[stylist] Here's my attempt at being tactile to thefolkswhowanteverything for nothing

[Lynda Lambert]

This would be my situation, too, living on the opposite side of PA. The only 
cab here would be about an hours drive from where we live. So, it isn't 
possible at all.  I guess one solution would be to have a full time driver, 
and keep him in a carriage house on the property - at my beck and call. haha 
just kidding about that.  Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Applebutter Hill" <applebutterhill at gmail.com>
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thefolkswhowanteverything for nothing


> Bridgit,
> While a cab is definitely an option in many cases, it is not for us. A cab
> from here in the sticks to Wilkes-Barre would be well over $100 each way,
> and there is only one cab in Tunkhannock, our closest real town, which is 
> a
> half hour away -- it doesn't operate after 6p.m..
>
> I tried responding to several folks who wrote in about my response a week
> ago, but the messages sat in my Out Box and never got sent. Hoping I have
> better luck with this. *grin*
> Donna
>
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> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridgit
> Pollpeter
> Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2014 1:43 PM
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> thefolkswhowant
> everything for nothing
>
> If the university is willing to pay, a cab is an option, and this way no
> person has to take a day or afternoon to drive. Just throwing out options. 
> A
> bus may be another option, though a bus certainly isn't the most 
> convenient
> option.
>
> Bridgit
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lynda 
> Lambert
> Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2014 7:38 AM
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> Subject: Re: [stylist] Here's my attempt at being tactile to the
> folkswhowant everything for nothing
>
>
> Yes, this is very important. People just do not realize at all that it 
> takes
> something more than just getting in our car and leaving home so that we 
> can
> be somewhere. Not only is it our time, it is someone else's time.  When I 
> go
> to the pottery studio to work, it is an hour long dive each way. Then, I 
> am
> there 3-4 hours working. That is a six hour day for TWO people, plus all 
> the
> expenses involved that April listed.  Not only is it very inconvenient for
> the person who is taking us places, it is expensive, too.  This is our
> reality and one that a sighted person would never even think about for a
>
> second.
> Lynda
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> Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2014 6:53 AM
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> whowant everything for nothing
>
>
>> Hi Donna,
>>
>>     I think it's great.  I'd emphasize one line though.
>>
>> "I have to get someone else to drive."  Emphasize that you have to pay
>> them out of pocket for time, gas, and wear and tear on the car.
>>
>> Congrats!
>>
>> April Brown
>>
>> Writing dramatic adventure novels uncovering the myths we hide behind.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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