Re: Thanks to Rick and Others

[Curtis Delzer via Talk]

easy, get a bunch of containers of the amount of milk you need and
you'll never go under or over.
In other words, if you half too, premeasure the milk beforehand.
-
Curtis Delzer, HS.
K6VFO
San Bernardino, CA

On Wed, 5 Oct 2016 08:06:25 -0600
"Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc. via Talk" 
 wrote:

> Dave, I feel your pain!!  My feet are stuck deep in your shoes.  If I never
> have to deal with a state agency for the blind, I will most certainly MAKE
> HEAVEN and I won't need to present for Saint Peter's interview at the Parley
> Gates.  To this day, the tellers at the bank still ask me for a driver's
> license.  I hand them my cane; they are startled!  Then, miraculously, they
> wake up and ask me for a state ID.  When I tell sighted folks that they are
> horribly absent-minded, they get upset.  Yet, they have not succeeded in
> proving me wrong!  For an individual who's duty is to help you find a job to
> have sent you to an interview requiring the presentation of a valid driver's
> license not only blows my mind off the top, it knocks off my socks and
> shoves me under the bridge.
> 
> Currently, I am doing the best I can to run a DME business independently;
> however, I stand a strong chance of losing it in a few weeks!!  New
> regulations kick in and, assemblying the compliance packages required will
> cost me nearly $10,000!  I am a wee, smaller than small business owner, but,
> the rules are what they are!  The materials I need ARE NOT rendered in any
> accessible format and I have been struggling to fight this for over two
> years with no luck.  I get tossed from one person to another and it's going
> nowhere.
> 
> Right now, I am training to be a coffee barista with the hope of being able
> to open a coffee shop by the end of the first or second quarter of 2017
> although sooner is my personal preference.  I am also taking an
> entrepreneurship program class; it is a six-week class.  When its over, I
> will have 15 minutes to MAKE A PITCH for my coffee shop before a SHARK TANK
> of some kind.  If I succeed, I'll get some FREE SEED funding to help me get
> started.  November 12 is the magic day and date!  In the meantime, I MUST
> PREPARE some Powerpoint thingie as part of my presentation.  I've never
> TINKERED with PowerPoint and had hoped never to, but now I am stuck!  
> 
> The coffee shop training has been interesting.  I have learned so much and I
> now have a reasonably clear understanding of certain processes relating to
> the coffee business.  Be that as it may, I do have a struggle:  I tend to
> POUR TOO MUCH MILK for steaming when making a latté, or cappuccino.  I'm
> able to STEAM MILK to the correct temperature of between 140 degrees F. and
> 160 degrees F. with no problems!  It's just pouring the right quantity of
> milk into a pitcher for a small, medium or large cup that still rattles me.
> 
> 
> I'm trying to use the PASS plan to get the coffee shop going; this is what
> FORCES ME to go back to my state's agency for the blind!  Presently, my
> counselor thinks I should consider the BEP as an alternative.  No, I prefer
> to be in a freestanding building on a street corner!  I have been referred
> to a self employment counselor and I am waiting with tempered anxiety to
> hear from this new counselor.  Jaws is being shoved down my guts; I've
> stated that I am in with Window-Eyes and that sounds like German-Italian in
> their ears.  All I need is help to have a particular app scripted for
> accessibility.  I sure hope they'll step up to the plate, not in 12 months
> or three years, but sooner.  I am also checking into Android apps!  If I
> find something there, I may not need the scripting afterall! 
> 
> Well, Dave, what can I say:  Just keep on trucking sire!  With luck on your
> side and mine, we'll find the next innovation.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Olusegun
> Denver, Colorado   
> 
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RE: Thanks to Rick and Others

[Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc. via Talk]

Dave, I feel your pain!!  My feet are stuck deep in your shoes.  If I never
have to deal with a state agency for the blind, I will most certainly MAKE
HEAVEN and I won't need to present for Saint Peter's interview at the Parley
Gates.  To this day, the tellers at the bank still ask me for a driver's
license.  I hand them my cane; they are startled!  Then, miraculously, they
wake up and ask me for a state ID.  When I tell sighted folks that they are
horribly absent-minded, they get upset.  Yet, they have not succeeded in
proving me wrong!  For an individual who's duty is to help you find a job to
have sent you to an interview requiring the presentation of a valid driver's
license not only blows my mind off the top, it knocks off my socks and
shoves me under the bridge.

Currently, I am doing the best I can to run a DME business independently;
however, I stand a strong chance of losing it in a few weeks!!  New
regulations kick in and, assemblying the compliance packages required will
cost me nearly $10,000!  I am a wee, smaller than small business owner, but,
the rules are what they are!  The materials I need ARE NOT rendered in any
accessible format and I have been struggling to fight this for over two
years with no luck.  I get tossed from one person to another and it's going
nowhere.

Right now, I am training to be a coffee barista with the hope of being able
to open a coffee shop by the end of the first or second quarter of 2017
although sooner is my personal preference.  I am also taking an
entrepreneurship program class; it is a six-week class.  When its over, I
will have 15 minutes to MAKE A PITCH for my coffee shop before a SHARK TANK
of some kind.  If I succeed, I'll get some FREE SEED funding to help me get
started.  November 12 is the magic day and date!  In the meantime, I MUST
PREPARE some Powerpoint thingie as part of my presentation.  I've never
TINKERED with PowerPoint and had hoped never to, but now I am stuck!  

The coffee shop training has been interesting.  I have learned so much and I
now have a reasonably clear understanding of certain processes relating to
the coffee business.  Be that as it may, I do have a struggle:  I tend to
POUR TOO MUCH MILK for steaming when making a latté, or cappuccino.  I'm
able to STEAM MILK to the correct temperature of between 140 degrees F. and
160 degrees F. with no problems!  It's just pouring the right quantity of
milk into a pitcher for a small, medium or large cup that still rattles me.


I'm trying to use the PASS plan to get the coffee shop going; this is what
FORCES ME to go back to my state's agency for the blind!  Presently, my
counselor thinks I should consider the BEP as an alternative.  No, I prefer
to be in a freestanding building on a street corner!  I have been referred
to a self employment counselor and I am waiting with tempered anxiety to
hear from this new counselor.  Jaws is being shoved down my guts; I've
stated that I am in with Window-Eyes and that sounds like German-Italian in
their ears.  All I need is help to have a particular app scripted for
accessibility.  I sure hope they'll step up to the plate, not in 12 months
or three years, but sooner.  I am also checking into Android apps!  If I
find something there, I may not need the scripting afterall! 

Well, Dave, what can I say:  Just keep on trucking sire!  With luck on your
side and mine, we'll find the next innovation.

Sincerely,
Olusegun
Denver, Colorado   


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RE: Thanks to Rick and Others

[Rick Thomas via Talk]

Hi Dave: I am almost 70 years old, havent worked in over 20 years and my
only job skills anymore involve visual studio, vb.net and some database. I
was a mainframe pro with a couple of degrees but my chances of landing a job
are slim and his younger sister and they, as you know, are out of town
anyway.
When I could see I had calls from head hunters almost every week,
after I lost my vision it was we will call you if anything comes up but, the
phone never rang.
You need specialized skills these days and available accessibility
work-arounds for a particular job.
There are billions and billions of programmers coming out of university
these days, well perhaps not billions, but allot.
I got a grin out of the auto-pilet car job, ya now that's the ticket. Let me
behind the wheel again, perhaps formula1 or even just my local drag strip,
ya that's the ticket with one of those new 700 horspower babies!
Good luck pappy and as always good hunting!
Rick USA

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Behalf Of Dave via Talk
Sent: Tuesday, October 4, 2016 10:12 PM
To: A I Squared Support 
Subject: Thanks to Rick and Others

Hi rick,

Thanks for the great list of the process I would need to do in order to
land one of these jobs.  

My own estimation is not quite as long as yours, but was very similar.  

I had made up my mind there was No Way in Hell I was going to involve
the State Agency for the Blind. This makes my task list a bit
shorter.  

I have my reasons, most of them Good Reasons.  My experience with our
State Agency is if you want to have something get turned inside out and
end up ASS Backwards, go through our State Agency for the Blind.Plus
it takes about 12 months to get something done which should take no more
than three weeks.  

My Age is coming into play as I am applying for work.  Most of these
jobs are held by younger people and for a good reason.  They will work
for less and their minds are still quick and flexible.   Mine is not as
Sharp as it was when I was 35 years younger.I'm not stupid, and I am
wiser than most younger people, but learning New stuff does not come as
easy these days.  

I am thinking I may need to look for other types of work, something 
where the focus is not on Programming or Testing Software.  

What that might be, I am still attempting to figure out.  Where do older
Software guys go when they know a fair amount about mostly out of date
stuff?  

I did have a Highlight while looking for work.  For a short time, I had
this guy, paid by a government grant, who was to be a Specialist in
finding work for those who have Handicaps.Any sort of Handicap.  

As it turned out, he had only had his job for about 10 months, and his
job was going away in just a few more months when his Grant would run
out of money.  

He did send me for an interview, where I would be testing those Cars
that are to drive themselves.

As I was reading through the requirements for the job, one of the very
first requirements was that I had to have an up to date Drivers License,
and that I could Drive.  

My task would have been if I had a valid drivers license was to sit
behind the wheel and when the car's navigation system made a mistake, I
was to correct the error by slowing down, turning the wheel to avoid an
obstacle, or to bring the car to a stop.  

Now I am quite interested in this kind of thing, so the type of job
would have attracted me.  

But, I had to laugh since this guy is to be this Specialist in placing
someone with a Physical limitation.  Guess he forgot I was totally blind.  

But, I had a good laugh about it.  Other than that one little thing,
called a Valid Drivers License, I might still be testing those Self
Navigating Cars.  

Thanks again,


Grumpy Dave






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