Re: what do I need to learn to be independent?
Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? The solution to that is a cushion of cash. Always keep a couple hundred more than your monthly expenses are going to be and get credit cards as I said earlier. If a job doesn't allow you to save any money at all, if it barely or not completely covers your living expenses, then it is not worth doing for the pay. For large unexpected expenses, such as expenses other than bills and rent, you can charge those to the credit card, and then withdraw money from your savings account to pay off the card. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615433/#p615433 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? Budgeting is mostly going to turn into seeing what things cost which, while you can ballpark it, you don't entirely know until you're where you want to be at. Electricity, water, etc etc are variable per month, so you can't just put a dollar amount on it. My advice is that you assume you can't keep anything at all for a few months and see how much is left over, then you can work from there. Obviously you want to know if you can afford it in the first place, and enough info for that should be available that you can tell that no problem. But whether you're going to spend $100 more or less, it's hard to know in advance.If you have a small buffer in your bank account you can say "this much for bills, that much for me" and be wrong on the bills for a month (which will happen) and still be fine. There's the average budgeting thing where you know what to keep, then there's the "holy shit the water bill" month because you left the shower running for a couple days or whatever other stupid thing. And you need the buffer to cover holy shit bills month then you make up for it after. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615398/#p615398 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? Yeah agreed. I mean your important bills, rent, utilities, etc are going to be paid via direct debit anyway, might as well get used to it.On that note though, as regards budgeting. Any advice you guys can give here? E.G, how do you keep track of how much you'll need for the essentials and how much you can afford to keep for yourself? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615394/#p615394 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? U.S. coins can be handled easily with some practice and folding money gets the rest, but I seriously don't remember the last time I had to use cash for something, and in another 5 years I won't be surprised if we all just stop carrying it. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615392/#p615392 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? The coins are different sizes here, but I always mix them up. The only one I can remember is a bub. But yep, As of January 2021, the Central Bank started issueing money with symbols. Hundreds have an x on them, fives have I think squares, etc. The only one which hasn't been redesigned was the fifty which was redesigned several years ago for the 50TH Annaversary of the Central Bank. Also not everywhere accepts lynx, but I'm sure in about 5 years it will increase. But 48, that's awesome, I wish they had used some kind of system like that where its easy to get unlike this thing where they take random shapes and toss them on the money URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615378/#p615378 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? The coins are different sizes here, but I always mix them up. The only one I can remember is a bub. But yep, As of January 2021, the Central Bank started issueing money with symbols. Hundreds have an x on them, fives have I think squares, etc. The only one which hasn't been redesigned was the fifty which was redesigned several years ago for the 50TH Annaversary of the Central Bank. Also not everywhere accepts lynx, but I'm sure in about 5 years it will increase URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615378/#p615378 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? Lol we have it pretty good here in that regard. Notes here literally have to, by law, have tactile markers based on amount. It's not actual braille, weirdly, and I forget exactly how the system works but I think it's something like 1 set of dots = £5, they look like a braille letter G so I'll just say G, 2 G's for 10, 3 G's for 20, etc. Coins are just plain stupid in the US though, I remember going over there and just being plain weirded out by how similar they all felt. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615369/#p615369 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? I fold my bills. You can come up with a way that works for you. Here's how I do it. 1's just stay as they are. For 5's I fold them in half short ways like a burger. Then 10's are long ways like a hot dog. Then 20's are long ways then short ways. Then if I were to have a 50 I fold the 2 ends into the middle short ways so it looks like a booklit. It's up to you what you want to do. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615360/#p615360 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? You can use a card, sort them, or get one of those things, the government will actually give them to blind people for free afaik, iBill readers. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615356/#p615356 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? 44, why not use a card? And you can sort bills based on amount, and put them in different compartments in your wallet. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615353/#p615353 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? Yup, I mean, I can do basic cleaning, I mean, I'm forced to clean my toilet on a regular, I can use our microwave because they told me where the buttons were, and well, the air fryer, washingmachine are timer related, so not too bad. Ironing is something I never got, I'll have to learn that soon enough. Another thing people haven't pointed out here is managing money, no, not saving and what have you, I mean, figuring out what bill you pull out when you want to pay the taxi driver to get to work or whereever. Trinidad recently launched some money with tactal symbols on the top left side, so that's a big help, but what about having to deal with a crap load of different bills? Its pretty common to have like 2 twenties, 6 five's and a bunch of singles, so it can be time consuming especially if you're counting out big change. I mean, by that time I'll mostly use lynx, but still. Travelling is another thing I wanna get right, Its not too hard, just stand up, the car honks, and jump in. Tell him where I'm going, pay him, yada yada yada yada, but like, finding out where different stands are will be tricky. Plus, the pavements aren't exactly the best. I have about 3/4 years before I can move out at this point, and I get nervous thinking of it all the time. Getting a job is something I'm concerned about also, because I don't wanna be one of those lazy fucks who sits at home slurping up government money while my mother takes care of me at 35. I want to be a contributing member of society, and I don't want to be stopped by some defective eyeballs URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615351/#p615351 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: what do I need to learn to be independent?
Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? Yup, I mean, I can do basic cleaning, I mean, I'm forced to clean my toilet on a regular, I can use our microwave because they told me where the buttons were, and well, the air fryer, washingmachine are timer related, so not too bad. Ironing is something I never got, I'll have to learn that soon enough. Another thing people haven't pointed out here is managing money, no, not saving and what have you, I mean, figuring out what bill you pull out when you want to pay the taxi driver to get to work or whereever. Trinidad recently launched some money with tactal symbols on the top left side, so that's a big help, but what about having to deal with a crap load of different bills? Its pretty common to have like 2 twenties, 6 five's and a bunch of singles, so it can be time consuming especially if you're counting out big change. I mean, by that time I'll mostly use lynx, but still. Travelling is another thing I wanna get right, Its not too hard, just stand up, the car honks, and jump in. Tell him where I'm going, pay him, yada yada yada yada, but like, finding out where different stands are will be tricky. Plus, the pavements aren't exactly the best. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615351/#p615351 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? 39, gas pipelines have evolved in safetyness though. Most cities already have main feeder lines, and I actually examined pipeline during construction when they were laying it down. The main street line, seperate from the main service line, has a massive tube in which a much smaller pipe is located. And after pipelines are placed, pressure tests are run and x-rays are taken of the entire structure to see if any cracks exist. the carbon emission doesn't make sense iether. Sure you need electric as well, but for heating gas is alot cheaper, and you aren't being any more environmentally friendly by using electiric because electricity production iether harms the environment, nuclear waiste, or even more carbon than gas, from burning coal and gas too. And you have the issue of being without heat/cooking when a power outage happens, which can be relatively common in severe weather season. I personally would not take a house that was all electric when buying.I'd pay to have gas installed.As for cleaning, you really don't need a training camp to learn cleaning skills. 99.99% of it is pretty self explanatory and easy. The only thing I thankfully haven't had to deal with is spills on the wall to wall apartment carpet but taking care of that is pretty straightforward too. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615336/#p615336 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: what do I need to learn to be independent?
Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? 39, gas pipelines have evolved in safetyness though. Most cities already have main feeder lines, and I actually examined pipeline during construction when they were laying it down. The main street line, seperate from the main service line, has a massive tube in which a much smaller pipe is located. And after pipelines are placed, pressure tests are run and x-rays are taken of the entire structure to see if any cracks exist. the carbon emission doesn't make sense iether. Sure you need electric as well, but for heating gas is alot cheaper, and you aren't being any more environmentally friendly by using electiric because electricity production iether harms the environment, nuclear waiste, or even more carbon than gas, from burning coal and gas too.As for cleaning, you really don't need a training camp to learn cleaning skills. 99.99% of it is pretty self explanatory and easy. The only thing I thankfully haven't had to deal with is spills on the wall to wall apartment carpet but taking care of that is pretty straightforward too. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615336/#p615336 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? @35, no no. Not like that. My room is in a totally different part of the building to the washing machine, so I need to actually set a timer for however long it'll probably take to finish.Cleaning is something I know next to nothing about, I'm probably going to look into some kind of rehab course, training centre or something. I'm not 100% sure on what is and isn't actually available in the UK, but I'm kind of at the point where I'm just realizing how much I wasn't actually taught at school. Right now I'm on the waiting list for council housing in my area, so I could have my own place within a year or 2 if I'm lucky, and I have 1 hell of a lot to learn. I'm also looking into getting a guidedog, which will be a hole other thing.Self care, I feel like I mostly have under control now. I can take care of my hair, side note, having long hair really sucks sometimes, I can wash just fine, I've never done my own nails before but I really don't think I'll have issues with those, besides I usually do little more than file them so they're not too all over the place and have them cut if they get out of hand. Shaving, I hate it, but it is something I do, and something I'll have to do until I can have lazer hair removal, and even that may not stop it perminently. That is seriously easy if you have an electric razer though, just move it around your face. Literally, there aren't even any sharp blades involved. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615321/#p615321 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? My family are the same ,and I'm going to have to learn a lot of this once I get to college on my own. I can use the microwave, air fryer and an oven, but not ours because it's purely touchscreen and the app is a piece of shit, but that's hardly what my problem is going to be. It's going to be cleaning/self care, the same thing my (sighted) sibling is struggling with at the moment, and it makes me flinch just a bit when I think about. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615270/#p615270 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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2021-02-13
