My father raised me to do household, car and small engine repairs myself, he 
built his own house from scratch once, ran a small engine repair shop for a 
while, was always working on cars even a racecar for a while before my time 
and he always believed if it's worth doing, it's worth doing right and if 
you want it done right, you do it yourself. I grew up with that said 
constantly around the house so I kind of took that on myself and agree with 
it.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ Kiehne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 10:52 AM
Subject: Re: Talking DMM


>I was a blind small engine mechanic for 15 years.  I had to leave the job a
> few years back because my hands became allergic to the cleaning solvents.
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Gerry Leary
> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 5:38 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Talking DMM
>
> I was a blind Mechanic professionally for 40 years.  I retired from that 
> in
> 2002, and went into Coffee roasting. Gerry
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 4:29 PM
> Subject: Re: Talking DMM
>
>
>>I know how you feel, some people are like that when I work on cars. The
>>only
>> time I'm at risk of killing myself doing that is in my parking lot where 
>> I
>> live now I feel and that's not from the work, that's from people coming 
>> in
>> at high speeds not looking. I have to replace a belt first thing in the
>> morning, that should be interesting. Oh well, I'm moving in the next week
>> or
>> so to a place that wont' be such a problem. Hopefully I don't have to 
>> work
>> on this thing anymore though any time soon.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Michael Thurman" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 6:17 PM
>> Subject: Re: Talking DMM
>>
>>
>>> yes and if I could find th ejerk who thought we would kill ourselves, =
>>> I'd strangle them   I am sick and fucking tired of being screwed byt he 
>>> =
>>> visually dependant assholes who run our lives for us
>>>
>>> On Nov 8, 2011, at 10:23 PM, Howard, W A 9 Y B W wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Dan,
>>>>=20
>>>> Omega used to sell a high end meter for around $300, however, when =
>>> they=20
>>>> learned that blind people were purchasing them they discontinued =
>>> selling=20
>>>> them as it was thought we would kill ourselves.
>>>>=20
>>>> Radio Shack also sold a meter, however, it has been gone for more than 
>>>> =
>>> 10=20
>>>> years.
>>>>=20
>>>> More recently, a surplus seller out of Florida had the "Top Hand" =
>>> brand=20
>>>> meter for $40.  They ran out of these several months ago.
>>>>=20
>>>> The only source for talking multimeters at this time is the NFB store =
>>> at the=20
>>>> following address.
>>>>=20
>>>> http://secure.nfb.org/ecommerce/asp/product.asp?product=3D843&cat=3D18&p=
>>> h=3D
>>>>=20
>>>> The meter from NFB appears to be the same thing as sold by the
>>>> surplus=20=
>>>
>>>> seller from Florida.
>>>>=20
>>>> I have learned to order these items when they are available as if you =
>>> wait,
>>>> you will be out of luck.  In fact, if the item is cheap enough, I will 
>>>> =
>>> buy
>>>> more than one.
>>>>=20
>>>> Do you remember the cheap Hamilton Beach talking microwave oven?  I =
>>> bought
>>>> three of them and put two in storage.
>>>>=20
>>>> It's a shame that we have to do this.
>>>>=20
>>>> I hope this helps.
>>>>=20
>>>> I wouldn't wait you better order now if you want one!!
>>>>=20
>>>> 73's
>>>>=20
>>>> Howard, W A 9 Y B W