[blparent] Funny Disasters!

[JA]

I have done it by using tape instead of roller. I start on one end and
get to the other. I can tell that there is no more left if I do not
feel any more on the tape.

On 5/24/12, Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC) <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com> wrote:
>         Sounds like this dress is more of a uniform v. a dress you wear
> because you like how you look.
> An option you could have tried is to wash the dress again, depending on the
> type of washer you have, washing on delecate won't hurt the dress and will
> get rid of the gunk.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Erin Rumer
> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 3:08 PM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Funny Disasters!
>
> Yes, the dry cleaner was probably the best option in this case, unless you
> have hours to spend on playing with the dress and continuously asking
> people
> if you've got it all.  Otherwise, something I'd probably end up doing is to
> pawn it off on a sighted friend in exchange for a favor of equal value.
> I've done this several times and it's a win-win and saves the $$.
>
> Erin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of trising
> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 11:40 AM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Funny Disasters!
>
> Just this morning, I opened the orange juice and took out the little plug
> so
> that I could pour it. Then, my husband's toast popped up from the toaster.
> I
> was distracted because he had to leave in a hurry. I set the juice down and
> buttered his toast. When I picked up the juice, I thought it was still shut
> and proceeded to give it a good shake!! Juice shower! I have been wiping up
> all day! Juice is a sticky gift that keeps on giving!!
>
> Here is another one with a question. I wear a floor length black velvet
> dress for concert performances. Much to my dismay, when I took it off the
> drying rack this week, I found it full of what felt like very miniature
> Braille dots. It must have inadvertently been washed with a scrap of
> Kleenex
> or some other very bad thing for black velvet. We took it to the dry
> cleaners, and they removed the stuff with a lint roller. Is there a way I
> could have done this myself as a totally blind woman, but been sure there
> were no more white specks covering my black velvet? I was trying to do it
> by
> feel before I took it to the dry cleaners. When I thought I had made head
> way, I asked a sighted person, and she said the dress was still covered. It
> was then that I thought the dry cleaner was the best option.
>
> Terri Wilcox
>
>
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JA
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