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? @ GrannyCheeseWheel Believe me I have tried but it never works. I’ve tried calm discussion. I’ve tried yelling at them and everything but the reasoning is “we are trying to be nice why are you being rude to us”(Keep in mind that one was before I snapped at them). Or “why are you trying to learn this stuff when you have an obstacle holding you back” (That was the one that pissed me off the most) URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615265/#p615265 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? @31Gas infrastructure is quite fragile, hard to repair, slightly dangerous in the event of a fire/earthquake/hurricane, and bad for carbon emissions. The only thing it's good for is a stove/oven, and maybe your heater, so you also already need electricity. The answer, in other words, is simple economics.@36So get it later. Cleaning is like a 1-2 week problem, not a year of practice problem. Also as said on that other general games discussion thread there are independent living training camps and things if you need them.@37They probably can't. They're a minor. If you could, you had unusually understanding parents. Typical tyranny of childhood situation.I'd probably be a good dad if only because I'm weird and willing to let my kid fuck up on their own, but then I remember I don't ever want kids, so eh. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615260/#p615260 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? most cleaning is easy. I was lucky as my family welcomed my requests to help. Here is another trick. When cleaning crumbs off a table or other surface, do it by sweeping the crumbs with a dry cloth into a bowl you hold in your other hand. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615258/#p615258 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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2021-02-13
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? Shut that shit down, hard. Don't put up with it. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615252/#p615252 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: what do I need to learn to be independent?
2021-02-13
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? The thing is I really don’t have a way to learn all the cleaning stuff. My family always does it and when I ask to try helping they always stop me and tell me to do something simple like washing the dishes because “we don’t want you to get tired” URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615250/#p615250 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? 34. you shouldn't need a timer for washers unless you have a really really old one that manually requires transitioning from different parts of the cycle those are over 70 years old. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615249/#p615249 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? Yup. The phone timer thing works extremely, extremely well for so many other things, too. I use it all the time for our microwave at college, it's an old analog thing. Ditto washing machines. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615234/#p615234 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? Another thing you'll really, really want is an air fryer. I'll have to ask my mom what brand ours is, but it's literally put stuff in, turn up to 400, wait 5 minutes, shake it, wait 5 more, done. My dad labeled our dial every 5 minute settings with superglue, but you don't even *need* that; just set a timer on your phone. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615218/#p615218 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? Nice discussions guys. I've learned a lot from these posts. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615115/#p615115 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? I really don't understand why the new buildings go electric though. Gas is superior in basicly any way, especially power outages. Electric is also very expensive for heating compared to gas. In Turkey, before natural gas became common, you did use the silinders for gas, but those were like 15 litres so it takes a month to use up 15 litres of propane on the stove. And some states are apparently blocking gas because of electric apparently being clean. But that just sounds like bullshit. Electric only is as clean as the energy source producing it, and right now the majority of electricity is produced via coal and gas. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615099/#p615099 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? I really don't understand why the new buildings go electric though. Gas is superior in basicly any way, especially power outages. Electric is also very expensive for heating compared to gas. In Turkey, before natural gas became common, you did use the silinders for gas, but those were like 15 litres so it takes a month to use up 15 litres of propane on the stove. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615099/#p615099 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? Whether you get gas or not really depends where you are, if we're talking about the U.S. I want it one of these days, but most newer buildings go electric. Basically all of Florida doesn't have it for one thing. Kind of have to go north before it becomes super popular. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615062/#p615062 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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2021-02-12
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? This is a thing if you live in a rural area or a trailer park here, but in the city, you're hooked into the gas and you don't have to worry. It's the same as being hooked into the water. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615051/#p615051 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? Yep, gas ftw. The one problem is when you run out of gas. In this country, we have gas in a tank, which is sold on trucks driving around selling them, so sometimes you'll either have to go to the grocery and buy one, or borrow your neighbour's tank to finish up URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615047/#p615047 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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2021-02-12
