Dan, we are at a standstill. at this point my equal is in agreement
somehow we get this sucker up and running and then put up a for sale
sign. it is our eleventh year with this and I'm up to my ya know with
attitudes and folks showing up oh is the pool ready yet.. anyway. no way
to siphon
well folks I've got some tools ready but still trying to find that hot
running four cylinder car for my June 9 race. this year the race is back
to no glass and I've got some piano whire to help remove the
windshield and back windows. all you need to do on most cars is rip
with a chisel
Shane, the power company could not have written a bettr report than
you. as for you walking on those beams up overhead, I will not do it
again as it took my wife a week to patch up the hole where I went down
to the hip and then try to pretend I did not do it on purpose. Hooray
for
Spiro, No disrespect for our gov't, but you must know by now that
someone formed a commettee and they might have taken in a cojhnsultant.
all to descide by flooding a missle silo would make it all safe. I
wonder if there was any rubber ducky's involved?well I do not want to
live in a
Top of the morning. Have any of you ever used a combanation of a product
called Pro Dope and teflon tape for sealing plastic or pvc threads? I've
got a serious leak on a pressure joint just before the swimming pool
pump. these threads are 11 years old and are once a year taken apart
and
Jennifer, If I may, from my perspective of opening and closing a pool
here in the Northeast . I have always welcomed extra hands and minds as
we open and close the pool. we used to pay $250 to the company,
Islander pools when we first got this pool some 11 years ago. However
after
Jennifer and all, another great idea you could use, if you were to be a
guest in someone elses pool is to maybe donate a hanging basket of
cherry tomatoes or use your imagination as a one time gift. several
years ago I had a Friend who donated a bucket of chlorine tablets. Now
here is the
Dan, do you know the folks who will be pointing up your house ? if it
is possible to have someone watch to make sure they wet the bricks
first. otherwise those dry bricks will suck the moisture out of the
cement to fast and that job will not last as long. I've got a Senior
blind friend
By golly Dale you see pretty good from way up there and must have ESP.
so , I still cannot find my Pro Dope bottle. and now I find the
shelving unit is gone but .. anyway. I sent someone 3 blocks away to the
pool store so we now also have as Dale suggested a new O Ring and a
fresh lawyer of
Thanks Bob, well the family lucked out as it seems as my Pro Dope has
dissappeared but thank someone for teflon tape. I've used Pro Dope
many times over the years and as most of you know that a bottle will
last a homeowner a lifetime. or if it is put back in the right place it
will last
good evening folks, just a line or two to say all is well. my pool is
up and running. give me three days alone and I could invite those who
I like into the water. then we will all go to California to Brice's
place. Okay. the extra teflon wide tape worked on the joint I had a big
problem
Charlie, no matter what type of caluk you choose to use be sure to get
that surface clean prior to using the caulk . use an old tooth brush
and any kind of wet rag. to go around that area. I am thinking you
willhave your windows and doors in fine shape before the winter rolls
around.
Hi Eugene, I would be interested in more information on this subject
line if it will make my pump and filter system work better. Lee
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Eugene, still laughing as I read I have fun doing this' regards
cleaning with your feet. what I have done is wore an old pair of socks
but I am told it looks like a trail some snails would make , even
after I have used the long pole vaccum. I look at it this way. whatever
I get done is
Robert, I am no carpenter, but just thinking of your idea as a renter
but building something on big rollers or wheels, like a shopping cart
might have. you could roll it out of the way or to one side when not in
use. Lee
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Hi folks. I have three pieces of metal that cover the link of a
outside pool rim. actually this is for the rim someone would lean on.
during the winter three have come loose and I want to glue them down as
they no longer snap in place firm like they used to dol. do you have a
Brice, a good silicone lube like X man or even some K Y jelly will get
those hoses on easy and if their is room add a second radiator type
hose clamp just do not overtighten.Lee
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Thanks Robert, it is always a pleasure to do interviews for both the
blind handyman and blindlikeme. I'm looking forward to crunching
fenders and absusive language and of course lots of laughs on June
9th.Lee
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To
Okay David, I will agree baking soda is a chemical of sorts but not as
harsh as many of the products off the shelf at most any pool store.
