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"ANTHONY DIODATI"

29/01/2006 6:25 PM

Handyman Club of America

Is the Handyman Club of America still B.S. ?
Did anyone ever really get tools sent to them to test?
I know I was a member for a while, a while back, and I never got any, just
little drill gauges, and glue spreaders and the like.
I forget how the magazine is, is it worth $12.00 a year? How many issues are
there?
Is this a new thing the $12.00 a year, IIRC it was free before.
Thanks, Tony D.


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Dd

"Dave"

in reply to "ANTHONY DIODATI" on 29/01/2006 6:25 PM

29/01/2006 9:01 PM

Their membership cards are real good for spreading glue.


"mac davis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 18:25:46 GMT, "ANTHONY DIODATI"
> <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>Is the Handyman Club of America still B.S. ?
>>Did anyone ever really get tools sent to them to test?
>>I know I was a member for a while, a while back, and I never got any, just
>>little drill gauges, and glue spreaders and the like.
>>I forget how the magazine is, is it worth $12.00 a year? How many issues
>>are
>>there?
>>Is this a new thing the $12.00 a year, IIRC it was free before.
>> Thanks, Tony D.
>>
> My wife got hooked up with them for a while.. thought I'd like it.. lol
>
> The tools were junk.. don't remember all of them, but there was a mini
> screwdriver set, a plastic drill gauge, some folding pliers and a
> flashlight...
>
> All were harbor freight quality or worse and supposed values were like 5
> or 6
> times HF prices...
>
> The good part is that she didn't fall for the "charter member" BS... where
> you
> spend a LOT of money for a few cheap tools..
> Mac
> https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm

bb

"bdeditch"

in reply to "ANTHONY DIODATI" on 29/01/2006 6:25 PM

29/01/2006 8:24 PM

I got the small bag of putty spreaders. What a joke!!!!!!!!!!! If the
putty was thinker than thin soup, they would bend so bad that you could
do anything with them.

w

in reply to "ANTHONY DIODATI" on 29/01/2006 6:25 PM

30/01/2006 9:18 AM


mac davis wrote:
> pretty expensive glue spreaders, though... AOhell cd's might work if cut
> square..... *g*
>

AOHell...that's new one...thanks! I've always called them America
Off-Line, or just plain SOL.

md

mac davis

in reply to "ANTHONY DIODATI" on 29/01/2006 6:25 PM

31/01/2006 8:53 AM

On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 20:14:59 -0500, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:

>In article <[email protected]>,
> "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> mac davis (in [email protected]) said:
>>
>> | cd's might work if cut square..... *g*
>>
>> That's one of the best ideas yet - thanks!
>>
>mac is not as ...as....as.....errrmm....how can I put this....
>That *IS* a good idea, eh?
>
><G>
thanks.... I think... *lol*

Mac
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm

Lr

"Leon"

in reply to "ANTHONY DIODATI" on 29/01/2006 6:25 PM

29/01/2006 6:57 PM


"ANTHONY DIODATI" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:KM7Df.16508$K17.3421@trnddc03...
> Is the Handyman Club of America still B.S. ?

Is it still called Handyman Club of America?

I recall being asked to join as a Charter Member about 12 years ago and a
Charter Member again 11 years ago and a Charter Member again 10 years ago
and a Charter Member again 9 years ago and a Charter Member again 8 years
ago and a Charter Member again 7 years ago and a Charter Member again 6
years ago and a Charter Member again 5 years ago and a Charter Member again
4 years ago and a Charter Member again 4 years ago and a Charter Member
again 3 years ago and then they gave up on gettin me in as a Charter Member.

Still BS.


> Did anyone ever really get tools sent to them to test?
> I know I was a member for a while, a while back, and I never got any, just
> little drill gauges, and glue spreaders and the like.

Only those.

> I forget how the magazine is, is it worth $12.00 a year? How many issues
> are
> there?

IMHO, NO.

> Is this a new thing the $12.00 a year, IIRC it was free before.

It was never offered to me as free.

> Thanks, Tony D.
>
>

LD

Lobby Dosser

in reply to "ANTHONY DIODATI" on 29/01/2006 6:25 PM

30/01/2006 12:36 AM

"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> "ANTHONY DIODATI" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:KM7Df.16508$K17.3421@trnddc03...
>> Is the Handyman Club of America still B.S. ?
>
> Is it still called Handyman Club of America?

