Dale,
Sounds just like the one I have What have you used previously?
Al
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Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 8:34 PM
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Al,
Most recently I have been using their aluminum canes and of course before that
I believe they pretty well all came from Europe, Swedish I think. It is just
that when I opened the package it looked more or less like my aluminum canes
although certainly the main shaft of each segment feels
Is graphite the same as carbon fiber?
I bought two carbon fiber, two piece folding canes from NFB last Fall.
They're great! The two halves are connected by an alastic cord but
they're still very light and strong. I could even lean on them if needed or
use them as a weapon.
Not to drag this thread out but yesterday I talked to a friend of mine
who just had a garbage disposal replaced by a local plumber. They have
about a 5 year old modular home and it came with a garbage disposal.
Only two senior citizens live there but the old machine went ker plunk
and
When I worked at Sears, people with disposals would buy the maintenance plan
with their disposals. Some of these models started in the 80s and because they
kept their maintenance plan in place they were able to get a replacement each
time it quit working.
It's cheaper to replace one than it
Looks like it is time to retire my tape recorder. I just read a little about
the Olympus dm420 and dm520. Are these the best two options?
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Hi, I all so have an Olympus DS 30 sitting here by my computer, excellent
for taking a quick note, are a grocery, are lumber yard/ tool list, grin.
It all so has voice guidance. In the good quality mode, ilt can record for
up to around 18 hours, in a choice of four are five folders, plenty
the edirol hr09 is a super high quality recorder by roland.
very high resolution but not too blind friendly.
nothing speaks, but i use it for live music recordings
does 16 and 24 bit recording on to an sd card.
about $350
On Tue, 23 Mar 2010, Don wrote:
Hi, I all so have an Olympus DS 30
I didn't look at the specs for the DM420 and DM520, but assume the
announcement I just read, talking about the new DM4 and DM5 is probably
the same. Not only does the DM4 and 5 have audible menus, but they do
text to speech, voice commands, and can read DAISY texts. Seems like the
way to go
depends on how much you are planning to spend. I know Olympus makes a model
that talks but as I recall it's quite pricey.
I have an Olympus, not sure of the model right now and a friend of mine has
a Sony. They were similar in price but his Sony had the better quality
sound to me. You can
The recording cability is all so supose to be excellent, on the pocket, plus
the ability to talk. even has a audible VU meeter. around the same price, as
the roland.The pocket should be excellent for live recordings.
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Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 9:15 AM
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Is there a safe way a totally blind person can use lawn mowers?
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I don't know what you mean by safe. I cut my own grass with one for years
before I got married. The best way I found was to divide the yard into little
squares and finish one and move on to the next square. You'll look like you're
dancing because you have to swing a foot around to make sure
Use a mover for years. First I boxed in the flowers and other areas I didn't
want cut with landscape timbers. and cut the grass north to south and east to
west as one would use a sweeper. They tell me the yard looked good.
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OK, did a quick search on the Olympus site. The DM4 is different than the
DM420.
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According to some, the less expensive the unit the louder they are also.
Considering the length of time one uses such a
thing, I can't imagine that quietness would really be an issue.
Betsy
At 01:56 AM 3/23/2010, you wrote:
Not to drag this thread out but yesterday I talked to a friend of
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I'm nowhere near that level but I like mine.
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From: Jerry Richer
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Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] update - TALKING DIGITAL MULTI METER WITH LIGHTED
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My good friend Mike is blind
I guess I will start searching for demos of the units. What I really want is
to put in short notes and phone numbers and to be able to access them
quickly. It is a little difficult with the tape recorder and I made the
mistake of purchasing the tab memo a year or so ago. After about two years
Looks like the DM4 can use voice recog to set up calendar and to-do lists.
Maybe you could hijack that functionality for a contact list.
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Bob, You cut it before you got married? So, should we guess at who cuts it
now?
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On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 10:58 AM
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Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Using Lawn
I've been married twice. Both times the can trick worked
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Bob, You cut it before you got married? So, should we guess at who
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We have to repaint part of our office upstairs. Part of it is cement and the
other part is wood. It looks like at least 4 or 5 thick layers of paint are
already there. How would you take all of the paint off and repaint? We are
total.
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Gotta' ask, what is the can trick?
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Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 3:23 PM
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I've been married twice. Both
There usually isn't any good reason to remove paint and if it is very old you
probably don't want to remove it for fear you liberate old lead paint.
Generally it is sufficient to wash the paint thoroughly so the new sticks well
although you may also wish to give a gentle scrub with something
running over an aluminum can. I used a Mountain Dew can but anything similar
will work.
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Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 5:53 PM
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Using Lawn mowers
Gotta' ask, what is the can trick?
Betsy,
I am late to this thread, so forgive if I revisit issues.
Do I understand you find nothing in the disposal blocking it?
At 07:37 PM 3/22/2010, you wrote:
Aloha all,
I did get hold of a wrench to turn the disposal
from the bottom and it does turn but it almost
takes 3 men and a baby to
depends if it's electric or gas. If it's electric the only advice I can give
is know your yard and have someone sighted there to go over what you miss.
If you have a long yard go up the one side, down the back, and up the other
side and then the front edge. Once you get back to the beginning of
Most likely you have a chunk of dish cloth or sponge lodged in the cutters. It
could be stuck bearings, but doubtful. Feel down inside the disposal around
the edge and see, no pun intended, if you can find something of the cloth or
may be some plastic like off of some packaging . Feel real
That's correct. I have really looked. I was able
to turn it with a wrench in the bottom, but it is
extremely stiff. And yes, I pushed the reset button. It just hums.
