I'm still caffeined out. And my housemate went on a little date with a new guy so I'm gonna sit up and wait until she gets back so I can get all the dirt and details.
Oh baby, I can't wait! He's not bad looking either. I hope it works out nice for her, she really needs to get out and start dating again.
So anyway. White Springs. Yeah, I miss ya. But you know, I can't sit here waiting forever my dears. That poor dish was out there all lonely, staring blankly into the sky, endlessly searching for your signal. But it was not to be.
I ran out in the mud with a wrench and my birdog and my poor little dish has found a new friend in the sky, Galaxy 19.
Yes, I'll be watching I Love Lucy. And yes, I do love Lucy.
Sorry White Springs. I tried to be patient. Really. I tried.
Re: AcWxRadar,
Well, do remember, I spent MONTHS trying to get the first few satellites found and tuned in. I started out cold and blind, I had not a clue in the world what I was doing. I fumbled through this stuff for what seemed like 16 forevers.
I asked a LOT of questions.
And I read a LOT!
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Lots and lots and lots and lots. I make frequent use of the search feature here, I follow lots of links you very helpful men post and I google lots of stuff online too.
I have plenty of free time.
Also, I don't know if you caught it but I mentioned quite a few months ago that my dad is a licensed mechanical engineer (was at Dupont), has a machine shop in his garage and was a TV & radio repairman in the 50's and 60's and piddles with pretty much anything. There's not much he can't fix. Well, he wanted a son but didn't get one. When I was little I used to watch him work on things and would play with some of his electronic test stuff. He had a tube tester, I remember that. And a few other things I'm not sure of. He had some sort of little green screen that would make all sorts of cool squiggles on it, I was fascinated by that. I forget what it was called though. He still has all that stuff, I saw it in my old bedroom which he took over and turned into a junk room.
He taught me how to solder things, that's not hard to do but I don't really have much use for that skill. He would have me help him fix things though when I was little and he let me solder inside TV's and radios. I had no clue what I was doing, I just did what he told me to do.
I came to find out over the years that I take after him in a few ways, like I learn how to do things pretty fast. He showed me how to put air conditioner coolant in, that's simple. He showed me how to change disc brakes, that's simple too, IF you're strong enough to do it. He showed me how to change the oil and filter, a task I DESPISE. And how to drain the radiator and put anti-freeze in it come winter time. Simple to do but dirty work that I do not like doing. But, I do know how and at least I don't have to pay someone to do it for me now.
My friend had her alternator go out. They charged her almost $800 to replace it.
It went out again a few years later. My dad fixed it for her the second time. The cost for parts was only $130. She got ripped off the first time.
I know a guy that got ripped off for over $3,000 on the air conditioner in his truck. OMG... That's just insane.
So really, the bottom line is, I enjoy saving money. I hate giving money away when I don't have to. And that is what drives me to be a penny pincher and drives me to read and learn and watch as much as I can so I can be more independent and more self sufficient and less dependent upon others.
And to be honest, to be less of a pain in the rear end to others.
Here's a little something I saw some years back and it really struck me deeply.
Watch this video clip on Youtube, from about 1:42 until about 4:42..
(I don't know how to make it play only the section of the clip I mention so you'll have to skip ahead a little to the spot manually.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMvaaX1NhDE"]YouTube - 13th Warrior p3.avi[/ame]
Q: "How did you learn our language???!!" A: "I listened."
That made sooooo much sense to me. What an awesome concept! I live by it.
I'm still reading and looking and listening to you guys. There is a goldmine of knowledge in this forum and believe me, I'm looking it all over. I'm taking it all in and my poor little brain is storing it all and mulling it all over. Pictures are starting to form in my mind, of things I can do, things I can make, things I can modify. Most of it, I'll need help with because my tools are very limited here.
But really, the more I do this, the easier it gets. And I'm afraid to say this, but, I want more.
Why not? I've got most of the junk around here to do it. Why not do it then? It's mostly free, I've spent very little money on anything yet and for the serious hard labour I'm pretty confident I can trade out some cold beers (yuk!) for some manual labor. Mr Nice Neighbor lives by the moto, "Will work for beer." I do not approve of alcohol but if I can trade it to him for some work, well, so be it. And I've never seen him drunk so I suppose there's no harm in it. I hope.
Ok, I need to go forage in the wilderness AKA the kitchen for snacks.
I'm jealous of my friend for her going on a date and I need to have some junk food since I can't go out myself. I think some ice cream will do. I just hope I have some. I'm tired of Pepsi, I drank half a case of Pepsi Zero today. Got a good buzz from it, thank goodness it's zero calories!
