[Md-sligo] I'm back! plus question about brailler repair services?

[Arielle Silverman]

Cool. I did see the July meeting on the calendar and I'm planning on attending.
Arielle

On 6/17/17, Lloyd Rasmussen via MD-Sligo <md-sligo at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi. Glad to hear from you. Hang onto that Brailler, but I don't have a solid
>
> recommendation for you at the moment.
> Look forward to seeing you on the group flight. Debbie is not on it,
> although she organized it. But Judy and I are on it, though not part of the
>
> group ticket purchase.
> Since we meet on the second Saturday of the month and don't change this too
>
> often, our next meeting is the day before we leave for the convention,
> namely July 8 at 1:30 PM. Meetings from then until November will be at the
> Long Branch Library, 8900 Garland Avenue in Takoma Park. If you can't make
> the July meeting, the August meeting will probably be a picnic at someone's
>
> house, and the September meeting will depart from normal and be on the third
>
> Saturday.
>
>
>
> Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, MD
> http://lras.home.sprynet.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arielle Silverman via MD-Sligo
> Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2017 4:21 PM
> To: Sligo Creek Chapter list, NFB of Maryland
> Cc: Arielle Silverman
> Subject: [Md-sligo] I'm back! plus question about brailler repair services?
>
> Hi all,
> As some of you may recall, I moved to the DC area last summer and came
> to a Sligo Creek chapter meeting. I enjoyed the chapter and meeting
> all of you, but decided to join the Potomac chapter since it was a bit
> closer to my apartment. However, my husband and I just moved from the
> District to downtown Silver Spring. So, I am planning to join the
> Sligo Creek chapter again and start coming regularly to meetings
> beginning in July. I also think I'm on the same flight to national
> convention as the group of you who are traveling together, so it will
> be nice to get to know you guys a bit better.
> I'm also writing with a question about repair options for a Perkins
> brailler. I bought a refurbished one from the Braille Superstore about
> three years ago, and when we moved from Seattle to D.C. last year, we
> had it shipped by FedEx. However, something must have happened to it
> during shipping, because now the paper feed doesn't open all the way,
> and the carriage is getting stuck. I'm not sure what the problem is.
> My husband is normally pretty handy, but he couldn't figure out how to
> fix it either. Do any of you do repairs for Perkins braillers or know
> of a place I could send it? I don't use it that often, but even
> refurbished it was expensive, so I don't want to just throw it out
> without trying to fix it.
> Thanks, Arielle
>
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