RE: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep?
There's always the Scat Mat, which is mat used to keep pets from entering a room. When they step on it, there's a shock. So put one in each corner of your yard, and when you get shocked it's time to turn! _ From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jimmy Podsim Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 7:25 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? Well, if she won't let you do the beeper thingy, then tell her that she has to run from corner to corner and clap her hands so you know where the corner is. Hehehehehehehahahaha! ... 73 ... KD5QHH ... Jimmy ... http://www.podsim. http://www.podsim.us us MSN or windows live... [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:podsim%40yahoo.com com Skype, jimmy.podsim ...blind people please note the period between the names. Have a great day! - Original Message - From: allen dunbar To: blindhandyman@ mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 5:09 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? it could ve something as simple as a row of landscape rocks just as long as you can use it as a detectable warning of sorts could be really low tech requiring no batteries or wires good luck allen dunbar - Original Message - From: Chanting Monks [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:editor%40chantingmonks.com s.com To: blindhandyman@ mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 5:03 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? I think my wife will sooner install the invisible fence and sew a collar into my shirt unbeknownst to me before she lets me put in warning tracks around the corners. ;) Best, Joe Monks Every day you haven't written is a day you've written off... Chanting Monks Press http://www.chanting http://www.chantingmonks.com monks.com Sight Unseen Pictures http://www.sightuns http://www.sightunseenpictures.com eenpictures.com - Original Message - From: Gary Hale [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:ghale%40swbell.net net To: blindhandyman@ mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 3:08 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? How about a low-tech solution? You could change the texture of the running surface so that it feels different as you approach and pass through the turn. Baseball outfielders use the warning track for this purpose when their attention is focused on the ball. Gary [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Joe, please consider this before buying the beepers (if it's not too late): Once you turn the beeper on, it beeps constantly without a motion sensor to turn it in. So you really have no idea how close you are before you need to turn the corner. Just a warning. _ From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chanting Monks Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 11:02 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? Cheetah, thanks so much. This is *exactly* the kind of thing I'd been hoping to find. I'm going to order four of these and try them out. For $30, this is a fraction of the cost of other solutions I'd been considering, and if it works, even if only until I can rig my yard for sound (not a pressing need at the moment), it'll have been worth every cent. Plus, I can already think of several uses for them if I do retire them from yard-work. Much appreciated, thanks again, Joe Best, Joe Monks Every day you haven't written is a day you've written off... Chanting Monks Press http://www.chanting http://www.chantingmonks.com monks.com Sight Unseen Pictures http://www.sightuns http://www.sightunseenpictures.com eenpictures.com - Original Message - From: cheetah [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:cheetah1%40frontiernet.net t.net To: blindhandyman@ mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 7:07 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? hi joe and everyone else heres a link to a place that sells the beeping box about $6.95 i think you can listen to what it sounds like too. they also have other fun things. jim https://www. https://www.braillebookstore.com/view.php?T=BeeperBox braillebookstore.com/view.php?T=BeeperBox [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Joe, I don't know of a commercial item, but there is a pretty simple design that uses a couple 9V batteries in the archives of the Smith-Kettlewell technical file http://www.ski.org/Rehab/sktf search for Little Go Beep There are two such named devices, the model 1 is the one you want. It uses very standard electronic parts. If you don't know any ham techies who could bung you up a few units, you might contact the local junior community college if they have an electronics program and see if you can work up any enthusiasm to get a couple students to help. Also, the folks at HandiHams http://www.handiham.org have a design for a beacon that sends any pre-programmed character in morse code. These are short range but use veryy little power. They were intended to mark trails at there camps. I have no idea if they have any around, or any way to get more. Write to the manager, Pat Tice [EMAIL PROTECTED] and see what he has to say. There are also little key finders that beep when you clap your hands, but the ones we've tried don't work reliably. We got them from a cheapie electronics junk place maybe Cyber guys or the like for a few bucks. This could be the cheapest answer but used button batteries and may not be reliable. You'd maybe feel silly jogging round clapping your hands, but you can tell the curious neighbors you're composing. On the other hand maybe you could just wear a rubber helmet, and put your head down and go for it! GRIN Hope someone has a more available idea. Tom Fowle
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Problem with many commercial beepers is that they're made using piezo technology and the noise they make is a sine wave or a pretty good simulation of such. That kind of wave form is very hard to localize since it has no edges for localization you need a square wave or some similar wave form with more sharp edges to it. More of a raw sound or a buzz than a clean tone. Tom Fowle
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep?
sorry the radio transmitter idea isn't going to work well unless you have a really huge yard. Even with a very low power transmitter, and I mean in the low miliwats range, you're going to hear them too far away, and direction finders just don't work that close to the source. Besides which who wants to carry a receiver and mess with it all the time. I think wiring up the speakers is going to turn out to provide the most reasonable answer and surve other needs too. tom
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep?
How about a low-tech solution? You could change the texture of the running surface so that it feels different as you approach and pass through the turn. Baseball outfielders use the warning track for this purpose when their attention is focused on the ball. Gary
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep?
