I got my cement mixer hooked up the other day by stealing the 1 hp motor
from my band saw. Just to get it running. I didn't like the looks of it,
and wondered how well it would do with 180# of wet concrete in it. Plus, I
can't use the saw and the mixer at the same time.

Put an ad on freecycle.org, and had an e mail the same day. The lady was
divorced, and it was laying around the garage for a couple of years. Got a
Dayton 1 1/2 hp motor for free. I had a bunch of 7-11 free coupons for
large Slurpees that my daughter, a LEO, got for free, so I gave them to her
for her kids. This thing weighs about three times as much as the 1 hp, and
I KNOW this will handle it. The current motor hangs there, the weight of
the motor keeps the belt on the top larger pulley. This weighs so much, I
may have to put an allthread so it tensions, but doesn't just hang there and
stretch the belt. So, I can put the saw motor back in place, and get the
mixer going and do my awning.

I love freecycle.org, and would suggest you check it out. There are lots of
baby clothes, and worthless junk, but when you want something, there's
always a chance. And when you want to dump stuff, it usually disappears
quickly and people come and pick it up.

Steve

read about heart surgery and how to prepare for it at:
http://cabgbypasssurgery.com

I HATE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!

i

On 2010-09-01, Steve B wrote:
I got my cement mixer hooked up the other day by stealing the 1 hp motor
from my band saw. Just to get it running. I didn't like the looks of it,
and wondered how well it would do with 180# of wet concrete in it. Plus, I
can't use the saw and the mixer at the same time.

Put an ad on freecycle.org, and had an e mail the same day. The lady was
divorced, and it was laying around the garage for a couple of years. Got a
Dayton 1 1/2 hp motor for free. I had a bunch of 7-11 free coupons for
large Slurpees that my daughter, a LEO, got for free, so I gave them to her
for her kids. This thing weighs about three times as much as the 1 hp, and
I KNOW this will handle it. The current motor hangs there, the weight of
the motor keeps the belt on the top larger pulley. This weighs so much, I
may have to put an allthread so it tensions, but doesn't just hang there and
stretch the belt. So, I can put the saw motor back in place, and get the
mixer going and do my awning.

I love freecycle.org, and would suggest you check it out. There are lots of
baby clothes, and worthless junk, but when you want something, there's
always a chance. And when you want to dump stuff, it usually disappears
quickly and people come and pick it up.

Steve

read about heart surgery and how to prepare for it at:
http://cabgbypasssurgery.com

Steve B wrote:

I got my cement mixer hooked up the other day by stealing the 1 hp motor
from my band saw. Just to get it running. I didn't like the looks of it,
and wondered how well it would do with 180# of wet concrete in it. Plus, I
can't use the saw and the mixer at the same time.

Put an ad on freecycle.org, and had an e mail the same day. The lady was
divorced, and it was laying around the garage for a couple of years. Got a
Dayton 1 1/2 hp motor for free. I had a bunch of 7-11 free coupons for
large Slurpees that my daughter, a LEO, got for free, so I gave them to her
for her kids. This thing weighs about three times as much as the 1 hp, and
I KNOW this will handle it. The current motor hangs there, the weight of
the motor keeps the belt on the top larger pulley. This weighs so much, I
may have to put an allthread so it tensions, but doesn't just hang there and
stretch the belt. So, I can put the saw motor back in place, and get the
mixer going and do my awning.

I love freecycle.org, and would suggest you check it out. There are lots of
baby clothes, and worthless junk, but when you want something, there's
always a chance. And when you want to dump stuff, it usually disappears
quickly and people come and pick it up.


I've given away about 30 video monitors on Freecycle, and a few on
Craigslist.


--
Politicians should only get paid if the budget is balanced, and there is
enough left over to pay them.

Steve B wrote:
read about heart surgery and how to prepare for it at:
http://cabgbypasssurgery.com

GAD!! who can read white on a black background in tiny font?

Lewis Hartswick wrote:
Steve B wrote:
read about heart surgery and how to prepare for it at:
http://cabgbypasssurgery.com

GAD!! who can read white on a black background in tiny font?

