Re: [BlindHandyMan] Barry, Regarding Tissot watch

2008-06-23 Thread Lenny McHugh
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] Barry, Regarding Tissot watch

2008-06-23 Thread Dale Leavens
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RE: [BlindHandyMan] Barry, Regarding Tissot watch

2008-06-23 Thread Larry Stansifer
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RE: [BlindHandyMan] Barry, Regarding Tissot watch

2008-06-23 Thread Barry Levine
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] Barry, Regarding Tissot watch

2008-06-23 Thread Dale Leavens
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] Barry, Regarding Tissot watch

2008-06-23 Thread Dale Leavens
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] Barry, Regarding Tissot watch

2008-06-23 Thread Dan Rossi
Dale got most of what people were asking, but as far as how you tell the time: You push the button on the side of the watch, then run your finger, clockwise, around the face. You will feel a steady vibration where the hour hand is, and if you keep running your finger around, when you get to

[BlindHandyMan] Energy Terms

2008-06-23 Thread Roger Bachelder
Energy Terms definition list of 89 items Alternating Current (AC) Electric current that reverses direction, usually many times per second. Most electrical generators produce alternating current. Ampere (amp) A measure of how much electricity is moving through a conductor. Blackout A

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Energy Terms

2008-06-23 Thread David Ferrin
Wow, this sure is a long list all right, good post. David Ferrin www.jaws-users.com - Original Message - From: Roger Bachelder [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 12:48 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Energy Terms Energy Terms definition list

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Barry, Regarding Tissot watch

2008-06-23 Thread Jennifer Jackson
I apologize if this has been covered, but I seem to have missed some of the posts on this watch and I am wondering where to get one. I am not sure it is something I need now in my mom roll, but I know some others who I would like to pass this on to. Especially if someone has some info on

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: water dispenser

2008-06-23 Thread Dan Rossi
Spiro, I only know about water filtration or purification from a back packing view point. I know very little about home filtration or purification systems. Now, if you want to go back packing and have nice clean water, let me know. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University.

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Barry, Regarding Tissot watch

2008-06-23 Thread wstephan
Just to add a bit here: I've had one of these for a little over a year now. One drawback to them is that you don't, can't really, get the kind of instantaneous time-reading as you can with a braille watch. However, you can read the time while the watch is under a cuff, and that's very handy

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Barry, Regarding Tissot watch

2008-06-23 Thread Dan Rossi
Bill, OK, I'll fess up on how we got the hands set. You are supposed to hold down the button, after several seconds you will feel a pulse. Keep holding the button down for like another ten seconds, you will feel another pulse. Then, you, as in a sighted person, have to hold your finger down

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Barry, Regarding Tissot watch

2008-06-23 Thread wstephan
Thanks for this Dan. This could be a really good test of a relationship.

[BlindHandyMan] The dehumidifier hard-luck story

2008-06-23 Thread wstephan
We have an unfinished basement with a concrete floor and rock walls. There's a drain in the middle of the floor, which is about five inches higher along the walls than at the drain. We've owned the house since the Fall of 2004, and I'm on my third dehumidifier. The first one was subject to a

[BlindHandyMan] batteries and nomail

2008-06-23 Thread Matt
Hi ya, First off, do I need to clean the batteries of my golf cart? They seem to get lots of grease and dust on them, but I don't know if it would be necessary or worth it to clean them off, or what to use to do this with if I did. I scrape the posts and cables ever once in a while and use axel

Re: [BlindHandyMan] batteries and nomail

2008-06-23 Thread Betsy Whitney
Aloha Matt, Just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 09:11 AM 6/23/2008, you wrote: Hi ya, First off, do I need to clean the batteries of my golf cart? They seem to get lots of grease and dust on them, but I don't know if it would be necessary or worth it to clean them off, or what to

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Barry, Regarding Tissot watch

2008-06-23 Thread Edward Przybylek
Hi all, I've had one of these watches for more than a year and I agree with what you're saying about reading the time. It takes several seconds to read the time whereas it only takes a second or two with a talking or Braille watch. Not a big problem but it can be annoying at times. The watch

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Barry, Regarding Tissot watch

2008-06-23 Thread Barry Levine
Jennifer, I believe I purchased mine through... www.beyondsight.com However, this was two or three years ago, and I don't believe they still carry them. I believe I paid approx $349.00 for it at the time. --Barry -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com

[BlindHandyMan] Some Mortgage Assistance for People with Disabilities

2008-06-23 Thread Victor Gouveia
Hi Folks, I receive a disability newsletter, and the newsletter featured an American company that offered a guide to purchasing a home for people with disabilities. There are three versions available on the site below, the first version is a flash movie version, along with an MP3 file of the

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Some Mortgage Assistance for People with Disabilities

