In high school I was able to take metel shop wood shop and small engine repair. My two teachers were also my wrestling coaches and they stood up against the school board for me. I am very thankful for that. On the other hand I have always wanted to work on cars but for some reason I was always pushed away so I finally had to mary a sighted woman that would let me maintain the car and I mostly tought myself by exploring and picking a lot of peoples brains. It is always possible to blaise a new trail on your own but there is a lot to be said for having the wright people that will take you under their wings and show you how things are done and forget about all the you can't do it because your blind crap. So just keep learning new stuff and have funn with it.
-----Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of cheetah Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 8:00 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com 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 <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.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/
