I have a maple in my front yard and have the same problem. I have been told by
my county extension and heard on the You Bet Your Garden radio show that
putting in dirt over the roots will kill the tree.
My plan from researching the topic and some things I have seen at other
properties, is
Bob,
There are a number of windows based code readers and
diagnostic programs on the market. The ones I have seen run
from $19 to about $59 in price. I don't know what
differences are with respect to features nor do I know how
well they will work with screen readers.
My best recommendation would
Larry,
thanks for that, I am thinking of blind mechanics not average drivers
so your info is most helpful for my info archives, wherever
they are GRIN
Yep, all screen readers suck, some of them just suck differently.
It might be that if you had a scripting nerd in your back pocket one or other
My wife and I are seriously considering putting a railing on the flat roof of
our porch and creating a sort of martini deck out there. I've been told it can
be difficult to obtain a permit for that kind of thing, but I have no idea why.
I guess a visit to the zoning department is in the
Thanks Lee, actually it's a non-fruit baring cherry tree. One day this
tree will find itself a pile of firewood. grin
On Nov 18, 2008, at 8:05 PM, Lee A. Stone wrote:
If those are maple trees then you are talking a lot of mulch and bag
soil but do not as you noted close to the trunk or base
Thanks and true, it's not quite on topic, my apology.
On Nov 18, 2008, at 8:10 PM, Lenny McHugh wrote:
Scott, I don't believe that covering the roots will cause any
problems.
There may be a problem if the tree bark is covered. I would suggest
checking
with a local nursery.
Since this is
The thing is we're not trying to step on the toes of the blind gardener's
list, that's the only deal there. Other wise yes it is part of being handy.
David Ferrin
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I wouldn't mention the idea but a flat roof without a railing is a definite
health hazard to a blind guy. They should buy that one.
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From: Bill Stephan
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 3:06 PM
Subject: Re:
Just being my old paranoid self, i'd wonder about the strength of a porch
roof before railing it. but I too would love a roof platform to
go up on.
Tom
One of our department stores had a very good special on 20 inch chainsaws
recently, and being a
sucker for chainsaws, I went along to buy one.
The nasty little jumped-up salesman wouldn't sell me one unless I was prepared
to sign a waiver to
the effect that if injured, I would not sue them. I
Jewel,
At least in this country, such wavers have no true legal force.
As past commodore of a sailing club for PWDs
we are told to get such a waver for everyone who sails with us, but in the
same breath that in a case of real injury and legal action
the waver is of no use.
One truly wonders both
Tom, your paranoya is well placed. Actually, this is a manufactured room, and
I'm waiting on specs and a determination as to whether weight is going to be a
problem.
Bill Stephan,
Kansas City MO
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Lol, I agree. Don't tell them that a blind guy wants to get on a roof
and drink multiple adult beverages.
However, if the roof is already there, do you need a permit to put a
railing around it? Just wondering.
Betsy
At 01:37 PM 11/19/2008, you wrote:
I wouldn't mention the idea but a flat roof
That would definitely put an edge on your cane skills.
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Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 4:38 PM
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] permit approved
I
There is no limit to ignorance. I was at the woodworking show a few years
back, a huge showing of all sorts of dangerous tools for working with wood.
One of the guys selling Forrest Saw blades was on his stage and didn't want to
sell me a blade because he didn't know how a blind person could
I would think it would be a requirement by the insurance company.
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From: Betsy Whitney
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 7:25 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] permit approved
Lol, I agree. Don't tell them that a blind
It's my story and I'm stickin to it.* excerpted from a Jimmy Buffett song*
I found that the folks who could have cared less about a disability is the
hot rodding fraternity.
They accept you for who you are and what you can do. So what if you need
somebody to test drive your results.
I can see the reasoning behind him not wanting to sell you a blade. It wasn't
because you were blind, but he wasn't sure of the cash you were trying to hand
him. For at a round that time a blind counterfeiter carved out a perfect set
of plates by hand for those twenties you were trying to
I certainly don't mind getting recall information on toys, with the
following exception:
I wouldn't want dozens of emails going back and forth in regard to those
recalls as the stream could on forever. So maybe allow them, but closely
moderate the responses.
-Original Message-
From:
Actually I've found the sailing community is pretty darned accepting too
I've walked the docks of a 750 slip marine with no railings of
course, anchors sticking out, dock lines drapped about with
great abandon, and nobody ever panicked, not even the
security people. So it ain't all stupidity.
Tom
Although this is not BHM related, many on list have pools and children. This
one is critical enough to merit sharing.
NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 19, 2008
Release #09-048
Hi Lenny,
Sory to be so slow getting back to you.
Thanks for this contact! It had just what I needed!
