Good Morning, To Linda and others, you are not weird. I prefer to use braille every chance I can. I can access things like phone numbers and cooking directions easier and quicker from a notebook or file box than thatrying to fromind the information on the computer or the digital recorder.
Pauline On Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 4:22 PM Linda S. via Cookinginthedark < [email protected]> wrote: > For me, Braille is such an accessible method. I use those med papers > that come with the prescriptions just to write things that I will no > longer need like a shopping list or something. Just can't get used to > the higher tech stuff. The papers are perforated and it's so easy just > to tear one off, write whatever, use it, and throw it away. I know I'm > weird! (smile) > > On 8/19/2020 10:21 AM, Karen Delzer via Cookinginthedark wrote: > > Yes, I've used that, too, and it really helps! > > > > Karen > > > > At 09:21 AM 8/19/2020, you wrote: > >> Well now, you might try this the next time you need to tear a > >> perforation. Fold the perforation both ways before tearing. > >> I remember once a student came to a Professor at Delaware Valley College > >> once and said his password to log onto the computer didn't work. > >> The Professor asked him if a student or professor had given him the > >> password. The student said a professor had given him the password but > >> didn't remember which professor. The Professor asked the student if he > >> had the paper the login information was written and the student had the > >> paper and gave it to the professor. The Professor told the student that > >> a student assistant gave him that paper because the perforations were > >> ragged. The professor told the class that all Professors at Delaware > >> Valley College always fold their perforations both ways so the > >> perforations tear easily and cleanly. I use that technique even today > >> when I open food packages and it works as advertised for me. > >> > >> On Wed, 19 Aug 2020, Helen Whitehead via Cookinginthedark wrote: > >> > >> > Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2020 07:35:11 > >> > From: Helen Whitehead via Cookinginthedark > >> <[email protected]> > >> > 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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