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Re: [BlindHandyMan] microwave hunting

2010-01-09 Thread Spiro

the problem with the HB talker is that it is small.
I have one for a back up unit and my GE is still going strong since 1986.
The talking isn't complete with the HB.
I think one of the big button Panasonics would be better.
One of the list members has one and I've asked him for the model number.

On Mon, 4 Jan 2010, wstep...@everestkc.net wrote:

Lenny: I think Wal-mart has some talking microwaves on sale now.
Hamilton Beach makes or used to make one that we have which works quight well
and is more or less blind friendly.
Bill Stephan
Kansas Citty MO
Email: wstep...@everestkc.net
Phone: (816)803-2469

- Original Message -
From: Lenny McHugh lmch...@verizon.net
Date: Monday, January 4, 2010 12:27 pm
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] microwave hunting

Well Karen just tried to use the microwave. It was making some
strange
sounds then stopped. Now it won't heat. The unit is less than 3
years old.
Oh, how I hate our throw-away-society. I called one place and was
told that
it would cost more to repair it than you can purchase a new one.
So
microwave hunting we go.
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] microwave hunting

2010-01-09 Thread Spiro

I find these to be quite sufficient.




On Mon, 4 Jan 2010, jim wrote:

 yep ours is about 25 years also.
 it has the press pads no buttons but i can feel the dents and know where i am 
 on the silly thing.
 and it beeps when i press them to let me know it took.
 Jim


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[BlindHandyMan] water question

2010-01-09 Thread Spiro

Hello folks,
My female cohabitants have been noticing the following concerns with the 
water in the house:
cloudy hot, musty smelling and tasting cold.
I may have noticed that the other day.
We haven't drained he hot water tank ever, twenty years, and I plan on it.
but what can one do other than running the cold for 10 seconds.
I live in Philadelphia and do not know if there has been a drop in 
purification as of late.
Can one easily clean the pipes?
Thanks

Re: [BlindHandyMan] new microwave

2010-01-09 Thread Spiro

and believe it or not, in the 1970's G.E. was the one that McDonalds went
to for assistance with their cash regesters.
It seems that the folks they were hiring couldn't keep track of menu item
pricing.
So G.E. was asked to make a new type of cash regester, one with pictures
on keys, that would represent programmed cash ammounts.
My uncle in G.E.'s valley forge aero-space devsion said that's the way
it's gonna go I tell ya; dummies point at pictures.
Well, I don't think Bill Gaites would want his users called dummies.

On Mon, 4 Jan 2010, Bob Kennedy wrote:

I love the innovation GE always has. But I'd never buy anything they sell.
They always seem to be the neatest and most fragile pieces of electronics.
- Original Message -
From: Lenny McHugh lmch...@verizon.net
To: handyman-blind blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 10:00 PM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] new microwave

We purchased the Panasonic nn-sn-778s. The talking units were too small.
This one is 1.6 cu ft and power 1250 w.
A friend also blind recommended the unit. I know that I will never be able
to use all of the functions but basic should be no problem. There are some
very tactile buttons at the top and the start stop/reset at the bottom are
also quite tactile. Under the numbers 1 2 and 3 there is a very tactile
line
likewise under the next two rows of numbers.
I normally do not purchase extended warranties but I did for this machine.
For an additional $10 I have a second year total replacement.
I don't know if I would ever purchase another GE. In three years this is
the
second that went south. This one was replaced under manuf warranty. My
mother had purchased the same model and replaced two units in the same
time
frame. Karen just looked up that model and the reviews were not good. I
asked my youngest daughter if she can remember life prior to microwaves.
She
can remember when we brought the first one home. Close to 30 years ago and
costs $600 on sale.
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] new microwave

2010-01-09 Thread Spiro

Lenny,
One of my favorite features on my current microwave is the levels.
I can thaw for 30 minutes, warm for 2 minutes and give it a blast of high
for 30 seconds by programming power and time for three levels and then
walk away.
Mine also has a simple timer, in that I set it to power level #1 which is
no power and can use that as a timer, or a spacer when programming.
Can your panasonic do this? The Hamilton Beach is capable of just 2 levels
of programming BTW.
Thanks

On Mon, 4 Jan 2010, Lenny McHugh wrote:

We purchased the Panasonic nn-sn-778s. The talking units were too small.
This one is 1.6 cu ft and power 1250 w.
A friend also blind recommended the unit. I know that I will never be able
to use all of the functions but basic should be no problem. There are some
very tactile buttons at the top and the start stop/reset at the bottom are
also quite tactile. Under the numbers 1 2 and 3 there is a very tactile line
likewise under the next two rows of numbers.
I normally do not purchase extended warranties but I did for this machine.
For an additional $10 I have a second year total replacement.
I don't know if I would ever purchase another GE. In three years this is the
second that went south. This one was replaced under manuf warranty. My
mother had purchased the same model and replaced two units in the same time
frame. Karen just looked up that model and the reviews were not good. I
asked my youngest daughter if she can remember life prior to microwaves. She
can remember when we brought the first one home. Close to 30 years ago and
costs $600 on sale.
---
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with many resources for the blind.
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Lenny
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] new microwave

2010-01-09 Thread Lee A. Stone

we have a almost 23 year old Sharpe microwave/convectin set up
which Iuse because it is labeled with high marksand a smaller but
real nice small one. cannot think of the brand name but ittalks clear .
Oh we bought the big Sharpe machine thru a rich plan food program and
at that same time a Gibson fupright freezer. I'll post more of the
gibson another time. Lee

On Sat, Jan
09, 2010 at 04:57:46AM
-0500,
Spiro wrote:
and believe it or not, in the 1970's G.E. was the one that McDonalds went
to for assistance with their cash regesters.
It seems that the folks they were hiring couldn't keep track of menu item
pricing.
So G.E. was asked to make a new type of cash regester, one with pictures
on keys, that would represent programmed cash ammounts.
My uncle in G.E.'s valley forge aero-space devsion said that's the way
it's gonna go I tell ya; dummies point at pictures.
Well, I don't think Bill Gaites would want his users called dummies.