RE: [BlindHandyMan] advice putting up a fence

2010-09-02 Thread Cy Selfridge
Hi, In many areas the various utility companies have a service which will come to your home and mark all underground utilities such as electric, gas, cable and phone. It does not cost and, in some areas, if you do *NOT* ask for this service and hit a utility you will pay and pay and pay. I have

Re: [BlindHandyMan] advice putting up a fence

2010-09-02 Thread Dan Rossi
Kevin, I don't know where in the country you are, but many states have a service called one call. You need to call them and they will take care of sending someone out to mark any buried utilities. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu Tel:(412)

RE: [BlindHandyMan] advice putting up a fence

2010-09-02 Thread Michael baldwin
here is the site http://www.diggershotline.com/ Michael _ From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dan Rossi Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 8:16 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] advice putting up a

Re: [BlindHandyMan] water filter and advice wanted

2010-09-02 Thread Alan Paganelli
We are looking at new refrigerators as well. Hour's is making sounds I don't like and the unit is 24 years old as is. It came with the house so it wasn't the best model in the line to start with. I've gone around and around in my mind over the ice maker question. On one hand it would be

Re: [BlindHandyMan] water filter

2010-09-02 Thread RJ
Why not get a whole house filter. I have callegan filters. About $25 at Sears. Easy to install, just cut the pipe and use two 3/4 inch adapters. The reason I like the calegan filter is the air and shut off valve on the filter. - Original Message - From: Lenny McHugh To: bhm

RE: [BlindHandyMan] water filter and advice wanted

2010-09-02 Thread Cy Selfridge
Hi Alan, I have purchased at least one of those gas stoves with the buttons for the oven controls. My wife took the stick on bubbles to mark the important buttons (buttons? Rather the space where you need to press) and it worked out quite nice. Most gas stoves are set so the oven comes on at

Re: [BlindHandyMan] water filter and advice wanted

2010-09-02 Thread Alan Paganelli
I read on the AFB accessibility page pretty much the same information concerning the default 350 degree temperature and even 450 is only 10 button pushes away. The stove we saw with the center burner is gas and they make a to do over cooking on the center large pot burner. And, one of the

RE: [BlindHandyMan] water filter and advice wanted

2010-09-02 Thread Cy Selfridge
Alan, I use those candle lighters and they are quite handy. Yup, you occasionally have to go on a search for them if the War Department has used them. (LOLLOL) The Sears stove I had demanded that the stove have electricity in order to use the oven but the stove top sure saved our lives. I used a

[BlindHandyMan] new ice box

2010-09-02 Thread Lenny McHugh
Well the new refrigerator is installed. It has some nice features but is not at all blind friendly. It has a touch pad display that shows the temp of both the freezer and refrigerator compartments. There are buttons to turn on power cool and the ice maker. I had no choice because it was the

Re: [BlindHandyMan] water filter and advice wanted

2010-09-02 Thread Lenny McHugh
please change the subject line. moderator -- From: Cy Selfridge cyselfri...@comcast.net Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 11:59 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] water filter and advice wanted Alan, I use those

RE: [BlindHandyMan] water filter and advice wanted

2010-09-02 Thread Spiro
okay, sometimes I'm stupid; but how did the 5 gallon pots keep you from freezing? On Thu, 2 Sep 2010, Cy Selfridge wrote: Alan, I use those candle lighters and they are quite handy. Yup, you occasionally have to go on a search for them if the War Department has used them. (LOLLOL) The

Re: [BlindHandyMan] advice putting up a fence

2010-09-02 Thread Kevin Doucet
Hi Mike, First welcome to the list. Thanks to you and others who have pointed me to checking for under ground utility concerns. I called and have it scheduled to be marked. At 05:29 PM 9/1/2010, you wrote: Hi, I am somewhat of a newbie to this list, but hello to all. Yes, it would be

Re: [BlindHandyMan] advice putting up a fence

2010-09-02 Thread Kevin Doucet
Thanks for the help with method and tools. I have all the tools I need other than a come-a-long and the pole driver. I have a friend which will lend me his pole driver. Do I need to set the corner posts in concrete? At 06:49 PM 9/1/2010, you wrote: That is a fairly easy job to do. You need

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Fence post driver

2010-09-02 Thread Kevin Doucet
Thanks for this info. At 08:19 PM 9/1/2010, you wrote: This is off the Lowes website. I probably did a lousy job of describing it earlier, so here is what it says. 24in Steel Post Driver with Handles Item #: 92079 | Model #: 070653 $25.97 24in Steel Post Driver with Handles a.. Galvanized

Re: [BlindHandyMan] advice putting up a fence

2010-09-02 Thread Bob Kennedy
Depends on how soft the ground is there. if you go deep enough with the post you shouldn't have to use concrete. But saying that, concrete would be a good way to make sure nothing can go wrong. - Original Message - From: Kevin Doucet To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent:

Re: [BlindHandyMan] advice putting up a fence

2010-09-02 Thread Dale Leavens
I measured 6 feet down from the top then wrapped masking tape around the post marking that distance. Once I had the string at the right height, and you may want to use a hoe or shovel to knock down any high points on the ground) it is then just a matter of setting the posts with the tape height

RE: [BlindHandyMan] water filter and advice wanted

2010-09-02 Thread Cy Selfridge
Hi Spiro, I kept them going on the stove top and they acted like hot water heaters. They did not heat the entire 90 foot long mobile home but the main living area was liveable (nearly). The temps would dip to the teens and one night it fell below 10F. That was truly an awful time which I really

Re: [BlindHandyMan] advice putting up a fence

2010-09-02 Thread Mike Moore
Kevin, Thanks! You could tink of hanging the gate from the wall, and you could use the fence, either wooden posts or metal to act as a closer. It is worth thinking of the possibility of needing a strainer post at either end; if the run is quite long, as pulling the chain link up to tension

Re: [BlindHandyMan] advice putting up a fence

2010-09-02 Thread Kevin Doucet
Thanks for this advice. The posts have a flared spade part, which I guess is to give the post more traction, or, grip and I think this sort of post would need a rather large PVC pipe to accommodate it. I do understand your rationale with this idea, I just don't know if it will work with the

[BlindHandyMan] Recall: Toshiba, Satellite T135, Satellite T135D and Satellite ProT130 Notebook Computers

2010-09-02 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Name of Product: Satellite T135, Satellite T135D and Satellite ProT130 Notebook Computers Units: About 41,000 worldwide Manufacturer: Toshiba America Information Systems Inc., of Irvine, Calif. Hazard: The notebook computers can overheat at the notebook's plug-in to the AC adapter, posing a burn