DIY 101 (more commonly known as Elementary Handymanism)

Remember, if you have teens to always clean the ends of your forceps.

Never, never, never, while cleaning an obstruction our of the garbage
disposal lean against the wall with your other hand - said wall usually
containing the garbage disposal switch.



....there goes another typical Ohio spring....I've been working outdoors in a
t-shirt - even planted flowers.....snow flurries forecast for later this
week with temps in the high 20's at night....on the bright side, maybe I'm
already in hell or better yet purgatory! must not groupthink...

john

On Apr 3, 7:12 pm, "asadi" wrote:
Remember, if you have teens to always clean the ends of your forceps.

Never, never, never, while cleaning an obstruction our of the garbage
disposal lean against the wall with your other hand - said wall usually
containing the garbage disposal switch.

...there goes another typical Ohio spring....I've been working outdoors in a
t-shirt - even planted flowers.....snow flurries forecast for later this
week with temps in the high 20's at night....on the bright side, maybe I'm
already in hell or better yet purgatory! must not groupthink...

john

Umm, the first rule of thumb is fairly well known by many, but that
second one is a bit worrisome. I really hope to hell that you're not
saying that you spun your hand around in a garbage disposal.... :-(

--riverman
(going under the knife tomorrow and spreading good juju...)

On 3 Apr 2007 06:54:44 -0700, "riverman" wrote:

On Apr 3, 7:12 pm, "asadi" wrote:
Remember, if you have teens to always clean the ends of your forceps.

Never, never, never, while cleaning an obstruction our of the garbage
disposal lean against the wall with your other hand - said wall usually
containing the garbage disposal switch.

...there goes another typical Ohio spring....I've been working outdoors in a
t-shirt - even planted flowers.....snow flurries forecast for later this
week with temps in the high 20's at night....on the bright side, maybe I'm
already in hell or better yet purgatory! must not groupthink...

john

Umm, the first rule of thumb is fairly well known by many, but that
second one is a bit worrisome. I really hope to hell that you're not
saying that you spun your hand around in a garbage disposal.... :-(

I hope so, too, but if the disposal switch is on a wall that can be
leaned upon, it's in the wrong place and/or the wrong type of switch.
Typically, the switch is, as it should be, placed in a location where
such cannot happen, such as in the backsplash. If it were mine, and it
was or had to be on a "normal" wall, it'd replace it with a covered
switch or other safety switch, but I'm a belt-and-braces kinds of guy
when it comes to stuff like this...as always with such, YMMV...

TC,
R

--riverman
(going under the knife tomorrow and spreading good juju...)

"riverman"
Umm, the first rule of thumb is fairly well known by many, but that
second one is a bit worrisome. I really hope to hell that you're not
saying that you spun your hand around in a garbage disposal.... :-(

--riverman
(going under the knife tomorrow and spreading good juju...)


Actually....it was more like a thousand tiny hammers urging me to let go....

john

Umm, the first rule of thumb is fairly well known by many, but that
second one is a bit worrisome. I really hope to hell that you're not
saying that you spun your hand around in a garbage disposal.... :-(

I hope so, too, but if the disposal switch is on a wall that can be
leaned upon, it's in the wrong place and/or the wrong type of switch.
Typically, the switch is, as it should be, placed in a location where
such cannot happen, such as in the backsplash. If it were mine, and it
was or had to be on a "normal" wall, it'd replace it with a covered
switch or other safety switch, but I'm a belt-and-braces kinds of guy
when it comes to stuff like this...as always with such, YMMV...

TC,
R

--riverman
(going under the knife tomorrow and spreading good juju...)


Actually, I was leaning over the disposal and stretched to rest my hand on
the wall..... more scary than painful or damaging...but man, what a rush!

john

On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:03:33 GMT, "asadi"
wrote:



Umm, the first rule of thumb is fairly well known by many, but that
second one is a bit worrisome. I really hope to hell that you're not
saying that you spun your hand around in a garbage disposal.... :-(

I hope so, too, but if the disposal switch is on a wall that can be
leaned upon, it's in the wrong place and/or the wrong type of switch.
Typically, the switch is, as it should be, placed in a location where
such cannot happen, such as in the backsplash. If it were mine, and it
was or had to be on a "normal" wall, it'd replace it with a covered
switch or other safety switch, but I'm a belt-and-braces kinds of guy
when it comes to stuff like this...as always with such, YMMV...

TC,
R

--riverman
(going under the knife tomorrow and spreading good juju...)


Actually, I was leaning over the disposal and stretched to rest my hand on
the wall..... more scary than painful or damaging...but man, what a rush!

john

I can only imagine...um, Frank, what's it like?

TC,
R