out what those songs were really called, and who >wrote them! >Mary Emerson >E-mail: maryemerson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Skype name: mkemerson >Podcast web site: http://www.emerson.libsyn.com Podcast feed: >emerson.libsyn.com/rss 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 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 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 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. > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.6.1/343 - Release Date: 5/18/2006 > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.6.1/343 - Release Date: 5/18/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.6.1/343 - Release Date: 5/18/2006 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.