Oh yes, that line of c's! Normally, I can't cut straight to save my life. But that line of c's sure used to help. This brings back lots of memories of being blind in the twentieth century. I am finding now that I go back to some of those low tech and no tech solutions. Technology is great, and it solves many of our problems. But it has its own limitations.
What does this have to do with cooking? Well, labeling, if you are blind, is a big part of being able to cook and get around in the kitchen. -----Original Message----- From: Cookinginthedark <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Helen Whitehead via Cookinginthedark Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2020 6:35 AM To: [email protected] Cc: Helen Whitehead <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [CnD] Labeling Decisions: cutting straight If I'm writing out more than one label, on junk mail, I'll Braille a line of C's, then fold it there, and it rips straight. -----Original Message----- From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Kuzma via Cookinginthedark Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 10:04 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Richard Kuzma <[email protected]> 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:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jude DaShiell via Cookinginthedark Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 9:57 PM To: Dani Pagador via Cookinginthedark <[email protected]> Cc: Jude DaShiell <[email protected]> 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 > <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: Dani Pagador <[email protected]> > 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 > <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> On > > Behalf Of > > diane.fann7--- via Cookinginthedark > > Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 7:31 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: [email protected] > > 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 <[email protected]> On > > Behalf Of Linda S. via Cookinginthedark > > Sent: Monday, August 17, 2020 11:26 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: Linda S. <[email protected]> > > 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 > >> <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> On > >>> Behalf Of Richard Kuzma via Cookinginthedark > >>> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2020 9:35 PM > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Cc: Richard Kuzma <[email protected]> > >>> 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 <[email protected]> On > >>> Behalf Of > >>> meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark > >>> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2020 9:44 PM > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Cc: [email protected] > >>> 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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