[Blindtlk] /Monopoly

Tue Sep 18 17:08:32 UTC 2012

I disagree. 

Mike 

On Sep 18, 2012, at 9:37, Jewel <herekittykat2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm just throwing this out there as something you might be doing. When
> you go to download a file from Jim Kitchen's site, do you open or save
> it? I had trouble with this when I went to download his games the
> first time, because I was saving the files and then trying to open
> them. When it asks you if you want to open or save the file, you
> should choose open. If this is completely off-course, and you are
> already doing this, forgive me. I just thought I'd throw it out there
> because it's the mistake I made.
> ~Jewel
> 
> On 9/18/12, Debbie Wunder <debbiewunder at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Hi Mike, don't be to hard on yourself, you are not alone!
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mark Tardif" <markspark at roadrunner.com>
>> To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:27 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] /Monopoly
>> 
>> 
>>> Mike, I hate to sound like a complete idiot, but this is part of the
>>> problem, my ignorance.  I hate to admit it in this group, but I don't even
>>> 
>>> no what a URL is, so I can't tell you.  God I hate looking stupid like
>>> this, but this is part of the frustration.  Everyone else seems to know
>>> this stuff, I feel like I'm from the dark ages.  Is this a 64 bit machine?
>>> 
>>> I think so.  I know this version of JAWS is 64 bits.  All I know is that
>>> with my old clunker of a machine and XP, it was so much easier to do some
>>> of this stuff.  I have been struggling ever since I got this thing.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Mark Tardif
>>> Nuclear arms will not hold you.
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Mike Freeman
>>> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 7:12 PM
>>> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
>>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] /Monopoly
>>> 
>>> Mark:
>>> 
>>> I can't help you on the game but if you'll give me a URL, I'll see if I
>>> can download it.
>>> 
>>> Don't be so hasty to vilify windows 7. There are a few features that are
>>> different and, therefore, take some getting used to by an inveterate XP
>>> aficionado. However, there are some features in Windows 7 that are very
>>> handy. It may not be Windows 7 at all: is your machine a 64-bit machine?
>>> Do you know if the Monopoly game will work on 64-bit systems?
>>> 
>>> Let's put our thinking caps on.
>>> 
>>> Mike
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>> Behalf Of Mark Tardif
>>> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 6:39 PM
>>> To: NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List; Blind Talk Mailing List
>>> Subject: [Blindtlk] /Monopoly
>>> 
>>> Hello, friends,
>>> 
>>> I’m going to “lower the boom”, so to speak.  Any of you familiar with Jim
>>> Kitchen and his text to speech games?  Those of you on these lists who
>>> have heard me whining about Windows 7 and how limited I think it is and
>>> are sick and tired of it, please feel free to tweet me out if there is a
>>> tweet filter.  Jim Kitchen has wonderful free games, including my all-time
>>> 
>>> favorite, monopoly.  Yes, I am probably addicted.  Anyway, I have been
>>> trying and trying to download it properly and I have become convinced that
>>> 
>>> it is not workable with Windows 7.  Of course it is possible that my
>>> settings are off, which would be nothing new with this machine, I suppose
>>> that’s what you get when you purchase a computer at Wal-Mart.  When I try
>>> to unzip files, I get weird messages such as “can’t create an output file
>>> and it doesn’t work.  I challenge anyone to tell me that this is workable.
>>> 
>>> Don’t mind my tone, I’m just frustrated that the idiots at Microsoft
>>> inadvertently limited us this way.  So, do you have any ideas, and if not,
>>> 
>>> does anyone know of a talking speech-friendly monopoly game?  Also, does
>>> anyone know how to get autocomplete on Windows live mail.  Thank you,
>>> before my JAWS runs out.
>>> Mark Tardif
>>> Nuclear arms will not hold you.
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