Dale, If you need to, you can ship it to my address and I will bring it to you Friday. dale At 04:34 PM 9/12/2006, you wrote: >Yes, actually I read a Word document on the RNIB page on how to set and >check time and alarm. What I didn't understand is the need to synchronize >the hands with the tactile pointers. > >Anyway, I am looking for a little better price than available here, all I >can figure is the big difference is in the import duty. I am trying now to >locate a vendor in or around Houston where I can wander in and buy one. Even >allowing for the exchange rate I should be able to buy one for under $400 >over there, I need about $600 here. > > >Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Skype DaleLeavens >Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Barry Levine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 10:37 AM >Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Source for Braille watch (with alarm) > > > > > > Dale, if you are thinking of the Tissot watch, do be sure that wherever > > you > > purchase it, you'll be getting the instructional CD with it. I don't know > > about you, but I'm one of those people who believes that instructions are > > superfluous. I continue to behave in this manner despite experiencing, > > with > > almost perfect reliability, very clear evidence to the contrary. > > > > I don't want to scare you off. The Tissot watch turns out to be very easy > > to set up and use. In fact, its use becomes second nature very quickly... > > Particularly since you'll have a tendency to play with it on almost a > > full-time basis for the first couple of days. It really is a neat watch. > > However, you do have to familiarize yourself with some specific directions > > for its proper set-up and use. > > > > > > --Barry > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of Dale Leavens > > Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 9:16 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Source for Braille watch (with alarm) > > > > Thanks, don't worry about it too much, I think they have discontinued that > > model. I am beginning to like the sound of that Tissot Silen-t. A little > > pricey maybe but I am hoping I can find a source for one in Houston. Up > > here > > > > in Canada they seem to be charging a lot of money which probably means big > > import duty. > > > > Now if I can find a short cruise to use up a little time while down there > > after seven days both my wife and I can bring in $750 each tax free. > > > > Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Skype DaleLeavens > > Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kevin Doucet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 8:28 PM > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Source for Braille watch (with alarm) > > > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> I work at the Alabama Industries Store which sells all sort of > >> devices for the blind and I believe I may be able to help. I will > >> check tomorrow for a braille watch with allarm. > >> > >> At 12:34 PM 9/9/2006 -0400, you wrote: > >> > >>>I have been cruising the > >>>Web looking for a braille watch, preferably with alarm. > >>> > >>>I had one from the CNIB several years ago which failed early on, a Seiko. > >>> > >>>While on holiday my watch quit so I bought a new one in Calgary, has > >>>a sort of pin type roller to hold the lid shut but it doesn't. Every > >>>time I tear off a sheet of paper towel it flips open, every fast > >>>movement flips it open and I seem to be swinging my left arm around > >>>a lot, certainly a lot more than ever I realized. > >>> > >>>At the time I bought it I noticed that the lid rattled and I > >>>remarked on it, the woman in the Calgary store brought out another > >>>which rattled too so I decided it to be a feature rather than a > >>>deficiency in design. > >>> > >>>It may be that there is no longer an alarm watch in braille, > >>>certainly CNIB doesn't sell any. A google search delivers several > >>>results but they all seem to offer talking watches. > >>> > >>>This is not really a "fixit" question however there are a couple of > >>>hundred blind people on this list which spreads the net fairly wide. > >>> > >>>Thanks for your indulgence. > >>> > >>> > >>>Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada > >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>Skype DaleLeavens > >>>Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>To listen to the show archives go to link > >>> http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > >>>or > >>>ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > >>> > >>>The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > >>>http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > >>> > >>>The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > >>>http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > >>> > >>>Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions > >>> From Various List Members At The Following Address: > >>>http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > >>>Visit the new archives page at the following address > >>>http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >>>For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy > >>>Man list just send a blank message to: > >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>Yahoo! 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