RE: [BlindHandyMan] Magicjack?

2008-05-27 Thread Curtis Delzer
cept their calls for free. That's what sold me. Curtis Delzer At 10:48 AM 5/27/2008, you wrote: >Curtis, thanks, but we just aren't connecting on this. I understand the >physical differences of Magic Jack and Skype. What I want to know are the >functional differences. Magic j

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Magicjack?

2008-05-27 Thread Curtis Delzer
Magic Jack you plug a phone into the device, any regular phone, Skype you use your microphone to talk to another skype user or regular phone you dial using your computers keyboard. Curtis Delzer At 08:24 AM 5/27/2008, you wrote: >On Fri, 23 May 2008, Curtis Delzer wrote: > > >

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Magicjack?

2008-05-23 Thread Curtis Delzer
A lot! Magic Jack is it's own device, Skype is a program inside your computer. :) Curt At 08:39 AM 5/23/2008, you wrote: >How does MagicJack differ from just using Skype? > >-- >Blue skies. >Dan Rossi >Carnegie Mellon University. >E-Mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Tel:(412

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Looking for.

2008-05-15 Thread Curtis Delzer
Sheesh, I am late getting to this, but will volunteer for a later show? Curtis Delzer - Original Message - From: Don To: blind handy man Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 10:08 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Looking for. Hears the scoop, we have talked to folks on the show, in the past

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Robotic vacuums

2008-05-15 Thread Curtis Delzer
Wow, would I love to have a Rainbow again. I've owned two and want another! As they say, it really sucks! Curtis Delzer - Original Message - From: Jennifer Jackson To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 6:16 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Robotic vacuums

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Robotic vacuums

2008-05-15 Thread Curtis Delzer
Is this somewhat like the Roomba, or is it the Roomba? Curtis Delzer - Original Message - From: Jeff Balek To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 4:41 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Robotic vacuums Hi Jennifer! Actually I have somebody help me charge it up

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cordless Phone Recommendations?

2008-05-06 Thread Curtis Delzer
why not another vtech? - Original Message - From: Claudia To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 6:06 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Cordless Phone Recommendations? Okay, I think our Vtech corcless phone has bit the dust, and I like this brand because the answerin

Re: [BlindHandyMan] fuel problem.

2008-05-03 Thread Curtis Delzer
. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Curtis Delzer Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 3:30 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] fuel problem. Hi guys. Not a problem, as such, but a place to vent a little. Fuel, here

[BlindHandyMan] fuel problem.

2008-05-02 Thread Curtis Delzer
Hi guys. Not a problem, as such, but a place to vent a little. Fuel, here in North Dakota, $3.99 a gallon. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Leaving the list -temmporarily

2008-05-02 Thread Curtis Delzer
But, then you can't be the ancient Okie any mo. - Original Message - From: "Cy Selfridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 9:28 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Leaving the list -temmporarily Hi folks, I am unsubscribing from this list because I am contemplating a move

Re: [BlindHandyMan] terms

2008-04-06 Thread Curtis Delzer
And hey I thought a Chesterfield was a cigarette? :) - Original Message - From: "David W Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 2:04 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] terms Dale: all: Settee is used in Australia. A chesterfield, over here, is what was described as a

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: central vacuum system

2008-04-01 Thread Curtis Delzer
I've seen. Thanks! Curtis Delzer - Original Message - From: carl To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 2:45 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: central vacuum system so apart from quiarter running and keeping dust alagys at bay what other advantages are t

Re: pipe smoker, was: Re: [BlindHandyMan] the phone works

2008-03-05 Thread Curtis Delzer
smoked a pipe for 20 years and quit about 13 years ago now, and still miss mixture 79, the original London Doc, and Sir Walter Raleigh, and some others. :) Especially after I've had a particularly good dinner? :) Curtis Delzer W B 6 H E F Fessenden, North Dakota; 58438-7300 - Ori

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Home Automation: where we've been, where we're at and where we're going.

2008-02-12 Thread Curtis Delzer
This is definitely out-dated by about 5 years, maybe more. X10? hmm. - Original Message - From: David Sexton To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 9:36 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Home Automation: where we've been, where we're at and where we're going. Luc

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Wireless router antennas

2008-02-10 Thread Curtis Delzer
NetGear just uses a http:// setup like http://192.168.0.1 for it's interface. - Original Message - From: Don To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 7:48 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Wireless router antennas Good information here. That is because I'm going

[BlindHandyMan] ideas?

