[BlindHandyMan] installing a new shingled roof
Is there an advantage or disadvvantage of having a shingled roof installed in the fall or the summer ? thanks .Lee -- Amnesia used to be my favorite word, but then I forgot it. 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 New 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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] installing a new shingled roof
They need to be installed in warm weather so that they can seal correctly. In special instances a good contractor will put a roof up in colder weather if it's an emergency kind of thing but it won't seal correctly until at least spring. I know this for a fact because the contractor who put my roof up told me all of this when he had to put a roof up in January a few years ago. I asked him if it was a good idea and his answer was no it really wasn't but the existing roof was leaking so badly that he had no choice because it couldn't wait until spring. The house would have been ruined by then by water damage. David Ferrin personal email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] Consciousness is that annoying time between naps. - Original Message - From: Lee A. Stone To: Blind Handyman Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 3:34 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] installing a new shingled roof Is there an advantage or disadvvantage of having a shingled roof installed in the fall or the summer ? thanks .Lee -- Amnesia used to be my favorite word, but then I forgot it. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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 New 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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Adventures in Varnish
Well, I'm having some trouble getting an even thickness, I'm putting too much in the center of the surface and not enough on the edges. I can tell this tactilely, so i'm going to slap a couple more coats on the thing before the examination by the sighted folks happens. Bill Stephan Kansas City, MO (816)803-2469 William Stephan -Original Message- From: Dale Leavens[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10/16/06 7:54:36 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.comblindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Adventures in Varnish I am interested in this, I know how difficult it can be to keep brush strokes out of paint and varnish and I know how finger prints so easily get onto and into things, I find it difficult to see how you keep finger prints out of the finish when keeping brush marks out can be so difficult. My mother was constantly wiping my finger prints off of dry paint, prints I couldn't see. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Mickey Fixsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 5:36 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Adventures in Varnish Bill, Congratulations!!! I'm sure that you noticed on coats after the first one, that you don't have to use as much finish and it can be rubbed out further. Btw, I use 400 grit sandpater between coats and be sure to make sure that everything is very clean before applying the next coat. Yes, you can use the same technique with paint. It will work fine with both alkyd based and latex paints and it doesn't matter on what type of gloss it has. I do use a brush with some painting, depending on what the job is. I use the hand technique on smaller projects like what you are working on or cabinets and such. For house painting, I use a brush. Keep us posted. - Original Message - From: William Stephan To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 10:42 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Adventures in Varnish Well, taking Mickey's advice, I have so far put two coats of varnish on my tabletop. My wife was kind enough to pick the varnish and some paint thinner up for me at the lumber yard, and I'm not sure that it's garden variety varnish. The can says it's an antique finish. It is oil-based, and I was indeed able to feel the areas where there was too much or too little coverage. I have a reader/book-keeper with eyes scheduled to work on Tuesday evening, and i'll get him to evaluate my work after another coat and give you all a report as to how it looks. I'm curious though if the same techniques can be used with paint, and whether it matters if it's flat or gloss paint you're working with. Bill Stephan Kansas City, MO (816)803-2469 William Stephan -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.2/472 - Release Date: 10/11/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.2/472 - Release Date: 10/11/2006 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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 New 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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/476 - Release Date: 14/10/2006 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 New 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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Infrared Heaters
Dale, lofts, because of their high ceilings are another place where this kind of heat is supposed to be mor economical. Bill Stephan Kansas City, MO (816)803-2469 William Stephan -Original Message- From: Dale Leavens[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10/16/06 7:21:41 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.comblindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Infrared Heaters I just did a search and was interested to discover that this sort of heating device has been widely used in industry for heat processing like thermal molding and vacuum forming and heating metallic parts for coating or burning the lubricant off of extruded wire insulation and all sorts. The primary preferred use is to be able to come up to full temperature quickly and fall off again quickly when not in use. A controller can turn the lamps on just in time for some or other part of the process and the radiation falls back to about 5% within a couple of seconds of turning them off. The technology is used for many other things too, direct radiation for spot heating in large areas like hangers and warehouses or to keep snow and ice clear from outdoor areas or even spot heating of a part of a patio like over the barbecue. This refers to the element technology only, not that particular configuration in the Edinpure device. While electric infrared heating is far from new, I had never thought of using it in those ways. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: rj [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 7:44 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Infrared Heaters If you read the post of mine stated $397 for the 1000 sq foot and $300 for the 500 sq ft. the deluxe model, which I forgot the name that heat 1000 sq ft is $447, and it has a wood cabinet. Go to google and type in Edenpure heaters and take your choice of where you would like to purchase the heater. Even Amazon has one up for bid. Good luck P. S. the last bid on Amazon was $305 and about two days to go. RJ - Original Message - From: Terrie Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 4:26 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Infrared Heaters i am interested in the heater and no one on here answered my question OK WHAT DO THESE DAMNED THINGS COST .sO IS THERE A DIFFERENT TYPE THEN THE EDENPURE TERRIE 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 New 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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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 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 New 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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/476 - Release Date: 14/10/2006 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 New 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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Adventures in Varnish
I have to agree with Dale, After talking with many people about finishes, my sighted friends always complain about how difficult it is to get a perfect finish without brush strokes visible. The finishes feel fine, but you can see the marks. I find it hard to believe that finger painting a finish would have a good visible finish. I'm sure it feels perfectly smooth, that is a function of sanding and buffing, but I have my doubts as to the visible effect. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:(412) 268-9081 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 New 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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Adventures in Varnish
Well, if I can't get the technique right this way, I might try a thick coat of
finish, then putting a sheet of butcher paper over it and rolling it with a
very wide roller. This is something I've never tried before, so I'm more
interested in finding out what I can and can't do than actually creating a
piece of nice furniture. I mean, there's always contact paper {grin.
Bill Stephan
Kansas City, MO
(816)803-2469
William Stephan
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From: Dan Rossi[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 10/17/06 9:59:02 AM
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.comblindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Adventures in Varnish
I have to agree with Dale,
After talking with many people about finishes, my sighted friends always
complain about how difficult it is to get a perfect finish without brush
strokes visible. The finishes feel fine, but you can see the marks. I
find it hard to believe that finger painting a finish would have a good
visible finish. I'm sure it feels perfectly smooth, that is a function of
sanding and buffing, but I have my doubts as to the visible effect.
--
Blue skies.
Dan Rossi
Carnegie Mellon University.
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] blind techniques
Well as a blind female and should I need to have some major repairs done which I do have some patio issues hanging over my head and I asked this list for some info pertaining to what I needed to do to have it fixed and I received a ton of excellent information on the subject.. I of course will not do the repairs myself, but I like being aware of what it takes to have the job done correctly and the tools/supplies are all visual products but least I will know if I'm getting a good deal on the job rather than being in the dark and having to go alone with whatever is suggested at the time when it could be a less expensive way for me.. I appreciate the wealth of info that is provided on this list many many things I never knew of. So as far as I'm concerned I think this list is well worth the efforts all is put forth into and the researching of said products weather blind or sighted do it is irrelevant.. Hailley - Original Message - From: jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 10:56 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] blind techniques hi mickey i agree totaly. jim At 10:11 AM 10/17/2006, you wrote: Hi all. I'm sorry, but I get frustrated when I read many things posted to this list that are simply a rehash of information available out there that is intended for sighted people. The information posted does not include the techniques and procedures to get the task done as a blind person. Shouldn't a rule of posting to this sight require the information posted to include the blindness techniques needed to do the Job? Granted, some posts do include blindness techniques and they are greatly appreciated. I am here, after all, to learn and share blindness techniques for doing all sorts of jobs as a blind person. It is of great help and encouragement to hear how other blind people are doing these jobs. It is of little or no help to me to hear how to do jobs by using vision. There are plenty of tv shows, books, and the internet to find information for sighted people. There is virtually no other place to get information of how to do these things as a blind person. This is, of course, just one person's opinion. I would like to hear what others think. Thanks-- Mickey -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.2/472 - Release Date: 10/11/2006 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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 New 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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/480 - Release Date: 10/17/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/480 - Release Date: 10/17/2006 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 New 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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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 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 New 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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Adventures in Varnish