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? I agree, gas is superior. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615041/#p615041 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? 25, yeah probably what would happen with foamy regular soap would be bubbles would overflow out of the dishwasher, or you would clogg up the drains, like an idiot in my apartment complex did with the washer, which coincidentally isn't supposed to be used with regular powdered soap or liquid soap iether because of the bubbles.As for stoves, congrats if you live in an apartment with electric only, you're basicly fucked if the power goes out, as you can't cook. You will have to eat frozen/canned food or order out until it comes back on. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615028/#p615028 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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2021-02-12
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? If you plan to use your dishwasher, do not use the liquid soap. Note that dish washing liquid and the soap that is used in dish washers are not the same. If you must use the liquid dish washing soap, make sure to get the right stuff. A must when using liquid soap in the dish washer is to not turn the heated drying on. If you do this, you will bake anything you missed when rinsing onto your plates, bowls, forks, knives, etc. When this happens, you will need to let it soak in hot water then scrub it clean.For dishwashers, the pods work well. All you need to do is get it out and put it in the slot designed for these, then close it. Don't rip[ or open the packaging and especially do not touch it with wet hands. That outer layer that keeps the stuff inside is designed to dissolve, and if you get the inner shit on your hands, it's not a good time.You probably don't clean as well as you think you do. Don't be surprised if your family comes over and says that you have all this stuff going on, but your friends probably won't as Camlorn pointed out. They'll just stop coming around. This is true even if you do a thorough job, you're going to miss things, it's a given.If your place has a gas stove, be careful how rapidly you turn the flame down, you can make too big a change and it will go out and you may not notice. Though the sound of the gas coming out before it is lit and the sound of it after are quite distinguishable. It's just harder to hear when the flame is very low. Also, a lot of these stoves now have the electric igniter built right in rather than relying on a pilot light. If this is the case, keep some matches on hand, or a lighter so you can cook if the power goes out. Don't let gas stuff worry you though, if it is on and not lit, you will most definitely smell it. It only takes once for you to remember what that smell is and you'll recognize it the next time, and since some gas has to come out before it will light, you'll smell it. Also, the smell is harmless and an additive to assist in safety measures. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615019/#p615019 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? Yea i was meaning the same. Money is so important and love it. it iwll add up a lot to Your independence. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615018/#p615018 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? 21, the main purpose of detergent from my understanding isn't to sanatize, but to remove stuff like dirt stains etc. I really don't think cooking clothes is any more harmful than disolving it with bleach or more detergent. This is still the way many wash their clothes around the world, and of course only for matterials that can handle it. Seems only in north america machines have dummbed down temp settings iether because of crazy federal energy requirements or for the companies to cover their asses in case someone accidentally selects the option.But as for independence again, money is very important too. Someone blind will get less out of a comparable salary to a sighted person due to all the expenses that are extra, hardware, transportation, software etc. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/615016/#p615016 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? There are many advises here are that made me surprise which should they be already Your basic skills but, anyway, let's come to my own ones. i will try to not repeat what have been already said here.1.Have confidence. Love Yourself. You can do it by Your doing so.2.Being independent and living as an independent person starts with willing to be independent. so i don't know where do You live and so do Your culture. Your family or the other people may try to come against it. Do not listen them, try hard although know Yourself very well and Your imagination suppose to be reasonable.3.Make money, money is the key factor here. if You got the money You got the know how to manage Your money.4.Be sociable do not afraid talking people.5.Befriend with others but, don't forgeting being Your own friend is a must too. Go and sit at a bar or a cafetheria by Your own. You can enjoy it too. Believe You still have a chance of interacting other peoples there as well. A confident blind person may take attention.6.Learn to cook a bit but, you can postpone this to a some other time. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/614995/#p614995 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? So just use a better detergent? Lots and lots of ways to kill bacteria that aren't cooking your clothes. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/614989/#p614989 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? I would argue the temperature depends on the clothing type. If you wash cold, though you may save energy, that doesn't kill bacteria. So bacteria continues growing and multiplying on the clothes, moreover you now transfer that bacteria to all other clothing in the washer as well as the washer itself. That will cause the machine to smell easily. So I will typically wash clothes with direct contact on the body like undershirts and socks as well as towels etc on the hottest setting possible, and the other regular clothing get a warm, 40C wash. This is especially relevent if you have a skin infection too, or you will keep reinfecting yourself with the clothes. Though I do admit people in college would just cram everything in the washer and wash that way, was what I did in graduate school where washers were paid as well. But if you have your machine in the unit, it shouldn't be too much trouble to load the machine. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/614984/#p614984 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? I would argue the temperature depends on the clothing type. If you wash cold, though you may save energy, that doesn't kill bacteria. So bacteria continues growing and multiplying on the clothes, moreover you now transfer that bacteria to all other clothing in the washer as well as the washer itself. That will cause the machine to smell easily. So I will typically wash clothes with direct contact on the body like undershirts and socks etc on the hottest setting possible, and the other regular clothing get a warm, 40C wash. This is especially relevent if you have a skin infection too, or you will keep reinfecting yourself with the clothes. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/614984/#p614984 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? ySmall addendum to automated vacuum cleaners: those are great if you can efford them. The only thing you might still need to take care of are edges and corners, since automated cleaners tend to leave some remains there, but to be honest, thats not alot of work, and you can do it once a month, even two if you can live with that.Light switches: see if you can make your home smart if that is something that really bothers you. Some electrician or sighted person who knows something about power connections etc can add you some wall switches behind the actual light switch that can be controlled via an app and will integrate perfectly fine with the actual physical switch, so that you can shut everything off either via app or via assistants like Alexa, Siri or Google Assistant. There are some from Shelly, for example, which are cheap ($20 per switch), don't require a bridge but WiFi only and are rather small. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/614983/#p614983 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? Small addendum to automated vacuum cleaners: those are great if you can efford them. The only thing you might still need to take care of are edges and corners, since automated cleaners tend to leave some remains there, but to be honest, thats not alot of work, and you can do it once a month, even two if you can live with that.Light switches: see if you can make your home smart if that is something that really bothers you. Some electrician or sighted person who knows something about power connections etc can add you some wall switches below the actual light switch that can be controlled via an app and will integrate perfectly fine with the actual physical switch, so that you can shut everything off either via app or via assistants like Alexa, Siri or Google Assistant. There are some from Shelly, for example, which are cheap ($20 per switch), don't require a bridge but WiFi only and are rather small. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/614983/#p614983 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? @16I love my "I only have to do one load of laundry" solution though. i guess it depends what you're doing and if you're outside all the time maybe you can't manage it, but mostly you don't need to wash things on hot anyway and if you just buy your clothes to make your life easy, it makes life very easy indeed. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/614980/#p614980 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? 15, that is a good point. Mold will form when there is dampness. You shouldn't leave spills in a carpet. Or better yet, avoid the spill in the first place. Also more suggestionsGet a credit card, or at least several with different uses, such a no foreign fees card, a grocery card etc. I would recommend getting at least an American Express as one of them, as it has a dispute charges feature, and purchase protection, and automatic extended warranty for electronics. Once you have a credit card, I would advise against using a bank card, as credit card fraud protections and theft protection is much more robust and also the purchase protection where you get charged a wrong amount or refused a refund for a damaged/defective product. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/614978/#p614978 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? ok, so cleaning out toilets and sinks isn't optional. You can also use laundry detergent for this task, as well as hot water. You can use an old sponge to get the inside of the toilet and sink with gloves of course. For laundry, I recommend powder detergent over liquids easier to handle and measure, plus its much cheaper.Throwing all laundry in a single load may not be the best option. In college I did three loads for laundry. The clothes that could take the highest temperatures, over 200F, 95C, stuff with elastic that still needed high temperatures, and regular clothes like sweatpants and sleeved thick shirts. You also want to wash stuff like wool seperately as well. You don't need the three loads, but seperating clothes into stuff that should be washed in hot and everything else except wool is a good idea.If you can, get accessible apliences that offer braille