when we first got our pool some 11 years ago. I built a shelf in our
shed for just pool chemicals. a total of eight bottles not counting the
chlorine
thanks for all the good suggestions for fixing the pool metal to
metal problems. this list always comes thru. again, thanks Lee
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Larry, contact me off list and I can tell you a bit more than what was
on the interview. this race is going to be at Lebanon Valley Speedway in
West Lebanon,NY on June9th. raising monies for a summer camp program
for school aged kids who are blind, blind-deaf or deaf blind as other
visual
Max, maybe I missed it but what is this step setting on or fastened to?
congratulations on a job well done and may I add as I have before. Yes
we are already blind but remember to wear some eye and face protection
when using power saws and equipment. signed. Doctor Stone at your
service.
with the permission of the list owners I would be glad to post more
information regarding anything to do with this eyerock 500 race. Lee
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This Eyerock500 race . was originally started some 6 or 7 years ago
here in New york because there was a need for funds to maintain a
summer camp program for students who are blind, blind deaf and deaf
blind. Doctor Lauren Liberman who runs the program at a New York State
University in
I will email you off list Larry but also will say here this is great
thinking of how to get more blind handymen and women involved in auto
sports. Lee
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As I have said before the doors and hoods are wired shut but keep in
mind after some heavy impacts hoods go flying as do doors and that gets
really interested. it is not that I don't give a rats tail but it is not
like driving your own home built slick race car. so we can run over a
hood
In this article it mentions the use of magnet held plastic heat scoops.
these work great for two reasons. one is the movement of the heat out
into the room and the second most important is they seem to pick up any
residue in the heating air, if you have a hot air furnace. many furnace
I know a couple of years ago we had a discussion on this list about
those Little Giant Ladders. Well I finally got the chance to try to
pick one up in a Sams Club we went to. Not to buy it but just to heaft
the thing. I'm thinking it weighs more than my old wooden two stage
Ladder. It
this year there will be a safety neeting put across the windshield of
each car. Lee
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I'll see if I can get that information Larry.Lee
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the ladder I checked out at Sams Club was mostly still in the box. all I
can say is that was no lightweight. I am with Dale. I've got enough
trouble using a regular extension. Now if you were much younger than
I and had the money . well to each their own.Lee
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Do you have any directions on a sawed off semi auto Ray? Just some
positive late nite thinking. Figured it would be a good handyman
project here .Lee
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Don, this subject line reminds me of many years ago when Debbie and I
were not married to long and had a 62 Ford pickup truck. my father in
law picked it up for $125.00. well we were coming down this way and she
handed me the steering wheel . like what am I supposed to do with a
steering
Tom, do you know if those buildings are on like a floating slab of
concrete? Lee
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Jennifer, prior to computers some folks sat around the wood stove and
cleaned and oiled their house gujn. a term from days gone by , however
a hose gun could be a single shot rifle or something more along your
line of thinking as a shot gun or scatter gun. I've suggested to
police cars
Before haybalers Geno and I had a grandfather who used horses on his
farm. all hay was forked onto a hay wagon and then that wagon was backed
up to the barn where a large horse shoe shapped fork was dropped
quickly by rope into the center of that hay wagon and with horses
pulling the
Do any of you own or use ladder attachments that would allow the ladder
to lean on the roof and not against the siding? and do you leave these
attached to the ladder or not? thanks.Lee
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Gene, I'll have to go with Clifford on this one. If I was a sighted
person staring down the barrel of a shotgun I would want some toilet
paper close by. the other good thing, in my opinion, about a shot gun
single or double barrel is is it will spray a pattern where the
pistol even
Bob, you said rubber ends so are these legs? the Ladder I want to use
is one that hangs outside on a fence year round. I remember long ago on
the list. maybe two years something about rubber ends or legs that
allows the ladder still close to the house but resting on the roof so as
not to
Ray, I found this article very interesting in the fact this type of
lighting for some might replace night lights and other lower cost
lighting. as many of us know, depending on your vision loss will
depend on what lighting if any will help in either doing daily chores
or just basic
Michael , the most standard and durable target for bow and arrows used
to be made with hay bales with a cloth or plastic wrap and or cover. I
will ask this weekend at my car race what they use at the camp for
blind children . interesting enough . the instructor for archery at
that camp has
sometimes Rob and all you can save those ice build ups in the drains by
not overloading either the freezer or the refrigerator . we had the
same problem and we were told to take a big bunch of things from the
side by side and put it in the big freezer downstairs. Never had that
problem
welcome Blind handyman Matthew. Lee A. Stone is the name and you may
hear my name on a couple of those files. I would suggest a half glass
of red wine to clarify some of the spellings. You have taken on a big
task and good luck. Lee
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File cabinet:
A four drawer, manually
Happy Birthday Dale. I do not own one of those talking rulers any
chance it could be solar powered? Lee
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A four drawer, manually activated trash compactor.
