Re: [BlindHandyMan] Using Gas Grill!
Dear Claudia, It's very doable. We have had one for forty years, and the biggest problem has been with them wearing out eventually. If you can afford a Weber or other comparably priced higher of the line one, I think it would be a great investment, twelve months a year. Bill Benson - Original Message - From: Claudia To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 5:25 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Using Gas Grill! Hi, The honey I, being both totally blind, want to know how easy or difficult it is to use a gas outdoor grill? We're both pretty confident cookds, but something just scares me about the whole gas thing! I guess I'd like to know how doable it is? Thanks. Claudia Windows Messenger: cdelreal1...@sbcglobal.net Skype: claudiadr10 __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5408 (20100830) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] tough braillable materials?
Dear Betsy, If Matt does not want these, I would love to have them. Bill Benson e-mail: bill...@sbcglobal.net - Original Message - From: Betsy Whitney To: blindhandyman-yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 9:28 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] tough braillable materials? Aloha Matt, They still make braillables which are those sticky backed sheets, but when the backing is removed, they aren't as durable as the thin thermoform paper. However, I do have some heavy clear plastic material that I use to make covers for the documents that my company produces. I buy them from a company called Southwest Plastics, but if all you want is 25 or so of them, I have some that have 1 line of braille on them that were errors. They measure 8-1/2 by 11, or 9 by 11. They are all 19 hole punched along one long side. I use a paper cutter to make 3 by 5 and 4 by 6 cards for addresses and the like that I really want to keep, but I have more than I need. I use a good-old-fashioned braille writer to braille them. Betsy At 04:14 AM 10/7/2009, you wrote: What is out there which we can stick in an old perkin's brailler and achieve a tough, durable copy of something? I was thinking of brailling out measurements and stuff for things I make and storing them out in my shop to refer too? Thermoform paper rips too easy for my liking. Do they still have the old sticky plastic paper, which used to come in sheets with plastic backing? Where can I get something good which will last? Thanks, Matt [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Gutter Guard-type Systems
We have had a Leaf Guard system for several years and are quite happy with it. Our roofer said it was a better system than the Gutter Guard from the standpoint of the shingles. He said that shingles could be replaced much easier if need be with the Leaf Guard than with the Gutter Guard system. Bill Benson - Original Message - From: Scott Howell To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 4:37 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Gutter Guard-type Systems All, They had a Main Street fair here the other day and there were a number of vendors selling all sorts of stuff. There were two vendors selling gutter guard-type systems; one being the Gutter Helmet and the other I can't recall the name, but it was interesting. I mention all of this because I've been considering various options and I've tried one that seems to work, but I have not really decided if I like it entirely or not. The Gutter Helmet is the type of system where the water runs down the surface and roles under the end and drops into the gutter. The competition claims you can still get the little bits and such in the gutter and yes I am sure that's true, but I'm also sure water that does come into the gutter will wash the junk out. The second system was rather interesting in that you have a flat surface on the gutter so nothing slips under the shingle as it does with the helmet type systems. What made this other system different is that the plate that covers the gutter has holes for the water to drop through, but in addition it has a 50 micron screen that won't even let the sandy stuff from the shingles pass. I asked the lady how would any stuff that would collect on top of the gutter be cleared off and she said the wind would take care of that. Okay well all this stuff sounds good, but then the other option out there is the GUtter Brush which is just that, a great big bottle brush that fits inside the gutter and it looks like a bottle brush. I did get a sample of this and it seems to work quite well. I did find a lot of really small stuff along with the larger stuff backed up behind the sample. I only had a short piece so put it closest to the down spout to see what collected. The only way to know for sure is to purchase enough to fill an entire gutter and see how it works. So, the point of all this is to see if anyone has had experience with any of these systems and if they felt they were worth the investment. Our gutters seem to primarily collect pine needles from neighbors and junk from the roof. We don't seem to get a lot of large leaves or as far as I know wasps and such living in there, but you can bet they aren't welcome and need to stay away as well. tnx, [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Gutter Guard-type Systems
I honestly am not sure, but I believe under the shingles so the shingles could be more easily replaced if necessary. Bill - Original Message - From: Scott Howell To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 9:25 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Gutter Guard-type Systems Thanks Bill, but does the Leaf Guard system you have fit under the shingles or just over the gutter? tnx, On Oct 5, 2009, at 9:30 AM, Bill Benson wrote: We have had a Leaf Guard system for several years and are quite happy with it. Our roofer said it was a better system than the Gutter Guard from the standpoint of the shingles. He said that shingles could be replaced much easier if need be with the Leaf Guard than with the Gutter Guard system. Bill Benson - Original Message - From: Scott Howell To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 4:37 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Gutter Guard-type Systems All, They had a Main Street fair here the other day and there were a number of vendors selling all sorts of stuff. There were two vendors selling gutter guard-type systems; one being the Gutter Helmet and the other I can't recall the name, but it was interesting. I mention all of this because I've been considering various options and I've tried one that seems to work, but I have not really decided if I like it entirely or not. The Gutter Helmet is the type of system where the water runs down the surface and roles under the end and drops into the gutter. The competition claims you can still get the little bits and such in the gutter and yes I am sure that's true, but I'm also sure water that does come into the gutter will wash the junk out. The second system was rather interesting in that you have a flat surface on the gutter so nothing slips under the shingle as it does with the helmet type systems. What made this other system different is that the plate that covers the gutter has holes for the water to drop through, but in addition it has a 50 micron screen that won't even let the sandy stuff from the shingles pass. I asked the lady how would any stuff that would collect on top of the gutter be cleared off and she said the wind would take care of that. Okay well all this stuff sounds good, but then the other option out there is the GUtter Brush which is just that, a great big bottle brush that fits inside the gutter and it looks like a bottle brush. I did get a sample of this and it seems to work quite well. I did find a lot of really small stuff along with the larger stuff backed up behind the sample. I only had a short piece so put it closest to the down spout to see what collected. The only way to know for sure is to purchase enough to fill an entire gutter and see how it works. So, the point of all this is to see if anyone has had experience with any of these systems and if they felt they were worth the investment. Our gutters seem to primarily collect pine needles from neighbors and junk from the roof. We don't seem to get a lot of large leaves or as far as I know wasps and such living in there, but you can bet they aren't welcome and need to stay away as well. tnx, [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] MP3 Players
Could someone tell me how much time I can get before the MUVO is filled, either in terms of how many minutes, or maybe in how many CD's it will hold. Bill - Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 7:59 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] MP3 Players I don't think it holds the place in the last folder. It holds the place you were last listening to. - Original Message - From: Keith Christian To: Blind Handyman Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 11:08 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] MP3 Players Hi, Thanks for the great info shared on the MP3 players. I did purchase the Muvo T100 and it is very cool. I like it. It was mentioned here that it is possible to listen to pod casts and the device would keep your place when exiting a file. When I change folders or move on to music then return to the pod cast, it starts at the beginning of the file again. Do I need to press a button to mark my spot or something? Creative has on their web site a wrist band or key chain with a speaker on it. Has anyone used one of these? If so, would you mind commenting on how it is working for you? It is needed for a student who will not be the most careful. Thanks again for all the feedback, Keith [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] homme entertainment center
Hi, Wish I had an answer, but unfortunately I only have another question that I hope someone out there may have an answer to: I have a DVD which skips and plays stuttering in a Zenith DVD player, but when I put it in my computer it played fine. That makes me think that it isn't that the disk is dirty or anything, but wonder if the inside workings of the Zenith could be dirty. Is there something that will clean that up in the way that there waws a cassette you could run through your player to demagnetize and clean it? Thanks for any tips. Bill e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Brice Mijares [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 1:00 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] homme entertainment center Last weekend I bought a home entertainment center, what a pain in the arse that was hooking up using my wife's sighted help. It took us near 8 hours by the time