Thanks, Tom, I'm usually pretty good about getting up on something making noise. Not sure how loud I can set things (if adjustable at all), but the hope is that as I get nearer, then I can slow up a bit and get used to reaching out. I just hate the idea of continually reaching out as I jog with no clue where the corners are because it really breaks stride. If I do start running into the corners, maybe it *is* time to pad the damned things. :() Best, Joe Monks Every day you haven't written is a day you've written off... Chanting Monks Press http://www.chantingmonks.com Sight Unseen Pictures http://www.sightunseenpictures.com - Original Message - From: Tom Hodges [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 9:43 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? Joe, please consider this before buying the beepers (if it's not too late): Once you turn the beeper on, it beeps constantly without a motion sensor to turn it in. So you really have no idea how close you are before you need to turn the corner. Just a warning. _ From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chanting Monks Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 11:02 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? Cheetah, thanks so much. This is *exactly* the kind of thing I'd been hoping to find. I'm going to order four of these and try them out. For $30, this is a fraction of the cost of other solutions I'd been considering, and if it works, even if only until I can rig my yard for sound (not a pressing need at the moment), it'll have been worth every cent. Plus, I can already think of several uses for them if I do retire them from yard-work. Much appreciated, thanks again, Joe Best, Joe Monks Every day you haven't written is a day you've written off... Chanting Monks Press http://www.chanting http://www.chantingmonks.com monks.com Sight Unseen Pictures http://www.sightuns http://www.sightunseenpictures.com eenpictures.com - Original Message - From: cheetah [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:cheetah1%40frontiernet.net t.net To: blindhandyman@ mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 7:07 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? hi joe and everyone else heres a link to a place that sells the beeping box about $6.95 i think you can listen to what it sounds like too. they also have other fun things. jim https://www. https://www.braillebookstore.com/view.php?T=BeeperBox braillebookstore.com/view.php?T=BeeperBox [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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I think my wife will sooner install the invisible fence and sew a collar into my shirt unbeknownst to me before she lets me put in warning tracks around the corners. ;) Best, Joe Monks Every day you haven't written is a day you've written off... Chanting Monks Press http://www.chantingmonks.com Sight Unseen Pictures http://www.sightunseenpictures.com - Original Message - From: Gary Hale [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 3:08 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? How about a low-tech solution? You could change the texture of the running surface so that it feels different as you approach and pass through the turn. Baseball outfielders use the warning track for this purpose when their attention is focused on the ball. Gary
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it could ve something as simple as a row of landscape rocks just as long as you can use it as a detectable warning of sorts could be really low tech requiring no batteries or wires good luck allen dunbar - Original Message - From: Chanting Monks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 5:03 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? I think my wife will sooner install the invisible fence and sew a collar into my shirt unbeknownst to me before she lets me put in warning tracks around the corners. ;) Best, Joe Monks Every day you haven't written is a day you've written off... Chanting Monks Press http://www.chantingmonks.com Sight Unseen Pictures http://www.sightunseenpictures.com - Original Message - From: Gary Hale [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 3:08 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? How about a low-tech solution? You could change the texture of the running surface so that it feels different as you approach and pass through the turn. Baseball outfielders use the warning track for this purpose when their attention is focused on the ball. Gary
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Well, if she won't let you do the beeper thingy, then tell her that she has to run from corner to corner and clap her hands so you know where the corner is. Hehehehehehehahahaha! ... 73 ... KD5QHH ... Jimmy ... http://www.podsim.us MSN or windows live... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype, jimmy.podsim ...blind people please note the period between the names. Have a great day! - Original Message - From: allen dunbar To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 5:09 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? it could ve something as simple as a row of landscape rocks just as long as you can use it as a detectable warning of sorts could be really low tech requiring no batteries or wires good luck allen dunbar - Original Message - From: Chanting Monks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 5:03 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? I think my wife will sooner install the invisible fence and sew a collar into my shirt unbeknownst to me before she lets me put in warning tracks around the corners. ;) Best, Joe Monks Every day you haven't written is a day you've written off... Chanting Monks Press http://www.chantingmonks.com Sight Unseen Pictures http://www.sightunseenpictures.com - Original Message - From: Gary Hale [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 3:08 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? How about a low-tech solution? You could change the texture of the running surface so that it feels different as you approach and pass through the turn. Baseball outfielders use the warning track for this purpose when their attention is focused on the ball. Gary [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Why not use rechargeable batteries n the beepers? ... 73 ... KD5QHH ... Jimmy ... http://www.podsim.us MSN or windows live... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype, jimmy.podsim ...blind people please note the period between the names. Have a great day! - Original Message - From: Chanting Monks To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 12:15 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? Hi folks, Just had my yard fenced in and have been looking for a solution to this issue. I want to jog around the inner perimeter of the yard, without having to use the cane or run along the fence within touching distance. My solution? Finding a way to have all four corner posts rigged with sound so as I approach, I know whereabouts I'm at. Running speakers out there for music would require a couple of hundred bucks to run the electric, speaker wire, and then the speakers themselves, so I was looking around online for beeping devices that I might simply velcro to the four fence posts and be guided that way. To date, all I've found is a $30 per beeper solution from MaxiAids, that uses nonrechargeable batteries, two of each, which get pricey when talking about replacement. (It'd actually be cheaper for me to buy a few of these beeping foam balls for kids, taking out those beepers and using them, but I still wind up with the expense of pricey batteries. I'll eventually run the speakers, both for my jogging and the addition to the yard for BBQs, etc., so spending $120 on a short-term solution isn't in the cards. Suggestions? Anybody using anything that beeps that uses traditional batteries for which my charger will work? Another solution entirely, perhaps? (I thought about driving a stake into the center of the yard and using a rope, but I have a tree in the way that can't be removed at present due to town ordinance, otherwise I'd just do the circles. Any thoughts/tips/ideas would be greatly appreciated. Best, Joe [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Joe, Wouldn't a few inexpensive radios be a bit more enjoyable, rather than listening to insessant beeping? You could also investigate wireless speakers. But they are a bit spendy. You can just foam pad the corners and run into them. *GRIN* -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:(412) 268-9081
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Joe, If this is going to be a temporary solution, why not run a single line around the inside perimeter about 6 in from the fence and at a comfortable hand height? It will even work when the batteries are dead or the power is off. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chanting Monks Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 11:15 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? Hi folks, Just had my yard fenced in and have been looking for a solution to this issue. I want to jog around the inner perimeter of the yard, without having to use the cane or run along the fence within touching distance. My solution? Finding a way to have all four corner posts rigged with sound so as I approach, I know whereabouts I'm at. Running speakers out there for music would require a couple of hundred bucks to run the electric, speaker wire, and then the speakers themselves, so I was looking around online for beeping devices that I might simply velcro to the four fence posts and be guided that way. To date, all I've found is a $30 per beeper solution from MaxiAids, that uses nonrechargeable batteries, two of each, which get pricey when talking about replacement. (It'd actually be cheaper for me to buy a few of these beeping foam balls for kids, taking out those beepers and using them, but I still wind up with the expense of pricey batteries. I'll eventually run the speakers, both for my jogging and the addition to the yard for BBQs, etc., so spending $120 on a short-term solution isn't in the cards. Suggestions? Anybody using anything that beeps that uses traditional batteries for which my charger will work? Another solution entirely, perhaps? (I thought about driving a stake into the center of the yard and using a rope, but I have a tree in the way that can't be removed at present due to town ordinance, otherwise I'd just do the circles. Any thoughts/tips/ideas would be greatly appreciated. Best, Joe 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_p agePAGE_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 -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS -- Teach InfoWest Spam Trap if this mail (ID 215983128) is spam: Spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=215983128m=011e6394ad0ac=s Not spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=215983128m=011e6394ad0ac=n Forget vote: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=215983128m=011e6394ad0ac=f REMEMBER: Never give out your account information, password, or other personal information over e-mail. -- END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS
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LOL! get an invisible fence and put your collor on and then it'll shock you when you run out of the fence line. Hehheheheheheahha. JK. ... 73 ... KD5QHH ... Jimmy ... http://www.podsim.us MSN or windows live... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype, jimmy.podsim ...blind people please note the period between the names. Have a great day! - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 1:04 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? Joe, If this is going to be a temporary solution, why not run a single line around the inside perimeter about 6 in from the fence and at a comfortable hand height? It will even work when the batteries are dead or the power is off. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chanting Monks Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 11:15 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? Hi folks, Just had my yard fenced in and have been looking for a solution to this issue. I want to jog around the inner perimeter of the yard, without having to use the cane or run along the fence within touching distance. My solution? Finding a way to have all four corner posts rigged with sound so as I approach, I know whereabouts I'm at. Running speakers out there for music would require a couple of hundred bucks to run the electric, speaker wire, and then the speakers themselves, so I was looking around online for beeping devices that I might simply velcro to the four fence posts and be guided that way. To date, all I've found is a $30 per beeper solution from MaxiAids, that uses nonrechargeable batteries, two of each, which get pricey when talking about replacement. (It'd actually be cheaper for me to buy a few of these beeping foam balls for kids, taking out those beepers and using them, but I still wind up with the expense of pricey batteries. I'll eventually run the speakers, both for my jogging and the addition to the yard for BBQs, etc., so spending $120 on a short-term solution isn't in the cards. Suggestions? Anybody using anything that beeps that uses traditional batteries for which my charger will work? Another solution entirely, perhaps? (I thought about driving a stake into the center of the yard and using a rope, but I have a tree in the way that can't be removed at present due to town ordinance, otherwise I'd just do the circles. Any thoughts/tips/ideas would be greatly appreciated. Best, Joe 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_p