Yep. Got the Black Drill Gauge in the mail Friday. Can't wait to test the
Free Tools! :o)

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"ANTHONY DIODATI"

in reply to "ANTHONY DIODATI" on 29/01/2006 6:25 PM

30/01/2006 11:21 PM


<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> mac davis wrote:
> > pretty expensive glue spreaders, though... AOhell cd's might work if cut
> > square..... *g*
> >
>
> AOHell...that's new one...thanks! I've always called them America
> Off-Line, or just plain SOL.

Ok Thanks all, Guess I'll forget it.

Rd

Robatoy

in reply to "ANTHONY DIODATI" on 29/01/2006 6:25 PM

30/01/2006 8:14 PM

In article <[email protected]>,
"Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote:

> mac davis (in [email protected]) said:
>
> | cd's might work if cut square..... *g*
>
> That's one of the best ideas yet - thanks!
>
mac is not as ...as....as.....errrmm....how can I put this....
That *IS* a good idea, eh?

<G>

MD

"Morris Dovey"

in reply to "ANTHONY DIODATI" on 29/01/2006 6:25 PM

30/01/2006 11:13 AM

mac davis (in [email protected]) said:

| cd's might work if cut square..... *g*

That's one of the best ideas yet - thanks!

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto

md

mac davis

in reply to "ANTHONY DIODATI" on 29/01/2006 6:25 PM

29/01/2006 12:38 PM

On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 18:25:46 GMT, "ANTHONY DIODATI" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Is the Handyman Club of America still B.S. ?
>Did anyone ever really get tools sent to them to test?
>I know I was a member for a while, a while back, and I never got any, just
>little drill gauges, and glue spreaders and the like.
>I forget how the magazine is, is it worth $12.00 a year? How many issues are
>there?
>Is this a new thing the $12.00 a year, IIRC it was free before.
> Thanks, Tony D.
>
My wife got hooked up with them for a while.. thought I'd like it.. lol

The tools were junk.. don't remember all of them, but there was a mini
screwdriver set, a plastic drill gauge, some folding pliers and a flashlight...

All were harbor freight quality or worse and supposed values were like 5 or 6
times HF prices...

The good part is that she didn't fall for the "charter member" BS... where you
spend a LOT of money for a few cheap tools..
Mac
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm

md

mac davis

in reply to "ANTHONY DIODATI" on 29/01/2006 6:25 PM

31/01/2006 8:55 AM

On 30 Jan 2006 09:18:25 -0800, [email protected] wrote:

>
>mac davis wrote:
>> pretty expensive glue spreaders, though... AOhell cd's might work if cut
>> square..... *g*
>>
>
>AOHell...that's new one...thanks! I've always called them America
>Off-Line, or just plain SOL.

Goes back to about 94 or 95, whenever AOL unleashed a few million folks onto the
internet and screwed everything up.. *g*
We used to write primitive HTLM script to detect AOL users and deny access to
our pages..
Mac
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm

md

mac davis

in reply to "ANTHONY DIODATI" on 29/01/2006 6:25 PM

30/01/2006 9:07 AM

On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 21:01:47 GMT, "Dave" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Their membership cards are real good for spreading glue.
>
pretty expensive glue spreaders, though... AOhell cd's might work if cut
square..... *g*

>
>"mac davis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 18:25:46 GMT, "ANTHONY DIODATI"
>> <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Is the Handyman Club of America still B.S. ?
>>>Did anyone ever really get tools sent to them to test?
>>>I know I was a member for a while, a while back, and I never got any, just
>>>little drill gauges, and glue spreaders and the like.
>>>I forget how the magazine is, is it worth $12.00 a year? How many issues
>>>are
>>>there?
>>>Is this a new thing the $12.00 a year, IIRC it was free before.
>>> Thanks, Tony D.
>>>
>> My wife got hooked up with them for a while.. thought I'd like it.. lol
>>
>> The tools were junk.. don't remember all of them, but there was a mini
>> screwdriver set, a plastic drill gauge, some folding pliers and a
>> flashlight...
>>
>> All were harbor freight quality or worse and supposed values were like 5
>> or 6
>> times HF prices...
>>
>> The good part is that she didn't fall for the "charter member" BS... where
>> you
>> spend a LOT of money for a few cheap tools..
>> Mac
>> https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm
>

Mac
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm


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