No more dots, muscial recliners, clean cut

So I left work early yesterday to meet the guy that was repairing my tv.  I was amazed at how polite this kid was, something I just am not used to.  I helped him lift the tv onto the floor so he could get access to the back of it.  In total he may have spent a half hour swapping out the DLP chip.  I was glad to hear that the replacement chips are engineered for better heat tolerance which is what evidently kills the original chips.

Once he was done with the swap we lifted the tv back into place and fired it up, no more dots, sweet.  I thanked Chris for his good work and sent him on his way after paying the $200 bill.

After he left I dug into an unplanned project.

My $200 Craigslist sofa and love seat has served me well since Ali moved out.  However there was one thing that has annoyed me.  The one recliner in the sofa has a cut across the foot rest.  The mechanism for the foot rest seems a little screwed up too.  When it is extended it has an obvious tilt to the left.

This wouldn’t be a huge deal except that  it just happens to be the recliner that sees the most use since it is next to the end table where I will eat while watching tv.  It annoyed me.

Well the other day I lifted up the love seat to look underneath.  I wanted to see how they were connected.  I was surprised to find that apparently all that held them together were 4 screws that attach to a metal frame underneath.  It seemed to me that in theory, I would simply be able to pull out these screws and then swap the right recliner on the love seat with the right recliner on the sofa.

Well for once, my theory proved to be correct the first time.  In about 15 minutes I had the two pieces swapped out with very minimal effort.  I enjoyed my straight, rip free seating position while I watched Hatfield & McCoy’s episode 2 last night.

I also completed mowing and weed whacking the property last night as planned.  The skies looked like they could open up at anytime but thankfully it held off.

I had one more another spur of the moment mini-project.  You may recall that I said that I wasn’t thrilled with the dip in the long edge of the new castle stone border I placed around the pool.  I decided to address it.  I pulled up about 5 or 6 stones and adjusted the fill underneath them so the dip more or less disappeared.  It looks better now.

I came out to my truck this morning to what appeared to be a bad battery.  It didn’t even click when I hit the key.  I quickly pulled the battery out and threw it in the van, surprised a battery that was a little more than a year old would be dead.  Well, it wasn’t.

When I took it to Wal-mart to get it replaced under warranty they threw a tester on the battery.  It came back as totally fine.  Well that is good and bad news. The good news is I don’t have to buy a battery the bad news is something else could be wrong.

I am hoping the lack of starting is due to a loose connection or corrosion on the terminals.  I am hoping that tonight after thoroughly cleaning both the truck will return to life.  I am not looking for another bill right now.