Hi John, Here it is [email protected] HTH, Rick Justice ----- Original Message ----- From: "John_Justice" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 5:51 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] WE'RE FINALLY READY!
Rick, Please send me your e-mail again. When I changed computers, I lost a lot of contacts. they're in the system but I can't seem to link the main contact list with the Windows Live Mail. You are in that list but I'm going crazy trying to sort some of this out. John Justice -------------------------------------------------- From: "Rick Justice" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 9:41 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] WE'RE FINALLY READY! > Hi John, > Talk to me off-list on this. > Rick Justice > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John_Justice" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 6:26 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] WE'RE FINALLY READY! > > > Sent to the wrong list accidentally. Still not used to Windows 7. > Sorry about that. > > John Justice > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Moderator" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 10:54 PM > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] WE'RE FINALLY READY! > >> Hi John, >> And this is related to computing, how? >> I understand your fustration, but, >> This is not the place for this particular message. >> >> Richard Q. Justice-list moderator >> [email protected] >> [email protected] >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "John_Justice" <[email protected]> >> To: "BLIND COMPUTING" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 10:29 PM >> Subject: [Blind-Computing] WE'RE FINALLY READY! >> >> >> Hey group, >> I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. Linda and I are both totally >> blind. >> We just finished packing up our personal belongings in preparation for >> the >> painting contractors and carpeting people who will be arriving next week. >> The thing is, we have accumulated a lot of stuff in living here for the >> past >> twenty-four years. When a painter comes in, they have to move >> everything >> and that means record cabinets, stereo equipment, books, VCR tapes, >> cassettes, all of our heavy coats, etc. etc. it took us quite a while to >> do >> it all. >> Even now, after two full weekends of filling cartons, I still have our >> sound >> system to disassemble. That will mean labeling every single cable so >> that >> I >> know how to put it back when they're finished. >> Not every room in the house is being painted this time. Our kitchen, >> hallway and hall closet, living room and upper hallway are being done. >> This >> house is so old that the corners of the walls are starting to crack and >> some >> pieces of plaster are falling down. It isn't as awful as it sounds. On >> the >> corners of walls made of sheetrock, the builders usually use something >> called a corner bead. It's a metal plate which extends from the floor to >> the ceiling and protects the edges of the sheetrock from being damaged. >> But >> as a house gets older, it settles and the thin layer of wet plaster which >> covers that beading, dries out and cracks. Almost every single corner in >> this entire house has the same problem but the ones on the main floor are >> the worst. We live in a hillside home. that means the house is built >> with >> an additional floor at the rear. Yu can come in the front door through >> our >> main entrance and the kitchen will be on your left. On your right, is an >> alcove which holds the stairs going up to the second floor. if you walk >> straight ahead, you come into our living room/dining room area and >> there's >> a >> door on your right which leads to a second set of steps going down. This >> is >> a relatively modern home so both flights of steps are right above each >> other. if you go down this second set of steps, you are on our lower >> floor. >> there's a half bath down there, a laundry room and a big family room >> where >> I'm now sitting. At the end of the family room is a double glass door >> which >> leads out onto the patio at the rear of the house. >> The front of this floor, where the stairs come down, is actually under >> ground. If you look at the back of our house, you'll see the patio, then >> two more floors above that. From the front, there's only one additional >> floor. >> There are a lot of hillside houses in Pennsylvania because the area is so >> hilly. >> >> Now back to the renovation. We had to fight the landlord tooth and nail >> to >> get this work done. We ended up filing a complaint with the Human >> Relations >> Commission stating that they were treating us differently because of our >> blindness. they were, there's no doubt about that. We are blind so they >> didn't figure we'd need new paint or carpeting and they refused to do any >> renovations. On top of that, they tried to imply that we had refused the >> work. It was an awful mess! We had to bring in our own contractors to >> do >> the work. But in the settlement, we got them to agree to spend up to >> twenty-five hundred dollars on repairs, painting and carpeting. We got >> smart there and used people who had worked for the landlord's agent. In >> that way, we could be sure that the work would be done right. The >> contractors would have us to deal with and, if they messed up, the >> landlord's agent is a really nasty character. I have had several fights >> with him in the past. It doesn't take much for this guy to go to four >> letter words, yelling screaming and threatening. >> >> We had an old gas stove that was about ready to blow up. The pilots were >> so >> badly corroded that they wouldn't stay lit and the oven changed >> temperature >> as much as ninety degrees at any given time. They sent in some so-called >> gas appliance expert who claimed that the stove was fine. So we brought >> in >> our own licensed professional and he condemned the stove in writing. The >> township building inspector sited the landlord and gave him ten days to >> replace the stove. We got a new one but it's the cheapest one they could >> find. At least it's a new one and it has those electronic lighters, not >> the >> old fashioned open pilot type we used to have. >> >> The same thing happened with the refrigerator and they tried to give us >> an >> apartment sized one instead of the standard nineteen cubic foot model we >> had. I forcefully reminded the landlord that we were entitled to the >> same >> equipment we had before and that right was protected by law. That sent >> him >> off into another one of his famous screaming fits. >> We did get the right refrigerator. >> >> But the biggest joke of all was our driveway. When it was installed >> thirty >> years ago, the contractor had done a terrible job. As it got older, the >> center of the asphalt sank until there was a huge hole in the middle of >> the >> pavement which measured about eight inches deep in places. We begged and >> pleaded to have that driveway repaired and they refused. But the >> building >> inspector wrote them a letter informing the owner that if one of us was >> injured by falling, the owner would be liable for all kinds of damages. >> The driveway was resurfaced about two weeks later. >> >> >> As you can imagine, the relationship we have had with the landlord hasn't >> been all tea and roses. but we can't afford to move. If we could, we'd >> be >> out of here. Those two flights of steps are hell for my wife. Her knee >> surgery didn't work well and she has to climb up and down those stairs. >> It >> causes her a lot of unnecessary pain. We like the house but we could do >> without those blasted stairs. >> I wanted to have a stair climber installed but Linda won't hear of it. >> they aren't very safe for blind people anyway. >> >> Well, that's our story my blind friends. It has been one hell of a ride >> up >> till now. >> I hope that those contractors get in and out of here with the least >> possible >> trouble. >> >> . 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