2008-02-06 Thread Curtis Delzer
ular number which dials a programmed number, but a menu which selects numbers which either are programmed, or previously dialed. I need just a little device to go between a phone and the wall to intercept numbers from the phone and then dial, kind of like "speed dial" from the phone com

[BlindHandyMan] minimum temperature.

2008-01-25 Thread Curtis Delzer
when a day time temperature of about 72 is needed which he feels most comfortable at, I've tried lower than 72 with poor results. Thanks! Curtis Delzer [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: digital compliant TVs

2008-01-11 Thread Curtis Delzer
Well that is what I initially thought, and many a thousand less likelihood of errors since it is either all or nothing, only potentially gaps in the transmission for distances or fluttering from aircraft, etc. :) Curtis Delzer W B 6 H E F Fessenden, North Dakota; 58438-7300 - Original

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: digital compliant TVs

2008-01-04 Thread Curtis Delzer
like now, and other digital signals? TV signals now take up a good bit of space per channel, so I wonder if more channels will fit into the allowed spectrum space as the technology evolves. Curtis Delzer W B 6 H E F Fessenden, North Dakota; 58438-7300 - Original Message - From: Tom Fowle

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: digital compliant TVs

2008-01-04 Thread Curtis Delzer
That's what I thought, thank you for that. I told my cousin just exactly that, and that there would be a big fallderall in the papers soon enough, even though he's out in the country and does not have any cable available, that he'll probably have to buy a gadget for his TV, etc.

Re: [BlindHandyMan] cutting dry wall

2008-01-03 Thread Curtis Delzer
Well, just give it a tremendous whale of a whack? :) Or, more in the center of the area to be "whacked?" Maybe, better yet, whack it into next week? Curtis Delzer - Original Message - From: Dale Leavens To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 200

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: digital compliant TVs

2008-01-02 Thread Curtis Delzer
My question is one I had from my cousins who have a decent TV antenna and that is, what can they do to their TV, is there a gadget to buy to make their TV work or must they buy a new one? :) I told them it is likely a gadget, but let me know what you all think. Curtis Delzer - Original

Re: [BlindHandyMan] aHey, I want sympathy too

2007-12-18 Thread Curtis Delzer
Well, the coldest part of this state is Grand Forks, so you lucked out there, rather than the deep deep freeze, just the deep one. :) Curtis Delzer W B 6 H E F Fessenden, North Dakota; 58438-7300 - Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday

Re: [BlindHandyMan] aHey, I want sympathy too

2007-12-17 Thread Curtis Delzer
North Dakota; 58438-7300 Curtis Delzer - Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 7:19 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] aHey, I want sympathy too Coldest for me was 40 below zero in a town called Old Forge New York. I owned a Po

Re: [BlindHandyMan] skil drill

2007-12-17 Thread Curtis Delzer
Hey, Lenny, my wife's name is Karen also, how bout that? or is that your wife? :) Curtis Delzer - Original Message - From: Lenny McHugh To: Handyman-Blind Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 4:01 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] skil drill Well today I looked at the Skil 2510-02 14.

Re: [BlindHandyMan] tested light sensor heating oil fuel gage

2007-12-06 Thread Curtis Delzer
Problem with that is wouldn't the light director as such pass light, what if it is dark to begin with as it almost always in my basement? Curtis Delzer - Original Message - From: Tom Fowle To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 2:26 PM Subjec

Re: [BlindHandyMan] tested light sensor heating oil fuel gage

2007-12-06 Thread Curtis Delzer
tank. I think I'll try something else since a good idea would be a dip stick which I believe can be managed. Curtis Delzer - Original Message - From: Lenny McHugh To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 2:04 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] tested light s

Re: [BlindHandyMan] heating oil fuel gage

2007-12-06 Thread Curtis Delzer
Question I have is, markings on the tube proportional to how much fuel in the tank? Meaning corresponding to the length of the tube, half, three quarters, etc. hmm? I have a light probe with color identifier unit, wonder if that will work. Thanks guys, will give these ideas some effort! Curtis

Re: [BlindHandyMan] heating oil fuel gage

2007-12-06 Thread Curtis Delzer
Hey, that is one terrific idea, thank you Tom! - Original Message - From: Tom Fowle To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 12:39 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] heating oil fuel gage Is there a fill cap directly on top of the tanks? If so, make up a stick a

Re: [BlindHandyMan] heating oil fuel gage

2007-12-06 Thread Curtis Delzer
Hey, good idea, wonder if I can get into the tank some way from the top, will look into it. thanks! Curtis Delzer - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 10:25 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] heating oil fuel gage

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Heating question

2007-12-04 Thread Curtis Delzer
Might be expansion? Some heaters definitely make some kind of huge BANG! at that time, especially wall heaters. I have had gas wall heaters do this, and could think of nothing I could do to eliminate it, just be aware that the huge BANG was coming and prepare to be startled. :) Curtis Delzer

[BlindHandyMan] heating oil fuel gage

2007-12-04 Thread Curtis Delzer
zero readings having happened several times already. :) Thanks! Curtis Delzer W B 6 H E F Fessenden, North Dakota; 58438-7300 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[BlindHandyMan] for larry, quick msg.