Bill, See, you can do it. You are learning. Like most anything, there is a learning curve and you get better as you go along I am proud of you for getting in there and doing it. You didn't listen to the sighted world's misconceptions and other blind people's doubts. Keep up the good work! -- Mickey - Original Message - From: William Stephan To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Adventures in Varnish Well, I'm having some trouble getting an even thickness, I'm putting too much in the center of the surface and not enough on the edges. I can tell this tactilely, so i'm going to slap a couple more coats on the thing before the examination by the sighted folks happens. Bill Stephan Kansas City, MO (816)803-2469 William Stephan -Original Message- From: Dale Leavens[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10/16/06 7:54:36 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.comblindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Adventures in Varnish I am interested in this, I know how difficult it can be to keep brush strokes out of paint and varnish and I know how finger prints so easily get onto and into things, I find it difficult to see how you keep finger prints out of the finish when keeping brush marks out can be so difficult. My mother was constantly wiping my finger prints off of dry paint, prints I couldn't see. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Mickey Fixsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 5:36 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Adventures in Varnish Bill, Congratulations!!! I'm sure that you noticed on coats after the first one, that you don't have to use as much finish and it can be rubbed out further. Btw, I use 400 grit sandpater between coats and be sure to make sure that everything is very clean before applying the next coat. Yes, you can use the same technique with paint. It will work fine with both alkyd based and latex paints and it doesn't matter on what type of gloss it has. I do use a brush with some painting, depending on what the job is. I use the hand technique on smaller projects like what you are working on or cabinets and such. For house painting, I use a brush. Keep us posted. - Original Message - From: William Stephan To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 10:42 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Adventures in Varnish Well, taking Mickey's advice, I have so far put two coats of varnish on my tabletop. My wife was kind enough to pick the varnish and some paint thinner up for me at the lumber yard, and I'm not sure that it's garden variety varnish. The can says it's an antique finish. It is oil-based, and I was indeed able to feel the areas where there was too much or too little coverage. I have a reader/book-keeper with eyes scheduled to work on Tuesday evening, and i'll get him to evaluate my work after another coat and give you all a report as to how it looks. I'm curious though if the same techniques can be used with paint, and whether it matters if it's flat or gloss paint you're working with. Bill Stephan Kansas City, MO (816)803-2469 William Stephan -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.2/472 - Release Date: 10/11/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.2/472 - Release Date: 10/11/2006 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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 New 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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/476 -
Re: [BlindHandyMan] blind techniques
People who post instructions and or information on how to do things can only offer what is available to them during the course of their research. Now having said that if anybody feels that this information is lacking in some form or another then by all means find and post more detailed instructions for the blind if you can find it. In other words if you can do better then go right ahead and do so. We'll all benefit from it I'm sure. David Ferrin personal email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] Consciousness is that annoying time between naps. - Original Message - From: Ralph Supernaw To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 1:16 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] blind techniques I agree that what makes this list especially useful are the tips and explanations for how to do things the blind way. I can see some value in the information that does not pertain specifically to blind ways. One of the challenges of being blind is that finding information is more time-consuming and difficult than for sighted people. Therefore, it is nice to have that information run through my inbox. (actually my Blind Handyman folder). I can imagine that for those of you who have more knowledge and experience than a someone like me might get irritated at having tow weed through it all. Bottom line, though, is that the tips and discussions about how to do things the blind way are the cream. Ralph [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://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 New 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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Bugs
Hmmm, Don't know ware you live but here in Alabama we don't have large enough or fierce enough roaches that would harm pets smile Sorry! Stop hitting me just could not resist! At 10:51 AM 10/13/2006 -0400, you wrote: Hi All, Does any one know of a good bug spray that you can spray around the base boards for roaches that will not harm pets? Steve Shannon Today I marry my best friend. The one I laugh with, live for, love.. October 11, 2003 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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 New 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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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 -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.13.0/465 - Release Date: 10/6/2006 -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.13.0 - Release Date: 10/6/2006 Thanks. Kevin Doucet [EMAIL PROTECTED] confuse as says Blind man with unmarked forehead has large belly! -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.13.4 - Release Date: 10/14/2006 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 New 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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] blind techniques