and/or control via an app or any other accessible method of control. If your oven doesn't self clean, you can use a sponge and dish detergent for that for the oil stains as well. Mop floors, and vacume carpets. I don't know about smart vacumes, but from reviews it appears they don't do as good a job at carpets compared to corded models. Also with the prices, with the price of a very good smart vacume, you could get 2-3 very high quality corded vacumes.For nails, its a rather easy process. You clip large nails in several pieces until it is mostly equal.If you live in an area with severe weather, snowstorms, ice storms etc, install a weather app on your phone. The wunderground app is good, and will send a notification to your phone if an advisory or warning is issued.As for skills in general, you need budgeting skills at an advanced level if you live alone for a long time, personal care, cleaning, cooking, O, technology literacy these are stuff I swould consider manditory, not nice to have skills.A couple other things are, purchase a good quality scanner to scan mail, as well as ABBY Finereader OCR if you can aford it, as it is probably the best OCR available, and is accessible too. This will also help you work with inaccessible documents. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/614974/#p614974 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? @13You could just get shoes that don't require tying. That does exist now. I would recommend learning it, but that option does exist.@14It's spelled vinegar.Also, I hate to tell you that that's almost certainly not working as well as you think it is. The vinegar + baking soda thing is not a strong cleaner at all. It's probably only getting half of it off. Literally any cleaner is going to be better/easier.I can't stress this enough. Your house can be a moldy pig stye that gives people food poisoning just by breathing the air and sighted people still won't say "did you know your carpet is melting and looks like something from the university biology lab?" Usually the most you get is suddenly you're always going out with your friends rather than them coming over. Be very careful about figuring out if what you're doing actually works, or you just think it does. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/614971/#p614971 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? If you don't want to mess with the bleach, go for the cleaning vinigure and baking soda. I usually put baking soda in the toilet and then put in the vinigure and use the toilet brush to scrub the inside of the toilet. Let that sit for a while and then flush the vinigure and baking soda mixture down the toilet. let the back tahnk fill again and flush again. Those things also work for clogged toilets, and so does hot water if the clog is bad. A plunger is a good thing to have. Make sure you get ta toilet one and a sink one. The toilet ones have a thing in the middle, while the sink ones do not. Never say never when it comes to something like that. I once new a guy who didn't think he needed one, and when the situation arose for a plunger, he was not a happy dude. I believe my brother had to come and help him out. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/614966/#p614966 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? @11, the precious tie. I was pretty much forced to learn to do it myself after my parents would tie it so stupidly I felt ashamed of it, and I went on YT and learnt how to do a double Windsor. I'm still trying to get the Trinity. Also, another thing to consider, not sure if other blind people do it, you'll also wanna be skilled with tying your shoes and making sure its not flapping and pelting all over the place URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/614964/#p614964 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? There are a lot of things to learn how to be independent and I think the most vital advice I can offer is, try and try. You might fail once or twice, but you will eventually learn what you need to do. That's how I learnt most of the things. Be not discouraged if you fail, remember that even sighted people fail like you, actually just as terribly as me or you sometimes. Actually, my brother spills more sugar than me when preparing a coffee. Living alone made me realise that I could do a lot of things, and that many things were easier than I thought. It's just that we need to try.One problem while learning to do things is the presence of other people who will always be ready to help you and who will have the idea that while they are there, they should do whatever it might be there for you and you don't have to do that because you are blind. That might be a good indication for you to try learning things while you're alone at home, or making clear to your parents that you want to learn to do something on your own, and may be ask them to help you with learning. Honestly this was something that I didn't have to deal with because I had no one watching and I didn't care if I did everything right or wrong. I had to deal with cleaning spills, the toilet, sink, vacuuming/mopping the floor, and many more.Again, just try and I asure you you will learn so many things. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/614958/#p614958 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? O haha lights. Yeah. I forget to turn on the lights all the time. Most of the time there's enough light from the windows that the meetings and work and stuff are fine but every once in a while there's a good-natured "we can't see you".I guess if we're going to talk about presentation: know how to hang nice shirts. Make sure you have some nice button-up shirts to hang. Get some dress pants, or at least some jeans. Knowing how to tie a tie is optional and depends a lot on what field you're going into, but all of the aforementioned help a *lot* when it comes to getting interviewers to take you seriously. All the sighted people do this, but if we're talking about "what don't I know that I need to know" this is yet another thing that no one may have mentioned. It's stupid social signalling. Basically there are things that people do where the whole point is that you expend effort to show how much something means, and you do so in a society-defined manner, and the society-defined manner for virtue signalling "I want this job" is button-up shirt, nice pants, etc. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/614949/#p614949 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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2021-02-12
