What did you do today?

I was wrong... The Flintstone Kids, whatever that is.
Lucky to get enough over the air I don't have a cable bill.

....84 keys, not that I counted correctly.
The keys on the remote are super sensitive now..... No wiggling or pushing hard.
I'm gonna pay myself $100 for fixing the thing. I could get another one for $16 on eBay...... But I'd lose out on the $100.

Took the dog to a couple different parks today. One of the parks had a few kids and a few dads having a nerf gun war. I watched them for a few. It was impressive! They came prepared. They had a couple appliance boxes they brought with them for forts and some other barriers to hide behind. They even had a couple Gatling guns. Now that’s the way to have fun.

I'm trying to visualize the fixing up of the remote. Do you have links to any of the videos. Never heard about graphite being in them. That is very interesting. Using #2 pencil lead is a good idea.

As an aside, when my late elderly friend started to have trouble with his old TV remote I got him a giant universal remote with huge buttons (easier to see). He laughed when I first got it-- it was actually a gag gift initially, but when his old remote was having trouble I programmed the big one and he used it all the time.

Remote looked something like this:


I had total brainfreeze. LOL.

highup said:

Lucky to get enough over the air I don't have a cable bill.

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It’s impressive the amount of channels available on regular ol antenna tv, especially if you have a good antenna up on the roof. I built a simple quad antenna out of speaker wire and two wooden dowels and hung it up on my tower and I was able to pick up a radio station I liked that was maybe 100 miles away.

Don’t remember the website but you put in your location and it tells you all the stations available in your area. It has a tv guide for those stations as well as a map you can click on to see where the different stations broadcast from so you know which way to point your antenna. Kinda cool.

We used to get stuff via antenna but we're not in range of anything now. Had the antenna on a 50ft tower, but a hurricane knocked the antenna down. Tower is still standing.

When I visited my friend earlier today, little Kelebrimbor came running up to me and wanted to be held & petted. My brother said "We're going to have to bring him home". He followed me to the truck when I was leaving. Had to get my friend to feed him to distract him long enough for me to leave.

Saw this on Youtube. Wonder if it really works that well.

C.J. said:

It’s impressive the amount of channels available on regular ol antenna tv, especially if you have a good antenna up on the roof. I built a simple quad antenna out of speaker wire and two wooden dowels and hung it up on my tower and I was able to pick up a radio station I liked that was maybe 100 miles away.

Don’t remember the website but you put in your location and it tells you all the stations available in your area. It has a tv guide for those stations as well as a map you can click on to see where the different stations broadcast from so you know which way to point your antenna. Kinda cool.

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I think it's antennaguide ...maybe
I'm 2+miles from town, but the local antennas are probably 6 or 7 miles, line of sight.
There are hills to my north and east side, but I'm kinda between them because of a slough.
I can't see anything in the direction towards the towers, because of trees, but they aren't like a deep forest. I feel pretty lucky that way not having to fork out ridiculous money for more channels than I need.
Get ABC, CBS, NBC, 4pbs stations there are others that change old TV stuff like Gunsmoke, Leave it to Beaver.... Ya never know, it might change to Wild Wild West or Gilligan's Island. Batman was on for a few months and years ago Sea Hunt, Highway Patrol, Dragnet.... the corny old good stuff.

We probably get 12 or 15 channels.

zannej said:

I'm trying to visualize the fixing up of the remote. Do you have links to any of the videos. Never heard about graphite being in them. That is very interesting. Using #2 pencil lead is a good idea.

As an aside, when my late elderly friend started to have trouble with his old TV remote I got him a giant universal remote with huge buttons (easier to see). He laughed when I first got it-- it was actually a gag gift initially, but when his old remote was having trouble I programmed the big one and he used it all the time.

Remote looked something like this:
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I had total brainfreeze. LOL.

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Hardest part is cracking the case open. The guy shows how it's opened on most of em. You need to remove the batteries to see if there are any screws... If so, they'll be tiny and they're easy to drop and lose.
He doesn't show it, but I don't think I'd clean the actual contact pads, just splash em against the water and rinse them in warm faucet water. I never added detergent to the sink full of warm water, I just sprayed a little Windex on the plastic shell and the silicone keypad then gently scrubbed/brushed em with a toothbrush.... again, not the rubber contact side.

I used a bunch of Q-tips to clean the TV's remote circuit board. If dip the Q-tip in the alcohol, rub it gently across 4 to 8 keys at a time, then dry it off with the other side of the Q-tip.
If the wet Q-tip comes up really dirty, do the process twice.
Just continue a few keys to a half dozen the same way until you get all of it clean.

There were a LOT of small key contacts, so I didn't use the Q-tip to apply the graphite like he did. I used a pencil in hopes I wouldn't get graphite dust in parts of the keypad that shouldn't have any.
I made the little pile of graphite, then dipped the dull pencil tip in it as if using a paintbrush. Not much transfers to the pencil tip, so you might need to apply it twice to do each key. Run it around till the contact gets a little shine on it. Doesn't have to be perfect.

zannej said:

We used to get stuff via antenna but we're not in range of anything now. Had the antenna on a 50ft tower, but a hurricane knocked the antenna down. Tower is still standing.

