Yup, these do it yourself projects will either bond or break a relationship.... The piano thing reminded me of a time when I co owned a music store. We had purchased an old upright piano, one of those old, ancient "conservatory" jobbies which stand about 4 1/2 or 5 feet tall. This monstrosity was located on the second floor of an old apartment building which was over some store fronts on Main Street in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. It was a long straight set of stairs with a landing about the middle. As we started down the stairs with the blamed thing one of the straps let go and it took off like it was electromagnetic. (LOL) The "down" man saw it coming and jumped on the railing and out of the way as it crossed the little landing and tore the cute little swinging doors off their hinges and continued along its path. Fortunately there was no one on the sidewalk as it emerged from the apartment building and careened into the side of our ancient and honorable 52 Chevy pickup. It caved in the running board and reshaped the passenger side door. Man, it is a blessing that no one was killed by it. Amazingly there was little or no damage to the old piano other than some additional scratches and dings. A little "antiquing" really made it look nice though. (LOL) Cy, the Ancient oKie...
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jay Williams Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 11:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Tired, so tired. Just thought I'd introduce a bit of dark humor into this thread. I was the piano technician at an art school in North carolina. One very long day, I was finishing up a piano in a dance studio. As I replaced the front cover I gave it a flourish as I said "There!" and the end of the cover unceremoniously ripped off half a dozen hammers. Talk about mastering one's temper, knowing I was already tired but had now created a couple hours more of work. Jay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert J. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 9:14 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Tired, so tired. > Dam My man > You are not alone in you r thinking. > It probably is true for the most part for women also but I think more > so for > men that we need to have some thing that we can point to and say, Yep > I put > that together. > > That is a project that I would not even atempt because it is way over > my head. but I am very good with assembling just about any thing that > comes out > of a box from the home improvement stores. Such as grills and cabinets > and so on. > Not rocket science but still when I am done I can step back and > appreciate the acomplishment. > Same with working on the car. It is very satisfying to start with a > car that > has a problem and when you are done it no longer has that same problem. > I think too that it helps every blind person when some one that is > blind does any thing that our culture is convinced can not be done by > a blind person. > > When you are finnished maybe you could put up a picture of your deck > for those who have enough remaining vision to appreciate it not to > mention friends and family of the rest of us. > Rock on > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy > Man list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.9/416 - Release Date: 8/10/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
