Hi Robert, Do you know how to set up message rules and separate folders?
You can have your blindhandyman messages sorted as they come in and dumped directly into a blindhandyman folder to be read and responded to at your leisure without interfering with your business e-mail. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert J. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Blind Handyman" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 6:01 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] returning to work. > Hi Group > I am going to be starting a sales job very soon, working from home making > calls selling trash hauling service. > This job will require a lot of emailing back and forth to the company. I > have been a part of a number of blind related lists and I have to say this > one has been my personal favorite. Some time soon here I am going to have > to > unsubscribe from the list to mimimize the traffic to my inbox. I will miss > the group but Will try to keep up with the blind handy man show. I can't > remember if it was on this list or the blind talk list that I posted about > my experience with my brother in law and his doubting that I could change > a > radiator because after all I am blind. Well as a result of that post I > was > contacted by the Braille Moniter. And they asked me to write an article so > I > did. And it got published. That was the first and only time in my 45 years > on this rock that I ever had any thing published. I hope no one minds too > much but I would like to paste it here for you all to read. Aside from > braging I think it turned out OK. > I would sure like to make it to a blind handy man convention down in > Dallas > some time and meet some of you guys and gals. > A couple of notes about the article > 1 I have since used gasket sealer and I am no longer afraid of using it. > 2 2 I have also since aquired some wood working tools like a table saw and > a > chop saw and intend to learn how to do some basic wood working projects > around the house. I have also added a water pump replacement to my list. > 3 And plan to find another pick up truck that needs a 4.3 v6 and pull the > one I have in a jimmy and plant it in the pick up that I am looking for. > 4 And last I was at the time working as an appointment schedualer but am > starting a new job in sales. > Thank you for allowing me to ranble on. > Robert > The Radiator, the Washing Machine, and the Gas Pump > by Robert Moore > ************ > From the Editor: Bob Moore and his wife live in a rural area outside of > Rochester, Minnesota. He works at home as an appointment scheduler, but he > finds time to make home repairs and keep the couple's car running > smoothly. > He recently mentioned car repairs on an NFB listserv, so I asked him to > recount some of his war stories as an inspiration to other blind people > who > might be a bit nervous about tackling the kinds of repair jobs Bob takes > in > his stride. When I asked what kind of car repairs he has undertaken, this > is > the list he reeled off: replaced front brake pads; changed oil, timing > belt, > and radiator; and installed radio, brake master cylinder, windshield wiper > motor, power steering pump, alternator, starters, belts, hoses, spark > plugs > and plug wires, distributor cap and rotor, throttle body base gasket, and > batteries (every winter). Reading through that lists persuades me that he > probably even understands the guys on Car Talk. This is what he says: > ************ > As far back as I can remember, I loved to take things apart and figure out > how they work. I took small engine classes in high school and went on to > Arkansas Enterprises for the Blind to earn certification in small engine > repair. > Although I didn't manage to make a career in the field, I never lost my > passion for mechanics in general. My wife and I got married in the summer > of > 1992. At that time I had very little experience with auto repair, but I > figured that, if I could learn to fix small engine equipment, I could > learn > to do basic auto repair. I concluded very quickly over time that the price > of not learning and having to pay someone big money every time the car > broke > down or needed basic maintenance was more than I was willing to pay. > However, to this day I would rather leave some things to the > professionals, > even though I am sure that I could learn to do them. To my mind the care > needed and the risk involved are not worth the savings. One such thing is > replacing gaskets that require applying sealer. I worry about getting some > of the gasket sealer in the oil or antifreeze. Don't get me wrong: I am > not > saying it cannot be done safely and properly. It just isn't worth the time > because it needs to be done so seldom. > My wife drives, so, in financial self -defense and a love for tinkering > with things, I have learned how to do most basic car repairs myself. I am > not a trained mechanic, but I have become pretty good at it. > One day I was standing around the shop with the guys, and I mentioned > having changed the radiator on my wife's car. Her brother told me that I > could not change a radiator on a car because "You have to see what you are > doing." I told him that I knew I could because I had just done it. He > still > did not believe me and asked, "How can you do that if you can't see?" > I simply held up my hands in front of him, said, "I have 20/20 vision > right > here," and explained that I do it all by touch. He continued to maintain > that I was lying, so I let it go. > Knowing what a smart alec her brother is, my wife had a better answer. I > wish I had thought of it. Here is what she would have said: "Well first I > drained the radiator, then I unplugged the fan and removed it, then I took > off the hoses and transmission lines and removed all the bolts. Finally I > removed the radiator. How would you have done it?" > I am always astounded that people who work on cars for a living do not > understand how a blind person can work on cars. After all, when mechanics > work on cars, they often cannot sea what they are doing because what they > are working on is tucked behind some other part, and they have to get > their > hands in there and feel what they are doing. > The first time it occurred to my wife that I do not use the little bit of > sight I have while working on a car was when I was changing a timing belt > outside on a friend's car. It started to get dark, and my wife came out > and > said, "Why don't you come in now?" I said that I wanted to finish up since > I > was almost done. She said, "But it's getting dark." > I said, "That doesn't bother me; does it bother you?" To this day she > still > chuckles at that answer. > Another memorable time we took a trip to visit her parents. Her dad, her > brother-in-law, and I were working on the car. Her dad and her > brother-in-law were trying in vain to locate the one bolt that was keeping > the bracket we needed to move from budging. I said, "Let me get in there > and > find it for you." Since I was blind, they were not going to have any of > that. Then came the moment of truth (or maybe opportunity). They both went > into the garage at the same time to chase a wrench. I climbed under the > car, > and when they got back, I had identified the bolt and was able to point it > out to them. > I have also tackled other mechanical projects such as washers and dryers. > We had a washing machine that was leaking, actually dumping water out the > bottom. This called for drastic measures, and fast. Without thinking > twice, > I took the top completely off and pulled the drum out into the middle of > the > floor. By the time my wife arrived home, I had the washer fixed. I > explained > exactly what I had done, and she assured me that she was glad it was fixed > and very glad that she did not have to see the machine all over the floor. > She has since become completely comfortable with my working on the car and > doing some appliance repairs and other small repairs around the house. > Now carpentry is another matter.... I would like to learn some carpentry > basics, but most of it I will leave to the pros. I know lots of blind > people > do carpentry, but it's just not my thing. > But here is one last subject that I do feel pretty strongly about. When I > am with my wife in the car and it is time to fill the tank, I always get > out > and fill it for her. So, to all you blind men who think that, just because > you don't drive, you don't have to fill the tank, I say, be good to your > wives. Get out and fill the tank. True, gas pumps today are not > blind-friendly, but that's okay. Have her make the appropriate selections > on > the screen, such as grade and payment type. Then she can climb back into > the > warm car while you fill it. > > > > > > > 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 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! 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