Roger,
You are very lucky because you are very intelligent and in addition, you have a
special talent or intuition for the computer. Also, you're still young enough
to have an alert mind with no short term memory loss. When I read about the way
you handle the computer, I am always envious. Even when I learned to use the
computer when I was in my 50's and had a bit of useable vision, I never had a
capability for it. As I said, you are very lucky.
Miriam
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From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Roger Loran Bailey
(Redacted sender "rogerbailey81" for DMARC)
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2021 1:23 PM
To: blind-democracy <blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Much to deal with today.
When I started with Windows 10 I didn't even know that it could be set up to
look and work like Windows 7. I was dreading learning a new O.S.
though. But Windows 10 turned out to not be that bad. I find myself using the
desktop a lot more. In Windows 7 or earlier I hardly ever used the desktop. I
used the start menu instead. Now with Windows 10 I find myself not using the
start menu so much and instead just type what I am looking for into the start
search box. If there is a file or program that I don't remember the name of I
type the words this computer. I click the app that comes up and I have a tree
view of pretty much everything I need to work with.
___
Charles Bukowski “For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are
answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big
answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and
discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum. I
am my own god. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and
our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We
are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will
tremble to take us.” ― Charles Bukowski On 3/30/2021 12:49 PM, Miriam Vieni
wrote:
Carl,
I wish you luck with the new computer. Don't forget about Bill White. His
email has changed slightly because his internet service provider has changed.
His phone number is the same. Let me know if you want to contact him and need
help. Did you ask for your new computer to be set up to look like windows 7?
I did that because there's no way that I can learn new stuff at this point in
my life.
Miriam
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From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2021 10:11 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Much to deal with today.
When Cathy and I began our rehab business back in 1995, the future stretched
out forever. That ssimply is no longer true. And yet, we live each day in
basically the ssame manner, even though we're "retired", and we do some
frittering of Time, each day, listening to books or taking cat naps.
Which reminds me, I just bought a new(refurbished)computer. It has Windows
Tenand the current JAWS. I gave up trying to set aside time to learn NVDA on
my lap top. Part of the problem with the lap top is the difficulty I have in
using the keyboard. But part of it is that my "learning curve" is in need of
being refurbished, too. Anyway, I expect to be focused on mastering the new
computer, for a couple of weeks.
Carl Jarvis
On 3/29/21, Roger Loran Bailey <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Re: [blind-democracy] Re: Much to deal with today.
Well it does seem like an old age, but I got too thinking about that.
My mother was almost exactly 21 years older than me. I was born five
days after her twenty-first birthday. So I thought about what was
happening when she was the same age that I am now. Good grief, that
was the year 2000. It was right in the middle of the election
campaign of that year that was taking up so much of my attention.
Honestly, it seems like current events to me.
Well, it
will be just that long until I am at the age she was today when she
died and I expect it will seem to be even shorter than the last 21
years. I am reminded of a Facebook post I saw a few days ago. It
said, "it's really weird being the same age as old people." I
understand the sentiment.
Considering how much
time it seems has passed it feels like I just got through being a
teenager. I don't feel like an old person. But that twenty-one years
until I am the age of my mother I am sure will pass really quickly
for me and, frankly, I doubt that I will get that far. At least, when
she was the age I am now back in the year 2000 her health was a lot
better than mine is right now.
___
Charles Bukowski “For those who believe in God, most of the big
questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept
the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We
adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need
not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. We are here to
unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational
system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war.
We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that
Death will tremble to take us.” ― Charles Bukowski On 3/29/2021 9:18
PM, Carl Jarvis wrote:
block quote
That's hard news, Roger. When my grandma Ludwig died my older sister
said to our mother, "Well, she was 92." "She was still my mother,"
mother said.
When my mother's time came, she died of cancer at the age of 84. At
the time it seemed like an old age...but now I will be 85 next month.
It's never the right time.
My thoughts are with you.
Carl Jarvis
On 3/29/21, Roger Loran Bailey
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
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I suppose this is neither here nor there to you guys, but I am
mentioning it because it is strongly on my mind. It is on my mind
because I have spent all day dealing with the aftermath. My mother
died this morning. It was not with a lot of warning either. It was
six days after she entered the hospital and right up until last night
everyone was expecting that she would be discharged at any time.
___
--
Charles Bukowski “For those who believe in God, most of the big
questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept
the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We
adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need
not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. We are here to
unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational
system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are
here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will
tremble to take us.” ― Charles Bukowski
block quote end
block quote end
--
Charles Bukowski “For those who believe in God, most of the big
questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept
the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We
adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need
not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. We are here to
unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational
system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are
here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will
tremble to take us.” ― Charles Bukowski
