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
