,Some messages came through on Wednesday. Some did not. I didn't send
anything on Thursday. Today, I'm trying to send to at least one person plus
the list because I don't think any messages will get to the list directly.
Carl has been kind enough to forward everything he sees to me. But he's a
busy man. I'm trying to get someone to fix the G mail so it will work
through my Outlook email. Alice, if you're not getting DB Review messages,
tell Nolan. There's quite a group. Maybe he'll try to do something more if
he hears about even more people.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Jarvis [mailto:carjar82@xxxxxxxxx] ;
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2016 11:20 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Frank Ventura; Carol O'Toole; Miriam Vieni
Subject: Re: [blind-democracy] Re: messages
This email arrived via blind democracy, so I guess that means you are
getting through. Still nothing from Miriam, via BD. I like your example of
the violin. Having been an aspiring Jascha Heifetz, being the recipient of
my aunt's violin, I have seen the collection of decent violins gathering
dust in hock shops around the country. Yes, I used to wander among the Pawn
Shops just to see if I might find Aladdin's Lamp, or some similar unnoticed
treasure.
But why can't we have a cheap, plastic, Japanese computer that just gives us
email and google? 99% of what is here before me is worthless.
Carl Jarvis
On 6/3/16, Alice Dampman Humel <alicedh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
hmm, I'm not sure I'm getting DB Review messages, either...(as I like to call them) violin.
You could try unsubbing and resuming, but I thought you said you
couldn't do either anyhow?
What a nuisance! If only we could get these blasted computers set up,
and they would continue to work.but with all the updates, etc., it's a
constant struggle with the tools. Arg.
When I taught beginner kids, I always advised the parents to buy the
small violins made in factories in Japan, usually. They were much
cheaper, and they worked well. The last thing a beginner needs is to
be struggling with an instrument that has to be coaxed into producing
sound, and until you spend a whole lot of money on a hand-made violin,
made by a luthier, that's exactly what you are doing. When you play
well, it is rewarding to learn the idiosyncrasies of an instrument and
work with it to produce your own sound, tone, etc. But that is not
possible for a beginner, and it can be very frustrating for said
beginner. When the kid is ready for a full-sized violin and/or is
advanced enough, the parents can put all the money they saved in
buying the factory-made little violins into buying a good quality "real"
Same with us and computers.the computer whiz can use Linnux and all
the techie stuff, can work around the problems, knows what deleting
cookies means and how to do it and why.not me! Or you either, I guess!
'On Jun 1, 2016, at 9:32 PM, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Roger says some of them have bounced. But I think what is happening
is the messages that are from the list. I'm not getting them. This
happened to a lot of people on the DB Review list. It has something
to do with the providers contracting with another company to block
spam. No one seems to have figured out how to fix it. Roger suggested
that I unsubscribe and resubscribe, but that method didn't work with
DB Review and I don't think it will work here either.
Miriam
________________________________
From: Frank Ventura [mailto:frank.ventura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 7:30 PM
To: miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: messages
Miriam, I have seen all of your emails make it to the list today.
Frank