I would add to what Ralph has said that sometimes the best way to figure out a blind way of doing something is to understand the usual way sighted people do it, not because they are sighted but because understanding what is required permits one to improvise. I learned how to sweat copper pipe from the clerk in a hardware store. He didn't actually teach me but he described thoroughly how it is done. The man didn't have a grade 8 education but he also didn't have the presumption that I shouldn't be told. Now here is the thing as I perceive it; I cannot observe many things being done, television programming frequently is insufficiently narrated, the few books I have looked into depend on photographs and drawings partly because it is clear but I suspect partly because the authors lack clarity of intellect and/or language to be able to logically and sequentially write out the description. I am often struck by the information not present when reading a catalogue or browsing the Web for goods and services and usually frustrated by the trivia and tripe the descriptions contain. I have to believe that it is because the image provides the information lacking in the text. Well of course I actually know that is not true the objective is to shift cash from my possession to that of the vendor which most seem to think is more easily done on an emotional level than a factual and intellectual level but I digress. Some times it is just better to understand the process then work out how to achieve it without sight. Perhaps Tom will remember us working through the sweating of copper pipe with the Educational Assistant and young high school lad a couple of years ago. She did not know the process so that is where we started then how I achieve it. Doubtless she had to improvise further to teach him how to achieve it and she did. There is, in my opinion, some merit in description of how things are done if for no other reason than to help grasp the concepts that sighted people can acquire by observation. Another example that comes up in my life fairly often is having a sighted person tell me how to get somewhere. They don't describe the route the way I would describe it to another blind person, much of what they use for guidance has no meaning for me at all and they never or rarely have much sense of what might be meaningful in way finding for me but, with their input I am often armed with a good starting point to find my way in my way. That reminds me, I should drop that lady a note to see how things are getting along, she must be an exceptional woman. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Ralph Supernaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 1:16 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] blind techniques I agree that what makes this list especially useful are the tips and explanations for how to do things the blind way. I can see some value in the information that does not pertain specifically to blind ways. One of the challenges of being blind is that finding information is more time-consuming and difficult than for sighted people. Therefore, it is nice to have that information run through my inbox. (actually my Blind Handyman folder). I can imagine that for those of you who have more knowledge and experience than a someone like me might get irritated at having tow weed through it all. Bottom line, though, is that the tips and discussions about how to do things the blind way are the cream. Ralph [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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 New 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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/476 - Release Date: 14/10/2006 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.
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Adventures in Varnish
Max, I have a feeling that is a common problem for us blind folk applying finish. We perceive the need to really get a good covering. It is one way to insure the entire surface gets coated, to apply lots and work back and forth and so on. It just is instinctively right. When it comes to finishing though, this isn't quite right. I understand from talking to spray painters that it is best to apply very thin coats, this keeps the paint or lacquer from accumulating and forming drips and runs and the solvents can evaporate much more quickly resulting in a much shorter open time, no surface tension or skin to hold the solvents so the finish sets up harder and with a shorter cure time, less opportunity for specks of dust and fly sh*t to stick in it. The other thing is that a thick finish is also more likely to chip and crack. Because eyes can see that the surface is covered or the colour or shine or what ever is consistent they can stop at the desired effect. I have and still continue to apply finishes to many projects and I still tend to apply way too much finish although I am getting slowly better. In the end I buff and rub and grind off a lot between coats which uses up a lot of time and material but the outcome is usually pretty good. It could be more efficiently achieved but it is as good as I can do. I like the foam brushes for paint too and they have the advantage of disposability but I do use a lot getting the finish as I want. I like the little disposable rollers for applying contact cement and working with fiberglass resin. Those were tips given to me by a sighted chap, it makes laying that sticky stuff down a lot easier. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 3:08 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Adventures in Varnish this is one reason that I've had luck with paddle, or sponge brushes. I've been told that sighted folks can get it really really right. but most would rather spray and put hardly a coat on it though it looks just fine. (too fine, or thin if you ask me) On Tue, 17 Oct 2006, Dan Rossi wrote: I have to agree with Dale, After talking with many people about finishes, my sighted friends always complain about how difficult it is to get a perfect finish without brush strokes visible. The finishes feel fine, but you can see the marks. I find it hard to believe that finger painting a finish would have a good visible finish. I'm sure it feels perfectly smooth, that is a function of sanding and buffing, but I have my doubts as to the visible effect. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081 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 New 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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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 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 New 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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/476 - Release Date: 14/10/2006 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 New Blind Handy Man Files
[BlindHandyMan] slip joint leak: I messed up?
