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WAY OT - rain gauge
Mum finally found something Dad wants for Christmas.... but i think i will
have a hard time finding one that will work for him. I need an accurate rain gauge that has numbers large enough for my dad to read. He has macular degeneration and does fairly well with his magnifying glass, but things need to be a good size to begin with. the pics i have found online are from places i've never heard of (storesonline.com for example) or they are pics where i cannot see the measurements, just the ornamentation on them. Finding a lot of make it yourself science project kits though. Any hints of where to go? Would Home Depot/ Lowes/ Ace Hardware have good ones or do they just keep the ones that are decorative and need to be replaced every few yrs? I've never shopped for one of these before! -- kellie bergerk at sbcglobal dot net http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ber....net/my_photos |
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http://www.backyardweb.com/1287b.html
how about this one???? Maine-iac Rose @--- remove the thorns to email me http://community.webshots.com/user/maineiacrose "Kellie J. Berger" wrote in message m... Mum finally found something Dad wants for Christmas.... but i think i will have a hard time finding one that will work for him. I need an accurate rain gauge that has numbers large enough for my dad to read. He has macular degeneration and does fairly well with his magnifying glass, but things need to be a good size to begin with. the pics i have found online are from places i've never heard of (storesonline.com for example) or they are pics where i cannot see the measurements, just the ornamentation on them. Finding a lot of make it yourself science project kits though. Any hints of where to go? Would Home Depot/ Lowes/ Ace Hardware have good ones or do they just keep the ones that are decorative and need to be replaced every few yrs? I've never shopped for one of these before! -- kellie bergerk at sbcglobal dot net http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ber....net/my_photos |
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The Weather Channel website may also have some.
joan http://www.backyardweb.com/1287b.html how about this one???? Maine-iac Rose @--- remove the thorns to email me http://community.webshots.com/user/maineiacrose "Kellie J. Berger" wrote in message om... Mum finally found something Dad wants for Christmas.... but i think i will have a hard time finding one that will work for him. I need an accurate rain gauge that has numbers large enough for my dad to read. He has macular degeneration and does fairly well with his magnifying glass, but things need to be a good size to begin with. the pics i have found online are from places i've never heard of (storesonline.com for example) or they are pics where i cannot see the measurements, just the ornamentation on them. Finding a lot of make it yourself science project kits though. Any hints of where to go? Would Home Depot/ Lowes/ Ace Hardware have good ones or do they just keep the ones that are decorative and need to be replaced every few yrs? I've never shopped for one of these before! -- kellie bergerk at sbcglobal dot net http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ber....net/my_photos Subject: WAY OT - rain gauge Path: lobby!ngtf-m01.news.aol.com!ngpeer.news.aol.com!news.cis.ohio-state.edu!n ews.ems.psu.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!super news.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "Maine-iac Rose" Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles.quilting Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 15:29:09 -0400 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: References: X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 X-Complaints-To: Lines: 35 joan o'reilly live strong http://members.aol.com/Joan8904/index.html |
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Hullo Kellie
Do you have a meteorological office for the State/county? You might need to go the professional route. .. In article , Kellie J. Berger writes Mum finally found something Dad wants for Christmas.... but i think i will have a hard time finding one that will work for him. I need an accurate rain gauge that has numbers large enough for my dad to read. He has macular degeneration and does fairly well with his magnifying glass, but things need to be a good size to begin with. the pics i have found online are from places i've never heard of (storesonline.com for example) or they are pics where i cannot see the measurements, just the ornamentation on them. Finding a lot of make it yourself science project kits though. Any hints of where to go? Would Home Depot/ Lowes/ Ace Hardware have good ones or do they just keep the ones that are decorative and need to be replaced every few yrs? I've never shopped for one of these before! -- kellie bergerk at sbcglobal dot net http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ber....net/my_photos -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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Kellie, I got a lot of stuff for both my parents at Maxi Aids -
1-800-281-3555. They have a website www.maxiaids.com but they don't show everything they carry. Call and ask them. Hope they say yes, they do have one! Karen, Queen of Squishies -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ * We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. - Oscar Wilde * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ www.SimplyMusic.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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Is there anythingthis group can't find on the web? It is amazing. I guess
just ask and ye shall find it. :-) Linda |
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Kellie, if you can't find one that's just right, you can improve one. Whip
out the craft paint that works on glass and put dots - such as a green dot at 1", a yellow dot at 2" and so on. Something else you need to know - the research team at Tulane recommended an eye vitamin for my DH, the one that contains lutein. They didn't have any magic cures but the lutein has halted the progress of the macular degeneration and we are very grateful for that. Polly "Queen of Squishies" hicall80 @ mchsi.com wrote in message news:uBDad.220287$MQ5.132562@attbi_s52... Kellie, I got a lot of stuff for both my parents at Maxi Aids - 1-800-281-3555. They have a website www.maxiaids.com but they don't show everything they carry. Call and ask them. Hope they say yes, they do have one! Karen, Queen of Squishies -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ * We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. - Oscar Wilde * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ www.SimplyMusic.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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Thank you !!! He is taking that vitamin and has had several surgeries. I am
adding it into my vitamin regimine too in the hopes that it can ward off vision loss for me! Dad has dry macular degeneration in one eye and wet in the other Also profound hearing loss. So life is difficult for him and for Mum taking him everywhere now!!! But he is usually in good spirits, and has gone to "blind camp" to re-learn how to do a lot of things. It is amazing the technology available for helping him to read again!!! Very slow process for him, but at least he feels he can still do something. It also amazes me what he can and cannot see. Still a learning process for us all and it has been a little over 2 years now since he lost the sight in the 2nd eye. He was in the Navy for many, many years and loves watching the weather. In the move to be closer to us and the grands, they lost their sundial and left the rain gauge at the old house. I think he would like to have a new one. And the one at backyardweb looks like it might do the trick well! I knew i could count on all of you to help me once again! Y'all are amazing!!!! -- -- kellie bergerk at sbcglobal dot net http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ber....net/my_photos "Polly Esther" wrote in message k.net... Kellie, if you can't find one that's just right, you can improve one. Whip out the craft paint that works on glass and put dots - such as a green dot at 1", a yellow dot at 2" and so on. Something else you need to know - the research team at Tulane recommended an eye vitamin for my DH, the one that contains lutein. They didn't have any magic cures but the lutein has halted the progress of the macular degeneration and we are very grateful for that. Polly "Queen of Squishies" hicall80 @ mchsi.com wrote in message news:uBDad.220287$MQ5.132562@attbi_s52... Kellie, I got a lot of stuff for both my parents at Maxi Aids - 1-800-281-3555. They have a website www.maxiaids.com but they don't show everything they carry. Call and ask them. Hope they say yes, they do have one! Karen, Queen of Squishies -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ * We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. - Oscar Wilde * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ www.SimplyMusic.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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dogsnus wrote:
"Kellie J. Berger" wrote in m: Mum finally found something Dad wants for Christmas.... but i think i will have a hard time finding one that will work for him. I need an accurate rain gauge that has numbers large enough for my dad to read. What with the roughly 7 inches we received here in S.Louisiana over the weekend due to TS Matthew,I've decided to make one. I'm starting with a 55 gallon drum... Terri 'Scuse me... Squeegeeesuqeegeesuqeegeesuqeegeesuqeegee... Thass better. Had bits of ham sandwich on me monoter for a minute there! -- Kate XXXXXX Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
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A lot of our local TV stations have backyard "weather watchers" who call
in with temperatures and rainfall amounts. You might check with your local station and wee where their volunteers get their gauges. Maureen Kellie J. Berger wrote: Mum finally found something Dad wants for Christmas.... but i think i will have a hard time finding one that will work for him. I need an accurate rain gauge that has numbers large enough for my dad to read. He has macular degeneration and does fairly well with his magnifying glass, but things need to be a good size to begin with. the pics i have found online are from places i've never heard of (storesonline.com for example) or they are pics where i cannot see the measurements, just the ornamentation on them. Finding a lot of make it yourself science project kits though. Any hints of where to go? Would Home Depot/ Lowes/ Ace Hardware have good ones or do they just keep the ones that are decorative and need to be replaced every few yrs? I've never shopped for one of these before! -- kellie bergerk at sbcglobal dot net http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ber....net/my_photos |
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