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A whole different Playboy channel _ for the blind
Assoc. Press ^ | 09/09/2010 | By MICHAEL GRACZYK

Posted on 09/09/2010 7:06:08 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd

HOUSTON (AP) -- Suzi Hanks reads Playboy magazine for the articles. And the jokes. And the letters and cartoons.

And yes, for the pictures.

Each week, for an hour, Hanks snuggles close to a microphone in a tiny soundproof closet, reading - and describing in great detail - portions of the latest Playboy issue for the blind.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: blind; playboy
From the article.....

While a text-only Braille edition of Playboy has been available for decades, Playboy spokesman Steve Mazeika said he wasn't aware of another service featuring the magazine like the one in Houston.

Bob Bartlett, 67, of Houston, was a regular Playboy reader for years before he became legally blind in 1981. He signed up for the radio service three years later.

1 posted on 09/09/2010 7:06:09 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

Pictures?


2 posted on 09/09/2010 7:21:41 AM PDT by misanthrope (Liberals just plain suck!!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

A good reason to play with the “knobs” on the radio.


3 posted on 09/09/2010 7:24:31 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys: Can't skipper a boat, Can't drive, Can't ski, Can't fly. But they KNOW what's best.)
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To: misanthrope
 
Pictures?
 
You bet. Here ya go.
 


4 posted on 09/09/2010 7:27:15 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Yes, as a matter of fact, what you do in your bedroom IS my business.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Stop that or you’ll go... Oh. Too late.


5 posted on 09/09/2010 7:29:59 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

The church ladies used to say that would happen.


6 posted on 09/09/2010 7:31:08 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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