Do you need the new features/fixes in the update?
Not all updates are necessary for everyone, and our needs are all different.
As for the rest, Sarah, don't take it personally.
I'm sure you won't, as you seem level-headed and calm, not to mention able
to tolerate other's opinions.
At 01:53 PM 6/25/2004, you wrote:
Who sets the precedence for what is considered an ideal or safe topic?
Sarah, for some reason you don't seem to much care for the subject of the
day. Is it because you didn't think it up?
We're not wiilling to stay quiet in our hole. The squeaky wheel gets the
grease.
Like Rhonda Clark, we cannot afford a service contract, so we'll also have
to pay the $200.00 for the update. It stinks, but what do you do when you
have no choice? Your remark will be "don't get the update", but it's the
only way to keep current.
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Sarah Cranston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]
>Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 12:34:47 -0500
>Subject: RE: [Braillenote] changing places
>CharlesAndSharonCampbell and List
>I'm sorry you feel so embittered toward your state agency. What you are
saying, while it must reflect your own terrible experiences, is an
opinion, not a fact. I have seen all kinds of results from state
agencies, and many of them have good outcomes. I, for example, would
have never gotten anything purchased for me if I hadn't worked my tail
off to find and land a job, and then prove it to my counselor. Contrary
to popular belief, state agencies are not rolling in money, they have to
"brown-nose" (disgusting), the feds in order to get every dime they
have. Consequently, they have stringent requirements for someone to
qualify for large expenditures.
>Also, I apologize to any list member who is offended by the off-topic
subject. I will now crawl back in my hole where I belong.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of charles and
>sharon campbell
>Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 12:22 PM
>To: Braillenote List
>Subject: RE: [Braillenote] changing places
>Hi Sarah and list,
>The cold hard fact is this: to get anything from a State agency, you
have to be a puppet on their string, or you have to be "well-liked" by
them, or a good brown-noser. Not all of us qualify for any of the
above. Everytime we tried to get assistance, we ran into a brick
wall. Around here, they want you in the vending stand program. You
don't need a BrailleNote to run a vending stand, so you're still out of
luck. For those of you that get cooperation, good for you. You're the
lucky few.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Sarah Cranston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]
>>Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 11:50:36 -0500
>>Subject: RE: [Braillenote] changing places
>>Dear List,
>>First of all, Rhonda, I apologize for the use of your name in the below
response to my message, I know you weren't involved in this little battle
of words and I hope you won't take it too personally.
>>Now, CharlesAndSharonCampbell, and anyone else who is wondering about
my statement earlier. When I said that if there were more blind people,
specialized equipment would cost less, I wrote nothing less than the
hard, cold truth. This holds true for all aspects of economy, if more
people are buying something, the price goes down.
>>I know I have no right to assume anything about anyone on this
list. If, in fact, CharlesAndSharonCampbell bought their own
BrailleNote, that is a wonderful thing! I wish more than I can say that
all blind people were able to buy the equipment and services of their
choice, with their own hard-earned money. Reality has proved otherwise,
up and down the line. I can say this from personal experience; I was
born totally blind and have always had to struggle to find money to buy
the "special" equipment that I needed. Most of us do, we are generally
overworked and underpaid, or even poorrer due to receiving government
entitlements.
>>Another hard truth is that many of us would have no where to turn for
assistance in purchasing expensive equipment if it weren't for their
state agencies. We can put them down all we want, and those of us who
buy our own equipment can feel superior to those of us who can't do this
if we so choose, but the fact is that well over half the equipment sold
by "blindness vendors and companies" is paid for by either state or
federal government. I know this is a drag, but again, it's reality. I
am very sorry for the bitterness my previous message brought out, I had
no intention of causing this reaction.
>>Now, to get back on topic. Has anyone tried to delete an Email folder
and not been able to do so?
>>Sarah
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of charles and
>>sharon campbell
>>Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 11:09 AM
>>To: Braillenote List
>>Subject: re: [Braillenote] changing places
>>Hi list,
>>Did you know that the price of compact flash cards is the cheap part of
all this? Big deal! How many of these cards are used for cameras? If you
think this news makes us jump up and down, it doesn't!
>>The next part of this gripe is this: Rhonda, what makes you think we
want more blind people because we want lower prices? What does one have
to do with the other? You must be one of those sighted teachers with no
compassion, afraid that the blind disease will touch you. Either that,
or the State buys any equipment you want. Which is it? Maybe you're one
of these fortunate few the State will do anything for.
>>Speaking of the State, is the reason for the high prices because State
Agencies will put out the bucks? How about some honesty today.
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