2008-06-23 Thread Victor Gouveia
Hi Folks, Apparently, the site I included in the previous posting leads you to a live search and all that stuff. I guess these people don't want the information to leak out. Suffice it to say, you'll have to accomplish the below steps to get to the guide: 1. type in the following address

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Some Mortgage Assistance for People with Disabilities

2008-06-23 Thread Don
Some great buying info here, thanks for sending it along. - Original Message - From: Victor Gouveia To: Blind Handyman Listserv Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 1:56 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Some Mortgage Assistance for People with Disabilities Hi Folks, I receive a

[BlindHandyMan] the nut with a bolt problems

2008-06-23 Thread rs_denis
For a very long time there has been a small, intermittent leak at the point where the bolt holds the tank to the bowl of the toilet. There are two such bolts, only one is a problem at this point. The head of the bolt is large and slotted. Under this is a washer of a plastic or rubber

Re: [BlindHandyMan] the nut with a bolt problems

2008-06-23 Thread John Schwery
Ron, yep, pb blaster. earlier, rs_denis, wrote: For a very long time there has been a small, intermittent leak at the point where the bolt holds the tank to the bowl of the toilet. There are two such bolts, only one is a problem at this point. The head of the bolt is large and slotted. Under

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Barry, Regarding Tissot watch

2008-06-23 Thread Scott Howell
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] Barry, Regarding Tissot watch

2008-06-23 Thread Scott Howell
And as another source of time from the Naval Observatory Master clock, you can dial (202) 762-1401. On Jun 23, 2008, at 2:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just to add a bit here: I've had one of these for a little over a year now. One drawback to them is that you don't, can't really, get

Re: [BlindHandyMan] the nut with a bolt problems

2008-06-23 Thread rs_denis
John, is this PB blaster a different kind of penetrating oil? It's a new one for me. Ron [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Some Mortgage Assistance for People with Disabilities

2008-06-23 Thread Claudia
Victor, Thanks for this, as part of my job requires me to teach homebuyer education classes, to people who are interested in purchasing homes, and this looks like a great tool to use with people with disabilities. Claudia - Original Message - From: Victor Gouveia To: Blind

Re: [BlindHandyMan] the nut with a bolt problems

2008-06-23 Thread John Schwery
Ron, yep, far better than wd40 which isn't a penetrating oil, anyway. Most auto parts stores have it. earlier, rs_denis, wrote: John, is this PB blaster a different kind of penetrating oil? It's a new one for me. Ron [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] No virus found in

[BlindHandyMan] Mortgage Loan for Persons with disabilities MP3 File

2008-06-23 Thread Victor Gouveia
Hi Folks, It appears some people had trouble with the site, so I figured I'd post the MP3 file on send space for those who can't find it on their site, or who just are having problems getting there. The file is about 27 megabytes in size, and can be had at the following link:

Re: [BlindHandyMan] the nut with a bolt problems

2008-06-23 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, You mite try putting some Works toilet bowl cleaner on the nut and bolt sounds like there is a lot of corrosion from the water and Works will dissolve it... ROB FROM MINNESOTA - Original Message - From: rs_denis To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Mortgage Loan for Persons with disabilities MP3 File

2008-06-23 Thread Claudia
Hi, Any ideas why I can't access the file options, in order to print this mortgage guide? I have the PDF version up, but there are no file menus visible? Claudia - Original Message - From: Victor Gouveia To: Blind Handyman Listserv Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 6:24 PM

Re: [BlindHandyMan] the nut with a bolt problems

2008-06-23 Thread rs_denis
John, the liquid wrench I tried after the WD40 is a kind of penetrating oil isn't it? Anyway, hope to acquire some PB-blaster and at Rob's advice some Bowl Works and we'll see how far that gets us. I suspect after that, I'll have to resort to the plumber because I'll run out of extra storage

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Mortgage Loan for Persons with disabilities MP3 File

2008-06-23 Thread Victor Gouveia
Hi Claudia, I don't know why the site does some of the things it does. It would seem that the people responsible for this site are not keeping it up, however the site does say it's been updated recently, so I don't know what gives. I have e-mailed the webmaster to see if he knows what's going

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Mortgage Loan for Persons with disabilities MP3 File

2008-06-23 Thread Bob Kennedy
As a last resort you can copy and paste into a word processing program and carry on. - Original Message - From: Claudia To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 8:00 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Mortgage Loan for Persons with disabilities MP3 File

[BlindHandyMan] One time post, electricity

2008-06-23 Thread Don
A list member sent the following to me for possible posting to this list. I don't want to get a big discussion, started, on copy rights/on rather and how to download the following are not to download. If you are interested in the following, download and listen. if not just delete and go

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: water dispenser

2008-06-23 Thread spiro
oh, sorry for setting you up in an unwanted situation. I had you on my list of the one to ask for that backpacking water for sure; so will keep that and ditch the rest. Sorry again. On Mon, 23 Jun 2008, Dan Rossi wrote: Spiro, I only know about water filtration or purification from a back