At 08:54 PM 11/13/2008, you wrote:
Hi Kevin, check out this link. They have solid brass caning pegs.
http://furnitureknowledge.com/caning_tool.htm
Send
Hi Don,
Sory to be so slow getting back to you.
This is a grate resource. Thanks.
At 09:47 PM 11/13/2008, you wrote:
Hello Kevin, the link follows, of the folks, that I have bought
caning supplies, from many times before. they sell it all cane of
all types kits caning supplies. Good folks
I put my keyboard in the oven for 30 minutes at 400 degrees, then I took it
out and cooled it off and showed it to my wife who said, go ahead, buy a
new keyboard (grin)!
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On Behalf Of Gary Hale
Sent: Monday, November 17,
Damn...
I feel left out, when I bought my Stihl a number of years ago the only thing
the guy asked me is, how many spare chains to you want?
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From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of RJ
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 6:05 PM
To:
Moderator,
Can you provide any information on the blind computer users list? We've
looked but cannot find it.
Thanks,
Tom
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On Behalf Of Lenny McHugh
Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 6:43 PM
To: handyman-blind
I think the soy candles are better with Chinese food.
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On Behalf Of Lee A. Stone
Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 8:36 PM
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Gel Versus Soy Candles?
I think
wow did you taist it first to see if it was tasty or not?
Jim
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Hi,
I think I would be more concerned about what you are walking on. You don't want
to be walking around directly on the roofing material, it won't stand up to
that and the weather will soon be sneaking through.
- Original Message -
From: Bill Stephan
To:
There are probably standards about height and spacing of balusters. The
building inspectors will be interested in that.
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From: Bob Kennedy
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] permit
What kills me is I still have a valid driver's license because I lost my eye
sight right after I renewed back in 2004 and it's still good. I use it as
my legal ID for things like travel, store returns, etc. and not once has
anyone caught on to the fact and asked why or how a blind person could
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I have the Sears 10 and 48 digital levels that beep constantly when level,
but the volume is so low I can hardly hear it and if I am outside with a
slight wind blowing, I can't hear it at all (I've written about this
before). I heard Zercon has one that is louder, so I called them directly
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I have the same problem with my Stabila, Any kind of background noise and
it is pretty much useless.
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On Behalf Of Tom Hodges
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 7:01 PM
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
The level I have from Macklanburg-Duncan beeps constantly at level or
plumb and is pretty loud. You can purchase an eight inch level and then
install that into larger frames or use it by itself.
--
Blue skies.
Dan Rossi
Carnegie Mellon University.
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Thanks David and to be honest, when it comes to gardening, it's
probably more like a bringing a chainsaw to perform surgery. grin
Plant life is not safe when I'm around.
On Nov 19, 2008, at 6:26 PM, David Ferrin wrote:
The thing is we're not trying to step on the toes of the blind
I guess I have had pretty good luck. The only woodworking show I have been to
so far was in London, I went with my son. There was a chap demonstrating and
selling the Tormek wet slow speed sharpening system which I was very interested
in at the time. Between demonstrations I asked if I could
Thanks for the information, this sounds promising. We are looking into the
product now.
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On Behalf Of Dan Rossi
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 9:06 PM
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan]
I tried to take a shop class through the local community college. After
the first night, I got a call from the school saying that I couldn't take
the class. Both Teresa and I were signed up for three classes each,
several hundred bucks worth of classes. I said that if I couldn't take
shop
Dale,
Do you have a good method for sweating cooper pipe for the visually
impaired? If so, I would like to hear about it.
Thanks,
Tom
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On Behalf Of Dale Leavens
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 9:16 PM
To:
I have to agree with you. I spent many years around tracks and never had
anyone give me a hard time. Well once when my car won and they thought we
cheated... By and large much of my automotive was a result of contacts made
through racing.
We raced oval tracks for the most part and even
I understand the problem with Sears and I work for them...
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From: RJ
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:05 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Dealing with people
I can see the reasoning behind him not wanting to sell you
There really isn't any need for response to them. It should fall under use it
or lose it. If it doesn't effect you delete it. That's what I do with threads
I'm not interested in or I'd be answering emails from about 6 or 8 different
groups.
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From: Tom Hodges
Tom,
I don't know that I have a particularly good way but I have soldered a lot of
joints over the years.
It seems to me I have written extensively on the subject a couple of years ago.
I wonder if that is somewhere in the archives?
If I had a good recording system I suppose I should record a
See? Should have gone to Sears. I'm sure they'd treat you like someone that
is disabled...
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From: Larry Stansifer
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:21 PM
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Dealing with people
Damn...
I'm pretty sure code says a 4 inch ball can't pass through the uprights but
you can buy premade sections that will meet code.
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From: Dale Leavens
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:48 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan]
Maybe you could get them to make it sound like a funny car or top fuel and then
you'd hear it even if it was quiet.