Betsy
At 12:53 PM 3/23/2010, you wrote:
Betsy,
I am late to this thread, so forgive if I revisit issues.
Do I understand you
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Aloha Ron,
I thought exactly what you're saying. Yesterday
we got a flashlight and a mirror trying to see
what might be in there. I'm not afraid of putting
my hand in there and I even ran my finger nail
around the very edge to see if I could find something. No joy.
I think the poor thing may
Tempting as it is to cut the lawn in bare feet so you can feel where you have
been I strongly recommend against it. After that safety mostly depends on not
running over something else besides your feet. I suppose one cannot be
absolutely certain about that, if you have a child used to leaving
Betsy,
My vote at this point is to simply replace the unit. Is this something you
feel comfortable doing? If not, let us know and maybe a bunch of us can come
over (smile)
Al
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Hey Andy,
Did you and Miranda buy a home? Congradts, if so. Still working on a family?
I have a bit of light detection in my periphery, so it might be different for
me, but if you want the lawn to look perfect my suggestion is to hire somebody
to do it. smile.
Hope all is well,
David
I think I'm not comfortable doing it, and scarier
than that, HWKE (he who knows everything) will
think he should do it. I probably can scare him
by reminding him that electricity is involved. I
suggested that he unplug the unit before messing
with it, and he said there was nowhere to unplug
Betsy,
Sounds good, keep us posted. BTW, are you ever in the VIP Blindhandyman chat
room that was setup awhile ago?
Al
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Sent: Tuesday, March 23,
YEAH! BABY! Partay in paradise. It's been 25 years since I visited
Hawaii so it's about time to go again. Don't worry Betsy, we'll supply
the beer, you just need to give us a place to crash. We'll have that
garbage disposal in, in like two or three weeks. Yeah, I doubt it will
take us
No, I've never gotten around to learning about
voice chatting, and I don't have a microphone connected to this computer.
Betsy
At 02:19 PM 3/23/2010, you wrote:
Betsy,
Sounds good, keep us posted. BTW, are you ever in the VIP Blindhandyman chat
room that was setup awhile ago?
Al
Lololol, I think Sofia needs a trip to Hawaii.
Betsy
At 02:20 PM 3/23/2010, you wrote:
YEAH! BABY! Partay in paradise. It's been 25 years since I visited
Hawaii so it's about time to go again. Don't worry Betsy, we'll supply
the beer, you just need to give us a place to crash. We'll have that
I want to get my husband something to record phone numbers on for his birthday.
I have a Parrot-- I know they are no longer made and that a lot of people
didn't think they worked too well, but I must be lucky because mine is still
ticking and I love being able to retrieve the phone numbers via
Hi,
We can guarantee there is no lead paint. This paint was put on in 2006, and we
had the home inspected before making an offer. We have to strip the paint, as
it is pealing.
We are in the process of becoming lisenced as foster parents, and the agency
has asked us to fix the pealing paint and
Aloha Miranda,
Have you considered an alternative to paint such
as paneling or wallpaper? Just a thought,
Betsy
At 01:19 PM 3/23/2010, you wrote:
Hi,
We can guarantee there is no lead paint. This
paint was put on in 2006, and we had the home
inspected before making an offer. We have to strip
that direction would draw whatever is stuck in there deeper.
Going counter clock wise would back it out, or at least free up the jammmed
section .
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Well, again, you aren't likely to get all of the paint off. The usual thing to
do where you have pealing paint is to scrape off the loose and maybe scrub it
down with a wire brush, again maybe a little sanding gently but not directly on
drywall as this will damage the paper surface then after
Well the turning it backwards might work. Otherwise a socket with a long
extension to remove the nut on the cutters and someone to hold the hex wrench
in the bottom should allow the cutters to come up. You may not be able to
remove them as a lot of disposals taper in and the upper housing
Hi Lenny,
Dan misspoke when he cited the new Olympus recorders as being the DM-4 and
the DM-5, the recorders are actually called the DM-2 and the DM-4, for the 4
gig and 8 gig models respectively.
This particular recorder has several advantages from it's predecessors,
namely the DS line of
It is easier to use the socket and turn it clockwise to cut what is stuck. Done
this several times in the past.
RJ
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From: Ron Yearns
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 21:47
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Garbage disposal
Ok,
Well, my suggestion was to pushed the reset button so I don't know.
Sorry!
At 06:55 PM 3/23/2010, you wrote:
That's correct. I have really looked. I was able
to turn it with a wrench in the bottom, but it is
extremely stiff. And yes, I pushed the reset button. It just hums.
Betsy
At 12:53
Don't forget supplying the spam! I hear it is the
meet of choice in your neck of the woods!
At 07:20 PM 3/23/2010, you wrote:
YEAH! BABY! Partay in paradise. It's been 25 years since I visited
Hawaii so it's about time to go again. Don't worry Betsy, we'll supply
the beer, you just need to
If there are any readers in Britain besides Darren who would like me to bring
them a talking multimeter in July please contact me by Friday, March 26 2010. I
intend to order what ever number are needed on Saturday.
The cost to me with shipping will be $34.98 Canadian plus PST and GST or an
Betsy,
I have an Insinkerator disposal of unknown age (it was in the house when I
bought it). Twice it has locked up as you describe with the motor humming and
not turning. Each time I was successful to turn the rotor by hand inside the
sink drain to loosen it up. There was no debris in
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