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I dream of having a tower again one day. I sold two towers when we left Portland under the condition that my wife would buy me a new one when we got settled in our new house. That was 8 years and 3 houses ago and I still haven’t gotten my tower yet. Come to think of it she was gonna buy me a riding mower as well. I did get the mower but I had to buy it myself.

highup said:

Now that it works, the hard decision.
Astro Monster, Leave it to Beaver, Steelers Vs Titans, Martinsville 500, The Flintstones, NFL today, 4 PBS channels...... and more. All over the air. I dropped cable 15 years ago.

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PBS 1,2,3,and 4

MSLI said:

PBS 1,2,3,and 4

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That’s where the good shows are.

I was tell in my buddy how I was going to buy another sheet of plywood for the top of my bench. He reminded me that was gonna be $100. Yeah, you’re right. So I filled it, again, with some black filler where it needed it. After it sat for the weekend I sanded it and gave it a coat of wax. Ooo it feels so good. Now if I spill my coffee it’ll just run right off the bench onto the floor

C.J. said:

I dream of having a tower again one day. I sold two towers when we left Portland under the condition that my wife would buy me a new one when we got settled in our new house. That was 8 years and 3 houses ago and I still haven’t gotten my tower yet. Come to think of it she was gonna buy me a riding mower as well. I did get the mower but I had to buy it myself.

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Unless she's making 7 figures, I think she needs a stern reminder.
If she is..... Then I'm on her side, you don't need 'em.

MSLI said:

PBS 1,2,3,and 4

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Rush, Hannity, the The Nuge, and Chris Plante aren't on their playlist..... Best to totally defund them since they are one sided and no different than listening to MSNBC.
I love the camera work on the nature stuff, but usually it takes about 5 minutes or astounding videography before they begin telling us that humans are destroying the earth.... and we're all going to die soon.


...a little girls life changes as she becomes a tool because she speaks well and with emotion.
I'm not without compassion. She absolutely needs an award... NO, not a Darwin. Something shiny and fake like the Some People's Choice Award.

C.J. said:

I was tell in my buddy how I was going to buy another sheet of plywood for the top of my bench. He reminded me that was gonna be $100. Yeah, you’re right. So I filled it, again, with some black filler where it needed it. After it sat for the weekend I sanded it and gave it a coat of wax. Ooo it feels so good. Now if I spill my coffee it’ll just run right off the bench onto the floor


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I paid $84 for some 5/8 to make a "lift" to put my low profile "racing jack" on . Expensive but worth ever quarter. Yeah I had leftovers.
....wondering about the price now after the devastation back east.

highup said:

Unless she's making 7 figures, I think she needs a stern reminder.
If she is..... Then I'm on her side, you don't need 'em.

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I remind her and she just laughs. Mmm hmm.

highup said:

Rush, Hannity, the The Nuge, and Chris Plante aren't on their playlist..... Best to totally defund them since they are one sided and no different than listening to MSNBC.
I love the camera work on the nature stuff, but usually it takes about 5 minutes or astounding videography before they begin telling us that humans are destroying the earth.... and we're all going to die soon.


...a little girls life changes as she becomes a tool because she speaks well and with emotion.
I'm not without compassion. She absolutely needs an award... NO, not a Darwin. Something shiny and fake like the Some People's Choice Award.

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I don’t watch PBS news but I do like watching their cooking and animal shows from time to time. Listening to the same ol climate **** doom n gloom gets old. Anymore I just tune it out cus it really doesn’t matter what I do on an individual level so there’s no point in even listening to that crap. That’s where the cooking and animal shows come in

C.J. said:

I remind her and she just laughs. Mmm hmm.

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Let her.... accidently, look over you shoulder to see you looking at jewelry a few times. A week later, bring up towers again.
Does psychology work on psychologists

C.J. said:

I don’t watch PBS news but I do like watching their cooking and animal shows from time to time. Listening to the same ol climate **** doom n gloom gets old. Anymore I just tune it out cus it really doesn’t matter what I do on an individual level so there’s no point in even listening to that crap. That’s where the cooking and animal shows come in

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The photography is usually top notch, so I'll watch anyway or turn the sound down. I like Oregon field guide and they'll substitute Outdoor Idaho.... Both are great shows. I don't see them as politicized nearly as much.

Cleaned up, took trash out, brought cat food and cat litter in, cleaned litterboxes, called AC people and took awhile to get through. They were going to come out today but ended up not having time and called to apologize. Said they will try to come in the morning.

Took toilet jack over to friend's house. He misplaced the lever for it so need to find a new one. It seems some of the protective stuff on it (to protect the toilet from getting scratched) came off it while in his care as well. He'd borrowed it for a long time. It was too dark for me to grab the showerhead thingy. If its still there. His mother may have taken it bc she doesn't respect boundaries.

Kelebrimbor charged up to me. He had oil on him or something so I gave him a bath. He didn't like it but he was super cuddly afterward. He chased me to the truck again so friend had to put food out for him again.

It's been 86 in the house all day with 61% humidity. 84 outside with 64% humidity. Ugh. I am a ball of sweat.

highup said:

Let her.... accidently, look over you shoulder to see you looking at jewelry a few times. A week later, bring up towers again.
Does psychology work on psychologists

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Jewelry isn’t really our thing. I did buy her a ring once but other than that I think I lucked out cus jewelry is expensive.

The FIL gave me some great advice years ago. He was telling me when he wants something he starts to plant the seed in his wife’s ear a few months ahead of time. I do that now and that **** works, except for on a tower. She’s never going to be the one to buy me a tower. Lol.