so I tried to clear a kitchen double sink drain with a plunger,it's worked in the past, and noticed a couple days later water all over the floor! We had a large plastic drawer under the sink in the cupboard for cleaning stuff, and that had filled up with drain water before spilling over so we'd notice. So we hadn't needed cleaning stuff in the meantime. So we drug it all out, tossed the stuff that was soaked, mopped, mopped and mopped and got it more or less dry. then we remembered we have at least two wet dry vacuums which might just have made things easier? groan I found a slip joint nut at the end of the drain just below the sink that had split. so I took the thing apart and took the little 2 inch long connector piece with two nuts on it, and a little plastic flange that presumably is a washer between the drain end and the flange of the pipe and went down to our nice old ace hardware store. I got four new nuts knowing how things go. Came in little plastic packages with rubber washers and all. Only a buck and a half each, cheap! got home this evening after a day of 400 emails and downloads and meetings and so on, and put things back together. I was so, so carefull not to cross thread the nuts. I tightened up on the upper nut that's against the drain first, cause the lower one is the one that is a real slip joint. got it all fairly tight and put a pair of slip joint pliers on it just to get it firm, not too hard. Drip, drip, drip, and blasphemy! I was stamping around wondering what was wrong, and hit something small with my large blind foot. It was the little plastic flange that was supposed to go on top of the pipe, against the drain end. took it all apart, it isn't really that hard, and put the flange in. Put it back together and when tightening up the upper nut, it popped loose just as it was tight. More speaking to spirits of the sewer in their language! wondered if I'd stripped the top nut somehow so took it all apart again and replaced the upper nut. Put it all back again, so, so, so carefully! Drip,drip, drip! Well onlyh with a heavy flow of water. So I guess I may have stripped the threads on the end of the drain its self. That takes a huge rench, bigger than i believe is my largest crescent. And what happens when you undo that huge nut that's been there for over 30 years? Other stuff will undoubtedly bust, I just know it. So, oh wise and wonderfull handy persons, where did I go wrong? Besides using too much force on a 30 yeaar old sink wwith a plunger? Now be nice, tell me I didn't mess up, it was just age. Like how I'm falling apart after sixty! It's just age. that's what my doc says when I complain about sstuff that annoys me, it's just age. sorry its so long, my wife isn't here to hear me speaking nasty things so I just had to go off. Tom Net-Tamer V 1.13 Beta - Registered 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 New 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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] slip joint leak: I messed up?
