I purchased mine at my local Ace Hardware store. I have also seen them available from catalogs, names are evading me at the moment, that sell access items for people with varying disabilities. My friend uses hers to pickup things from the floor when she is using her wheelchair. Betsy At 09:59 AM 3/7/2007, you wrote:
>where do we get one? > >On Tue, 6 Mar 2007, Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press wrote: > > > Gerry, > > I have this tool that I think is called a grabber. It has a long > > flexible bar that feels like a tight spring. You push a button on the > > top to open the claw-like prongs on the other end. Then when you push > > the tool into a drain, you release the button and it grabs hair and > > the like. I even picked up a ring out of a drain with that thing once. > > Betsy > > > > At 06:56 PM 3/5/2007, you wrote: > > > >> I've really, really got to unstoop a sink. It's a laundry-room sink. We > >> own two guide dogs and I think the drain is stopped with > Labrador hair. The > >> pipes are the older variety. You know--the metal pipes. Not the Pvc pipes. > >> How do I unstop this pipe and get this sink back in circulation? > >> > >> Gerry > >> > >> > > > > > > > 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! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
