You are inventive to say the least. Love to watch someone as they figured out what you were doing... ----- Original Message ----- From: Larry Stansifer To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 6:56 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Gutter guard was Robotic vacuums
When I used to live in a climate where we had both rain and gutters I made an attachment that would fit over the bottom end of my down-spout. Armed with my trusty air compressor I would deliver a blast of compressed air up the pipe. Worked well and was a guaranteed crap shower for the curious. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 3:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Gutter guard was Robotic vacuums Gutter Guard is the best solution I know. Short of the wife... There are several different versions going by different names. The best I've found snaps inside the gutter and it looks like the water will run across the top of the guard and right on off the roof. But it actually lets the junk fall off and the water does end up in the gutter. I saw a guy demonstrating them once and he had gutters on a dog house for his demo house. He used a fountain pump and just recirculated the water the pump sent the water out at the peak and it ran down and across these gutter guards and once it got to the rounded edge, it looped over and actually followed the reverse slope until it dropped off and into the gutter. This brand is all vinyl and as you look at it you will see it sits above the gutter. Don't confuse it with the other styles that have screens that snap in the gutter, they don't work. The junk piles up on the screen and forms a blockage outside the gutter. These are available at Lowes and Home Depot I know so should be available at any home center... I forget the price right now I'll try to check next time I'm at Lowes with a clear mind so it might be a while. I'm at Lowes a lot the clear mind is a problem though... ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Howell To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 4:29 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Robotic vacuums Now how the hell could it possibly clean the gutter? Does it push all the crap ahead of itself and clod the drain pipe> grin Sounds like a fairly useless device. Gee, if you have to go to the trouble of putting the thing up there, might as well just clean them while your there. For not a lot of junk in the gutter, taking your blower and sending a blast up the drain pipe actually helps blow junk out of the gutter. Not very effective, but a quick fix. I'm still looking for a good gutter solution. On May 13, 2008, at 3:23 PM, Kevin Doucet wrote: > Hey, > Have you'll heard that the same company also makes a robotic gutter > cleaner? Yep! Works by remote, although you do have to put the little > bugger in the gutter. It can't get there it's self. <smile> > At 12:35 AM 5/14/2008, you wrote: > > >Of course just to add a little to the mix, these aren't technically > >consider real vaccum cleaners are they? > >My understanding is they are kind of more a sweeper machine than a > >regular unit that would use more air than the sweeeping ability to > get > >the floor clean. Subsequently, they also don't handle dog hair very > >well as I understand. My wife and I were kind of interested in one of > >these, but with 2.5 German Shepherds in the house, that's a crap-load > >of hair for any machine to handle. > > > >On May 13, 2008, at 6:54 PM, Bob Kennedy wrote: > > > > > I'm with you. Lived alone for 13 years and did all the house work > > > myself. > > > > > > And the one that talks? It could be sending my information back to > > > the mother ship while I'm at work. I'd come home and my vodka > would > > > be gone. I'm not ready for another kid even if I have to charge > him > > > up... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Larry Stansifer > > > To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 6:43 PM > > > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Robotic vacuums > > > > > > How can you tell if it missed anything? > > > Do we use the barefoot test? > > > I am vaguely interested in this robotic vacuum however I am pretty > > > damn good > > > with my rainbow canister and it is going to take some convincing > to > > > make me > > > jump ship for some machine that I don't control. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: > > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > m > > [mailto:<mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[EMAIL PROTECTED] m > > > ] > > > On Behalf Of Jeff Balek > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 3:56 PM > > > To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Robotic vacuums > > > > > > Hi Shawn! My robotic vacuum also goes under the couch too. I > have to > > > have > > > somebody help me charge it up every so often. The best time to use > > > it I > > > think is when I'm out of my apartment for awhile doing something, > > > and then > > > when I get back, I check it to see how it did, and if it vacuumed > > > everywhere > > > and I also check to find out if it missed anything. > > > Jeff Balek > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Shawn McMurdo > > > To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 5:52 PM > > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Robotic vacuums > > > > > > I have an iRobot Roomba. > > > It works pretty well and didn't need any setup. > > > I just push the power button and then I push the clean button. > > > It works on both carpet and hard floors. > > > The best part is that it goes under the couch! > > > Shawn > > > > > > --==--==-- > > > Shawn McMurdo > > > See my Low Vision Guide at > > > <http://lowvisionguide.org>http://lowvisionguide.org > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > > From: Jennifer Jackson > > <<mailto:jennifer_jackson%40cox.net>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 2:25:23 PM > > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Robotic vacuums > > > > > > Now is it just the original set up that needs sighted assistance? > > > After > > > that do you just charge it up and let the little guy run? Will one > > > set up do > > > both carpet and hard surfaces? What about moving it from > upstairs to > > > down? > > > > > > Jennifer > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Jeff Balek > > > To: blindhandyman@ yahoogroups. com > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 1:51 PM > > > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Robotic vacuums > > > > > > have a robotic vacuum and I love it. I set it up to vacuum my > whole > > > apartment whenever I go out of my apartment for grocery shopping > or > > > something. My sister helps me set it up, because it's kind of > > > tricky. I > > > really like the blind handy man show a lot. Sometimes I help my > > > sister Jenny > > > do yard work, and when I move into a condo probably next year, I > > > won't have > > > to do any yard work because there are professionals who do yard > work > > > in > > > condos. Like I said earlier in this post, I love the coverage on > the > > > blind > > > handyman show and I'm very proud to be a part of this list. > > > Jeff Balek from Charlotte North Carolina > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > > > > > <http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_ p > >http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_ p > > > age&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > > > Or > > > > > <ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/>ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/a cbradio-archives/handyman/ > > > > > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > > > > > <http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday>http://www.acbrad io.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > > > > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > > > Various > > > List Members At The Following address: > > > > > <http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/>http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/han dyman/ > > > > > > Visit the archives page at the following address > > > > > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>http://www.mail- archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the > > > following > > > address for more information: > > <http://www.jaws-users.com/>http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a > > > complete list > > > of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just > send a > > > blank > > > message to: > > <mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.comYahoo>[EMAIL PROTECTED] oups.comYahoo > ! > > Groups Links > > > > > > -- > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > >Scott Howell > ><mailto:s.howell%40verizon.net>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG. > >Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.16/1431 - Release Date: > >5/13/2008 7:55 PM > > Thanks. > > Kevin Doucet > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > confuse as says > > Blind man with unmarked forehead has large belly! > > > Scott Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_p age&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 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 Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS ------------------------------------------------------ Teach InfoWest Spam Trap if this mail (ID 177534357) is spam: Spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=177534357&m=1cde6e44ce21&c=s Not spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=177534357&m=1cde6e44ce21&c=n Forget vote: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=177534357&m=1cde6e44ce21&c=f ------------------------------------------------------ END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
