Re: [BlindHandyMan] disconnected phone line

2008-03-06 Thread spiro
Lee you are supposed to turn the phone part or the cord that you are trying to attach; not turn yourself till you waste good coffee. Maybe something is in the jack and is obstructing the fit. On Wed, 5 Mar 2008, Lee A. Stone wrote: > > If nothing else R J, this has convinced me I will eventual

Re: [BlindHandyMan] disconnected phone line

2008-03-06 Thread spiro
there should be an accomodating, corrolating cut out for that little clip nib. I've seen some that had more than one cout out but never one that didn't have any cut out. Does yours have a cut-out? Worse case, there are only 4 orientations that would apply; sorry trial and error time. On Wed, 5

Re: [BlindHandyMan] disconnected phone line

2008-03-06 Thread Lee A. Stone
Thanks Tom, Well I got it but it is now the opinion of a couple of sighted folks, no voting required that this do hinghis swivel thing is about wore out. the hole where the little phone cord clip goes seems to have some wiggle room , once it is reconnectd. so for now , I'll give it a bal

Re: [BlindHandyMan] disconnected phone line

2008-03-05 Thread Tom Fowle
Lee, There is, might you have guessed, no standard for how they orient the position of those connectors, although the ones I can feel from here have the tab pointing at the "talk" side of the handset. The hole is a longish triangle, and if you feel in the shorter side of this triangle with a fing

Re: [BlindHandyMan] disconnected phone line

2008-03-05 Thread RJ
esday, March 05, 2008 08:22 Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] disconnected phone line If nothing else R J, this has convinced me I will eventually get a jitterbug cell phone" I try to turn it a quarter of the way until it fits in". so I turned a quarter and another quarter and then ne

Re: [BlindHandyMan] disconnected phone line

2008-03-05 Thread Lee A. Stone
If nothing else R J, this has convinced me I will eventually get a jitterbug cell phone" I try to turn it a quarter of the way until it fits in". so I turned a quarter and another quarter and then nearly k knock over the coffee cup.. I'll wait five minutes and try again. thanks all for th

Re: [BlindHandyMan] disconnected phone line

2008-03-05 Thread Lee A. Stone
I am depressing that little do dad lever or whatever but for some reason it is not going in and I do not want to force it. son a .. bad words bad words. where is the KY when you need it. -- No wonder Clairol makes so much money selling shampoo. Lather, Rinse, Repeat is an infinite loop! D

Re: [BlindHandyMan] disconnected phone line

2008-03-05 Thread Lee A. Stone
om: Lee A. Stone > To: Blind Handyman > Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 7:29 AM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] disconnected phone line > > > > > I have a standard feeling office desk phone. On the bottom end of the > hand set is a built in swivel thingee which

Re: [BlindHandyMan] disconnected phone line

2008-03-05 Thread RJ
Lee, When this happens to me, I just keep turning the clip a quarter of a turn until it clicks in the right slot. RJ - Original Message - From: Lee A. Stone To: Blind Handyman Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 07:29 Subject: [BlindHandyMan] disconnected phone line I have

Re: [BlindHandyMan] disconnected phone line

2008-03-05 Thread Lee A. Stone
Thanks Pastor Donny. I will give it a go one more time. Lee -- No wonder Clairol makes so much money selling shampoo. Lather, Rinse, Repeat is an infinite loop! Do you Jabber? I do. My JID is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [BlindHandyMan] disconnected phone line

2008-03-05 Thread Trouble
Feel the hole for a notch. That is where that little tab plugs into. At 07:29 AM 3/5/2008, you wrote: >I have a standard feeling office desk phone. On the bottom end of the >hand set is a built in swivel thingee which the phone line plugs into >and the cord is not supposed to get twisted with t

Re: [BlindHandyMan] disconnected phone line

2008-03-05 Thread cliffwilson
- Original Message - From: Lee A. Stone To: Blind Handyman Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 7:29 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] disconnected phone line I have a standard feeling office desk phone. On the bottom end of the hand set is a built in swivel thingee which the phone

RE: [BlindHandyMan] disconnected phone line

2008-03-05 Thread Donnie Parrett
, March 05, 2008 7:29 AM To: Blind Handyman Subject: [BlindHandyMan] disconnected phone line I have a standard feeling office desk phone. On the bottom end of the hand set is a built in swivel thingee which the phone line plugs into and the cord is not supposed to get twisted with that swivel

[BlindHandyMan] disconnected phone line

2008-03-05 Thread Lee A. Stone
I have a standard feeling office desk phone. On the bottom end of the hand set is a built in swivel thingee which the phone line plugs into and the cord is not supposed to get twisted with that swivel attachment. okay here is the problem. my phone line has come off the phone handset. I ha