I agree and btw, CLiff if you can find that screwdriver I've temporarily lost, I'd appreciate it.grin On Nov 15, 2009, at 10:44 PM, Lee A. Stone wrote:
> > and all of us here Brother Cliff are glad you were Exposed to the > rest of the world . Makes a person feel good if you tried. Now I bet > you have a good bit of wooden handled screw drivers in your lot and > that is good too. I am out of here in a few mimnutes up u and away. Lee > > On > Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 09:51:45PM > -0500, clifford wrote: > > Dear List members: > > I was in a chat room on a site for blind folks and their friends, and the > > subject turned to the events of the day. My first wife and I engaged in > > some spring cleaning in November, and we can not figure out whether we are > > behind several months, or ahead several months. In any event, I was > > commenting about my collection of screw-drivers, which has gotten out of > > control, and I am telling all of my friends and family that this Christmas > > need not involve screw-drivers. > > One of the participants on the site asked me, "what would a blind person do > > with a screw-driver". I explained that I had disassembled a chair today and > > reassembled the good parts from two chairs to make one good one. This > > gentleman apparently has not been exposed to handyman activities at all. > > While I don't perform as many tasks as I did as a younger man, I am > > astounded at the lack of opportunity some blind folks have. Their parents, > > teachers, and friends have protected them too much, in my country boy's > > opinion. > > > > Yours Truly, > > > > Clifford Wilson > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > -- > Moustache rides, 50 cents. > . > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 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 Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! 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: blindhandyman-dig...@yahoogroups.com blindhandyman-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: blindhandyman-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
