the collecting side of firearms are the same also; and mostly the same for folks at the range if you can start out talking like you know enough about things to teach them something. Many times I did the .45 re-assembly like in "Scent of a Woman" teasing that none of them smelled like women. Then I got bored and started doing the take down and re-assembly in the time as in the movie. a p38 was 27 seconds from top down back to top. So they used to play tump the blind guy, handing me rimmed cartridges telling me they were a special 30/06. :)
On Wed, 19 Nov 2008, Larry Stansifer wrote: > "It's my story and I'm stickin to it."* excerpted from a Jimmy Buffett song* > I found that the folks who could have cared less about a disability is the > hot rodding fraternity. > They accept you for who you are and what you can do. So what if you need > somebody to test drive your results. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 5:37 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Dealing with people > > > There is no limit to ignorance. I was at the woodworking show a few years > back, a huge showing of all sorts of dangerous tools for working with wood. > One of the guys selling Forrest Saw blades was on his stage and didn't want > to sell me a blade because he didn't know how a blind person could work a > table saw and not lose fingers. I can't seem to resist a nasty come back > sometimes and told the guy I didn't know how a company with such a good name > would let an idiot represent them in the public place. I did manage to > resist dropping his $150 blade on the concrete floor. But a lot of people > walked away from his display after they heard him. > > Strangely enough, the next display was for Grip-Tite and the guy running the > booth gave me a 2 by 4 and told me to run it through his table saw. I told > him about the guy from Forrest and he couldn't believe it. > > There are good people out there but it's always covered up by the ignorant > ones... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jewel > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 7:04 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Dealing with people > > > One of our department stores had a very good special on 20 inch chainsaws > recently, and being a > sucker for chainsaws, I went along to buy one. > > The nasty little jumped-up salesman wouldn't sell me one unless I was > prepared to sign a waiver to > the effect that if injured, I would not sue them. I had no worry about > signing such a document, but > it was a clear case of discrimination for anyone can injure themselves > with a chainsaw, and do those > others have to sign a waiver? no they don't! > Now, this is a store that sold me, without hesitation, a rotary garden hoe > that didn't have a > clutch, even though, for reasons of safety, I had, distinctly, said that a > clutch it must have. > I did not find that it had no clutch until I got it home and was > attempting to find the safety > feature I had demanded it * MUST have! > When I say a * clutch, I mean that the machine can be put out of gear, so > that the hoe tines stops > spinning, but the motor is still running. > > Jewel > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ------------------------------------ > > 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 224108627) is spam: > Spam: > https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=224108627&m=b9c797dcadd0&c=s > Not spam: > https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=224108627&m=b9c797dcadd0&c=n > Forget vote: > https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=224108627&m=b9c797dcadd0&c=f > > REMEMBER: Never give out your account information, password, or other > personal information over e-mail. > ------------------------------------------------------ > END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS > >
