Day 79

It's done.  We spent a portion of the morning in bed surfing, but we got up relatively early.  I went out to the garage.  None of the old lights worked, so I put up the new one I bought the other day.  It uses T12 bulbs.  The first one uses T8 bulbs.  So do the old lights.  That solves a mystery.  The prior owners left 8 T12 bulbs in the apartment attic.  Apparently at one time the fixtures were different.

I took a look at the ballast in the new light.  It's enough different that it isn't worthwhile to try to swap them into the old lights.

After that I finished the cart.  I modified the latch so that it would close tighter.  Then I attached the rack to the frame.  It looks really good.  For once nothing fought me.  One mounting point fit exactly.  The other was too short, but I had the perfect things to extend it in my hardware collection.  The end result looks really nice and weighs significantly less.  We'll try it out on Sunday.

After that it was off to the post office.  Then it was a stop at Lowe's for a couple more light fixtures.  The last stop was Circle C.  Lucy didn't run yesterday, which was good as she was stiff.  Today she did a credible job, but nothing spectacular.

When we got home I called the alert company about Mom's button.  They refused to talk to me "because I wasn't authorized".  They only want to talk to Mom.  I have to talk to Dan about it.

I tried to get the tank to work.  I thought the transmitter was broken, but it was just bad connections in the battery compartment.  The tank wouldn't come alive, but that may have been because the battery was discharged.  So I put it on the charger.

I went out to get the mail and met one of the neighbors.  We talked for an hour until it got dark.  Then Ellen came after me in the car.  I hadn't taken my phone and she thought something might have happen.  That was really nice.

When the tank battery was charged I fired it up.  The dog really doesn't like it.  She ran to the bedroom.  When I drove it to the bedroom door she jumped up on the bed.  I didn't take it further.  The cats don't like it either.  I got to chase them around a little before the holed up in the bathroom.  I haven't used the cannon yet.  The battery takes a long time to run down.  That's nice.  I may get a better charger for it.

The evening has been TV and surfing.