it was finished. We did run into some problems along the way. Like my RF Modulator was burned out or whatever prevented it from working. So I assume my DVD player was not broken which gave me the idea to go and buy a Home entertainment Center in the first place. After installing and hooking up the RF modulator we tried the system out. Everything worked fine till we got to the DVD player, and that's when we encountered another problem. We stuck a disk in the DVD and it started loading and something when afoul. I received a message on the display stating protected. So I called support and they told me That I'd have to take the receiver back and exchange it, so we took it back and they did the exchange, plus had to retrieve our DVD disk that was still stuck in the first one that we couldn't get out because the receiver locked everything up when we got the protected message. Okay, here is a question I have. The unit came with a antenna with about 3 feet of wire. You connected the antenna to one of those coaxial cables connectors, the same size that your cable TV cable is.. This antenna does not receive very well. Is there a FM coaxial cable antenna that I can buy that will give me better reception? that will give me better reception? Send any questions regarding list management to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemasterPAGE_user_op=view_pagePAGE_id=33MMN_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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! Groups Links Individual Email | Traditional http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Send any questions regarding list management to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemasterPAGE_user_op=view_pagePAGE_id=33MMN_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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links Send any questions regarding list management to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemasterPAGE_user_op=view_pagePAGE_id=33MMN_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
Re: [BlindHandyMan] homme entertainment center
Lee, thanks much! I'll check into that disk. Bill - Original Message - From: Lee A. Stone To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 4:48 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] homme entertainment center Bill, Walmart carries a whle cleaning kit for somewhere $22 dollars it has lens cleaner,liquid something and a scratch buffere or something . or for much cheaper you can get a pop in disc. .Lee On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 04:37:25PM -0600, Bill Benson wrote: Hi, Wish I had an answer, but unfortunately I only have another question that I hope someone out there may have an answer to: I have a DVD which skips and plays stuttering in a Zenith DVD player, but when I put it in my computer it played fine. That makes me think that it isn't that the disk is dirty or anything, but wonder if the inside workings of the Zenith could be dirty. Is there something that will clean that up in the way that there waws a cassette you could run through your player to demagnetize and clean it? Thanks for any tips. Bill e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Brice Mijares [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 1:00 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] homme entertainment center Last weekend I bought a home entertainment center, what a pain in the arse that was hooking up using my wife's sighted help. It took us near 8 hours by the time it was finished. We did run into some problems along the way. Like my RF Modulator was burned out or whatever prevented it from working. So I assume my DVD player was not broken which gave me the idea to go and buy a Home entertainment Center in the first place. After installing and hooking up the RF modulator we tried the system out. Everything worked fine till we got to the DVD player, and that's when we encountered another problem. We stuck a disk in the DVD and it started loading and something when afoul. I received a message on the display stating protected. So I called support and they told me That I'd have to take the receiver back and exchange it, so we took it back and they did the exchange, plus had to retrieve our DVD disk that was still stuck in the first one that we couldn't get out because the receiver locked everything up when we got the protected message. Okay, here is a question I have. The unit came with a antenna with about 3 feet of wire. You connected the antenna to one of those coaxial cables connectors, the same size that your cable TV cable is.. This antenna does not receive very well. Is there a FM coaxial cable antenna that I can buy that will give me better reception? that will give me better reception? Send any questions regarding list management to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemasterPAGE_user_op=view_pagePAGE_id=33MMN_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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! Groups Links Individual Email | Traditional http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Send any questions regarding list management to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemasterPAGE_user_op=view_pagePAGE_id=33MMN_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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Forwarded attachment...