2007-11-23 Thread Curtis Delzer
Larry, got records, thank you! - Original Message - [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Talking tire gage

2007-11-19 Thread Curtis Delzer
minute, no problem when you just feel your way to the hooks instead of trying to "see" everything, when those hooks were behind a flange which blocked their view, in the first place. :) I would never say "told you I could do it," I just let the results speak for me. :) Curtis

Re: [BlindHandyMan] DARPA Urban Grand Challenge

2007-11-15 Thread Curtis Delzer
And, then, hope it doesn't drive you over the rail because it's waist high and it's "eyes" are higher than that? :) - Original Message - From: Dale Leavens To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 7:31 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] DARPA Urban Grand Challen

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Heater VS. Propane Heater

2007-11-10 Thread Curtis Delzer
I like the quartz, since you can feel the infrared in your body more than just heating the air. I had one of those in my old radio shack and was never cold and it took less energy overall to run. Curtis Delzer - Original Message - From: Edward Przybylek To: BlindHandyMan Sent

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Service Warnings on the thermostat.

2007-10-13 Thread Curtis Delzer
Thanks, I have book marked and downloaded the information about it. The Kelvin has problems, and it's too bad since it is a good product when it works properly. :) Curtis Delzer - Original Message - From: Dale Leavens To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, Octob

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Service Warnings on the thermostat.

2007-10-13 Thread Curtis Delzer
Hey, that thermostat, I might need on in the near future because our Kelvin has problems running the air conditioner properly, locks up, etc. even with their modifications to it, so anyone know where I can find one of the talking ones? Curtis Delzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Indoor Outdoor thermometer failure?

2007-09-21 Thread Curtis Delzer
aped, it's small enough. I've heard mine read astronomically high temperatures, but it is just a temporary aberration. :) I mean, 150F is just a little beyond the realm of belief, though it feels hot enough. :) Curtis Delzer - Original Message - From: Dale Leaven

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Indoor Outdoor thermometer failure?

2007-09-20 Thread Curtis Delzer
The wire broke, you'll have to patch it or solder it. There is a center wire and ground braid. Curtis Delzer p.s. (I know, own one here in North Dakota where it registered as much as 31 degrees below zero this last winter. - Original Message - From: Dale Leaven

Re: [BlindHandyMan] OT, phone time service over:

2007-09-19 Thread Curtis Delzer
My friend in Sacramento still gets the time by dialing 767-8900, (pop corn is just an easy to dial 767 plus anything, corn is 2 6 7 6 and so works. I have had to dial in some areas, 767-8900 because other 767 numbers would just not work. Curtis Delzer - Original Message - From

Re: [BlindHandyMan] clear ice

2007-09-17 Thread Curtis Delzer
Yeah, and also I've seen ice from restaurants that looks and feels like snow. I wonder ... how they do that as well. :) Curtis Delzer - Original Message - From: "Jennifer Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 8:56 AM Subject: Re:

Re: [BlindHandyMan] clear ice

2007-09-17 Thread Curtis Delzer
Wow, that is what I want to find, a good ice making machine, not an ice maker from a freezer combination. Curtis Delzer - Original Message - From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 11:17 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] clear ic

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Blind handy girl list

2007-09-12 Thread Curtis Delzer
Yeah, she's done that, even bought a new mailbox, but still can't post. The message(s) are going out since when she posted, I had her send me a BCC to make sure. Curtis Delzer - Original Message - From: Roger Bachelder To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent:

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Blind handy girl list

2007-09-11 Thread Curtis Delzer
now but, can't post. She writes as before, but no messages go through. And, honest guys, she is very hurt by it all since she misses her friends on that list. Curtis Delzer - Original Message - From: Mike Rusk To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, Septem

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Obvious Lag In E-Mail Delivery

2007-09-06 Thread Curtis Delzer
I've had no delays writing or receiving messages from the googlegroups I am a member of. Curtis Delzer - Original Message - From: "Jewel Blanch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 5:15 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Obvious Lag In E-M