Re: [BlindHandyMan] cock roaches cock roaches and more cock roaches
We saw Boric Acid in the dollar store just yesterday. I'm sure there are cockroaches in Minnesota. I bet you'd have to go to Antarctica to get rid of them but they would follow eventually. Jerry Chirp|Chirp|Chirp: It's the Bat, Chirping Bat .Com ! Edirol R-09: high quality portable stereo Secure Digital Audio recorder with USB, $359.00, includes delivery within the USA, add $35.00 outside, www.chirpingbat.com/edirol.shtml ! DEC-TALK USB: $650.00, includes delivery within the USA, add $35 outside, www.chirpingbat.com/dectalkusb.shtml ! J-Say 4.0 without Naturally Speaking: $650.00, www.chirpingbat.com/j-say.shtml ! Window Eyes 6.0: $895, includes delivery in the USA, www.ChirpingBat.Com/windoweyes.shtml ! Triple Talk: USB $450, PCI $350, includes delivery within the USA, add $35 outside, www.ChirpingBat.Com/tripletalk.shtml ! Sound Forge 9.0 with CD Architect 5.2 and Noise Reduction 2.0: $250, includes delivery within the USA, add $35 outside, www.ChirpingBat.Com/soundforge.shtml ! We accept PayPal All Major Credit Cards, money orders, checks, wire transfers, etc. We ship Internationally. Click to convert our prices into your currency at: www.xe.com/ucc/full.shtml Reach BA Software in the United States at: Phone: 1-518-572-6092 weekdays, 1-518-359-8538 other, Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Skype name adirondackbat, WWW: www.ChirpingBat.Com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] house questions
Hi Jennifer, the supposed issue with high voltage wires and cancer is just that, not an ounce of real data to back it up. some bad studies promoted by people who don't know how to do science, and even less how to do statistics. Of course many other environmental issues are so very real, ground contaminationof many sorts and led paint, but most of those should be covered by any good inspector. About the only disadvantage I think might be real to living anywhere near high voltage transmission lines is the possibility of electrical noise should you be a short wave radio enthusiast, or a ham operator. Even then as long as lines are well maintained shouldn't be a big deal. Tom Net-Tamer V 1.13 Beta - Registered
Re: [BlindHandyMan] home buying
HI, Yes your right on that damn title insurance and stuff.. My cousin down in Texas owns his own title insurance company and he is one rich S.O.B. - Original Message - From: Dan Rossi To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 12:20 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] home buying Cliff, You just touched on a sore spot for me. At least in Pennsylvania, title search and title insurance are required. OK, so I can understand why I need a title search done. I find it a bit frustrating to also have to insure myself against the title searching company not doing their job. What is truly frustrating is that even when I refinance a house I own, I still have to pay for title search and insurance again. So, my folks have a house built from scratch, they pay title search and insurance. I purchase the house from them, there have been no owners other than my parents, I have to pay title search and insurance. Now I am refinancing the house and have to pay for title search and insurance. Looks like a money making deal to me. Think I might go into the search and insurance game. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] home buying
There are two banks I can't recall to mind that don't in Northwest Pa. Northwest Saving Bank and Marquette Saving Bank. It appears the banks that cross state lines insist on this rip off. For any attorney will say that a title search usually goes back 50 years. This is a financial institution requirement, not state law. - Original Message - From: Dan Rossi To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 1:20 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] home buying Cliff, You just touched on a sore spot for me. At least in Pennsylvania, title search and title insurance are required. OK, so I can understand why I need a title search done. I find it a bit frustrating to also have to insure myself against the title searching company not doing their job. What is truly frustrating is that even when I refinance a house I own, I still have to pay for title search and insurance again. So, my folks have a house built from scratch, they pay title search and insurance. I purchase the house from them, there have been no owners other than my parents, I have to pay title search and insurance. Now I am refinancing the house and have to pay for title search and insurance. Looks like a money making deal to me. Think I might go into the search and insurance game. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] Kitchen Rug
Hey folks, I have a question. I want to replace my kitchen rug but certainly not with carpet. I am totally blind so I would like to know what would be the simplest rug or maybe possibly tile to put down. I don't want to have to take my stove, washer and dryer out of the area and of course, not the lower cabinets either. I sure do love this list; find it very informative. Suggestion welcomed, thanks. Barbara [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Kitchen Rug