I don't have any problem with it. Now, the links with red-on-black are
impossible.

With Firefox, holding down "Ctrl" will allow the mouse scroll wheel to
zoom the whole page. I.e., make the text larger.

Bob

On 9/1/2010 8:40 PM, Bob Engelhardt wrote:

(...)

With Firefox, holding down "Ctrl" will allow the mouse scroll wheel to zoom the whole page. I.e., make the text larger.

Cool! Thanks Bob!

--Blind Winston

"Bob Engelhardt" wrote in message
...
Lewis Hartswick wrote:
Steve B wrote:
read about heart surgery and how to prepare for it at:
http://cabgbypasssurgery.com

GAD!! who can read white on a black background in tiny font?

I don't have any problem with it. Now, the links with red-on-black are
impossible.

With Firefox, holding down "Ctrl" will allow the mouse scroll wheel to
zoom the whole page. I.e., make the text larger.

Bob

You know, Bob, I have heard that complaint before, and you're the third
person to mention it. I am having a meeting with my webmaster tomorrow to
get the book on the site. We talked of this before, and he said it was a
hassle, but he could change it. I do believe it that I'm going to bite the
bullet and have him change it to black on a white background.

I do appreciate you visiting the site, though, and hope it was informative.
Would you like me to e mail you a book while they are free? Keep it on
file, you never know when you or a friend might need it. I'll post when the
changes have been made, and you can give me a second rating.



Steve

Heart surgery pending?
Read up and prepare.
Learn how to care for a friend.
http://cabgbypasssurgery.com

Brain fart! Lewis, would YOU like a book? Or whoever? I'm lost in the
posting order now. Just e mail me at the addy below.



Steve


"Bob Engelhardt" wrote in message
...
Lewis Hartswick wrote:
Steve B wrote:
read about heart surgery and how to prepare for it at:
http://cabgbypasssurgery.com

GAD!! who can read white on a black background in tiny font?

I don't have any problem with it. Now, the links with red-on-black are
impossible.

With Firefox, holding down "Ctrl" will allow the mouse scroll wheel to
zoom the whole page. I.e., make the text larger.

Bob

Steve B wrote:

"Bob Engelhardt" ? wrote in message
...
? Lewis Hartswick wrote:
?? Steve B wrote:
??? read about heart surgery and how to prepare for it at:
??? http://cabgbypasssurgery.com
???
?? GAD!! who can read white on a black background in tiny font?
?
? I don't have any problem with it. Now, the links with red-on-black are
? impossible.
?
? With Firefox, holding down "Ctrl" will allow the mouse scroll wheel to
? zoom the whole page. I.e., make the text larger.
?
? Bob

You know, Bob, I have heard that complaint before, and you're the third
person to mention it. I am having a meeting with my webmaster tomorrow to
get the book on the site. We talked of this before, and he said it was a
hassle, but he could change it. I do believe it that I'm going to bite the
bullet and have him change it to black on a white background.


If he knows what he's doing, its just a couple simple changes in the
CSS that would take less than a minute to change & upload to the server.

(Cascading Style Sheet)


I do appreciate you visiting the site, though, and hope it was informative.
Would you like me to e mail you a book while they are free? Keep it on
file, you never know when you or a friend might need it. I'll post when the
changes have been made, and you can give me a second rating.



Steve

Heart surgery pending?
Read up and prepare.
Learn how to care for a friend.
http://cabgbypasssurgery.com


--
Politicians should only get paid if the budget is balanced, and there is
enough left over to pay them.

On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:07:35 -0600, Lewis Hartswick
wrote:

Steve B wrote:
read about heart surgery and how to prepare for it at:
http://cabgbypasssurgery.com

GAD!! who can read white on a black background in tiny font?
================
I don't know which browser you are running, but Mozilla
Firefox has an addon called nosquint that allows you to set
the text/graphic zoom levels, text/background colors, and
visited/unvisted link colors both globally and by site.

see
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2592/


-- Unka George (George McDuffee)
...............................
The past is a foreign country;
they do things differently there.
L. P. Hartley (1895-1972), British author.
The Go-Between, Prologue (1953).

