[nfb-talk] Time of Day Services:

[Constance Canode]

double amen.  I hate talking watches.  When you 
are in a meeting or in a restaurant, they are so 
loud and intrusive.  Also, you can set the voice 
but not the time independently, so you go around 
with the wrong time on your wrist and the right 
time in your ears.  There was one watch that you 
could set, but it was a piece of junk, and I was 
stupid enough to buy it.  It lasted less than a 
month.  I will keep my Braille watch 
happily.  BTW, sorry I haven't been around much, 
but all of the people in the world who know and 
love me, realize that sports come first...smile.
At 10:37 AM 3/27/2011, you wrote:
>Amen! Gloria Whipple Corresponding Secretary 
>Inland Empire chapter nfb of WA -----Original 
>Message----- From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org 
>[mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
>Of T. Joseph Carter Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 
>04:25 To: NFB Talk Mailing List Subject: Re: 
>[nfb-talk] Time of Day Services: A talking watch 
>is $10, if you can stand to use the infernal 
>things.  $20 if you buy it at Radio 
>Shack.  Having a means to tell time is 
>considered one of the prerequisites in my state 
>for attending a training program.  If someone 
>tells me that they are stuck because they 
>haven’t got a way to tell time because 
>they’re blind, my only reasonable answer is to 
>suck it up and get a watch. If truly need be, we 
>can get a person a watch.  But for the most 
>part, I think the problem there is not the want 
>of a watch, but rather the want of the 
>motivation to be no longer dependent upon others 
>for something so basic as knowing what time it 
>is. Joseph On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 04:49:47PM 
>-0400, Kenneth Chrane wrote: >Because not every 
>body has a talking watch. >Some people don't 
>have a Braille Watch. >Hope this helps. >Ken 
>Chrane > > >----- Original Message ----- From: 
>"Steve Jacobson" ><steve.jacobson at visi.com> >To: 
>"NFB Talk Mailing List" 
><nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> >Sent: Friday, March 25, 
>2011 3:27 PM >Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Time of 
>Day Services: > > >>Ken, >> >>Why do we need 
>these services more than anyone else? >> >>Best 
>regards, >> >>Steve Jacobson >> >>On Fri, 25 Mar 
>2011 12:14:50 -0400, Kenneth Chrane 
>wrote: >> >>>As many of you know, Verizon 
>provides weather, and Time of Day >>>Telephone 
>Services. >> >>>As of June 1, 2011 These 
>services will no longer be available 
>to >>>Verizon Telephone Customers. >> >>>The 
>Time and Weather is convenient for blind 
>citizens and older americans. >> >>>So Let us 
>voice our objections to their removing of these 
>services. >> >>>The blind need 
>them. >>>Sincerely, >> >>>Ken 
>Chrane >> >>>____________________________________ 
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