no, they emitt that digital distortion. On Wed, 14 May 2008, Bob Kennedy wrote:
> You better stay away from the robotic vacuum because I'm sure they find your > beer. And getting the little fellow drunk might be dangerous. Do robots > slur their speech when they are drunk? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Larry Stansifer > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 7:02 PM > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Gutter guard was Robotic vacuums > > > 5 parts beer, 5 parts hotrodder and we can cobble anything together and most > of the time it even works. > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 4:00 PM > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Gutter guard was Robotic vacuums > > 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: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > 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: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 3:59 AM > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > 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: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > 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>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > > > > 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>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > > > > 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>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > > > > 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>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > > > > 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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/>http://www.mail- > archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > > > > > > > > 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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > > 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 > > -- > > [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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > > 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 177702331) is spam: > Spam: > https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=177702331&m=aac50cda549f&c=s > Not spam: > https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=177702331&m=aac50cda549f&c=n > Forget vote: > https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=177702331&m=aac50cda549f&c=f > ------------------------------------------------------ > END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