Hi, Am I understanding correctly that, after next February, the audio of Tv will not be accessible in the ways we are now using? Bill - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 2:06 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Forwarded attachment... there are still what are called TV radios. Sony makes them still I think. If not, Sangean may. But if Canada is also going HD, you'll a. find them chea now b. find them useless soon. On Thu, 31 Jan 2008, Dale Leavens wrote: Hi Roger, Do you mean that the receiver can receive radio and television signals or do you mean that you plug the television into the amplifier of the Sony? I would be very interested in a receiver which could receive both radio and television signals. I believe there was once a portable receiver which did this at one time Thanks. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Roger Bachelder To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 9:30 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Receiver settings? Hi Guys, I have a home Sony receiver, and when i switch from TV to radio, the radio is much louder then the TV. Is this a common issue with receivers? Or is there a way to resolve this issue? Any thoughts anyone? Take care Yawl, Roger C Bachelder 3rd [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: digital compliant TVs
Listers, You can order up to two coupons worth $40 each by calling (888) 388-2009. I don't think they will be sent till February, and will be valid for 90 days. Bill - Original Message - From: Tom Fowle To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 4:20 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: digital compliant TVs curtis, so far as I know this is how it will go. Soon, as soon as converter boxes are available, some part of the federal gov will make cupons available to every citizen, that will provide about $30 or $40 towards the price of a convverter box that will take digital T.V. signals and produce either NTSC video signals or R.F. (As in chanel 3 etc.) that will go directly into an analog T.V. How accessible the converter boxes and there probable remotes might be is your guess. How ever it appears that, although you'll have to buy either a converter box or an actual digital T.V. the converters or basic ones anyhow will end up not costing more than $20.00 or $30.00 Do not buy one now, the cupons aren't out yet, and the current converters aren't as good as the newer ones will be. You won't have to change antennas as the digital chanels are in the same ranges, mostly U.H.F. as the analog. One friend said he got poor analog pictures and after getting a digital tuner, got crystal clear pictures. the must go digital date is February 17, 2009. Tom [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] electrical cord
Dear List members, I have an electrical cord probably six feet long with a standard two prong plug on one end, an on-off wheel switch in the middle, and a socket on the other end into which you can screw a night light 7 watt bulb. This is to put inside various figurines, etc. that then light up. Would anyone know where I could find such a cord? I don't think Home Depot has them, though one would think they would. Hope someone can maybe help. Bill Benson e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] electrical cord
Larry, I had no luck with such here in St. Louis. They told me to try Home Depot. Bill - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com ; blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] electrical cord Bill, You might also try craft or hobby shops. I have a collection of 1/18th scale formula one cars in a couple of show cases and they use somewhat the same setup to back light the displays. At 02:07 PM 10/18/2007 -0500, Bill Benson wrote: Dear List members, I have an electrical cord probably six feet long with a standard two prong plug on one end, an on-off wheel switch in the middle, and a socket on the other end into which you can screw a night light 7 watt bulb. This is to put inside various figurines, etc. that then light up. Would anyone know where I could find such a cord? I don't think Home Depot has them, though one would think they would. Hope someone can maybe help. Bill Benson e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 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/ If you would like to join the Blind Computing list, then visit the following address for more information: http://jaws-users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_jaws-users.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 -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS -- Teach InfoWest Spam Trap if this mail (ID 131180396) is spam: Spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=131180396m=1a5163834cadc=s Not spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=131180396m=1a5163834cadc=n Forget vote: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=131180396m=1a5163834cadc=f -- END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] electrical cord
Victor, Thanks much! My hardware store guy saod that he should be getting such cords in for Christmas in a couple weeks, so thanks for pointing me in that direction. Bill- Original Message - From: Victor Gouveia To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 2:41 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] electrical cord Hi Bill, I have seen such interrupter cords at Home depot. You may also want to check out Lowes and/or electrical supply stores in your area, as their prices may be drastically thinner than Home Depot, but that's just my opinion, based on Canadian facts. Smile. Victor Gouveia [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