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? Don't pack your freezer stupidly full. If you feel where the air comes out, feel for another set of vents that don't seem to be doing anything. Some have these, others do not. If yours has them, try your best to keep them as uncovered as possible. This is the return and it won't sense the temperature correctly and thus, will not work correctly if this is covered.Another thing, though the timing is not good for this tip as people don't generally hang out anymore but learn where your damn light switches are. Even if you don't need them for your own personal use, don't be that dipshit who expects company but never turns on any lights. It's odd and makes people feel uncomfortable. If you have porch lights or live in a house and there are lights on a post or anything that's not on a timer outside, make sure you know where they are and turn the bitches off when you're not using them as they eat power. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/614947/#p614947 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? Fingernails with fingernail clippers are actually pretty easy after the first few times, and fingernail clippers themselves aren't dangerous at all. You can feel the entire process, and you basically just cut off the points until there aren't any. For that one, just try it is my advice. That's what I did, sometime in high school when I got tired of asking for help and it ended pretty fine.Sinks and showers do need to be cleaned. Your parents or whoever are doing it. Trust me, you can tell If it's not. it'll both smell and be easy enough to feel. Toothpaste does clump up in the bottom of sinks, and showers will get a sort of residue buildup from soap. In both cases, you get a rag and a cleaner and have at it. Typically you get the cleaner on the entirety of the shower and the sink, let it sit for a few minutes to break down stuff, then scrub. It's entirely possible to feel if it's dirty, so that's not a huge issue. Most of cleaning is about learning to be regular when scrubbing, since as a blind person it's going to take active practice to learn to not miss spots. The cleaner I use for sinks and showers currently is this. There are lots of other options, but I've found that that one does a pretty good job on everything bathroom except the toilet, but the downside is it's not in a spray bottle, so getting it on the thing in the first place is kind of hard, but I'm odor sensitive and that one doesn't bother me, plus it's really strong. But in the general case you just go to any store and buy some, because mostly they're the same.The toilet is the gross one. Bleach isn't enough. Urine and feces will build up on the inside of it. Fortunately, you don't have to use your hands. Toilet brushes are basically a wire brush with a long handle. The cleaner for that comes in a bottle with a sort of curved thing on the top that you run around the rim as you squeeze it, and then it runs down the side of the bowl. You let that sit for a few minutes, then you get out your toilet brush and methodically scrub it and that's fine. You'll also want to wipe down the outside with a rag as well, and something like the above linked cleaner isn't a bad idea. If you have a penis, then missing slightly from time to time is something that may be happening to you--and usually people who are caring for you are going to be too polite to say much. So you have to be careful of that. I used to know one blind guy who dealt with it by always sitting, but you don't have to if you're good at it. But you do want to make sure you know if this is happening, because even if it's slight that's going to be a reason to clean it more often.Bleach is also a good all-purpose cleaner, but with less tolerance if you're blind. You don't want to touch it with your bare skin, and it'll show on your clothes pretty much permanently if you even so much as spill it on your shirt for a couple minutes. Sometimes it's useful, but I avoid it because it makes me ill if it's so much as in the same building, plus the aforementioned.You will want to learn to manually vacuum and mop. I'll come back to automated vacuums in a sec but there are no good automated mops. You can either use a bucket of water and a traditional mop, or any of the variety that have pre-set pads you just stick on, but which doesn't matter so much. The primary difficulty is (again) learning to be regular and methodical so you don't miss stuff. Vacuums work on dry stuff, but bathrooms and kitchen spills are a real problem and your choices are either mop or get on the floor with a rag, and trust me that mopping is way faster.Automated vacuums are amazing, but you get what you pay for. I have one, because pandemic funtimes mean that I don't have the energy to get the regular vacuum out and I'd just keep "I'll do it tomorrow" indefinitely. Plus we had one in Florida that easily handled 3 large dogs and a 1500 square foot house. It empties itself at a base station, you configure it to run on a schedule with an app, and then you maybe intervene once a month or so if the app is like "your vacuum didn't empty properly" or "your vacuum got stuck". It just comes out twice a week, runs around and does it's thing for 45 minutes, and does a better job than I can after many years of practice with the regular one. Doesn't get caught on shoestrings or cords or anything, is smart enough to not run your feet over, etc. The only real downside is that mine can be a little bit loud, and they're not going to be so great if the entire house is carpet. But you want to avoid carpet anyway, to be honest.*but*. The price tag on that is around $1000. The lower end ones aren't going to get the job done. Mine is iRobot. I'd maybe trust Samsung. But the $500 range or so, even from iRobot, is some wheels, a fan, and some bumper sensors. The iRobot will last for years and years, if you take care of it and
