Re: [BlindHandyMan] new washers

2007-05-19 Thread David Sexton
I saw a dryer in france that didn't vent the air. It somehow collected the water from the clothes and you had to empty it after each drying cycle. - Original Message - From: Max Robinson To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 12:20 AM Subject: Re: [BlindH

Re: [BlindHandyMan] new washers

2007-05-19 Thread Max Robinson
Washer dryer combinations had reliability problems. The air ducts have to close off really tight for the wash cycle. The closing flaps or the actuators were always going bad and the result was a flood. Many people who bought them lived to regret it and got rid of them pretty fast. Regards.

Re: [BlindHandyMan] new washers

2007-05-19 Thread David Sexton
A lot of my friends in europe have machines like that, washer/dryer combos. - Original Message - From: Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 10:06 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] new washers Aloha all, Reading all of t

RE: [BlindHandyMan] new washers

2007-05-19 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Aloha all, Reading all of this about washers reminded me of this appliance that I encountered in a beach house rental back in the 70s. It was a front loading combination washer and dryer. First you washed the clothes and then you used another dial to set the thing to dry the clothes. It was pre

Re: [BlindHandyMan] advice neded

2007-05-19 Thread carl
chears a gr8 help - Original Message - From: Dale Leavens To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 12:21 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] advice neded Hello Carl, I bought a sort of soft stone with my scythe several years ago. It is a bar about 8 inc

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Ice Shields?

2007-05-19 Thread carl
does anyone fancie exchangeing a home in the uk for a home in the us? lol :-) - Original Message - From: Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 12:20 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Ice Shields? Aloha Lee, I really appre

RE: [BlindHandyMan] new washers

2007-05-19 Thread Boop
Lee said: "Interesting that you mention your front loader washer Boop as I am told that some Laundromats still have those as they did years ago. I wonder if the original ones were for capacity?" I remember the one front loader our Laundromat had. That thing was big enough to h

[BlindHandyMan] test

2007-05-19 Thread carl
is this group still goeing it seams extreamley quirt? [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. h

Re: [BlindHandyMan] advice neded

2007-05-19 Thread Dale Leavens
Hello Carl, I bought a sort of soft stone with my scythe several years ago. It is a bar about 8 inches long maybe a little less rounded on two edges and flat on two sides. The grit is remarkably coarse in my view but it does seem to put a decent edge on the steel. I just stroke along the lengt

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Ice Shields?

2007-05-19 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Aloha Lee, I really appreciate your offer to trade homes for the Winter, but I am such a wimp that I try not to leave the islands any time from mid October to the first of May. Besides that, I'd have to buy a jacket and wear shoes, yikes! Take care... Betsy At 10:08 AM 5/18/2007, you wrote: >B

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Furniture Descriptions Through The Ages

2007-05-19 Thread Rob Monitor
Hi, This is very interesting to me because my son works for Herman Miller designing chairs... - Original Message - From: Ray Boyce To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 3:57 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Furniture Descriptions Through The Ages Hi All

[BlindHandyMan] advice neded

2007-05-19 Thread carl
can anyone advise me on how to sharpen a syth or a syical pleas [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 Ma

[BlindHandyMan] Furniture Descriptions Through The Ages

2007-05-19 Thread Ray Boyce
Hi All You might be able to relate to some of these pieces in your home. Art Deco Popular decorative design style of the 1920s and 1930s. The name is taken from the exhibitions of Les Arts Decoratifs, where such work was first exhibited. Cubist painting and African and Native American art influen

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Furniture style description [was]: Antique Furniture Defined.

2007-05-19 Thread Roger Bachelder
Hello Lee, I'm getting the impression you are a car person. So I'll put the man's comments in car terms. When the man said, the table was not a pure antique anymore, It's like saying, the car is not a pure antique anymore because of changing a fender. another words, it no longer has matching numb

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Furniture style description [was]: Antique Furniture Defined.

2007-05-19 Thread Don
Hello Mr. Lea, I just passed your message along to Larry. Good to see you on list. regards Don - Original Message - From: Lee A. Stone To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 9:24 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Furniture style description [was

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Furniture style description [was]: Antique Furniture Defined.

2007-05-19 Thread Lee A. Stone
Don, I wonder if Larry might also insert some descriptions on Marble top furniture . We had a leg replaced years ago on a Marble Top dresser and a good job done but the man said it was no longer a Pure Antique , whatever that is. thanks.Lee -- Space: the final frontier. These are the voy