Check with Dale Cambell about his long glove / mitt . One day for
those type of cookers maybe someone will come up with charocoal
bites much smaller pieces that would slide down between the grates.
another thought would be to use some long thongs for pulling back that
grate? Lee
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something of the past ? Lee
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I am being pressured by my homeowners insurance company to get a new
roof installed. My question is , is it standard procedure to have a
roofing contractor supply a written contract ? Another thought is does
that roofing contractor need to show you a liability policy or is
that
Not sure if I got that right from the first man who gave us a price
over the phone . that this house has a 12-12 pitch and that is why it is
going to cost a bit more. I asked how he could tell that I had a 12-12
pitch and he said all these Levitown Cape Cod homes were built the
same way
n
Thanks Ray, I have sent these 11 steps to the wife who was
bulls... by so called professionals and this summer that half arsed
job shows thru so I am told. Now what will happen to the pool deck is it
will be redone next Spring before the pool opens. one is it is to late
now with all
Lenny. well as of now my washer and dryer are on a lower level which I
cannot get to but I did take to heart how wash could have been done
back in the day . actually years ago we used to keep an old wringer
washer on the back porch to use for washing scatter rugs and the dog
blankets.
I have a spolndid idea for those of you with thoughts of inventing.
I'd like to see someone invent a replacement disc for a weed eater or
weed wacker that would hold, lets say 50 to 100 feet of string or wire..
thanks.Lee
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Mike, where did you get a replacement / universal head. we have the
original very heavy Sears brand Weedwacker and they say they do not
stock a replacement universal head. the one we use all the time is a
cheap McCullough weedeater which has its own spool but you need to
buy a rool
Dale, to make the disposable spool idea fly would be . well lets say
you buy a Home Depot replacement pre loaded spool. so you buy one but
at the same time you return one. so I am thinking instead of plastic .
maybe these spools could be made of a lightweight metal ? Lee
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excellent advice Lenny about the fire hazards of stain or oil soaked
rags. former Congressman John Sweeney who used to represent upstate New
York had extensive fire damage to his law office. folks had totally
oiled all the wood work thru the building and left all rags in the
corner
Jennifer, first of all congratulations on your search to find a home you
wanted. maybe later you can update us on what your home inspector
comments on. and a forclosure? way to go. Lee
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I was waiting Max. for you to say you were using one of those modern 8
pound Orec machines. as seen on television. actually now. patent the
way you did that . a very neat idea . way to go and congratulations.Lee
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Our contractor finished the roof yesterday and I am told after he was
done cleaning up he went all over each side of the house with a
magnet t pick up the nails. It is my understanding this equipment rolls
on wheels and is about the same size as the old reel lawn mowers we
used to have
Boop, I do not know anything about the stain or treatment to change
the color. However, I remember like it was yesterday a television fix
it show referring to making it look old. if it was a item you wanted
to look like it had been around then use a small piece of chain and
mark up the
does anyone have a clue why all or most new lawnmowers have that pain
in the so and so primer bulb ? I miss the standard ole 3.5 briggs and
stratton. easy for anyone to fix and to take care of . however I find a
real problem half the time with a tempermental Murry mower we have.
thanks for that tip on the bulb crack Cy. and also you cannot pick up or
I cannot pick up a good used mower at a yard sale for ten bucks either.
One of my old reliables back in the 70's was one you flip over the
handle on thop of the mower. crank it up flip the handle over and hit
the
Dan, that double toothed saw. is that a bow or camp saw with a wing nut
on one end?Lee
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sounds to me Larry like you have a plan but. oh yes. but. get a couple
of extra hands. do some lower back excersises prior to beginning and
you will have a loft going in no time. only problem with that loft is.
you guessed it. you will collect more stuff. George Carland says we get
rid of
Oh boy Larry, that Toyota car does sound tempting no matter themiles.