agePAGE_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 -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS -- Teach InfoWest Spam Trap if this mail (ID 215983128) is spam: Spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=215983128m=011e6394ad0ac=s Not spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=215983128m=011e6394ad0ac=n Forget vote: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=215983128m=011e6394ad0ac=f REMEMBER: Never give out your account information, password, or other personal information over e-mail. -- END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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hi joe and everyone else heres a link to a place that sells the beeping box about $6.95 i think you can listen to what it sounds like too. they also have other fun things. jim https://www.braillebookstore.com/view.php?T=BeeperBox [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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The one beeper device I found takes those flat, wristwatch type batteries (can't remember the name of them right now). Same type that go into my blood glucose meter, about the size of a quarter? Woman on the phone says they're non-rechargeable, which is why I'd like to find something that would take double or triple A batteries, which I can recharge and find easily. Best, Joe Monks Every day you haven't written is a day you've written off... Chanting Monks Press http://www.chantingmonks.com Sight Unseen Pictures http://www.sightunseenpictures.com - Original Message - From: Jimmy Podsim [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 1:17 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? Why not use rechargeable batteries n the beepers? ... 73 ... KD5QHH ... Jimmy ... http://www.podsim.us MSN or windows live... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype, jimmy.podsim ...blind people please note the period between the names. Have a great day! - Original Message - From: Chanting Monks To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 12:15 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? Hi folks, Just had my yard fenced in and have been looking for a solution to this issue. I want to jog around the inner perimeter of the yard, without having to use the cane or run along the fence within touching distance. My solution? Finding a way to have all four corner posts rigged with sound so as I approach, I know whereabouts I'm at. Running speakers out there for music would require a couple of hundred bucks to run the electric, speaker wire, and then the speakers themselves, so I was looking around online for beeping devices that I might simply velcro to the four fence posts and be guided that way. To date, all I've found is a $30 per beeper solution from MaxiAids, that uses nonrechargeable batteries, two of each, which get pricey when talking about replacement. (It'd actually be cheaper for me to buy a few of these beeping foam balls for kids, taking out those beepers and using them, but I still wind up with the expense of pricey batteries. I'll eventually run the speakers, both for my jogging and the addition to the yard for BBQs, etc., so spending $120 on a short-term solution isn't in the cards. Suggestions? Anybody using anything that beeps that uses traditional batteries for which my charger will work? Another solution entirely, perhaps? (I thought about driving a stake into the center of the yard and using a rope, but I have a tree in the way that can't be removed at present due to town ordinance, otherwise I'd just do the circles. Any thoughts/tips/ideas would be greatly appreciated. Best, Joe [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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The wife suggested one of those invisible fences and the dog collar, but I think I prefer the foam padded posts. :) Yesterday, I spoke to the customer service reps at Crutchfield, which has always been very good. My bottom of the barrel price for the wireless speakers would be a couple of hundred bucks. With Christmas coming and nobody ever knowing what to get me, seems I might be adding speaker wire and some inexpensive indoor/outdoor speakers to my wish list and go from there. After searching Target, Wal Mart and Radio Shack, we couldn't find any small, transistor sized radios. I could hang four dirt-cheap boom boxes out there, but I run into the price of batteries again. I think I may wind up ordering some inexpensive speakers, running the speaker wire along the bottom fence rail in 1 inch PVC pipe to protect it from weather and animals, and going that route. I had thought I might be able to find some beeper devices for ten bucks that took triple or double A batteries and live with that temporarily, but so far, no dice. Best, Joe Monks Every day you haven't written is a day you've written off... Chanting Monks Press http://www.chantingmonks.com Sight Unseen Pictures http://www.sightunseenpictures.com - Original Message - From: Dan Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 1:53 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? Joe, Wouldn't a few inexpensive radios be a bit more enjoyable, rather than listening to insessant beeping? You could also investigate wireless speakers. But they are a bit spendy. You can just foam pad the corners and run into them. *GRIN* -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University
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It's a temporary consideration. I've wanted to stay away from having to keep reaching out because it feels uncomfortable doing that, but it might be the cheapest option. Only drawback is that I've also put a soccer net up in the yard, which we keep by the fence on one side, and I bought one of those soccer balls with bells in it so my nephews can practice their shooting skills while I play goal. The fence makes it like indoor soccer so they can play the rebounds, so the line around the yard might interfere. But thanks, it is something to consider. Best, Joe Monks Every day you haven't written is a day you've written off... Chanting Monks Press http://www.chantingmonks.com Sight Unseen Pictures http://www.sightunseenpictures.com - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 2:04 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? Joe, If this is going to be a temporary solution, why not run a single line around the inside perimeter about 6 in from the fence and at a comfortable hand height? It will even work when the batteries are dead or the power is off. