Lissi, Have you found your missing Tolkien? I had to return one copy, and the other is due next Monday. If you're not gong to be working on it for a while, I can return it, too, and then gat it back when you're ready for more help. Cindy --- Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear Bookshare Volunteer friends, > > Being without a Braille Note, computer or similar, > often used electronic > device can be disorienting. That lost, desperate to > get it back, feeling is > like what some people experience when their tee veez > or cars konk out. What > about your to do list, validating, your ongoing > shopping list, the novel > that was getting really good, the e mail messages > piling up. What about e > mail where you don't have to leave a message at the > tone, because your post > "is" the message. > > It's even hard to wait when it isn't your own > devices on the blink, but a > friends. No more e mail on a whim, pass along > humor,alerts to special offers > and casual commentary. > > Do you think there's any hope of convincing > Bookshare's manufacturer to > issue loaners while they take weeks to repair and > return our ailing > hardware? > > For the moment both my computer and Braille Note are > working. In > appreciation, and because these ideal circumstances > could change any minute, > I'm off to order something from Amazon, to catch up > on my in box, to listen > to more of, " A Literary Christmas," from Bookshare > and to validate! > > Always with love, > > Lissi > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 9:15 AM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Planning to scan > > > > It depends on how quick my state can get the > authorization. I do have > > that > > I am a "guaranteed job prospect" on my side, > smile. > > > > Cassandra said she would get the authorization as > soon as she talked to > > them, which should be Monday, and they have the > parts there now. > > > > So... It would be really cool to get it back > before Christmas, smile. > > > > When I got my Braillenote for the first time, it > was the Saturday before > > Christmas, and believe me that was a really > impressive Christmas Present, > > smile. > > > > Smile. > > > > Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI > > and Judson, guiding golden > > juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. > > Graduate Alumni Association Board > > www.guidedogs.com > > > > Dog ownership is like a rainbow. > > Puppies are the joy at one end. > > Old dogs are the treasure at the other. > > Carolyn Alexander > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Elizabeth and Burton" > <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 6:05 AM > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Planning to scan > > > > > > When did they say your braillenote is coming home? > > Mine sometimes going on a California vacation > without me. I miss it when > > it leaves. Do you think they have flings and > little love affairs with > > other braillenotes like people on cruises? (grin) > > > > E. > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email > to > > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the > subject line. To get a list > > of > > available commands, put the word 'help' by itself > in the subject line. > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.15/580 - > Release Date: 12/8/2006 > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email > to > > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the > subject line. To get a list > > of available commands, put the word 'help' by > itself in the subject line. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. To get a list of available commands, put the > word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.