[stylist] A question

[Barbara HAMMEL]

Rats! And I stopped reading those and missed her poem.
Barbara

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> On Aug 5, 2015, at 11:27, EvaMarie Sanchez via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I concur, it is difficult. Even worse is when posts seem to get lost and
> the thread does not make complete sense. I think there are two reasons for
> this. One is that people hit Reply rather than Reply All and so something
> is not seen by most, but the response to that missing gem is seen. A theory
> at least.
> Second thing is that people respond without reading the whole thread
> themselves and do not realize that an issue has been resolved and there
> then becomes a sort of circular repetition.
> I guess the third thing is like I was saying, that the subject is not
> followed and things get changed so that they do not make sense for someone
> who was away and trying to pick up in the middle.
> Are any of these serious? No, not really. It just makes things a bit
> confusing and some of us, self included, do not handle confusion well. It
> is kind of like living in a home with everyone yelling in different
> languages at the same time and trying to make sense out of it. It can be
> done, but it makes the head crazy. :)
> Oh, prime example. I forgot what the whole point of this was as I just
> stopped typing to fix my little girl's shirt.
> I get confused too easily and need patience from all of you please.
> Oh yeah, getting things organized and being able to read them. Sorry, yes I
> have also been having this same problem. I am wondering if when people are
> sharing their work, could you please not hide it in super long existing
> threads. I tend to lose things when I do not have a chance to read it right
> off and I really want to read your stuff.
> I am so glad I red Jackie's poem in the Write or Write Not thread. It was
> well worth it, and it did relate to the subject so was appropriate there.
> It is just, if I did not have time at moment, would I have remembered where
> it was to go back to later?
> That is my biggest question. It is rhetorical though, so do not feel a
> compulsion to answer. hahaha
> And I just realized something. I always put colon, right perenthesis to
> denote a smile, but JAWS does not read it. It bugs me writing a word such
> as smile when it is not in a sentence though. Any suggestions so that you
> guys could understand my rye sense of humor and not always think I am being
> a serious 'itch?
> ;) Eve
> 
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> 
> "You do not need to have vision to see the stars."
> 
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 8:18 AM, Jackie Williams via stylist <
> stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
>> Everyone,
>> I am faced daily with the problem of whether to answer e-mails by going way
>> back to the ones I previously skipped due to lack of time. Then at least
>> fifty new ones come in the next day.
>> I had been going back, thinking I could catch up, but now I have this long
>> tail.
>> Then I tried to start from the top, but something is lost in the sequence.
>> The situation now, is that I skipped all the cinquains because they are
>> dear
>> to my heart, and I want to read them in the sequence they came in.
>> How do all of you who want to read everything manage reading everything on
>> the list, make appropriate answers, and not avoid giving feedback.
>> Everyone
>> is entitled to this, but it almost seems an impossibility to me at times.
>> I do jealously guard some writing time, and just the functions of living
>> alone take up much time, plus arranging rides and managing medical and
>> service calls.
>> I love all of you, if one can feel this in cyberspace.
>> Please share your strategies.
>> 
>> Jackie Lee
>> 
>> Time is the school in which we learn.
>> Time is the fire in which we burn.
>> Delmore Schwartz
>> 
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