The shop teacher tought both metal and woodshop, I signed up for metal shop, but he didn't know how a blind person could do it and neither did I. So, I took woodshop instead. Until my clickrule came I was at the mercy of at aid. ----- Original Message ----- From: cheetah To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 8:00 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] shop teachers was gear heads
don't get me started on bad shop teachers. i too took wood shop and all they would let me do was sand. and i am really good at that. but that ment i had to teach my self to use the lathe, tablesaw and so on. hmmm maybe i would have a few less scars if they would have just took a risk or so and taught me something. jim At 07:33 PM 6/3/2007, you wrote: >I, as a woodworker, enjoy the talk about motors and such. It was >only fait that I took a high school woodshop class instead of the >metal shop class. I did try to take a small engines class, but the >teacher wasn't very cooperative. >Maybe a new list should be started for hmm, the industrial arts? I >don't know. Many people on the list are hobbiests and even experts >in various fields that go way beyond handyman stuff, but I think >that just adds to the list. >I for one vote that everything be kept on this list as I've got >enough lists already. >David >----- Original Message ----- >From: Larry Stansifer >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 6:02 PM >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Gear-heads > >Robert, > >I'm not sure how your idea for a blind guy automotive based >list would fly. >I for one really enjoy reading all of the sawdust talk that >goes on here. I don't understand about 90% of it but I like >reading about it. Maybe some day I will get brave and trade >in tubing bender, rivet gun, torque wrench, micrometers, >dial indicators, and all of the rest of the shit I have in >my tool -box for some of the wood-working stuff you all talk >about. >What do you think guys? sawdust for motor oil, decking a >house for decking heads and blocks, high pressure induction >systems for high pressure water systems, souper-charged >motors for souper glued joints. >It all sounds like fun to me even if I don't know what the >whole wood thing is about. > >Regards > >Larry Stansifer > >Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. > >Sun Tzu. > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.7/830 - Release Date: >6/3/2007 12:47 PM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
