Here's hoping you manage to get the strength to get the brailler to the UPS
store, particularly as it's less than a block from you. Yeah, you might hurt
afterwards, but especially if you could have help packing it and addressing the
box from the store directly, seems that would be the best way to handle it.
Maybe the people you are asking for help don't really understand the seriousness
of your shoulder injuries. My injuries have manifested themselves into such bad
things that I will sometimes need to use a wheel chair to go out now. I still
have hearing and balance issues, and although I can walk some distance, I get
tired at the drop of a hat and even sitting in the chair, my arms can become
very, very painful. Don't mean to be sending a mixed message by encouraging you
to get the brailler to UPS on your own if possible, but given you've tried and
have not been able to get others to help you, I sure don't see any other
alternative.
Well, if you already know there are only two questions on the test having to do
with algebr, I wouldn't be too worried either. When I've taken tests to measure
how my math skills are overall, because I have managed to complete one easy
algebra problem each of the last three times I've taken similar tests, I've been
told my math skills are at the college level, and I certainly never would have
believed it. I didn't take the chance on myself when I was taking the SAT and
ACT tests in high school and just skipped over a lot of the math questions that
appeared to be too hard for me to answer. As I told Marty, I've never used
algebra in my life, and now at almost 66, I know I never will if I haven't used
it already.
I know you want to exercise, Kathleen, which I think is a glorious goal, but I
have been told you have got to be a pretty strong swimmer to scuba dive. Hope
for your sake I've been told wrong.
Linda G.
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If I'm really careful I may be able to walk it down because it's not even a
block. It's just the thing is heavy. Well I'm going to keep trying to do the
algebra thing in class and see what happens I mean there's probably only two
questions on the test that are related to that yucky subject. So if I get those
two wrong I'm not really worried about it. All I have to do is pass for the 65 I
think and I think I can do that. And if I have to take the test over well there
you go. Do you know what I'm not even going to worry about it either. I'll
probably have to have cake and ice cream on Wednesday because I'll get back here
too late. Will usually get out of class around 830 so I don't know if I'll be
able to do cake and ice cream because I have to be at class by 630 and plus and
see all of garden is definitely gone that's out. So oh well what can I say. But
anyway I'm not really sure what I'm gonna do for my birthday but I'm hoping this
summer I can go visit a friend of mine in Vermont be
cause I'd like to go scuba diving and I hope I can. That would sure help me do
a lot of exercise with my knees and shoulders because I would be in the water
and on land. But yes I'll get the Brailer issue straightened out I hope. Anyway
I talk to a friend of mine and he said even the guy at the UPS store would write
the note the girls in the box. Anyway as I said Tuesday night I go back to class
and I think we're done with the yucky algebra. Oh well. Anyway other than that
not much else is going on here but everything will get solved eventually. I
really hope it will. In this book I really want in iBooks but I think I'm going
to wait and see when The library has it. And of course you're still doing the
lovely little construction. Oh what fun that is. And today we had show macaroni
and sauce and it was pretty good. They had mixed vegetables and the one
vegetable and knows I don't like is lima beans yuck but I ate them anyway. It
was pretty good. Not too bad when I got finally got my
coffee I got them yesterday the security guard gave me the box because the post
man gave it to him so that was cool.
Kathleen Polkabla
On Feb 23, 2017, at 11:40 AM, Linda Gehres <ljgehres@xxxxxxx> wrote:of
Hi Kathleen,
First off, an early happy birthday to you. Whatever you end up doing outside
the ham radio class, I hope you have a really nice day and that the weather isthe
warm enough for you to get out and enjoy.
I know for a long time you had a goal of getting into ham radio classes, and
fact that you're in such a class now is quite an achievement of a goal. But,if
the classes aren't working out, perhaps Hadley School might have somethinghave
available which you could take on a correspondence basis, plus, I know they
algebra classes available. If anyone can make that yucky subjectleave
understandable, they probably could, after all, most of the teachers are blind
themselves. I think Hadley has an 800 number, but not sure. I'm about to
in a few minutes to get a replacement state identification card, but once Iget
back, I'll see if I can find out what their number is so you can give them ayou'd
call and determine what classes they have that might interest you. Also,
probably have to go to an eye doctor to get proof of blindness, which is afterout
all understandable.
Sure wish I could help you with the brailler issues. I could at least type
an address label for you and send it to you. But, as for getting the machinemaybe
down to UPS or whomever, you might want to call the store closest to where you
live to see if they can pick it up from your home and help you box it and
even address it. When my friend got her Victor Stream repaired, HumanWaregave
her an authorization number and scheduled someone from UPS to come to herhouse
and pick up the machine. They already had address labels with her returnmake
address and their address printed out so all the UPS driver had to do was to
attach the labels to the box. If you were sending the brailler to Howe Press
via UPS or U.S. Post Office, all the pick-up person would have to do is to
sure it is boxed and packaged well and to make address labels or write ontothe
box itself. But, I would say get in contact with the store. You may have toto
pay extra, and I would imagine in this case you would definitely have to pay
extra, but it would certainly be worth it as you can't walk the brailler down
the store yourself because of your shoulder injuries.not include quotation marks:
Good luck! Also, maybe you can have the cake and ice cream before your
birthday, what do you think?
Linda G.
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