Hi Paul and all, Yes, it was a fabulous holiday. three weeks of continuous sunshine. Only cloudy day was last Tuesday as we left. We could hear about the wx here on sky tv, so we dreaded coming back! I am only catching up on my emails tonight. The neighbours wlan link went down as he left for U.K. because he changed the unit the day he left. Pity as he was anxious for me to use it as I have given him a link to my satellite dish to get sky TV. Regards AEdan O'Meara. -----Original Message----- From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Traynor Sent: 28 June 2007 22:23 To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vip_students] That man is back! Hi Aedan, How was Spain this Summer, bet it was a lot better than what we are enduring here right now,*smiles*. Paul. _____ From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Aedan O'Meara Sent: 28 June 2007 21:30 To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vip_students] Re: cobolt systems Hi Susan, I have many gadgets from cobal including a talking 10 ft steel rule that can read in inches or mms at a press of a button: i have atalking thermomater that is very accurate for use on yourself or children. I have a talking indoor/outdoor talking thermometer for the weather. I actually hav three of these as I have one in the house and one in my radio shack and one in my holiday home. I also have a talking bathroom scales all from Cobal, which I ordered through Breda Dowlihng in NCBI. Another must-have is a talking colour detector, again very reasonably priced for what it does and apart from telling you the colour of the clothes you wear to four degrees of shade, it can also with suitabel care, read the colour of electric wires for the likes of us D I Y fanatics! I have found that most of the BT phones of any type including cordless from Argus all have built in speech that announces every function and perfectly usable by a totally blind person like me. I particularly like the beep it gives if a voice message is left. Very handy indeed. Lastly, the gadget to measure your paper money is invaluable and cheap enough. Regards to all, Aedan O'Meara. -----Original Message----- From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Susan Curry Sent: 13 June 2007 16:02 To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vip_students] cobolt systems hi folk, here is the limk for cobolt systems the organisation that i get my talking timers from. http://www.cobolt.co.uk/ cobolt also do talking watches, clocks and much much more, i actually prefer there items as the speech is much clearer than those from the rnib. best wishes susan ******************************************************************** NOTICE: The information contained in this email and any attachments is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you should not use, disclose, distribute or copy any of the content of it or of any attachment; you are requested to notify the sender immediately of your receipt of the email and then to delete it and any attachments from your system. NCBI endeavours to ensure that emails and any attachments generated by its staff are free from viruses or other contaminants. However, it cannot accept any responsibility for any such which are transmitted. We therefore recommend you scan all attachments. Please note that the statements and views expressed in this email and any attachments are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of NCBI ********************************************************************