I just replied and said my wife suggested that very thing! I'd be toast by the end of the first half mile, though...
Maybe I should get four smoke alarms and a couple briquets of charcoal, I can get smoke alarms on sale two for $12.99 *with* the 9 volt! Best, Joe Monks Every day you haven't written is a day you've written off... Chanting Monks Press http://www.chantingmonks.com Sight Unseen Pictures http://www.sightunseenpictures.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jimmy Podsim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 5:18 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? > LOL! get an invisible fence and put your collor on and then it'll shock > you when you run out of the fence line. Hehheheheheheahha. JK. > > > ... 73 ... KD5QHH ... Jimmy ... > http://www.podsim.us > MSN or windows live... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype, jimmy.podsim ...blind people please note the period between the > names. > Have a great day! > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Larry Stansifer > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 1:04 PM > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? > > > Joe, > > If this is going to be a temporary solution, why not run a single line > around the inside perimeter about 6" in from the fence and at a > comfortable > hand height? > It will even work when the batteries are dead or the power is off. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Chanting Monks > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 11:15 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? > > Hi folks, > > Just had my yard fenced in and have been looking for a solution to this > issue. I want to jog around the inner perimeter of the yard, without > having > to use the cane or run along the fence within touching distance. My > solution? Finding a way to have all four corner posts rigged with sound > so > as I approach, I know whereabouts I'm at. Running speakers out there for > music would require a couple of hundred bucks to run the electric, > speaker > wire, and then the speakers themselves, so I was looking around online > for > beeping devices that I might simply velcro to the four fence posts and be > guided that way. To date, all I've found is a $30 per beeper solution > from > MaxiAids, that uses nonrechargeable batteries, two of each, which get > pricey > > when talking about replacement. (It'd actually be cheaper for me to buy a > few of these beeping foam balls for kids, taking out those beepers and > using > > them, but I still wind up with the expense of pricey batteries. I'll > eventually run the speakers, both for my jogging and the addition to the > yard for BBQs, etc., so spending $120 on a short-term solution isn't in > the > cards. Suggestions? Anybody using anything that beeps that uses > traditional > > batteries for which my charger will work? Another solution entirely, > perhaps? (I thought about driving a stake into the center of the yard and > using a rope, but I have a tree in the way that can't be removed at > present > due to town ordinance, otherwise I'd just do the circles. Any > thoughts/tips/ideas would be greatly appreciated. > > Best, > Joe > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 215983128) is spam: > Spam: > https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=215983128&m=011e6394ad0a&c=s > Not spam: > https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=215983128&m=011e6394ad0a&c=n > Forget vote: > https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=215983128&m=011e6394ad0a&c=f > > REMEMBER: Never give out your account information, password, or other > personal information over e-mail. > ------------------------------------------------------ > END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
