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--------------81A3DEE1840A94D3B705E772 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi The comments about reading difficulites has finally prompted to contact the list after lurking for several months. The thought of a chubby 70 year old hanging out in a trench coat and dark glasses tickles my fancy. In the U.S. the Library of Congress has a program called the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. It is available in all fifty states and is free to all who qualify. The library supplies the necessary equipment (tape recorder or record player) as well as an extensive collection of reading material. The form is available at your library and may be signed either by your doctor or the librarian. The only requrement is the inability to read because of physical problems. You will be instructed how to choose your reading material ( books, magazines, etc.) and these will be mailed to you in a special mailer that requires no postage for return. You may request specific books or a type of book (science fiction, mystery, history, etc.) as well as a schedule (1 a month, 3 a week, whatever suits) You don't even have to go to the mailbox for returns because the mailman will pick them up at your home. For those of us who love to read it's a return to a wider world that had seemed lost forever. An example of your tax dollar really doing good work. Nellie Pentescu carepartner Dan 71/1 Requip Sinement --------------81A3DEE1840A94D3B705E772 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML> Hi <P>The comments about reading difficulites has finally prompted to contact the list after lurking for several months. The thought of a chubby 70 year old hanging out in a trench coat and dark glasses tickles my fancy. <P>In the U.S. the Library of Congress has a program called the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. It is available in all fifty states and is free to all who qualify. The library supplies the necessary equipment (tape recorder or record player) as well as an extensive collection of reading material. The form is available at your library and may be signed either by your doctor or the librarian. The only requrement is the inability to read because of physical problems. <P>You will be instructed how to choose your reading material ( books, magazines, etc.) and these will be mailed to you in a special mailer that requires no postage for return. You may request specific books or a type of book (science fiction, mystery, history, etc.) as well as a schedule (1 a month, 3 a week, whatever suits) You don't even have to go to the mailbox for returns because the mailman will pick them up at your home. <P>For those of us who love to read it's a return to a wider world that had seemed lost forever. <P>An example of your tax dollar <U>really</U> doing good work. <P>Nellie Pentescu carepartner Dan 71/1 Requip Sinement</HTML> --------------81A3DEE1840A94D3B705E772--