F. George McDuffee wrote:
On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:07:35 -0600, Lewis Hartswick
wrote:

Steve B wrote:
read about heart surgery and how to prepare for it at:
http://cabgbypasssurgery.com

GAD!! who can read white on a black background in tiny font?
================
I don't know which browser you are running, but Mozilla
Firefox has an addon called nosquint that allows you to set
the text/graphic zoom levels, text/background colors, and
visited/unvisted link colors both globally and by site.

see
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2592/


-- Unka George (George McDuffee)


Sweet!

--

Richard Lamb

Lewis Hartswick wrote:
Steve B wrote:
read about heart surgery and how to prepare for it at:
http://cabgbypasssurgery.com

GAD!! who can read white on a black background in tiny font?

In IE , if you click on "page" in the upper right corner a menu scrolls down
.. Hover over "zoom" and select the zoom level you like . Just below "zoom"
is "text size" ...
I use 'em both from time to time , my eyes are getting weak too .
--
Snag
Wannabe Machinist

On 9/2/2010 5:11 AM, CaveLamb wrote:
F. George McDuffee wrote:
On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:07:35 -0600, Lewis Hartswick
wrote:

Steve B wrote:
read about heart surgery and how to prepare for it at:
http://cabgbypasssurgery.com

GAD!! who can read white on a black background in tiny font?
================
I don't know which browser you are running, but Mozilla
Firefox has an addon called nosquint that allows you to set
the text/graphic zoom levels, text/background colors, and
visited/unvisted link colors both globally and by site.

see
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2592/

-- Unka George (George McDuffee)


Sweet!

With IE and a Microsoft keyboard just hit the magnify slider on the
keyboard. With Windows 7 and current generation Microsoft mouse, hold
the button on the side of the mouse and scroll the wheel.

Steve B wrote:
Brain fart! Lewis, would YOU like a book? Or whoever? I'm lost in the
posting order now. Just e mail me at the addy below.



Steve


"Bob Engelhardt" wrote in message
...
Lewis Hartswick wrote:
Steve B wrote:
read about heart surgery and how to prepare for it at:
http://cabgbypasssurgery.com

GAD!! who can read white on a black background in tiny font?
I don't have any problem with it. Now, the links with red-on-black are
impossible.

With Firefox, holding down "Ctrl" will allow the mouse scroll wheel to
zoom the whole page. I.e., make the text larger.

Bob


I don't even know what book youre talking about. If it was
on that page that I can't read.
...lew...

F. George McDuffee wrote:

GAD!! who can read white on a black background in tiny font?
================
I don't know which browser you are running, but Mozilla
Firefox has an addon called nosquint that allows you to set
the text/graphic zoom levels, text/background colors, and
visited/unvisted link colors both globally and by site.

see
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2592/


-- Unka George (George McDuffee)
I'm using Sea Monkey which is just the latest version
of what us to be Netscape which I have used since ever.
and if I have to mess around every time I go to a web
site to change text, color etc. I'll just back up and
ignore it.
...lew...

"Lewis Hartswick" wrote i

I don't even know what book youre talking about. If it was
on that page that I can't read.
...lew...

Never mind. sigh ......................

On Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:20:54 -0500, F. George McDuffee wrote:
On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:07:35 -0600, Lewis Hartswick wrote:
Steve B wrote:
read about heart surgery and how to prepare for it at:
http://cabgbypasssurgery.com

GAD!! who can read white on a black background in tiny font?

I don't know which browser you are running, but Mozilla Firefox has an
addon called nosquint that allows you to set the text/graphic zoom
levels, text/background colors, and visited/unvisited link colors both
globally and by site.
see https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2592/

Another approach is 'Readability', as found at [1]. At that site,
you choose style/size/margin settings, and then drag-and-drop
the Readability button onto a browser toolbar. Thereafter,
when you encounter a hard-to-read page, you click that button
and the current page is displayed sans ads and unrelated fluff
(until reloaded) using your chosen style/size/margin.

[1] http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/

--
jiw