The shake down story continued..TV drama or comedy? I love technology and all the convince of getting what you want through those invisible air waves. I do wonder if when we are walking around and these things are flying through the air (i.e. internet, wifi, tv, radio, phones etc.) if they are just bouncing off me or going through me? oh well, not the story here, back to the TV.
All the shaking of The Rectangle on the Hwy 75 did unseen things discovered only when we went to use whatever, like the TV antenna. Now we have used that antenna on several occasions so we knew it worked just fine. You twist the handle to raise it and twist to lower, no big deal. The evening after the Hwy 75 washboard ride we were ready to raise the antenna and the mechanism seemed loose...and boom, the handle breaks off, a big spring flies across the room and the rod unit that goes into the ceiling falls off. Hmmm not so good BUT the rod from the antenna this all connected to was there. Light Bulb moment, what does one use to turn something that will hold onto it, of course we all know that answer if not duck tape then it must be a job for VICE GRIPS. Yes, the handy clamp it on and use it as the handle thingy that never disappoints. Our tool box of course has a couple of sizes of vice grips, one just right. We now have a very attractive vice grip hanging from the rod in our ceiling and the antenna goes up and down fine. Another thing for the fix it list when we get to for our appointment at the Newmar factory on the 19th. Shake down continues...But we are having a grand time and love to laugh about all the lessons we learn (sewer story soon).
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