Linda I'm going to send it back to help press. I was talking to a friend of
mine in Vermont and he said to ensure it for replacement value if I send it.
I'm going to send it back via UPS not the post office. After the post office is
lost my credit card I'm not really sure if I trust him to take care of this.
That's exactly what I'm going to do. But I'll tell you this much I hope nothing
more breaks. This is totally ridiculous. Now I'm waiting for my second credit
card to come. And the bank told me of this one got lost they would FedEx it.
They saw the FedEx the second one. But no they sent it through the post office.
And I even told him to FedEx it. But anyway the bank official did read me the
credit card number but he tried to tell me that they were obligated to make
their stuff accessible to the blind well I kind of different with his opinion
because he claimed that he talk to their lawyers. And I sure don't agree with
it. And neither does my friend in Vermont. But anyway if they can fix this
braille writer I'll sure be glad because every time I go to write for oil on it
all the key stick. I need all six of them plus of and I have to manually on
stick them. And this is really crazy. Anyway from my friend in Vermont told me
that help wrestle send you a shipping box and a label. And that's a good thing
too. Then all I have to do is have UPS come and get it or I'll just take it
down the block to the UPS store. And that's exactly what I'm going to do.
Because this thing needs to go out.
Kathleen Polkabla
On Feb 2, 2017, at 1:13 AM, Linda Gehres <ljgehres@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Once a long time ago, I put “brailler repair” in the Google search box and
found quite a number of repairers around the country. Some were individuals
who repaired braillers privately for individuals and for school districts
while others like the prison system in Vacaville, California had a special
program where the prisoners were trained in how to repair braillers and only
charged for the parts with which to fix them. I did have a good experience
with a man in Baltimore, Maryland probably close to eight years ago, but
don't ’now if he’s still in business as he was a retired computer programmer
at that time. I’ve had very good luck with the Howe Press, and turn-around
time was pretty minimal. Of course, since they manufacture the braillers
originally, they’re sure to make the necessary repairs right from the start
and send you out a brailled line or two as a test of your repaired brailler.
Will gladly look up information as needed, though certainly I won’t know
shipping prices. The best I’ll be able to find would be phone numbers, but
not all listings have phone numbers.
Linda G.
From: ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On ;
Behalf Of Vickie
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2017 1:40 PM
To: ourplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ourplace] to Kathleen
Does AFB American Foundation for the Blind have a contact for braille writer
repair? Seems like being in New York, they would provide at least referral
service for that kind of thing.
Vickie
From: Kathleen Polkabla
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2017 12:04 PM
To: ourplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ourplace] Re: hello from the Wayner
Well until I can get my computer set up I won't be able to share music. But
if it's some fine it will work with a Mac that might be good. Then I might be
able to hear music but I'm not really sure how to do it. And I might be able
to get some of the albums that I've lost two. And I've lost quite a few of
them. Well I thought things only break in threes but I guess for me it's
number four. Now it's the braille writer. I want to write down my credit card
number in braille and all the keys on my braille writer stop no matter what
age I did. No I've got to send it out. So actually I have to find somebody
that can help me pack it up and address it because I'm either going to send
it to the American printing House for the blind or to help press for repairs.
If I send it to the American printing House for cleaning and whatever it's
$150. But if I send it to Perkins or could be more could be less. The boy
things happen at a very inopportune time. I want to my class last night but a
lot of it was visual. Actually they were using voltmeters and stuff to
measure different things and of course I couldn't do it because I didn't have
any talking meters. But that's OK. And then I was worried about the braille
writer and I forgot to call my friend to tell him I was going to the class
and I just left so hopefully he's not going to be mad at me. I'll have to
talk to him later and let him know that I just had a lot of my mind. This
morning I went shopping and got all that done and came home and my knees were
talking to me. My worker put everything away and now she's downstairs doing
the sheets. Actually I put a lot of the perishables away and I put some of it
away that she had to finish it. I told her I was sorry about that but my
knees just wouldn't let me finish it. I lay down for a while and that was it.
And I also got some money back on my energy rebate. In the store people
weren't going to give me the whole amount but then they decided to. So I'm
really happy I got my shopping done and everything is all done and I'm sure
glad it's over.
Kathleen Polkabla
On Feb 1, 2017, at 1:16 PM, Linda Gehres <ljgehres@xxxxxxx> wrote:
IfNancy’s idea takes hold and all can utilize it, the Wayner might just come
back into the fold! That would be awesome. I think we’d all love to be able
to share music again.
Linda G.
From: ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On ;
Behalf Of Rosemarie Chavarria
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2017 5:54 PM
To: ourplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ourplace] Re: hello from the Wayner
I think that was part of it. He said the list was turning into a chat group
but I told him we still share music from time to time as well as
blindness-related articles.
From: ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On ;
Behalf Of Devon Wilkins
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2017 5:47 PM
To: ourplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ourplace] Re: hello from the Wayner
Was it the high volume of traffic that caused him to leave in the first
place? Devon.
From: ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On ;
Behalf Of Rosemarie Chavarria
Sent: January-31-17 7:42 PM
To: ourplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ourplace] Re: hello from the Wayner
Hi, Karen,
I'll see if I can talk him into coming back. That would sure be neat if he
could.
Rosie
From: ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On ;
Behalf Of Karen Delzer
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2017 4:15 PM
To: ourplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ourplace] Re: hello from the Wayner
Sure wish he would,Rosie. Sure miss him. Hi to him from us, okay?
Karen
on 02:06 PM 1/31/2017, Rosemarie Chavarria said:
Hi, everyone,
I talked to Wayne on the phone and he said to tell everyone hello. I don't
know if he'll come back to the list or not. I'm trying to get him to though.
Rosie