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? money management, and if you want to eat good stuff, learn how to cook, but I suppose living out of the microwave and the stove top works if you want the basics, navigating your living area is very important, shopping at a store and getting help at said store is also useful to know. It helps if you have someone to help you out with shopping if you live in a tiny ass town. Otherwise use a delivery survice if your in a large town or city. kitchen appliences I recommend are a crock pot, a toaster oven for the times you don't want to start the larger oven to heat up pizza or a couple burritos, a coffee applience of your choice, a tea pot.a URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/614944/#p614944 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? Hello,@camlorn, since you seem to be the one with most of the experience here, the 2 things on your list of things to know I'm not 100% sure I have properly learned are nail cutting and cleaning. I think I can probably figure out the former without much of an issue, my nails are literally never straight even when sighted humans cut them, but cleaning is such a weird subjective thing and I'm not 100% sure of what all I really need to worry about. E.G, I know a few people who insist that *everything* aught to be cleaned, even going so far as the sink and the bath, both of which, uh, kind of shouldn't need cleaning in my opinion. I mean sure you have toothpaste in the sync, but unless you spit it out really early it won't be able to condense much anyhow, and if you're anything like me, you always run that tap just to rinse the toothbrush off when you're done anyway.Also, when it comes to cleaning toilets, what all do you actually do? E.G, is it enough to just dump some bleach in there and let it do it's thing? Or do you actually have to go in there with a brush and such like. And as far as general dusting of the house is concerned, would it be enough to simply get one of those autonomous vacuum cleaners and let it do it's thing? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/614923/#p614923 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? This topic is a golden topic for the blinds that are still growing up I need to learn to be independent. Good job on creating it. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/614920/#p614920 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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2021-02-12
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? I think I know most of the things that you are talking about. I will be able to get a phone and Internet but this is all around a year away so things could change and I could learn more URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/614919/#p614919 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? Also since I'm posting tips, you want these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B016B … =1Don't know where the color absorbers are because I don't need them anymore, but those are laundry detergent pods. No pouring required. That specific pack will last over 6 months. You grab one, toss it in with your clothes, and turn it on. Pre-measured and everything. Don't even have to know what compartment in the washer is for detergent since it goes straight in the tub. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/614914/#p614914 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? If the goal is to live on your own without sighted help you need the microwave, laundry, cleaning, basic grooming/personal hygiene (e.g. cut your own fingernails, do your hair so it's not all over the place--obviously you already shower), basic budgeting, and a phone that can run a grocery delivery app and Uber. Also obviously a source of money but that's not an O skill.You'll want more than that for luxury but you can even go so far as to bake one-person cakes in the microwave so that'll cover cooking for a while. Being able to go out is nice, and you're going to want friends, so the rest isn't "optional" as such but these days you can go months at a time without ever stepping outside your front door if you really want as long as the internet is working. Basic stove, basic oven, basic "I can walk around the block", "I feel confident and able to ride the bus/train" add a lot to quality of life though. But they're optional in the sense that their lack doesn't stop you from living independently, just less optional if you want to live happily.Also protip: if you buy all your clothes so that they match, that is 5 shirts and 5 shorts is 25 acceptable outfits, you never have to worry about color. You can also get color absorber things for the washer that'll prevent having to sort and do multiple loads, or buy higher quality clothes that won't bleed. Lots of blind people don't know that, and we didn't when I was younger, and laundry was just an epic terrible nightmare. But these days I throw one load in and press start. If you want to go that route you're looking for things like polyester and various synthetics as opposed to cotton, e.g. polo or under armor. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/614912/#p614912 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? what do you consider as independent URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/614911/#p614911 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: what do I need to learn to be independent? well um, it depends your goals to be honest URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/614911/#p614911 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
