Ours are not 100 weight, but they have lasted quite well, so they
can't be that much under.
Karen
At 07:01 PM 8/18/2020, you wrote:
I forgot about that. The Amazon Basics was definitely not hundred weight.
I was a little confused by the way they wrote it on their sales pitch. But
if you are writing Braille and need it to last, you definitely want 100
pound weight.
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From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On Behalf Of
Jude DaShiell via Cookinginthedark
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 8:57 PM
To: Dani Pagador via Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org>
Cc: Jude DaShiell <jdash...@panix.com>
Subject: Re: [CnD] Labeling Decisions
The technical term to use in the stationery shop is #100 weight card stock.
It even comes in larger sheets and not labeled as braille paper you pay
less.
On Tue, 18 Aug 2020, Dani Pagador via Cookinginthedark wrote:
> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 21:05:05
> From: Dani Pagador via Cookinginthedark
> <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org>
> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org
> Cc: Dani Pagador <pocketfulofs...@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [CnD] Labeling Decisions
>
> Mary,
> Glad you found something that works for you.
>
> I hope you get the index cards that are made on paper like what
> Braille paper is made of. I bought some a few years ago that is like
> the stuff really flimsy magazine covers are made of; boy was I
> surprised and unhappy when I opened the package. It doesn't hold up
> too well for long-term use and gets stuck in the interpoint index card
> slate. I think they changed the material to cut costs. Good for them
> maybe, but not for me. *sad smiley*
>
> More Later,
> Dani
>
> fo
>
> On 8/18/20, meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark
> <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> wrote:
> > Thanks for everybody's suggestions for my labeling problem.
> >
> > I had to decide something about labeling. So I bought some 3 x 5
> > index cards and an index card slate that is supposed to be for that
> > size. I also went ahead and bought some dymo tape and some of those
> > Braille labels with the holes at both ends and the elastic ties.
> > That way, I am ready for almost anything. I think that I will just
> > put the bags of seeds into other bags so that the paper doesn't
> > touch them and I can still read the labels through the plastic. An
> > awkward solution, but it will work for the little tiny bags. The bigger
bags and containers can get the ones with the ties.
> > I
> > feel bad about using all these plastic bags, one to hold similar
> > products, one for each bag to hold it and the label, and one for each
bag of seeds.
> > But some of this will be reusable, and besides, it will take me a
> > long time to go through most of those bags of seeds anyway. So we
> > might be in this for the long haul.
> >
> > So that is the progress on my Covid19 hobby of growing food in air
> > conditioned comfort while blind.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On
> > Behalf Of
> > diane.fann7--- via Cookinginthedark
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 7:31 AM
> > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org
> > Cc: diane.fa...@gmail.com
> > Subject: Re: [CnD] Labeling problem
> >
> > All the years I carried a $6000 notetaker around with me, I also
> > carried a postcard slate, stilus and index cards. Nothing like being
> > sure you can get the job done. (smile)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On
> > Behalf Of Linda S. via Cookinginthedark
> > Sent: Monday, August 17, 2020 11:26 PM
> > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org
> > Cc: Linda S. <lindahoney...@gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [CnD] Labeling problem
> >
> > You go girl!
> >
> > On 8/17/2020 6:11 PM, Dani Pagador via Cookinginthedark wrote:
> >> That's why I went the low-tech route. I know that it takes time to
> >> make the labels by hand, but if a high-tech device like Pen Friend
> >> or the bar code reader ever breaks or isn't available and I were
> >> dependent on it, I'd be in huuuge trouble. I'm waaay too dependent
> >> on my iPhone as it is.
> >>
> >> At least for this gal, Braille and the slate and stylus will never
> >> go out of style, not as long as I can read it and use them. I may
> >> run out of Dymo tape and elastic, my preferrd materials of choice,
> >> but there's all kinds of stuff labels can be made out of.
> >>
> >> I like seeing what everyone else is doing to solve the labeling
> >> problem. Mary, too bad there isn't a site that can identify seeds
> >> for you the way they have one now for identifying mystery pills
> >> that find their way out of the bottle. Maybe you could sprout some
> >> of the mystery seeds and, if you've had them before, identify them by
taste?
> >> Aaron wouldn't be able to help identify them visually, would he?
> >>
> >> More Later,
> >> Dani
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 8/17/20, meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark
> >> <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> wrote:
> >>> I take it that the Pen Friend 2 labels cannot go in the freezer?
> >>> I mean, get wet?
> >>>
> >>> I hope the second iteration of this is smaller than the first one,
> >>> which I thought was rather clunky and awkward to use. I would
> >>> rather not have to haul my phone around to look at these labels,
> >>> but I might
> > have to.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On
> >>> Behalf Of Richard Kuzma via Cookinginthedark
> >>> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2020 9:35 PM
> >>> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org
> >>> Cc: Richard Kuzma <rmku...@aol.com>
> >>> Subject: Re: [CnD] Labeling problem
> >>>
> >>> good evening,
> >>> do you have any kind of labeling device such as a pen friend or id
mate?
> >>> What I do is put a pen friend label/dot on a business card and
> >>> then laminate it and then punch hole in it and tie to bag and it
> >>> works wonderfully in frezzer.
> >>> I do the same thing with bar code lables I make for use with my quest.
> >>> I have created a program to print my own barcode labels.
> >>> If interested, just let me know.
> >>> thanks
> >>> rich
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On
> >>> Behalf Of
> >>> meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark
> >>> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2020 9:44 PM
> >>> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org
> >>> Cc: meward1...@gmail.com
> >>> Subject: [CnD] Labeling problem
> >>>
> >>> Does anybody have a way to label things that are in plastic bags
> >>> kept in the freezer or refrigerator? Dymo tape does not work.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I have lots of seeds for my sprouts and microgreens, and I am
> >>> starting to have trouble keeping track of them. But labeling
> >>> things in the freezer is not exactly a new problem. Any ideas
> >>> would be
> > appreciated. Thanks.
> >>>
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