However I think of the expense of a engine and transmission. then I
think of the bills still coming in from my June 9th. yeah we had a blast
but this years cost I am crossing my fingers an insurance company will
pay
cy, Cy, Cy, just hold onto that credit card. I am trying to find a link
to an ice cream place which will direct ship. every blind handyman
should, just as should the blind handywmen have access to fresh made
carrot cake and ice cream after a hard days work. even when building a
loft which
I like that idea Cy, of using the Solar Panels. I also like the idea of
that teacher organizing the cross country trip under solar power. Lee
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Thanks Max for pointing out the safety aspect of the face shield. If
anyone else has safety tips to protect your eyes, and yes fingers and
hands. then go for it. Something as simple as installing rolled
insulation still needs eye protection. Ask a blind friend of mine in
Washington who
Lenny, I do not have the answer to your question about the large button
wireless. However we can relate in items we have bought for our Mom and
the changes she has gone through with sight and now lack of. It is
kind of hard to explain to one who has had their sight some 84 plus
years
Long ago I had this discussion and forgot the ending. with the price
of gas world wide the thought it is cheaper to actually run your car or
truck with the windows closed and the air conditioning on. Now add to
that you personally washed your car before leaving or spent $9.00 for
the
I'm looking at your thoughts on what would be considered a small block
V 8 as in feul consumption. it is getting that time to set aside this
van , however I am not interested in going into a compact unit. what
I'd really like is a four door pickup-four wheel drive . dream Stone ,
keep
One more post and I'll dissapear . Just thought of a television
program. Now if I had $25-$35, I'd find an older . say 1955 to say
1982 car when they had real solid frames. then find a custom shop to
rebuild a car from the bottom =up. I had read long ago about a woman
who had an older
does anyone remember when Chevy and others had the gas tank fillup for
cars under the rear license plates? I'm thinking the late 60's but a
friend is saying it was much earlier.Lee
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Lenny, Dale and all who responded to this subject line. also i recently
listened to a program about saving fuel in other countries. for instance
GM has made and is selling in Japan something like a small mini van.
However . this is important. that van is basically for carrying 5 or 6
question is probably answered but someone on this list is very
satisfied with their robot lawn mower. Lee
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I too support what Jeff does for the blind. there is a man in this
county who is good friednds with Jeff Gordon and they have been to some
tailgate after race events. that guy has explained lots of things.
including the original question about track cars. I think Pocono would
be a great
About 5 years ago our family built an outdoor fire pit. first by
piouring a concrete slab four inches thick I think this slab is about
four feet by six feet. the rreason for that we learned as Scouters
about fire traveling underground via the rizones. I think. Okay here is
the problem.
Cy, you are correct at loading up that roof rack. when we did more
family camping we had one of those I call hamburger box's we
bought used and it was a Sears product. it held all the tents, sleeping
bags, etc. it mounted so there was an air flow under and over it. Lee
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Let that woman not feel bad about the rust hole fill up Dale. We had a
blonde male neighbor who in the later 70's put the gas on a slow feed
while they still as you say , wash the windows and check the oil. all
that gas was in the parking lot of a Shell station. it was found out
later that
Clifford, well now, a back hoe attack ? probably no firepit would be
backhoe proof. I'll have the Mrs. check again the dimensions of that
metal unit and maybe if it fits on our current concrete slab that
might be the way to go. problem is I want to save those old
cinderblocks behind the
I like the idea you are using maybe some carriage bolts Dan not sure
what it is called but when we did the decks we bought a long shank drill
bit which in the end had a screw type starter and then the flat
cutting blade for the size carriage bolts. do not rush the project for
winter. get
I know someone on this list told us they owned a Nissan. maybe a ZNissan
quest. My question would be if someone is able to do any kind of
service on these type of veichles as a totally blind veichle. one more
question . is there a web site that devotes itself to the kind of newer
I would like to say in the last 32 years my wife and I have lived in
three houses. each of those houses ended up with first a pair of
pliers, screwriver and a hammer. However soon they became the catch
all drawer. Oh yesh, got to keep that black electrical tape handy and
of course first
Sure do reamember those Ramblers and their station wagons. My brother
Gary had one that the rear tire fell off from One of my Uncles had a
wagon and a good friend up until about 5 years ago still had his
tank as he called it. I rode in that car . the watgon and in the middle
of a snow
Shane. those Cutlass cars were hot in my book. Never owned one but a
friend of mine used to race on as a regular street machine. Lee
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Dale. I've got about a dozen no bake chocolate cookies left if you need
them. Lee
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Lenny. a lesson to be learned. any tool . loaned to a friend or
especially relatives should be signed out. and call every two days to
get that tool back. I loaned out a house screw jack almost 8 years
ago and I remind that guy he is a cannot use those words here and I
tell his sister
Dan, I do have a stump close to the back of our property I'd like to cut
loose with one of those stump grinders. Just to let the neighbor know I
can toss stuff his way. Like the way I cleaned that up. years ago I
saw one of those things being used on an old elm stump. well they
found a
Larry said make us all proud. well lets go one step further after
using that maddox. drill three holes about one inch wide. Now share
three one quarter sticks of dynamite and a half stick down the center.
