[Blindtlk] Keeping House Independently

Wed Mar 16 23:02:28 UTC 2016

You know if I was sitting at my computer I would make sure I had no mistakes. When I'm answering on the fly in the middle of doing my gardening I'm sorry but mistakes can happen. Since I've been working all afternoon I have 43 messages to me read so I'm gonna use dictate if I choose to answer but yes essentially you are right

I often use voice dictation. If I have there's likely to be mistakes. I apologize up front.

On Mar 16, 2016, at 10:33 AM, Mike Freeman via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

Diane:

I am not the one who originally made the comment. However, I would aver that were one sighted, one would not want mistakes -- inadvertent or just tolerated -- to pervade one's  posts, especially as future employers can peruse the Internet and see what one has written. To my way of thinking, one's writings are one's public persona. Would you wish to go to an event wearing sloppy clothing or make-up or lipstick misapplied? I rather doubt it. Thus, to some of us word-snobs, not correcting one's mistakes -- whether from dictation or otherwise -- amounts to such behavior.

IMO it behooves us all to put our best feet forward, thus avoiding the potential trap of people believing that we cannot write cleanly and without mistakes due to our blindness.

Just one word-snob's opinion and not a judgment upon you but, rather, a general comment.

Mike Freeman

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From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Diane Vlasoff via blindtlk
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 10:02 AM
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Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Keeping House Independently

By the way I think you're coming we did judgmental. I don't understand why you need to be that way.

I often use voice dictation. If I have there's likely to be mistakes. I apologize up front.

On Mar 16, 2016, at 9:37 AM, Ericka via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

LOL I wouldn't want one because this thing can't tell the difference between a piece of paper sack or anything else. It's just bumps into things. I can bump into things and eat socks with my vacuum cleaner plus good exercise. Why be that lazy? 

Ericka Short
"What is right is not always popular; what is popular is not always right."

from my iPhone

> On Mar 15, 2016, at 3:28 PM, Sherry Gomes via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> You can all laugh at this, but I'm absolutely terrified of a rumba and would never want one. It comes from reading too much Stephen King, because I keep imagining it turning itself on in the night and chasing me around my condo! Or just sitting by my bed staring at me. Yep, too much Stephen King. 
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> Sherry
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Judy 
> Jones via blindtlk
> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 1:13 PM
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> 
> Very cool.  My daughter has one of those.  How well do they work?  How long do you leave one on to prowl the room?  Does it go from room to room, or how does it work?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Diane 
> Vlasoff via blindtlk
> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 1:10 PM
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> Cc: Diane Vlasoff
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Keeping House Independently
> 
> Hi Christine,
> 
> It's all what you feel comfortable with. You've gotten a lot of really good advice from a lot of the other people. From my perspective I bought a Rumba because I had to two dogs,  a  guide dog and a retired dog and two cats in the house and I wanted to vacuum my house a minimum of once a day preferably twice and I didn't want to take the time to do that. So the Rumba was an absolutely fabulous solution for me. Find out what you're comfortable with and go for it.
> 
> Diane Sent using dictation.  sometimes it works and sometimes the mistakes can be funny.  please forgive anything in between.  
> 
> On Mar 15, 2016, at 9:49 AM, Christine Olivares via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone,
> I just wanted to get your opinion about keeping house independently. I used to have someone come in once a month just to help with things I may have missed, but I am debating whether to do this still or not. I did get some rehab training with cleaning, but I am not the best at it. My main hangup is using a broom, as I just can’t figure out how it is done. I just invested in a Swiffer so I hope that helps.
> 
> I was wondering if you keep house independently, or if you have someone sighted come in once in a while to make sure things are kept nicely and are not dirty. Thanks so much for your thoughts.
> 
> Christine
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