I wonder if years of harsh chemicals have damaged the tail piece of the sink? or maybe even the gasket between the drain basket and the body of the sink? The thing is to discover where the water is coming from. Eyes can often see small drips forming but once the fingers are damp they don't see a damn thing. I have sometimes found that a supply of paper towel so you can dry thoroughly and then wrap a dry piece around the pipe helps to discover that damp point where the water appears. You move your way up and down the pipe with pieces of this paper towel until you locate the source. It isn't always obvious and may not be where you think. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Tom Fowle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 11:21 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] slip joint leak: I messed up? so I tried to clear a kitchen double sink drain with a plunger,it's worked in the past, and noticed a couple days later water all over the floor! We had a large plastic drawer under the sink in the cupboard for cleaning stuff, and that had filled up with drain water before spilling over so we'd notice. So we hadn't needed cleaning stuff in the meantime. So we drug it all out, tossed the stuff that was soaked, mopped, mopped and mopped and got it more or less dry. then we remembered we have at least two wet dry vacuums which might just have made things easier? groan I found a slip joint nut at the end of the drain just below the sink that had split. so I took the thing apart and took the little 2 inch long connector piece with two nuts on it, and a little plastic flange that presumably is a washer between the drain end and the flange of the pipe and went down to our nice old ace hardware store. I got four new nuts knowing how things go. Came in little plastic packages with rubber washers and all. Only a buck and a half each, cheap! got home this evening after a day of 400 emails and downloads and meetings and so on, and put things back together. I was so, so carefull not to cross thread the nuts. I tightened up on the upper nut that's against the drain first, cause the lower one is the one that is a real slip joint. got it all fairly tight and put a pair of slip joint pliers on it just to get it firm, not too hard. Drip, drip, drip, and blasphemy! I was stamping around wondering what was wrong, and hit something small with my large blind foot. It was the little plastic flange that was supposed to go on top of the pipe, against the drain end. took it all apart, it isn't really that hard, and put the flange in. Put it back together and when tightening up the upper nut, it popped loose just as it was tight. More speaking to spirits of the sewer in their language! wondered if I'd stripped the top nut somehow so took it all apart again and replaced the upper nut. Put it all back again, so, so, so carefully! Drip,drip, drip! Well onlyh with a heavy flow of water. So I guess I may have stripped the threads on the end of the drain its self. That takes a huge rench, bigger than i believe is my largest crescent. And what happens when you undo that huge nut that's been there for over 30 years? Other stuff will undoubtedly bust, I just know it. So, oh wise and wonderfull handy persons, where did I go wrong? Besides using too much force on a 30 yeaar old sink wwith a plunger? Now be nice, tell me I didn't mess up, it was just age. Like how I'm falling apart after sixty! It's just age. that's what my doc says when I complain about sstuff that annoys me, it's just age. sorry its so long, my wife isn't here to hear me speaking nasty things so I just had to go off. Tom Net-Tamer V 1.13 Beta - Registered 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 New 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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/476 - Release Date: 14/10/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Adventures in Varnish
The first thing is to start with good stock. This may seem self evident but usually us handy folk work cheap or are a little afraid of ruining quality material. It gets better with experience but part of the DIY appeal is to go cheap. If your wood looks good to begin with you are already much of the way there. The next thing is just how good does it have to look? I mean, if it is but ugly no one wants it in the living room but often a DIY project is the more charming because it is personal. Now staining, which is probably the most popular pre-finish may be done by a blind person but it is my experience and what I understand that there are only a couple of reasons for stain, to enhance the natural grain of the wood, to blend the colour among pieces of wood which will vary a bit or to actually change the tone or colour of the wood used. Various parts of the wood will stain darker than others and much of the beauty of staining is in blending those variances. No batter how evenly and cleverly the stain is applied, the sighted stainer will probably wish to rub a little more in some places, wipe away some of the stain in other places which are darkening too much or too quickly. I don't think this is reliably done by a total and probably not all that well done by quite low vision persons. If the material is very homogenous and you get lucky then maybe. My solution is to get someone with taste and vision to stain. There are those opaque stains, I use a very very dark brown what is called walnut stain to colour the trim around my shed and a couple of benches around the place but that is more like paint, nothing shows through it is just a matter of covering to protect the wood and give contrast to the building, it is long over due for more, that isn't quite the same thing though. I really recommend Minwax wipe-on poly for the top coats. This is clear and goes on with a rag and very quickly. I sand between coats and tack it off