[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: A blast from the past
- From: Charles Wadman <cewadman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 06:40:19 -0800
Donna,
Donate it to someone who teaches braille. They'll use it as a loaner
to a student. My transcribing group has about 20 braillers that we
loan to students of braille at the Braille Institute.
They truly are remarkable machines, but about the only use we have
for them now is to braille greeting cards - one of our annual tasks
at Christmas time.
Charlie
At 08:50 AM 11/21/2005 -0500, you wrote:
Hi all,
Sorry for sending yet another OT post, but I have a situation
that I thought folks from this list might be able to help with.
Last night my husband was working out in the garage, and stumbled
upon the old Perkins Brailler that my parents bought me when I was
just starting school. I have to say, these things are truly
amazing, and could almost convince one to become a Ludite. They're
built like tanks! I've had mine for over thirty-five years, and it
still works as well as it did the day I got it! Now i can't think
of *anything you could buy today that would last that long. Don't
get me wrong, I wouldn't really want to trade in my PC or Pacmate
and go back to the old days, but I think we really lost something
when we traded in durability and longevity for a throw-away culture.
Anyway, my little musings aside, I don't want this thing to just
go into a land-fill somewhere, but I'm honestly not sure I'd ever
use it again. Does anyone know someone or someplace that might
actually have a use for it?
Thanks,
Donna
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