[nfbmi-talk] Washington Seminar

Sat Dec 5 04:52:02 UTC 2009

Michigan NFB family:
Yes, the washington seminar is coming up very soon! If you are interested in
participating in this wonderful opportunity to talk to your
representatives/senators and also have a fun time at the national center,
please call our president by no later than December 17.  Larry can be
reached at the NFBMI number, his home phone or his cell number.  Let's have
our largest group ever going!
Reggie Alvarado
Secretary, NFBMI

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From: nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Donna Posont
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 11:54 PM
To: NFB of Michigan List
Subject: [nfbmi-talk] Western Wayne County Chapter Christmas celebration

Last call to one and all to attend our annual Christmas party meeting this
Saturday at the Senate in Dearborn. A highlight will be the drawing for a
fifth generation ipod nano and the Christmas Stocking full of goodies knit
by Laura White. There will be lots of meat balls, mashed potatoes, and gravy
along with brosted chicken, Greek green beans, lemon rice soup, pie and rice
pudding and all you can drink. Free gift card give aways, a Christmas
package auction and plenty of making music will help make the occasion a
good time to be had by all.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Wurtzel" <f.wurtzel at comcast.net>
To: "'NFB of Michigan List'" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] more christmas tree light questions

> Hi,
>
> I just talked to Larry, and it is hilarious that he said to start at 
> the top.  I guess it is what you are used to.  I plug them in and 
> start at the bottom, as I mentioned.  Regarding getting them to stay, 
> this is no problem.
> They do not need to be at the very ends of the branches.  I just lay 
> the wire across the branches on the first tier that I have arbitrarily 
> decided to start on. On an artificial tree, the branches are pretty 
> uniformly lined up from left to right.  It is like a shelf and the 
> wire lays on there and the needles provide enough resistance to 
> prevent them from sliding off, unless you have a cat who gets 
> rambunctious.
>
> Regarding working bulbs, this is a visual thing, unless you have a 
> light detector.  Our newest color identifier has a light detector on 
> it.  It has come in handy several times, though I would not have 
> purposely purchased one.Another way may be to plug them a while and 
> touch them to see if they are warm.  These little lights may not be as 
> easy to test that way, I am not sure.Here in Lansing, the electric 
> company is exchanging 2 strings of lights for free for  2 strings of 
> LED lights.  I have no experience with LED lights, but I assume they 
> are much more reliable than incondesscent lights.
>
> As Larry and I said, everyone critiques their own tree and thinks how 
> they would improve it.  It need not meet some unwritten standard of
excellence.
> Trial and error is a really good teacher.  By the time you are my age 
> it will be eligible for the House Beautiful Tree of the Year competition.
> (smile)  Christmas is a family togetherness activity.  Creating 
> traditions and collecting ornaments each year that remind us of people 
> and events is what makes a tree a joy.
>
> One year, we had a 2 foot tall tree that I bought a few days before 
> Christmas.  I brought it home when we lived in Ypsilanti and put it on 
> top of a table.  We had 1 string of lights and maybe a dozen or less 
> ornements.
> The next morning all the needles had fallen off.  It was just a bare 
> skeleton of a tree.  We loved that tree and all our friends had fun 
> looking at it and talking about it.  Here I am 32 years later 
> retelling the story.
> That is what Christmas is all about.
>
> I love Christmas.  I make it a point to tell everyone Merry Christmas.  
> I am not offended if they tell me happy some other holiday that is 
> meaningful to them.  Sharing our traditions is a good thing that we 
> all may benefit from.
> This may give me an opportunity to share my faith in Jesus with them, 
> or not, depending on their openness.
>
> All that to talk about having fun putting up a tree.  Don't worry.  
> Have fun and enjoy your time with Nick and anyone else who happens to 
> be around during the decorating process.
>
> Warmest Regards,
>
>
> Fred
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org 
> [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of trising
> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 1:06 PM
> To: NFB of Michigan List
> Subject: [nfbmi-talk] more christmas tree light questions
>
> Thanks Larry and Fred for the ideas. I am still not exactly sure how 
> to do this. Sorry for being dense. The thing is, everyone has always 
> urged me to stay away while they were stringing lights, so I would not 
> inadvertently step on them or tangle them. I have three boxes of 
> lights, so we can fill the whole tree, but I do not really understand how
they actually go on.
> Ornaments have hooks or loops that go over the tree. The lights do not 
> have anything like that. I wish I could do this once with someone who 
> knows what they are doing but would not mind showing me. How do you 
> get them to stay on
>
> with no fasteners? How do you know the strand is working with no vision. 
> Do
> you start at a plug or at another end. Sorry I am being dense. I have 
> never tried to do them before. Nick can reach much better than I, and 
> he is going to try and help Grandma with them. She helps us a lot, and 
> means well, but she is not at all good at explaining in words.
>
>
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