Re: [BlindHandyMan] watches

2009-12-15 Thread Spiro
oh, to the best of my knowledge you are correct. I tried for a while after they were no longer available at Seiko dealers and then gave up on that item. But the braille is still available. On Thu, 10 Dec 2009, Mike & Barbara wrote: > Hi Spiro, > > I don't know which country Jennifer lives in

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Ooma Phone Service

2009-12-15 Thread Scott Howell
Tom, that is pretty cool and unlimited cell service would be interesting. I almost see a day coming when mobile phones will achieve speeds of cable perhaps and everyone will have their own computer tethered to the phone and well copper will slowly be replaced. Okay, I'm being a little nuts here,

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Metal Roof

2009-12-15 Thread RiverWind
Greetings, We had a white metal roof put on our house back in October. It cost $3750, and it took the cats two days to put it on. They put one-by- six boards down on the old roof, and then screwed the tin sheets down over the boards. They did this, "so the roof could breathe." I have been told

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Ooma Phone Service

2009-12-15 Thread Tom Hodges
Scott, I know what you mean about the kids Phone service for the adults begins to deteriorate when the kids come of age. . We had cell phones only in our house until we went with the phone company for computer service and we had to get the landline to get the wireless router. We hardly ever

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Ooma Phone Service

2009-12-15 Thread Scott Howell
Tom, That is great and I respect your choice. I however have a problem paying about $80 a month to the phone company for a service I really done need. I could cut the landline off completely and save about $40 a month and that translates into some real cash. The only reason I do not want to do

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Ooma Phone Service

2009-12-15 Thread Tom Hodges
I prefer to keep life a lot more simple than that. I have no idea what this thing is for. My landline and my cell phone provide me with all I need in phone service. From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Tuesday, December 15,

[BlindHandyMan] Ooma Phone Service

2009-12-15 Thread Scott Howell
Hi folks, Well this is sort of handy man related in that I recently purchased the Ooma VOIP phone service and have been trying it out for a couple of days. Overall it seems to live up to all the hype. I am curious first if any of you have used it or know someone that has used it and d