Thanks Miriam. I'd appreciate the link to the humanware companion software.
I never tried the BARD shortcut because I was afraid that it would
alter the way Cathy downloads books. Shows you just how uninformed I
am.
As for "healthy"...all things are relative. I'm sure that if I were
in your situation I'd dream of the day when all I had was an arthritic
back and low stamina. As it is, I keep wishing I could be at the
level of health a short ten years ago.
Back then I took three mile walks every day...nearly...
Today I walk the quarter mile to the mail box, and back. Then I pour
a drink of water and stagger to my recliner...where I often dose off.
And now I'd better get a move on. We have a client about 15 miles
down the road. That's almost next door.
Carl Jarvis
On 7/10/18, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You have a very full life and you're healthy and you have a sighted mate so
you are very lucky. If I can find it, I'll send you a link to the humanware
companion software. If you install it and Cathy checks the box to open the
talking books and transfer them, and if she sets it so it focuses on the
folder to which your books download, then it will be very easy for you to
transfer and open the books in one maneuver, even several at a time.
There's also something up on BARD now called BARD Express which is a program
to help people download, transfer, and open books easily. But I don't find
it all that easy so I've stuck with the companion software. But maybe BARD
Express would work for you.
I'm on the Jaws users' list and that's how I get help. Those folks are
usually too advanced for me, but there are some kind people who will write
out directions, step by step, and help me. One of them offered to help me
remotely, and he did several things for me. He was willing to be paid, but
wouldn't name a price so afgter many hours of help, I sent him $200,
figuring $20 an hour which is what Viola and the gal in Pennsylvania charged
me. This guy lives in Canada, has an unlimited phone plan, and is incredibly
patient and skillful. He actually has some students whom he teaches, a few
in UK. I'm also on the BARD Talk list where one can get help with
downloading books.
Miriam
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Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2018 10:29 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Economic Update
No doubt about it, Miriam, if it weren't for Cathy, I'd be spending most of
my computer time waiting. There is no one in Jefferson County, nor do I
believe there is anyone in Clallam county, who can work on my computer. And
the distance is so great that I can't afford to pay someone to come here.
I've even lost my gmail link and try as I might I can never find how to get
it back.
"It's right up there!" Cathy tells me, pointing to some spot on my screen.
She can reach it, but I haven't a clue how to do it with key commands.
There are a few pretty fair trouble shooters in the Peninsula Council in
Bremerton, but that's still a long hour drive, and often they can't figure
it out. I have one nagging issue that no one has solved. I can download
books from BARD, but I cannot transfer them to my cartridge. Before my last
repair, I could do it, but I think the man who came out to the house and
upgraded my computer changed something. I had Viola help via remote, and
while she was on-line we could do it...once. But that was the only time. I
bought one of the Texas refurbished computers with NVDA, hoping to be able
to become familiar enough so we could teach a few clients. But so far my
crowded days are running into crowded weeks...and we're already wondering
how we'll get any time to travel to our daughter's new home in
Ellensburg...they moved in Christmas Day. Our son is getting married to a
super nice woman, and they are renting a home in Renton.
The plan, according to them, is that we'll come for the wedding and stay a
few days. But in mid August we will have our three grand daughters spending
several days(12, 10 and 6. And among it all is Cathy's mother. She is
becoming more and more confused. She's on Section 8 housing and there is
only one Adult Care facility this side of Seattle that takes Section 8
folks. Needless to say they have a waiting list that will outlive Dorothy.
She turns 92 on the 17th of July.
And in all of that, our very dear friends are expecting us to take a four
day cruise around Victoria, Vancouver and the Straight of Juan de Fuca in
mid September. She has been riddled with cancer and this will very
certainly be her last outing...if she is able to go. They really want us to
go. And at first we had said this looked good, but we needed to look at our
schedule and our finances.
Well, the schedule is straight out of Hades, and after promising all three
of our children that when they married we would pay for a week honeymoon in
Hawaii, James asked if the offer were still good. What could we say..."No!
Just your sisters got the trip. Here's fifty bucks, go to dinner". So that
was our nest egg that we'd planned to spend on the Victoria cruise.