now. add 150 feet of fuse line all tied together. hafve a previously
dug
Dale. what did you use for a final covering for those tables you built?
I've got a small roll of vinyl left as there used to be a factory next
town over which built all sorts of materials for using inside cars,
trucks and vans. they used to dump full rolls of this stuff on the
local dump
Excelent posting Ray on water and filters . We currently have a problem.
mostly in the mornings with a high rate, in my opinion of Chlorine as
you run the hot water especially. when I call to complain at the
water treatment plant they tell me the new Wendys must have a higher
Hi, I have a Friend who I have told many times about this list. He has
a big generator similar to mine , however he for some reason has not
run it since just before Christmas last year. he estimates he has about
3 to 4 gallons of gas in it. he did put fuel stabilizer in it but it has
not
Some times we need sighted help for safety sake.Let me explain. My
wife was out on the riding tractor mowing the lawn and she noted one of
our big Catawaba or Bean trees was near falling down. This must have
happened in a storm we got last week when the winds and rain were
blowing so
Victor,Dan or someone, can these screws be purchased in one or two
pound box's also or are they just in five pound lots? Lee
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Dan, you said I know I may be going overboard. well as the old saying
goes do it right the first time Then Sir , you will note that deck
will last many many years. whereas if you hired the job done it is not
always true. So keep drilling, banging and screwing where you see fit
and then in
actually Cy, many years ago in 1975 I was just a short ways up in a
maple tree trimming out some branchs which were broken during a late
spring snow storm. it was a fully sighted in law or out law who cut off
the limb I was standing on. at the time I had , what Boop would call
enough
Larry, tell this group how yu turn a 1963 Corvette into a awesome
machine with electronics. . usintg a computer set up and converting to a
diffe4rent kind of fuel? I listened to this on the racint channel. Lee
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If you are what you eat, I guess that makes me a cheese danish.
thanks Larry for that breakdown, like I understood it all. but. I do
remember the test driver for that 63 Vette saying the only problem he
had was trying to breathe with that alcohol fuel set up. I'd like ,
for just a few minutes have the opportunity to run that puppy down a
real wide track
I cannot tell you about the nail gun Larry but can suggest if that
skirting is mostly down this might be a time to install additional
supports. sure it is an investment , just like the double wide. consider
running a mini wall behind that skirting. of course the bottom rail
being pressure
Robert, not sure if that is a good connection as I sent early today
a subscribe and no action came back. Now check that first and third
gear. hope it is a floor shifter with overdrive. Lee
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What good is a ticket to the good life, if you can't find the entrance?
Cy and Geno, we have one of those trickle chargers or battery
maintainers hooked up to the truck battery which we use for our
generator. it was $24 and change at Walmart a few years ago. the power
for the charger comes from a house cord and then the charger cords or
lines of course to
Dan, before you rip those joists out consider if those high spots are
not all the way across. a plane or even a belt sander with a heavy grit?
Just thinking of renailing or bolting up those joists which will have
your previously nail / bolt holes? Lee
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