Hiya Barbara, We put in a kitchen rug when our dog's hips were starting to give her trouble, because we have a kitchen/dining room connected sort of layout in our house that is all tile. I went to Home Depot with the approximate measurements, and sought out a remnant piece of carpet. (You can also try a carpet store that handles commercial buildings, because we got a good size piece of commercial carpet that is easy to vacuum, with a burba pattern that doesn't show stains for next to nothing. We edged the carpet where it led out of the kitchen with a piece of trim also bought at Home Depot, this plastic thing you can jam the rough edge of the rug into, and adhere to the floor so you have no raw edges. The carpet went down fine, it had a non-slip base, and I used a good carpet knife to trim right up to the edge of the cabinets and the walls. If you are really ambitious and have molding where you do not have cabinets, you can pull that off, sit the carpet snug, and re-tack in the molding to really keep the rug in there tight. I think my whole project cost me about $90 for the carpet (almost 10x11), carpet knife with extra blades, and two plastic saddles meant for gripping carpet. There's probably a name for the things, but I didn't bother to learn it after the carpet guy handed me one. :) Good luck, Joe 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: Barbara To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 5:22 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Kitchen Rug Hey folks, I have a question. I want to replace my kitchen rug but certainly not with carpet. I am totally blind so I would like to know what would be the simplest rug or maybe possibly tile to put down. I don't want to have to take my stove, washer and dryer out of the area and of course, not the lower cabinets either. I sure do love this list; find it very informative. Suggestion welcomed, thanks. Barbara [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] cock roaches cock roaches and more cock roaches
I've heard if a neuclear attack took place, the cock roach would live through it. Shane - Original Message - From: Jerry Richer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 1:16 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] cock roaches cock roaches and more cock roaches We saw Boric Acid in the dollar store just yesterday. I'm sure there are cockroaches in Minnesota. I bet you'd have to go to Antarctica to get rid of them but they would follow eventually. Jerry Chirp|Chirp|Chirp: It's the Bat, Chirping Bat .Com ! Edirol R-09: high quality portable stereo Secure Digital Audio recorder with USB, $359.00, includes delivery within the USA, add $35.00 outside, www.chirpingbat.com/edirol.shtml ! DEC-TALK USB: $650.00, includes delivery within the USA, add $35 outside, www.chirpingbat.com/dectalkusb.shtml ! J-Say 4.0 without Naturally Speaking: $650.00, www.chirpingbat.com/j-say.shtml ! Window Eyes 6.0: $895, includes delivery in the USA, www.ChirpingBat.Com/windoweyes.shtml ! Triple Talk: USB $450, PCI $350, includes delivery within the USA, add $35 outside, www.ChirpingBat.Com/tripletalk.shtml ! Sound Forge 9.0 with CD Architect 5.2 and Noise Reduction 2.0: $250, includes delivery within the USA, add $35 outside, www.ChirpingBat.Com/soundforge.shtml ! We accept PayPal All Major Credit Cards, money orders, checks, wire transfers, etc. We ship Internationally. Click to convert our prices into your currency at: www.xe.com/ucc/full.shtml Reach BA Software in the United States at: Phone: 1-518-572-6092 weekdays, 1-518-359-8538 other, Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Skype name adirondackbat, WWW: www.ChirpingBat.Com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.9.14/884 - Release Date: 7/2/2007 3:35 PM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Kitchen Rug
Barbra I have no recamendations on what type of flooring to use. However, if you decide to redo the whole floor with some thing like tile you really almost need to pull out the appliances to do it right. You might not really have to but in the long run I think it would be best. That is just my un professional opinion. Robert -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Barbara Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 4:23 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Kitchen Rug Hey folks, I have a question. I want to replace my kitchen rug but certainly not with carpet. I am totally blind so I would like to know what would be the simplest rug or maybe possibly tile to put down. I don't want to have to take my stove, washer and dryer out of the area and of course, not the lower cabinets either. I sure do love this list; find it very informative. Suggestion welcomed, thanks. Barbara [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:ladybug53%40suddenlink.net [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] swimming pools
Hey everybody, you guys have been lots of help with my housing questions. I really appreciate it. My newest question is about pools. I am not interested in a house with a pool now as my kids are so little. Perhaps if I just had one and could swim with him to supervise, but with three there is no way. Anyway, how big a space in the yard do I need for a pool? I am thinking above ground. I would love something big enough to really swim laps in, but probably I am going with something smaller and more reasonable. I know we have several people with pools on the list, and I will welcome your opinions. Jennifer [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] Mitre Saw Adjustments
Hi All Compound Miter Saw Adjustments for Crown Moulding Wall Intersection Angle Crown Moulding with 52° and 38° Edges Crown Moulding with 45° and 45° Edges Miter Adjustment Bevel Adjustment Miter Adjustment Bevel Adjustment 85° 33.90 35.52 37.66 31.42 86° 33.43 35.19 37.17 31.14 87° 32.97 34.86 36.69 30.86 88° 32.52 34.53 36.21 30.57 89° 32.07 34.20 35.74 30.29 90° 31.62 33.86 35.26 30.00 91° 31.17 33.53 34.79 29.71 92° 30.73 33.19 34.33 29.42 93° 30.30 32.85 33.86 29.13 94° 29.86 32.51 33.40 28.83 95° 29.43 32.17 32.94 28.54 ** This message and its attachments may contain legally privileged or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not disclose or use the information contained in it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the e-mail. Any content of this message and its attachments which does not relate to the official business of Eraring Energy must be taken not to have been sent or endorsed by Eraring Energy. No warranty is made that the e-mail or attachment(s) are free from computer virus or other defect. ** [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] How are silencers made?
Well this isn't exactly a complete answer but interesting nevertheless. Silencer 101 Guns Magazine, July, 2000 by Cameron Hopkins Forget what you've seen on TV or read in The Poor Man's James Bond- the facts about sound suppressors will surprise you. We'll start today's lesson on silencers with a pop quiz. True or false. Adding a silencer to a rifle increases the rifle's accuracy. The answer is true -- if you're talking about a remarkable sound suppressor or can from Phil Seberger of OPS Inc. In a demonstration of Seberger's 3rd Model M24 MBS (Muzzle Break Suppressor), I witnessed a Remington 700PSS in 308 fire two consecutive five-shot groups at 100 yards, using Black Hills excellent 168 gr. moly-coated match ammo, with and without silencer. The suppressed group was .220 tighter. True or false: Adding a silencer to a rifle increases the muzzle velocity. Again, the answer is true. In another demonstration, two 10-shot strings were fired over an Oehler 35P chronograph, with and without averaged 32 fps higher with the silencer than without. While these answers may surprise you, it probably won't come as much of a shock to learn that suppressors reduce felt recoil far better than most compensators or muzzle breaks. In fact, a silencer is nothing more than an incredibly efficient muzzle break. An OPS Inc. silencer works by different principles than most silencers on the market that try to slow or trap the escaping gas. OPS Inc. cans work by capturing the sound waves of a gunshot as they exit the muzzle. Through a series of baffles inside the can the suppressors redirects the sound waves causing them to ricochet back into themselves canceling themselves. It's called the out of phase principle of sound reduction. Seberger, 76, explained the principle this way: I got the bright idea that if I could go and hold the first sound pulse back in time, and insert it back when the second pulse came along, I'd have sound cancellation and I'd have nothing left but heat. I'd change the sound energy into heat energy. You can't get rid of energy, you know. In a gunshot, the first positive pulse occurs as the sine wave goes up then down. It has considerably more amplitude than the negative pulse. We take that pulse and it dissipates a lot of energy as it hits the back of the chamber. What's left will then be out of phase with the negative pulse, so they cancel each other out. They're out of phase. Realizing that I was a bit glassy eyed from the technical explanation, Seberger translated it into something I could understand: eight ball. The sound bounces back, just like a billiard ball. Then it is out of phase. It then meets the next wave and it cancels itself out, the retired electrical engineer said. The Physics Of Silence Sound is a form of energy. When the propellant in the cartridge case burns from the primer's ignition, the resulting energy propels the bullet down the barrel and causes the rifle to recoil. But there's still some energy left. It takes the form of noise. The law of the conservation of energy holds that energy can be neither created nor destroyed, only transformed. Thus, the idea of a silencer is to change the sound energy into heat energy Hiram Maxim, who invented the silencer in 1905, utilized this law, although he didn't know it. Maxim's silencer came about after he watched water flush in a toilet and saw the water swirl. If I can make sound swirl in a tube, it will make the sound go away, thought the father of the machine gun. His silencer was crude and only marginally effective, but his swirling water theory stumbled on the fringe of the most efficient way for a suppressor to work -- sound cancellation. OPS Inc. silencers work by redirecting sound energy, if you will, in a series of very special baffles and chambers. The sound is bounced around inside the can colliding with itself where it essentially dissolves into nothingness, turning to heat in the process. A suppressor gets hotter than the barrel after a few rounds. You can actually feel hot spots on a suppressor after only a couple of rounds, feeling where in the can most of the sound-to-heat transfer took place. The Rolls Royce Of Cans Seberger, a World War II veteran, manufactures the Rolls Royce of suppressors. Knowledgeable insiders in the most elite areas of the U.S. Special Operations community say that what sets the Seberger can apart from other makes is its incredible durability and performance. In a government test at an undisclosed location, a Seberger 3rd Model MBS (Muzzle Brake Suppressor) was attached to a belt-fed .308 caliber M-21 HK machine gun. There are 100 rounds in a 7.62mm belt for an HK-21. Belts were linked together in 200-round sets. The military inspectors figured that the 12 long, 28 oz. can might be good for a few belts -- maybe. Two hundred rounds of .308 through a machine gun is a hell
Re: [BlindHandyMan] To Scratch or Not To Scratch
Hi Don, I was able to access the web site and put it in my favorites. But I wasn't able to click on it from your email. I think this new address has some quirks that need to be fixed. Linda [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
