The Loft: Butches and Femmes in their 40s, 50s and over.

Lady_Wu · 04-20-2010, 10:04 PM

nin hao, ma? how is everyone doing ? i hope that Monday has proved a good start to the week. my week has had a wonderful start. i am glad about this. i have an appt tomorrow w/my counselor. next week is going to be extremely busy: two dr. appts! getting older can surely be lucrative for the medical profession, lol. has anyone hear of or tried the new trifocal glasses about which i keep reading? i now wear bifocals; these new glasses are very appealing to me-they are even adjustable! they do have a nerdy Ben Franklin look. this actually appeals to me as a nerdy ex-Prof and librarian.

the only thing dissuading me from buying a pair is price, somewhere around 300$. much too high for a poor ex-academician!
henle, now to the potentially useful: if you are on SSD or over the age of 50 (I think), and low income, then you are eligible for a free cell phone and free minutes. the amount of minutes you are given each month varies by state, as does the minute's rollover policy. you can find out more about this program here: www.safelink.net. i got my cell phone last month. nice little phone easy enough even for me to use. not very many minutes. what do i expect, i live in a poor state. you can BUY more minutes if you like, which i won't. i just use it to call home to let folks know if i will be home late, etc.
another benefit for those of us who are disabled, esp. if you have low vision: the Library of Congress distributes by state a program which issues to those qualified a special cassette player (though they are quickly going digital) which plays books on tape. They send you a book of available titles and you choose from them and they send it to you for as long as you need it! They also do this with large print books. If your state does not have a title, they can usually arrange to get it from the Library of Congress. Any public library should be able to sin you up for this program. i can send you the info you need if they cannot. just PM me if you need it.
that's all the news i've got fit to print now.
Lady_Wu

04-20-2010, 10:04 PM	#11
Lady_Wu Member How Do You Identify?: OFOS Queer Stone femme Preferred Pronoun?: M'Lady Relationship Status: given up looking sigh Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: somewhere buried under a pile of books Posts: 197 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 285 Thanked 300 Times in 105 Posts Rep Power: 155956	Greetings and some potentially useful info nin hao, ma? how is everyone doing ? i hope that Monday has proved a good start to the week. my week has had a wonderful start. i am glad about this. i have an appt tomorrow w/my counselor. next week is going to be extremely busy: two dr. appts! getting older can surely be lucrative for the medical profession, lol. has anyone hear of or tried the new trifocal glasses about which i keep reading? i now wear bifocals; these new glasses are very appealing to me-they are even adjustable! they do have a nerdy Ben Franklin look. this actually appeals to me as a nerdy ex-Prof and librarian. the only thing dissuading me from buying a pair is price, somewhere around 300$. much too high for a poor ex-academician! henle, now to the potentially useful: if you are on SSD or over the age of 50 (I think), and low income, then you are eligible for a free cell phone and free minutes. the amount of minutes you are given each month varies by state, as does the minute's rollover policy. you can find out more about this program here: www.safelink.net. i got my cell phone last month. nice little phone easy enough even for me to use. not very many minutes. what do i expect, i live in a poor state. you can BUY more minutes if you like, which i won't. i just use it to call home to let folks know if i will be home late, etc. another benefit for those of us who are disabled, esp. if you have low vision: the Library of Congress distributes by state a program which issues to those qualified a special cassette player (though they are quickly going digital) which plays books on tape. They send you a book of available titles and you choose from them and they send it to you for as long as you need it! They also do this with large print books. If your state does not have a title, they can usually arrange to get it from the Library of Congress. Any public library should be able to sin you up for this program. i can send you the info you need if they cannot. just PM me if you need it. that's all the news i've got fit to print now. Lady_Wu __________________ I'm the Yin in the Yang and the Yang in the Yin.

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