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chanting Monks Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 11:15 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? Hi folks, Just had my yard fenced in and have been looking for a solution to this issue. I want to jog around the inner perimeter of the yard, without having to use the cane or run along the fence within touching distance. My solution? Finding a way to have all four corner posts rigged with sound so as I approach, I know whereabouts I'm at. Running speakers out there for music would require a couple of hundred bucks to run the electric, speaker wire, and then the speakers themselves, so I was looking around online for beeping devices that I might simply velcro to the four fence posts and be guided that way. To date, all I've found is a $30 per beeper solution from MaxiAids, that uses nonrechargeable batteries, two of each, which get pricey when talking about replacement. (It'd actually be cheaper for me to buy a few of these beeping foam balls for kids, taking out those beepers and using them, but I still wind up with the expense of pricey batteries. I'll eventually run the speakers, both for my jogging and the addition to the yard for BBQs, etc., so spending $120 on a short-term solution isn't in the cards. Suggestions? Anybody using anything that beeps that uses traditional batteries for which my charger will work? Another solution entirely, perhaps? (I thought about driving a stake into the center of the yard and using a rope, but I have a tree in the way that can't be removed at present due to town ordinance, otherwise I'd just do the circles. Any thoughts/tips/ideas would be greatly appreciated. Best, Joe 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_p agePAGE_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 -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS -- Teach InfoWest Spam Trap if this mail (ID 215983128) is spam: Spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=215983128m=011e6394ad0ac=s Not spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=215983128m=011e6394ad0ac=n Forget vote: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=215983128m=011e6394ad0ac=f REMEMBER: Never give out your account information, password, or other personal information over e-mail. -- END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS
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I just replied and said my wife suggested that very thing! I'd be toast by the end of the first half mile, though... Maybe I should get four smoke alarms and a couple briquets of charcoal, I can get smoke alarms on sale two for $12.99 *with* the 9 volt! Best, Joe Monks Every day you haven't written is a day you've written off... Chanting Monks Press http://www.chantingmonks.com Sight Unseen Pictures http://www.sightunseenpictures.com - Original Message - From: Jimmy Podsim [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 5:18 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? LOL! get an invisible fence and put your collor on and then it'll shock you when you run out of the fence line. Hehheheheheheahha. JK. ... 73 ... KD5QHH ... Jimmy ... http://www.podsim.us MSN or windows live... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype, jimmy.podsim ...blind people please note the period between the names. Have a great day! - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 1:04 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? Joe, If this is going to be a temporary solution, why not run a single line around the inside perimeter about 6 in from the fence and at a comfortable hand height? It will even work when the batteries are dead or the power is off. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chanting Monks Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 11:15 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? Hi folks, Just had my yard fenced in and have been looking for a solution to this issue. I want to jog around the inner perimeter of the yard, without having to use the cane or run along the fence within touching distance. My solution? Finding a way to have all four corner posts rigged with sound so as I approach, I know whereabouts I'm at. Running speakers out there for music would require a couple of hundred bucks to run the electric, speaker wire, and then the speakers themselves, so I was looking around online for beeping devices that I might simply velcro to the four fence posts and be guided that way. To date, all I've found is a $30 per beeper solution from MaxiAids, that uses nonrechargeable batteries, two of each, which get pricey when talking about replacement. (It'd actually be cheaper for me to buy a few of these beeping foam balls for kids, taking out those beepers and using them, but I still wind up with the expense of pricey batteries. I'll eventually run the speakers, both for my jogging and the addition to the yard for BBQs, etc., so spending $120 on a short-term solution isn't in the cards. Suggestions? Anybody using anything that beeps that uses traditional batteries for which my charger will work? Another solution entirely, perhaps? (I thought about driving a stake into the center of the yard and using a rope, but I have a tree in the way that can't be removed at present due to town ordinance, otherwise I'd just do the circles. Any thoughts/tips/ideas would be greatly appreciated. Best, Joe 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_p agePAGE_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 -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS -- Teach InfoWest Spam Trap if this mail (ID 215983128) is spam: Spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=215983128m=011e6394ad0ac=s Not spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=215983128m=011e6394ad0ac=n Forget vote: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=215983128m=011e6394ad0ac=f REMEMBER: Never give out your account information, password, or other personal information over e-mail. -- END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Hmnnn, that's an interesting possibility. The yard is situated so that I have a decent enough amount of space along the shorter two sides to make the sound issue moot, and especially along the lengthier sides, I wouldn't have too much sound crossover. I think what I keep winding up with is the four speakers, two set to lower volumes than the other pair, and just spending the dough for the wire. Not only will I avoid the beeping, I can listen to pretty much anything. I'd been talking to my brother in law about rigging up the yard with power anyway, maybe this is my best excuse for it. Best, Joe Monks Every day you haven't written is a day you've written off... Chanting Monks Press http://www.chantingmonks.com Sight Unseen Pictures http://www.sightunseenpictures.com - Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? The cheapest fix I can think of would be to get a few DC powered beepers that run on a range of voltage. I make probe testers for automotive power testing and the beepers have a range of 3 to 27 volts. If you got them you could power them off of a landscape lighting system. The transformer would be able to