Re: [BlindHandyMan] LP Records and how they are Made.

2007-06-08 Thread Jewel Blanch
I know that Ray appreciates someone who has knowledge of the subject pointing out any errors in the articles he posts Jewel - Original Message - From: Max Robinson To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 4:04 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] LP

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Targets

2007-06-08 Thread Michael Baldwin
Great ideas, thanks. _ From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of robert moore Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 00:10 To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Targets I don't remember when or where this was because I am sure it was at

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Targets

2007-06-08 Thread Jennifer Jackson
I do not know about you gentlemen, but one of my favorite methods for archery was always to find some really hot young man and have him show me about archery. I never could decide if that or the SCA combat archery was more fun. The SCA is a group that recreates the ideals of the middle ages,

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Ladder attachments

2007-06-08 Thread chiliblindman
Lee, the rubber boots are a sleeve that has to be pushed over the ladder ends. Mine are about 1 and a half inch thick on the end that rests against the house. My bolt on legs that I keep on my other ladder all the time are rubber tipped. Those legs are 3 feet apart and hold the ladder off

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Targets

2007-06-08 Thread Dan Rossi
On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, Michael Baldwin wrote: What can a blind person attach to the target to make noise to help the blind person locate the target? A cat. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:(412) 268-9081 To listen to the show archives go

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Targets

2007-06-08 Thread Larry Stansifer
That would make him a moving target. Regards Larry Stansifer Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Sun Tzu. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Victor Gouveia Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 8:06 AM To:

Re: [BlindHandyMan] guns and armerment

2007-06-08 Thread Don
I even agree with both of you Dave and Tom. There is a great general discussion list called blind like me. you can discuss all these things and allot more. subscribe link follows. [EMAIL PROTECTED] So lets continue the gun discussion over there. regards Don - Original Message

[BlindHandyMan] Tonight.

2007-06-08 Thread Phil Parr
If you are a member over at for the people, we have kind of a standing thing on Friday night in the blind handyman room. Things usually get going around say nine eastern and continue for well, at least three or more hours. I can guarantee you won't learn anything but, you might meat some

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Wind farms

2007-06-08 Thread Max Robinson
You have a point there. I can't think of any mechanism where a solar collector would alter the local climate. Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site:

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Wind farms

2007-06-08 Thread Dan Rossi
If everything used solar power, wouldn't that mean we wouldn't be reflecting as much solar radiation back into space, thus we would be increasing our net energy gain? -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:(412) 268-9081 To listen to the show

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Is your UPS up to par?

2007-06-08 Thread Max Robinson
Does this company sell UPSs? Repair them? Sell batteries for them? Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Targets

2007-06-08 Thread cheetah
i put a tincan on a dowel rod stuck in the ground in front of the target then put a long string on the rod. then a friend just pulls the string wiggling the rod and theres your sound. jim At 11:12 PM 6/7/2007, you wrote: What can a blind person attach to the target to make noise to help the

[BlindHandyMan] Cyclone Conditions Here

2007-06-08 Thread Ray Boyce
Hi Everyone This is nothing to do with handy man jobs but I must tell you about the last 48 hours. We have just come through 48 hours of cyclone conditions with winds gusting over the 100 kilometres per hours and waves 54 feet high. There is 200,000 people without power and 9 people dead. 60

[BlindHandyMan] Neon Lights and how they are Made

2007-06-08 Thread Ray Boyce
Hi All This is what you were after Lee. How is a neon sign made? Background A neon sign is a lighting display made of glass tubes that have been filled with a gas and bent into the shape of letters or decorative designs. When a high-voltage electrical current is passed through the gas, the

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Cyclone Conditions Here

2007-06-08 Thread William Stephan
Ray: Glad to hear you have little damage. I'm not familiar with precisely where you live, so pardon my ignorance. Is the coal you mention being exported or imported? Where is it being shipped to or where is was it mined? Thanks. -Original Message- From:

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Is your UPS up to par?

2007-06-08 Thread robert moore
Max I just went to the web site and they sell and service units that range from small residential units that you would use to keep the electronic equipment in your home office up and running all the way up to large commercial units. They come in 1 phase and 3 phase. That means nothing to me but I

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cyclone Conditions Here

2007-06-08 Thread Don
Ray, sure glad that you guys, and your house made it through OK. Best of luck to you. Don - Original Message - From: Ray Boyce To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 4:00 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Cyclone Conditions Here Hi Everyone This is

[BlindHandyMan] of topick

2007-06-08 Thread carl
can jim or kenath g pleas get in touch hav'nt heard from you for a wile hope things are well carlf16 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Is your UPS up to par?

2007-06-08 Thread Max Robinson
You would be much better off going to a retailer such as http://www.staples.com Here is just a part of what I found on their site from a search on UPS. UPS Search Results The following 30 product(s) match your search for UPS. Results sorted by price. Sort by relevance. Return to the Search

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cyclone Conditions Here

2007-06-08 Thread Ray Boyce
Hi All the Coal in Mined in the Hunter Valley where I live and exported all around the World. We are won of the biggest exporters of Coal in the World and when the new coal loader goes into production will be the biggest exporter. There has been up to 80 very large coal carriers there from

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Is your UPS up to par?

2007-06-08 Thread Don
Max, i was going to ask you if you would consider buying one of these on eBay, but with these good prices, I guess there is not much point. Don - Original Message - From: Max Robinson To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 6:32 PM Subject: Re:

[BlindHandyMan] How Nails Got Started.

2007-06-08 Thread Ray Boyce
Hi All Nails are essential to the construction of wood-framed buildings. This, however, was not always the case. Until the late 18th century, Americans built wooden buildings using heavy timber frames. At places where these massive timbers had to hold together, one end of a post or beam would

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Making Water from thin Air

2007-06-08 Thread Tom Fowle
Max has that right, any time they say unlimited anything or free anything they're wrong. they said any climate, I defy them to get much out of high desert air where you'd really need it. Most student projects you hear of once and never again. cynically as always tom Net-Tamer V 1.13 Beta -

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Wind farms

2007-06-08 Thread Tom Fowle
robert, It would surely be true that the energy you collect with any solar collector system would not be heating the ground over which that collector rwas placed, but it is hard to imagine what difference that might make when we get very large areas covered with solar collectors. I'd assume a

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Wind farms

2007-06-08 Thread robert moore
Tom Now I am not saying the following with any environmental or scientific view point but seems every thing evbs and flows. Just some thing to ponder. Well you go out and cut down a tree now the air can move more freely. So now you have changed the resistance to the air. Well what is the most