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" <[email protected]> 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 > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/curtis%40calweb.com. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