send power all along the perimeter like it does for track lighting. Only problem with this would be telling the one you pass from the one you're approaching. - Original Message - From: Chanting Monks To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 1:15 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? Hi folks, Just had my yard fenced in and have been looking for a solution to this issue. I want to jog around the inner perimeter of the yard, without having to use the cane or run along the fence within touching distance. My solution? Finding a way to have all four corner posts rigged with sound so as I approach, I know whereabouts I'm at. Running speakers out there for music would require a couple of hundred bucks to run the electric, speaker wire, and then the speakers themselves, so I was looking around online for beeping devices that I might simply velcro to the four fence posts and be guided that way. To date, all I've found is a $30 per beeper solution from MaxiAids, that uses nonrechargeable batteries, two of each, which get pricey when talking about replacement. (It'd actually be cheaper for me to buy a few of these beeping foam balls for kids, taking out those beepers and using them, but I still wind up with the expense of pricey batteries. I'll eventually run the speakers, both for my jogging and the addition to the yard for BBQs, etc., so spending $120 on a short-term solution isn't in the cards. Suggestions? Anybody using anything that beeps that uses traditional batteries for which my charger will work? Another solution entirely, perhaps? (I thought about driving a stake into the center of the yard and using a rope, but I have a tree in the way that can't be removed at present due to town ordinance, otherwise I'd just do the circles. Any thoughts/tips/ideas would be greatly appreciated. Best, Joe [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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You know, this has gotten my brain going though. So here's my thought. As a ham radio operator we do what's called a fox hunt and this is where the idea came from. I think these things could be made cheaply with some small project boxes. If you could get a ham to build a small transmitter that could transmit something in code, like 300 milliwats. then build 4 small receivers that run on 9 volt batteries, you could turn on the transmitter and then on the first go around stop by every post and turn on the receivers anand then on the last round stop and turn them back off. The receivers would run forever on those batteries and the transmitter wouldn't burn them bad either. Of course, a ham would have access to which frequencies could be used without getting into trouble. It's a pain in the butt, but could be done rather cheaply. Who knows, maybe the person who builds them could sell them. ... 73 ... KD5QHH ... Jimmy ... http://www.podsim.us MSN or windows live... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype, jimmy.podsim ...blind people please note the period between the names. Have a great day! - Original Message - From: Chanting Monks To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 9:41 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? I just replied and said my wife suggested that very thing! I'd be toast by the end of the first half mile, though... Maybe I should get four smoke alarms and a couple briquets of charcoal, I can get smoke alarms on sale two for $12.99 *with* the 9 volt! Best, Joe Monks Every day you haven't written is a day you've written off... Chanting Monks Press http://www.chantingmonks.com Sight Unseen Pictures http://www.sightunseenpictures.com - Original Message - From: Jimmy Podsim [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 5:18 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? LOL! get an invisible fence and put your collor on and then it'll shock you when you run out of the fence line. Hehheheheheheahha. JK. ... 73 ... KD5QHH ... Jimmy ... http://www.podsim.us MSN or windows live... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype, jimmy.podsim ...blind people please note the period between the names. Have a great day! - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 1:04 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? Joe, If this is going to be a temporary solution, why not run a single line around the inside perimeter about 6 in from the fence and at a comfortable hand height? It will even work when the batteries are dead or the power is off. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chanting Monks Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 11:15 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? Hi folks, Just had my yard fenced in and have been looking for a solution to this issue. I want to jog around the inner perimeter of the yard, without having to use the cane or run along the fence within touching distance. My solution? Finding a way to have all four corner posts rigged with sound so as I approach, I know whereabouts I'm at. Running speakers out there for music would require a couple of hundred bucks to run the electric, speaker wire, and then the speakers themselves, so I was looking around online for beeping devices that I might simply velcro to the four fence posts and be guided that way. To date, all I've found is a $30 per beeper solution from MaxiAids, that uses nonrechargeable batteries, two of each, which get pricey when talking about replacement. (It'd actually be cheaper for me to buy a few of these beeping foam balls for kids, taking out those beepers and using them, but I still wind up with the expense of pricey batteries. I'll eventually run the speakers, both for my jogging and the addition to the yard for BBQs, etc., so spending $120 on a short-term solution isn't in the cards. Suggestions? Anybody using anything that beeps that uses traditional batteries for which my charger will work? Another solution entirely, perhaps? (I thought about driving a stake into the center of the yard and using a rope, but I have a tree in the way that can't be removed at present due to town ordinance, otherwise I'd just do the circles. Any thoughts/tips/ideas would be greatly appreciated. Best, Joe 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_p agePAGE_id=33MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp
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Wow! now that electric fence would be way worse than the invisible fence. hehehehehehaha. ... 73 ... KD5QHH ... Jimmy ... http://www.podsim.us MSN or windows live... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype, jimmy.podsim ...blind people please note the period between the names. Have a great day! - Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 9:41 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? Check Radio Shack. You can get the parts to build your own. Get a small kit box and they have the beepers or buzzers as well. Then you could get a transformer to run them all at the same time. Don't have a price on a transformer right now but you could do the whole project for under a hundred. If a transformer is too pricey use a small automotive battery charger and clip the wires into the alligator clips for power. Or you can opt for the electric fence! That works for horses... - Original Message - From: Chanting Monks To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 10:33 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? The wife suggested one of those invisible fences and the dog collar, but I think I prefer the foam padded posts. :) Yesterday, I spoke to the customer service reps at Crutchfield, which has always been very good. My bottom of the barrel price for the wireless speakers would be a couple of hundred bucks. With Christmas coming and nobody ever knowing what to get me, seems I might be adding speaker wire and some inexpensive indoor/outdoor speakers to my wish list and go from there. After searching Target, Wal Mart and Radio Shack, we couldn't find any small, transistor sized radios. I could hang four dirt-cheap boom boxes out there, but I run into the price of batteries again. I think I may wind up ordering some inexpensive speakers, running the speaker wire along the bottom fence rail in 1 inch PVC pipe to protect it from weather and animals, and going that route. I had thought I might be able to find some beeper devices for ten bucks that took triple or double A batteries and live with that temporarily, but so far, no dice. Best, Joe Monks Every day you haven't written is a day you've written off... Chanting Monks Press http://www.chantingmonks.com Sight Unseen Pictures http://www.sightunseenpictures.com - Original Message - From: Dan Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 1:53 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? Joe, Wouldn't a few inexpensive radios be a bit more enjoyable, rather than listening to insessant beeping? You could also investigate wireless speakers. But they are a bit spendy. You can just foam pad the corners and run into them. *GRIN* -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Cheetah, thanks so much. This is *exactly* the kind of thing I'd been hoping to find. I'm going to order four of these and try them out. For $30, this is a fraction of the cost of other solutions I'd been considering, and if it works, even if only until I can rig my yard for sound (not a pressing need at the moment), it'll have been worth every cent. Plus, I can already think of several uses for them if I do retire them from yard-work. Much appreciated, thanks again, Joe Best, Joe Monks Every day you haven't written is a day you've written off... Chanting Monks Press http://www.chantingmonks.com Sight Unseen Pictures http://www.sightunseenpictures.com - Original Message - From: cheetah [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 7:07 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? hi joe and everyone else heres a link to a place that sells the beeping box about $6.95 i think you can listen to what it sounds like too. they also have other fun things. jim https://www.braillebookstore.com/view.php?T=BeeperBox [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Cheetah just saved me some bucks (and some work!), but I like the idea of buying some of these gizmos and getting beeper/buzzer and maybe other sounds out of them. Maybe for next Halloween... Best, Joe Monks Every day you haven't written is a day you've written off... Chanting Monks Press http://www.chantingmonks.com Sight Unseen Pictures http://www.sightunseenpictures.com - Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 10:41 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? Check Radio Shack. You can get the parts to build your own. Get a small kit box and they have the beepers or buzzers as well. Then you could get a transformer to run them all at the same time. Don't have a price on a transformer right now but you could do the whole project for under a hundred. If a transformer is too pricey use a small automotive battery charger and clip the wires into the alligator clips for power. Or you can opt for the electric fence! That works for horses... - Original Message - From: Chanting Monks To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 10:33 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? The wife suggested one of those invisible fences and the dog collar, but I think I prefer the foam padded posts. :) Yesterday, I spoke to the customer service reps at Crutchfield, which has always been very good. My bottom of the barrel price for the wireless speakers would be a couple of hundred bucks. With Christmas coming and nobody ever knowing what to get me, seems I might be adding speaker wire and some inexpensive indoor/outdoor speakers to my wish list and go from there. After searching Target, Wal Mart and Radio Shack, we couldn't find any small, transistor sized radios. I could hang four dirt-cheap boom boxes out there, but I run into the price of batteries again. I think I may wind up ordering some inexpensive speakers, running the speaker wire along the bottom fence rail in 1 inch PVC pipe to protect it from weather and animals, and going that route. I had thought I might be able to find some beeper devices for ten bucks that took triple or double A batteries and live with that temporarily, but so far, no dice. Best, Joe Monks Every day you haven't written is a day you've written off... Chanting Monks Press http://www.chantingmonks.com Sight Unseen Pictures http://www.sightunseenpictures.com - Original Message - From: Dan Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 1:53 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? Joe, Wouldn't a few inexpensive radios be a bit more enjoyable, rather than listening to insessant beeping? You could also investigate wireless speakers. But they are a bit spendy. You can just foam pad the corners and run into them. *GRIN* -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Okay, you two guys *don't* talk to my wife. ;) Best, Joe Monks Every day you haven't written is a day you've written off... Chanting Monks Press http://www.chantingmonks.com Sight Unseen Pictures http://www.sightunseenpictures.com - Original Message - From: Jimmy Podsim [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 10:47 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? Wow! now that electric fence would be way worse than the invisible fence. hehehehehehaha. ... 73 ... KD5QHH ... Jimmy ... http://www.podsim.us MSN or windows live... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype, jimmy.podsim ...blind people please note the period between the names. Have a great day! - Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 9:41 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? Check Radio Shack. You can get the parts to build your own. Get a small kit box and they have the beepers or buzzers as well. Then you could get a transformer to run them all at the same time. Don't have a price on a transformer right now but you could do the whole project for under a hundred. If a transformer is too pricey use a small automotive battery charger and clip the wires into the alligator clips for power. Or you can opt for the electric fence! That works for horses... - Original Message - From: Chanting Monks To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 10:33 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? The wife suggested one of those invisible fences and the dog collar, but I think I prefer the foam padded posts. :) Yesterday, I spoke to the customer service reps at Crutchfield, which has always been very good. My bottom of the barrel price for the wireless speakers would be a couple of hundred bucks. With Christmas coming and nobody ever knowing what to get me, seems I might be adding speaker wire and some inexpensive indoor/outdoor speakers to my wish list and go from there. After searching Target, Wal Mart and Radio Shack, we couldn't find any small, transistor sized radios. I could hang four dirt-cheap boom boxes out there, but I run into the price of batteries again. I think I may wind up ordering some inexpensive speakers, running the speaker wire along the bottom fence rail in 1 inch PVC pipe to protect it from weather and animals, and going that route. I had thought I might be able to find some beeper devices for ten bucks that took triple or double A batteries and live with that temporarily, but so far, no dice. Best, Joe Monks Every day you haven't written is a day you've written off... Chanting Monks Press http://www.chantingmonks.com Sight Unseen Pictures http://www.sightunseenpictures.com - Original Message - From: Dan Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 1:53 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? Joe, Wouldn't a few inexpensive radios be a bit more enjoyable, rather than listening to insessant beeping? You could also investigate wireless speakers. But they are a bit spendy. You can just foam pad the corners and run into them. *GRIN* -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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I think it would be especially nice if instead of an electronic beeper buzzing sound they put off some noise from nature. Perhaps a bird call or a frog. A rattler might be entertaining, but perhaps not very practical. :) Jennifer - Original Message - From: Jimmy Podsim To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 9:46 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? You know, this has gotten my brain going though. So here's my thought. As a ham radio operator we do what's called a fox hunt and this is where the idea came from. I think these things could be made cheaply with some small project boxes. If you could get a ham to build a small transmitter that could transmit something in code, like 300 milliwats. then build 4 small receivers that run on 9 volt batteries, you could turn on the transmitter and then on the first go around stop by every post and turn on the receivers anand then on the last round stop and turn them back off. The receivers would run forever on those batteries and the transmitter wouldn't burn them bad either. Of course, a ham would have access to which frequencies could be used without getting into trouble. It's a pain in the butt, but could be done rather cheaply. Who knows, maybe the person who builds them could sell them. ... 73 ... KD5QHH ... Jimmy ... http://www.podsim.us MSN or windows live... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype, jimmy.podsim ...blind people please note the period between the names. Have a great day! - Original Message - From: Chanting Monks To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 9:41 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? I just replied and said my wife suggested that very thing! I'd be toast by the end of the first half mile, though... Maybe I should get four smoke alarms and a couple briquets of charcoal, I can get smoke alarms on sale two for $12.99 *with* the 9 volt! Best, Joe Monks Every day you haven't written is a day you've written off... Chanting Monks Press http://www.chantingmonks.com Sight Unseen Pictures http://www.sightunseenpictures.com - Original Message - From: Jimmy Podsim [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 5:18 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? LOL! get an invisible fence and put your collor on and then it'll shock you when you run out of the fence line. Hehheheheheheahha. JK. ... 73 ... KD5QHH ... Jimmy ... http://www.podsim.us MSN or windows live... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype, jimmy.podsim ...blind people please note the period between the names. Have a great day! - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 1:04 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? Joe, If this is going to be a temporary solution, why not run a single line around the inside perimeter about 6 in from the fence and at a comfortable hand height? It will even work when the batteries are dead or the power is off. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chanting Monks Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 11:15 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? Hi folks, Just had my yard fenced in and have been looking for a solution to this issue. I want to jog around the inner perimeter of the yard, without having to use the cane or run along the fence within touching distance. My solution? Finding a way to have all four corner posts rigged with sound so as I approach, I know whereabouts I'm at. Running speakers out there for music would require a couple of hundred bucks to run the electric, speaker wire, and then the speakers themselves, so I was looking around online for beeping devices that I might simply velcro to the four fence posts and be guided that way. To date, all I've found is a $30 per beeper solution from MaxiAids, that uses nonrechargeable batteries, two of each, which get pricey when talking about replacement. (It'd actually be cheaper for me to buy a few of these beeping foam balls for kids, taking out those beepers and using them, but I still wind up with the expense of pricey batteries. I'll eventually run the speakers, both for my jogging and the addition to the yard for BBQs, etc., so spending $120 on a short-term solution isn't in the cards. Suggestions? Anybody using anything that beeps that uses traditional batteries for which my charger will work? Another solution entirely, perhaps? (I thought about driving a stake into the center of the yard and using a rope, but I have a tree in the way that can't be removed at present due to town
