[optacon-l] Re: Yet Another Neat Optacon Story
- From: "Nick Dotson" <nickdotson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:43:08 -0600
In the old days, those numbers used to be used to "play the numbers" in
places like New York and San Francisco's China Towns at least as portrayed
in Detective Novels of the 20's through the 50's, and in some movies. So if
art does really immitates art... (grin)
Nick
----- Original Message -----
From: "don bishop" <w6smb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 3:19 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Yet Another Neat Optacon Story
> Maybe it varies from one cookie brand to another, but the ones we get
> around here sometimes have chinese characters on the reverse side, and
> others have had a series of numbers, apparently your lucky number. But
> whatever it is,there always seems to be something.
>
> It helps to read them on a textured surface of some sort as they tend to
> want to slide around on a smooth table. It's even more fun if they're
> slightly wrinkled. <smile>
>
> Don
>
>
>
> On 12/19/2009 1:15 PM, Natalie wrote:
>> What's on the back? I have never tried to read one but thought it was
>> just
>> a fortune.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "don bishop"<w6smb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To:<optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 1:18 PM
>> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Yet Another Neat Optacon Story
>>
>>
>>> Yes,
>>>
>>> I've been reading fortune cookies for years. It's also interesting to
>>> turn them over and read what's on the back.
>>>
>>> Don
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/19/2009 9:46 AM, Dan and Bonnie Tonge wrote:
>>>> That is a neat story, and I have also had times when I didn't think
>>>> there
>>>> was anything I could read on a box or something and then picked it up
>>>> again later and found that there was, even on just an electrical
>>>> adaptor.
>>>> Has anyone ever read their fortune from a fortune cookie with the
>>>> Optacon? I didn't think it would work, but hey, it did. I thought
>>>> that
>>>> was pretty neat reading my fortune with the Optacon. I thought the
>>>> writing would be too small, but there it was.
>>>>
>>>> Dan
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Linda Gehres"<ljgehres@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: "Optacon List"<optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 8:31 AM
>>>> Subject: [optacon-l] Yet Another Neat Optacon Story
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yesterday I received a package which didn't contain any labels that
>>>> could
>>>> be felt. I scanned the
>>>> package on both sides perhaps too quickly with my Optacon, finding
>>>> primarily information about sending
>>>> packages via priority mail for a flat shipping rate but nothing as to
>>>> the
>>>> package's sender or
>>>> recipient. Too curious to leave it at that, I opened the box, thinking
>>>> that if there were a note inside,
>>>> it would be typed if the package was for me. Alas, the note appeared
>>>> handwritten, but I was too tired
>>>> and frustrated to try to discern whether the note was printed or in
>>>> cursive writing. A friend happened
>>>> to call last night, and I was filling him in on this whole story,
>>>> griping
>>>> that the post office had
>>>> probably, as usual, misdelivered a Christmas package to my address.
>>>> I decided this morning when I got up to re-examine the box, and
>>>> finally,
>>>> I found a zip code which I
>>>> recognized as being that of my brother and his family near Washington,
>>>> D.C. And the note turned out
>>>> to be in print and in all caps! So, the wonderful and beloved Optacon
>>>> does it again! All it takes
>>>> is a lot of patience sometimes!
>>>>
>>>> Linda Gehres
>>>>
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