Re: [BlindHandyMan] computer won't start

2010-05-13 Thread Dan Rossi
And by the time you have finished replacing the drive, possibly the power supply, purchasing a set of usb to various connectors, you could have purchased a referb with four times as much memory, and probably scads more hard drive space. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University.

[BlindHandyMan] supporting outdoor steps?

2010-05-13 Thread john schwery
Outside a glass sliding door, we have some wooden steps that go from a small deck to the ground. Right now, I have a brick under each side but the bricks are slowly sinking into this sandy soil, in Florida. Is there any way to support the steps better? Should I pile another brick on top

Re: [BlindHandyMan] supporting outdoor steps?

2010-05-13 Thread Dan Rossi
John, I was all ready to write this snarky response about digging massive footers, many bags of concrete, blah blah blah. All to support a couple of steps. Then I realized you are in Florida, which means your water line is down around six inches or so, which might be problematic for digging

Re: [BlindHandyMan] supporting outdoor steps?

2010-05-13 Thread Ron Yearns
Some larger area stones are in order. pavers, concrete cap blocks or something of that nature should do. You might try compacting the soil some what before you lay the new stones also. A small piece of two by four hit with a hammer will compact it some. Ron - Original Message -

Re: [BlindHandyMan] supporting outdoor steps?

2010-05-13 Thread john schwery
Dan, thanks. Yep, the regular bricks. So, we may get some bigger stones. Ron, thanks for your help as well. Good idea, compacting the soil. Thanks for any other help from others, in advance. earlier, Dan Rossi, wrote: John, I was all ready to write this snarky response about digging

Re: [BlindHandyMan] supporting outdoor steps?

2010-05-13 Thread Dale Leavens
Now I have a little experience with compacting soil. The rain wets it and acts like a lubricant so packing doesn't really help all that much unless you can form a large hat over the area. I would suggest though that you either pour a substantial pad or lay down a couple of large patio slabs.

Re: [BlindHandyMan] supporting outdoor steps?

2010-05-13 Thread RJ
A couple bags of pre-mix cement to make a pad will do the trick. The bricks aren't wide enough to stop the sinking of the bricks into the sand.A 1 to 1 1/2 foot pad on each side of the steps should do the trick. RJ - Original Message - From: john schwery To:

[BlindHandyMan] How do I grab the archives

2010-05-13 Thread Matt
Hi ya, I seem to be half in and half out with yahoogroups since changing my email address from themullin...@sbcglobal.net to mattmull...@suddenlink.net And I haven't figured out how to update my email info yet. How can I grab archives from recent weeks? Can I sent email commands, like I do to

[BlindHandyMan] painting paneling

2010-05-13 Thread Lee A. Stone
I thinkit was Clifford and Jennifer who spoke of painting paneling. did you really do it and if so how did it turn out and what did you use for paint. did you use like the little foam sponges on a stick t get int the grooves ? thanks Lee -- The honeymoon is over when he phones to say

Re: [BlindHandyMan] How do I grab the archives

2010-05-13 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Aloha Matt, This may not be the fastest way to do this, but it will get you there. Below this message is a link to the archives page. I have moved through it in two ways. You can type your query in the search box such as airconditioner. This will bring up lots of items including some from

Re: [BlindHandyMan] painting paneling

2010-05-13 Thread RJ
Lee, If one use wallboard compound, about three layers in the grewves you can get a smooth wall before painting. Did that in a few rentals, when I had the eye sight. I put a good primer coat and than a good latex paint. Now a days, they tell me you can get the paint with the primer already in

Re: [BlindHandyMan] painting paneling

2010-05-13 Thread Dale Leavens
There is a product called Wall Doctor here which is a sort of heavy wall paper for putting over paneling and other less than perfect surfaces before painting. It covers the grooves in paneling so you can just paint right on over it. I think I would fill the cracks with something like Polyfilla

[BlindHandyMan] airconditioner cleaning article

2010-05-13 Thread Matt
Chances are that if you’ve neglected a spring checkup, your air conditioner isn’t cooling nearly as well as it could.A year’s worth of dirt and debris clogging the cooling fins, a low coolant level, a dirty blower fan filter and a number of other simple problems can significantly reduce the

Re: [BlindHandyMan] How do I grab the archives

2010-05-13 Thread Lenny McHugh
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[BlindHandyMan] Re: list archives

2010-05-13 Thread Tom Fowle
And there are the easier to use text archives at: http://www.jaws-users.com/jaws/handyman/ Tom Fowle

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: list archives

2010-05-13 Thread Lenny McHugh
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[BlindHandyMan] messages appearing twice?

2010-05-13 Thread Tom Fowle
I didn't send my previous one about the text archives twice, I'm sure? or I think I'm sure, or maybe not! but I got it twice! Tom Fowle If the world isn't going to h---, then what am I doing in this handbasket? Irma Bombeck

Re: [BlindHandyMan] messages appearing twice?

2010-05-13 Thread Lenny McHugh
pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5113 (20100513) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: list archives

2010-05-13 Thread Tom Fowle
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: list archives

2010-05-13 Thread David Ferrin
From the footer message: http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ David Ferrin www.jaws-users.com Life is what happens after you have already made other plans. - Original Message - From: Tom Fowle fo...@ski.org To: blindHandyMan blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent:

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: list archives

2010-05-13 Thread Tom Fowle
That'll teach me to look at the footer once in a blue moon, or maybe a purple one! Sorry David I had to remove the slash from the end of the url to get it to work. Does this mean that the jaws-users archive is no longer being kept up? Assuming the mail-archive.com is automatic, then that is of

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: list archives

2010-05-13 Thread David Ferrin
I haven't been doing much with it for a while now as some folks complained about it from like diy.com ETC. The mail archive web site is automatic and been doing it for several years already in fact. All I had to do was manually subscribe a certain address to the list and the rest as they say is

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: list archives

2010-05-13 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
David, The link in the footer works fine even though there is a slash aftr it. Betsy At 01:09 PM 5/13/2010, you wrote: I haven't been doing much with it for a while now as some folks complained about it from like diy.com ETC. The mail archive web site is automatic and been doing it for several

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: list archives

2010-05-13 Thread David Ferrin
I did check and it worked for me as well. I figured it should since obviously it did other wise I would not have put it that way. Still it didn't hurt to check again. Thank you for double checking for me. David Ferrin www.jaws-users.com Life is what happens after you have already made other

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: list archives

2010-05-13 Thread Tom Fowle
David, See if others have to remove the slash, I think it may be a browserquirkeiness and i bet nobody else on this list is such an old crank as to be using lynx as am I. Tom On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 07:09:55PM -0400, David Ferrin wrote: I haven't been doing much with it for a while now as some

Re: [BlindHandyMan] messages appearing twice?

2010-05-13 Thread Max Robinson
Tom wrote. I didn't send my previous one about the text archives twice, I'm sure? or I think I'm sure, or maybe not! but I got it twice! That happens about once a day to someone. It's been happening on every Yahoo groups list I am on. Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email:

Re: [BlindHandyMan] painting paneling

2010-05-13 Thread clifford
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: list archives

2010-05-13 Thread Dan Rossi
You guys do realize that there is a link to the non-yahoo archives at the end of each and every message sent to this list? -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu Tel:(412) 268-9081

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: list archives

2010-05-13 Thread Dan Rossi
Tom, I use pine and lynx part of the time, and I was able to click on the mail archive link in the footer and it worked fine. I seem to vaguely remember some issue with trailing slashes, but not sure if there was some config change I made to fix that. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie