Those are close to #200 weight card stock. On Tue, 18 Aug 2020, Richard Kuzma via Cookinginthedark wrote:
> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 22:03:44 > From: Richard Kuzma via Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: Richard Kuzma <rmku...@aol.com> > Subject: Re: [CnD] Labeling Decisions > > Just a thought, > Holidays are coming, > Could just save some Christmas cards and use those. Just might be heavey > enough. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org] On > Behalf Of Jude DaShiell via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 9:57 PM > To: Dani Pagador via Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> > Cc: Jude DaShiell <jdash...@panix.com> > Subject: Re: [CnD] Labeling Decisions > > The technical term to use in the stationery shop is #100 weight card stock. > It even comes in larger sheets and not labeled as braille paper you pay > less. > > On Tue, 18 Aug 2020, Dani Pagador via Cookinginthedark wrote: > > > Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 21:05:05 > > From: Dani Pagador via Cookinginthedark > > <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> > > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > > Cc: Dani Pagador <pocketfulofs...@gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: [CnD] Labeling Decisions > > > > Mary, > > Glad you found something that works for you. > > > > I hope you get the index cards that are made on paper like what > > Braille paper is made of. I bought some a few years ago that is like > > the stuff really flimsy magazine covers are made of; boy was I > > surprised and unhappy when I opened the package. It doesn't hold up > > too well for long-term use and gets stuck in the interpoint index card > > slate. I think they changed the material to cut costs. Good for them > > maybe, but not for me. *sad smiley* > > > > More Later, > > Dani > > > > fo > > > > On 8/18/20, meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark > > <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> wrote: > > > Thanks for everybody's suggestions for my labeling problem. > > > > > > I had to decide something about labeling. So I bought some 3 x 5 > > > index cards and an index card slate that is supposed to be for that > > > size. I also went ahead and bought some dymo tape and some of those > > > Braille labels with the holes at both ends and the elastic ties. > > > That way, I am ready for almost anything. I think that I will just > > > put the bags of seeds into other bags so that the paper doesn't > > > touch them and I can still read the labels through the plastic. An > > > awkward solution, but it will work for the little tiny bags. The bigger > bags and containers can get the ones with the ties. > > > I > > > feel bad about using all these plastic bags, one to hold similar > > > products, one for each bag to hold it and the label, and one for each > bag of seeds. > > > But some of this will be reusable, and besides, it will take me a > > > long time to go through most of those bags of seeds anyway. So we > > > might be in this for the long haul. > > > > > > So that is the progress on my Covid19 hobby of growing food in air > > > conditioned comfort while blind. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On > > > Behalf Of > > > diane.fann7--- via Cookinginthedark > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 7:31 AM > > > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > > > Cc: diane.fa...@gmail.com > > > Subject: Re: [CnD] Labeling problem > > > > > > All the years I carried a $6000 notetaker around with me, I also > > > carried a postcard slate, stilus and index cards. Nothing like being > > > sure you can get the job done. (smile) > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On > > > Behalf Of Linda S. via Cookinginthedark > > > Sent: Monday, August 17, 2020 11:26 PM > > > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > > > Cc: Linda S. <lindahoney...@gmail.com> > > > Subject: Re: [CnD] Labeling problem > > > > > > You go girl! > > > > > > On 8/17/2020 6:11 PM, Dani Pagador via Cookinginthedark wrote: > > >> That's why I went the low-tech route. I know that it takes time to > > >> make the labels by hand, but if a high-tech device like Pen Friend > > >> or the bar code reader ever breaks or isn't available and I were > > >> dependent on it, I'd be in huuuge trouble. I'm waaay too dependent > > >> on my iPhone as it is. > > >> > > >> At least for this gal, Braille and the slate and stylus will never > > >> go out of style, not as long as I can read it and use them. I may > > >> run out of Dymo tape and elastic, my preferrd materials of choice, > > >> but there's all kinds of stuff labels can be made out of. > > >> > > >> I like seeing what everyone else is doing to solve the labeling > > >> problem. Mary, too bad there isn't a site that can identify seeds > > >> for you the way they have one now for identifying mystery pills > > >> that find their way out of the bottle. Maybe you could sprout some > > >> of the mystery seeds and, if you've had them before, identify them by > taste? > > >> Aaron wouldn't be able to help identify them visually, would he? > > >> > > >> More Later, > > >> Dani > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On 8/17/20, meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark > > >> <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> wrote: > > >>> I take it that the Pen Friend 2 labels cannot go in the freezer? > > >>> I mean, get wet? > > >>> > > >>> I hope the second iteration of this is smaller than the first one, > > >>> which I thought was rather clunky and awkward to use. I would > > >>> rather not have to haul my phone around to look at these labels, > > >>> but I might > > > have to. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> -----Original Message----- > > >>> From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On > > >>> Behalf Of Richard Kuzma via Cookinginthedark > > >>> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2020 9:35 PM > > >>> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > > >>> Cc: Richard Kuzma <rmku...@aol.com> > > >>> Subject: Re: [CnD] Labeling problem > > >>> > > >>> good evening, > > >>> do you have any kind of labeling device such as a pen friend or id > mate? > > >>> What I do is put a pen friend label/dot on a business card and > > >>> then laminate it and then punch hole in it and tie to bag and it > > >>> works wonderfully in frezzer. > > >>> I do the same thing with bar code lables I make for use with my quest. > > >>> I have created a program to print my own barcode labels. > > >>> If interested, just let me know. > > >>> thanks > > >>> rich > > >>> > > >>> -----Original Message----- > > >>> From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On > > >>> Behalf Of > > >>> meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark > > >>> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2020 9:44 PM > > >>> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > > >>> Cc: meward1...@gmail.com > > >>> Subject: [CnD] Labeling problem > > >>> > > >>> Does anybody have a way to label things that are in plastic bags > > >>> kept in the freezer or refrigerator? Dymo tape does not work. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> I have lots of seeds for my sprouts and microgreens, and I am > > >>> starting to have trouble keeping track of them. But labeling > > >>> things in the freezer is not exactly a new problem. Any ideas > > >>> would be > > > appreciated. 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