Hawaiian trips are much more costly than they were 20 years ago when Renae
and Brian married, and even more than Jennifer and Don's wedding back in
1988. And both Cathy and I had good paying jobs.
Sigh...
But we have a backup plan, if our friends will go for it. So all is not
lost.
And then my cousin in Cottage Grove, Minn. called and said, "Are you
planning another cousin reunion?" Three years ago we had twelve of our
twenty four cousins gather at the Timber House restaurant in Quilcene.
These are the grandchildren of our Ludwig grandparents. My sisters and I
are quite a bit older than the rest of the group, I am some 9 years older
than the next grandchild.
. Anyway I said it would not happen if I had to plan it, but they would be
welcome to stay at our house if they did come out for the Railroad Lover
group they belong to. I think that may mean we have just committed the last
weekend in September...Ho Boy!
Carl Jarvis
On 7/10/18, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
That's great. You're better at finding those watch links and making
them work than I am. Anyway, my Jaws is a mess. I had to call VFO and
they did a Jaws repair yesterday because jaws suddenly went crazy and
became unuseable.
But it isn't working well. It disappears and returns on a regular
basis or it says, lost focus, and I have to unload it and restart it.
I can't just write in email addresses anymore because it fills in
stray addresses. People tried to fix that for me remotely and
couldn't. I now have to go to the address book for every address.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2018 8:41 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Economic Update
Miriam,
I google Free Speech channel 9415, listen.
I can find the "watch" link and listen over my computer.
Carl Jarvis
On 7/9/18, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well, I don't have a TV. If I did, there's no way I could get those
channels. I am getting the bill for Melanie's TV from Optimum,
combined with our internet service. When I moved, they gave us this
one year deal which has channels that she doesn't want, charges for a
phone which we don't use because I wanted my phone with old fashioned
copper wires which has good sound and won't disappear when the cable
goes out, and which I will have to renegotiate in November because
the price then goes way up. I took the package because it was the
cheapest way for melanie to get the channels she wanted. The nice
thing about podcasts is that you can listen to them when it's
convenient to do so, rather than having to be available at specific
times. But everyone who does them, and everyone on these alternative
stations, is desperate for money. RT and Sputnik Radio have money,
but who knows how long they'll be permitted to continue to broadcast?
They've got some of the best people. So does The Real News network,
but it doesn't have Chris Hedges.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2018 1:51 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Economic Update
Actually, after wondering, I googled Thom Hartman to see if he and
Hedges ever exchanged views. There are several listed, but I only
began listening to one transcript. They seemed to be on the same page.
As for Wolff, I am not happy with his shorter format. I listen
mostly for his updates, not the interviews, so I used to only listen
to the first half hour. Oh well, when Thom Hartman had an hour
program on RT, it was far more interesting than when they cut him to
half an hour. Now I get his radio show out of Portland, at 9:00 A.M.
PDT. He is also on DISH TV, on Free Speech TV at 9:00 A.M. PDT.
They also list him at channel 348, but don't give a network or time.
When I have time...which is seldom, I google the people I like to
listen to.
Alternative Radio had Howard Zinn, speaking at Reed College back in
1995.
He could have been talking about the world today.
But I truly enjoyed Zinn. Gentle humor with a bite in it.
Carl Jarvis
On DISH TV it is channel 9415. They also list channel 348, but don't
say who the carrier is.
On 7/9/18, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Tom is probably scared of what Chris Hedges has to say. Economic
Update used to be an hour long program. It has been cut to a half
hour. The second half hour used to be an interview with a guest. The
interview is now cut to 15 minutes.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2018 11:12 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Economic Update
Thanks Miriam.
I tune into Economic Update with Richard Wolff(two f's) on KEXP-FM
at
6:00 each Sunday morning. I've become used to the good Professor's
style, and have gained good information from him. Thom Hartman has
Wolff on his talk show quite often. Interestingly, Thom has not had
Chris Hedges on, that I know of.
Carl Jarvis
On 7/7/18, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I you'd like to hear an excellent blending of Marxist and
psychoanalytic theory, listen to the second 15 minutes of the
Economic Update podcast for this week.
Miriam