carefully. If you plan out your strategy, start high and work from back to front along the grain you won't miss much and what you miss you will blend on subsequent coats. It comes in about three ranges of gloss which also are degrees of hardness, the high gloss being the hardest but not everyone likes that high gloss finish. Much of the time I do like it. I have some tables I made here, the tops are round, made of birch plywood and well stained by one of my daughters. I used several coats of that really hard poly used for finishing hardwood floors on the table tops, I warmed the varnish before applying thin coats with careful buffing between, the surfaces are like glass but also virtually indestructible. the bases are essentially 8 sided boxes cut to form double doors, a good place to toss games and other detritus that tend to collect in the living room, I did not use as glossy a finish on the bases, the point being to armour the tops. I have been experimenting with rotten stone in a little mineral oil to polish between coats but so far the best I have found is car wax rubbing compound. I use Simonize but have used other products, it has a very fine particle suspended in what feels a lot like hard wax. It does a wonderful job between coats and can be used after the final coat as well and can be used to remove any minor scratches which may result from use. If you come to enjoy cabinet making and I do, you will probably want more and better tools which will let you perform better and more sophisticated joinery. I recently made a little cabinet for the girls who clerk at our Imaging and Lab reception. They are getting overuse syndromes from reaching across the desk to receive paper work and then they have a number and variety of forms to be completed for various agencies like public health and so on. These were in a vertical stand on the desk requiring more shoulder elevation. Anyway, the computer CPU was in front of their station with the monitor on it, that height had to be maintained so I made a device the same height as the CPU but wider so that two sets of forms would fit side-by-side, with four sliding trays in each side. I had some half inch maple plywood left over from another project, I thought I might dovetail the sides to the top but too wide for my jig, I decided to try mitering them on a 45 and secure with under sized biscuits. It can be remarkably difficult to accurately do this on a table saw, the cut too wide for my miter saw but I also have a jointer which, when carefully set up cut those angles absolutely true. This requires absolute accuracy because the veneer is very thin and you don't want the edge showing and for sure you don't want any of the plywood core to show. My point is that in the past I have tried making that sort of joint but given up as I just didn't have the type or quality of tool for that sort of accuracy. Neither, I might add did I have the skill. the middle partition which separates the
Re: [BlindHandyMan] blind techniques
I know from what I have learned from this list in the last few years that a previous contractor gave it a shove with no vasaline for my roofing job. that is why we are replacing a roof in less than 20 years. actually only 2 out of 8 contractors this past year have suggested, as you have on this list installing the heavier shingles. I will not do this job as in my opinion the roof is far to steep for someone who is not a trained roofer. nothing to do with blindness. Like Hailey , I want to know what to expect, what to feel and if I get screwed this time, it is my fault. . actually the man I am waiting for did a Friends roof early this ummer j just a block away.. I have done a few small jobs working with pvc pipe and it was because I learned from this list , so I extend a hand of thanks to all who share what they know. Lee, PS, I could use a full time plumber but could not afford the rates to keep up with things that go wrong in a house which was built I think in 1951 and it was built in a hurry, as we slowly find out. Lee -- Arguments with furniture are rarely productive. -- Kehlog Albran, The Profit 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 New 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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] blind techniques
Lee, I agree with this statement,. Two years ago was my last roofing job. And it isn't because I am blind, just old. RJ 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 New 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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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/
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Bugs
Hi up here in Minnesota where we raise a lot of soy beans we have a lot of these bugs that we genarically call Ladie bugs. Some call them African or asian beedles. They are a little domed shape bug with a hard shell. They kind of just look like a little round bump like you would find on the home row of some key boards. Now that I have described them the best I can. How do you get rid of the darned things without using chemicals? I remember some one posting about those plugg in gagetts that put out a frequency. Does any one know if they work spacifically on lady buggs? My brother and his wife have one and it works great for flies and spiders and the like but I don't know about ladie bugs. Just because it works for one thing does not garentee that it will work for other things and I just hate to piss away money on some thing that is not tried and true. So not to be rude but please no guesses I only want to hear what if any thing has actually worked consistantly for ladie bugs. 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 New 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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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/
