RE: [BlindHandyMan] Buying a new Bed?

2010-08-07 Thread Jo Taliaferro
Hi, We just bought a new bed frame, (meaning we already had the matress. It's a Queen size but without bookshelves. I agree that most of the frames are wooden, at least the ones we saw. We got ours at a Macy's outlet store when there was a sale. As to your question, I can't see any reason not

[BlindHandyMan] some cleaning tips pleas

2010-08-07 Thread Carl
hi foalks i hav an oald built in shower with a marble shower tray how can i give this a good cleaning? i'm in the north east of the UK you can contackt me on skype carlf16 and joine my list for unabridged audiobooks send a blank email to ub_ab_bookspace+subscr...@googlegroups.com [Non-text

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Buying a new Bed?

2010-08-07 Thread Alan Paganelli
When we had a water bed, it sat on a heavy duty standard frame. When we got rid of the water bed we kept the frame and are still using it.If we ever get another new bed, we'll still keep the frame. This frame is both a standard size or a queen size. Neither my wife or I want a queen.

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Buying a new Bed?

2010-08-07 Thread Cy Selfridge
Claudia, I also have to observe that purchasing a new frame will get you that much closer to the floor. I presume your current frame is a metal one with attached wheels? I would seriously consider just getting the new headboard and attaching it to the current frame. Cy, The Anasazi From:

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Buying a new Bed?

2010-08-07 Thread Cy Selfridge
Claudia, Sorry I ran across this after I posted my other response. Now, what exactly is the problem with the current bed frame? How high is the bottom of the box spring off of the floor currently? Cy, The Anasazi From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Buying a new Bed?

2010-08-07 Thread Alan Paganelli
Claudia, We have a metal bed frame that is standard or queen. The queen is 6 inches wider then the standard with 3 inches on a side and the length is the same. Where the head board would be on the frame isa plate with holes in it. This plate holds the box spring esembly from shooting off the

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Buying a new Bed?

2010-08-07 Thread Cy Selfridge
Alan, My good friend, let me tell you a very short tale of woe about assembling items. One Christmas we purchased a doll stroller for our daughter and it *CLEARLY* stated that simple household tools required. Now, that is one of the most deceptive and misleading statements which could be used by

[BlindHandyMan] Easy to Assemble! Takes only 20 minutes

2010-08-07 Thread Alan Paganelli
LLOL! when I was married to my first wife, we bought a tricycle for her. All I got was a box of metal parts and on the box it said Easy to Assemble! Takes only 20 minutes More like 20 days! There I am on Christmas Eve On the back of the tricycle were 2 steps to get up to the plastic seat.

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Easy to Assemble! Takes only 20 minutes

2010-08-07 Thread Lenny McHugh
Some great memories of Christmas Eve. Still, there will never be a replacement for the old individual owned hardware/toy stores. When I was old enough to help assemble toys for my younger brothers and sisters there was one hardware store from which my parents purchased everything. There was

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Easy to Assemble! Takes only 20 minutes

2010-08-07 Thread William Stephan
Lenny: I remember those pedal cars, though I never had one. We use do steal your sister's roller skates, which were metal then, and screw thm to each end of a 8 x 1 plank. Then we'd mount a wooden crate on the front and put handles on it. It was a great scooter and roared like a jet on

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Easy to Assemble! Takes only 20 minutes

2010-08-07 Thread Alan Paganelli
When I was a kid, you would get one kid sitting in the car driving and another kid behind him to push it to the end of the block. Then, you swapped places for the return trip. The car was made of metal and raddled and vibrated down the sidewalk. You could feel every crack in the sidewalk on

Re: [BlindHandyMan] convert vcr tapes

2010-08-07 Thread Alan Paganelli
It will depend on how you want to do it. With some, you can connect your VCR's audio out and video out to audio and video in on a computer if your computer is so equipped and assuming of course you have the necessary software, you basically copy the audio and video to your computer's hard

Re: [BlindHandyMan] convert vcr tapes

2010-08-07 Thread Lenny McHugh
This machine does not have video capture capability. When I had it built I did not see the need. This usb capture device looks like the cheapest way to go. Once they are converted I would have no need for the combo unit. I am leaning towards the $30 unit one review did not recommend it for a 64

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Buying a new Bed?

2010-08-07 Thread Spiro
what causes the lessened height requirement? any way around that? Most of your answers are yes. Like almost anything you can mix and match. the width is the most important item, as long as it's wide enough and not more or less you can match it up just fine. On Fri, 6 Aug 2010, Claudia wrote:

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Buying a new Bed?

2010-08-07 Thread Spiro
or good brackets could keep you from having to drill and bolt through the frame. On Fri, 6 Aug 2010, Scott Howell wrote: Claudia, My wife and I had a similar headboard and we did not need to connect it to the bed. It pretty much could stand on its own and the bed kept it pretty much

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Buying a new Bed?

2010-08-07 Thread Spiro
but if you lower it you'll not be able to get as wide a variety of things under it. On Fri, 6 Aug 2010, Claudia wrote: Scott, How do you move the bed, if you guys want to clean there? With the current grame, we can just wheel it from one side of the room to the other because there's

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Buying a new Bed?

2010-08-07 Thread Spiro
bet you could call 1800 mattres (leave off the last s for savings) and ask them for the standard metal frame. On Fri, 6 Aug 2010, Claudia wrote: Okay, So, here is the latest thinking on this. When we truly look at the whole bed, we don't think that the mattress and box spring need to

Re: [BlindHandyMan] convert vcr tapes

2010-08-07 Thread Alan Paganelli
Look in electronics on craigslist. I've seen them there and the nice thing is, their local adds so you can go see it before you buy it. Alan Please click on: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ There, you'll find files of my arrangements and performances played on the Yamaha Tyros

Re: [BlindHandyMan] convert vcr tapes

2010-08-07 Thread Kevin Doucet
I used the Dazzle DVD recorder. Have to fiddle with the settings to get it recording right. If the vidio preview looks ok then the resulting recording will be ok. Takes eyes to be sure. At 04:59 PM 8/7/2010, you wrote: This machine does not have video capture capability. When I had it built I

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Easy to Assemble! Takes only 20 minutes

2010-08-07 Thread Spiro
yeah, that stuff isn't the count the holes count the screws and divide by type we're used to with furnature assembly. but it's worth it enough that we'd do it again. I just had to study hand brakes, with the pieces in my hand as one of them was locking up and made it hard for the little one to

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Easy to Assemble! Takes only 20 minutes

2010-08-07 Thread Spiro
when mine was a tot, I put metal storm door screen onto the bottom of one of those kiddy flinstone cars. walk feet and move car. It was a dune buggy with roll bars and rather high walled at that. She could sit in there and I'd use ropes attached to decorative lugs (but they were molded of the