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From: Larry Stansifer
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 9:03 PM
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Audible
Dale,
Why would this process become obsolete? What am I missing? I take it there
must be something new and improved coming out soon.
Thanks,
Tom
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From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Dale Leavens
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 9:38
Ah you bought the other brand. How do you like it? I was tossing the Stabila
and the MD back and forth and when the new Stabila came out I gave in. What
does an 8 inch run?
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From: Dan Rossi
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 19,
There is already something new and improved in place of sweating Copper.
When they installed my new furnace, I kept hearing a strange sound from
the basement, and not smelling hot solder and Copper. I asked, and they
showed me their new gadget. All the fittings are crimped on with a
I've had great experiences from the woodworking shows, saw blades aside...
Glenn and I went this year to Charlotte and the engineer from Woodline had us
demonstrate his jigs on the router table. He was as cool as it gets showing us
how to use everything and then turning us loose in front of
Ok folks, so I'm mourning the premature death of my snow blower, and in that
mourning and grief, my wife and I decide we're going to buy another one.
I found a great one at a Canadian big box store called Canadian Tire, who sell
everything from toasters to brake pads, and have auto body shops.
Maybe they thought you'd been drinking and had a problem walking anyway...
All in all if we that have had something to say about this really thought
about it, there are far fewer bad experiences than good. It's just that the
bad ones are so much easier to remember.
- Original
PEX!
Cross linked polyethylene. There are several joining systems for it now none of
which require a torch. It has superior wear characteristics and is flexible
enough to pull through walls and around corners provided they aren't to
sharp.One may want to sweat an adaptor to the end of copper
I got the MD level as a Christmas present, so don't remember the price. I
think it was pretty spendy though. I think to get it in one of the
frames, was something like 120 bucks. You have to be careful though. If
you get it in a frame, you can't take it out. You have to purchase the
short
I've used both the Shark Bights and the Gator bight or Gator grip, can't
remember the right name for that one. One is from Lowes and the other from
Home Depot.
You do have to support them and I had the hardest time believing they would
actually seal. But they do, and work great.
All you
Dale,
Why will it be obsolete soon?
Betsy
At 04:37 PM 11/19/2008, you wrote:
Tom,
I don't know that I have a particularly good way but I have soldered
a lot of joints over the years.
It seems to me I have written extensively on the subject a couple of
years ago. I wonder if that is somewhere
Well, when faced with Janet and I there isn't anyone else to talk to. Janet
looks just plain mean so they turn to me.
The thing which is so often overlooked in these discussions is how unreasonable
it is to expect the blind person to perform at a level of safety beyond the
sighted. While I
I helped someone instal a Pex line in my house, and it looks like a
wonderful way to go.
And I don't think the crimper is horribly expensive either.
Blessings,
Tom
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From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dale Leavens
Sent:
Hello All,
I joined this list several months ago and have just been lurking and
reading and learning. A lot of the things I don't know about personally and I
probably will never use, but I thought it would be good just to have a source
to go to when needing home repair questions answered.
feed it, make it grow big!
On Wed, 19 Nov 2008, Scott Howell wrote:
Thanks Lee, actually it's a non-fruit baring cherry tree. One day this
tree will find itself a pile of firewood. grin
On Nov 18, 2008, at 8:05 PM, Lee A. Stone wrote:
If those are maple trees then you are talking a lot
that document wouldn't stand in court.
On Thu, 20 Nov 2008, Jewel wrote:
One of our department stores had a very good special on 20 inch chainsaws
recently, and being a
sucker for chainsaws, I went along to buy one.
The nasty little jumped-up salesman wouldn't sell me one unless I was
When I had some apartments as income; I found an old Army Engineer from
WWII; who used to kick my butt.
The reason i accepted this from someone who I was paying to do my
maintenance and improvements, and paid him more is that he forced me,
(when i had time, that's most times then) to understand
the collecting side of firearms are the same also; and mostly the same for
folks at the range if you can start out talking like you know enough about
things to teach them something.
Many times I did the .45 re-assembly like in Scent of a Woman teasing
that none of them smelled like women.
Then
who didn't see this coming?
Thanks for the postings Lenny, I read them all.
On Wed, 19 Nov 2008, Lenny McHugh wrote:
Although this is not BHM related, many on list have pools and children. This
one is critical enough to merit sharing.
NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Hi all,
I have just built a new work bench.
For the top I have used a sheet of around 1inch thick MDF. I would
like to put some sort of coating on this top.
Can I use the old mixture of half Linseed Oil and half mineral Turps?
If so is there any likelihood of the turps interfering with the glue
Tom, They certainly sound delicious!
Cheers
Alex
From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Tom Hodges
Sent: 20 November 2008 01:24
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Gel Versus Soy Candles?
I think the soy candles are better
Here in the U.K. it is the old 3 feet, or now 900 mil
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