My daughter the adult

If you think about how long my daughter was in school, you might wonder how she can transfer into the working world.  I guess she took the first 4 years off for growing, then went to a preschool followed by kindergarten,  elementary school, middle school, high school, followed by 4 years at Oregon State University (BS) and finally earning a BSN (bachelor of science in nursing) at Linfield College.
Yup that's a lot on school to me.  And now she has a day off to go shopping with her mom.  So that's my little girl the RN.

I took Wilbur out for a drive today.  You know that '73 drives pretty good.  And I disconnected the battery charger and inverter .  Those might be going to Smokey since the battery charging converter is not that great on the batteries.  So put that on the list of things to do.  I have been working on the cabinet doors to make them look better.  And I was going to stop by Smokey today and pick up some more doors to work on but I didn't have my keys with me when I was running around.  Oh well maybe tomorrow.

There was some work on one of the rental houses.  Fixed the garage ceiling light and a loose bedroom light.  When I retired I thought I would spend more time working on the rental houses, but that hasn't happened yet.

How to buy a Classic Winnebago

Why do some guys have all the luck and get a nice Classic Winnebago for just a few bucks???
Well I have looked for those super deals and I even have brothers who send me ads and pictures of ones for sale.  Take this latest one.

"No tire kickers! $300 CASH. Ran when parked. Not in bad shape. Livable. Has a 440 engine in it. As far as I know, everything works. I need it gone. $300 is NOT NEGOTIABLE. You would get more than that in scrap. The floor is SOLID."

Well at first I see the front tire is covered with hay.  Now some might think the owner might be hiding something, but I see it as protection for the tire.  All the tires are probably "like new".  And then I see there is no outside rear view mirror.  To an untrained eye you might think this is bad, but then again it is probably like new and is kept inside to keep it in new condition.  
And a solid floor??  Now I like some spring in my floor.  It helps adsorb some of the vibration when driving.

So you can't just take a look at a picture of something and decide how good it is, pictures almost always look better than the real thing.  You need to get in and kick the tires.........Oh this seller said "No tire kickers".   Well good luck dealing with him.  I would probably pass on this one.  Especially since I own two Bagos already.

And how did Wilbur look when I bought him??

How to cut the cord. Free Antenna TV

Remember back in the day when TV was watched in the evening after supper.  And we only had a few stations but there was always something on to watch,  unless the TV antenna needed to be turned to get another station.  Today if you don't have cable you have Dish or Direct TV.  And of course there is the cost of this that seems to be going up all the time.

Is this man smarter than you? He legally enjoys all of the major national TV programs from ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, PBS, ION, Univision, Telefutura, The CW, and many more, as well as local stations, and he pays nothing. Best of all his signal quality for both the video and the audio is better than he had with his former cable company. He receives over 40 channels that include 24-hour a day weather, old movie channels, educational channels, several PBS so there is lots of programming for his children and the whole family. He knew that he was not really enjoying the best his new HDTV had to offer as long as he hooked it up to the cable or satellite services that re-condense their signals before they broadcast them. Now with his Free Over The Air TV Antenna, that he bought from www.FreeOverTheAirTV.com, his family is actually enjoying the true value of the investment they made in their fabulous new HDTV and there is no monthly cost. That is pretty smart. With the substantial amount of money he saved every month not paying for the TV programming he now gets for free, he purchased a new media center DVR/Computer System and he uses www.titanTV.com to easily record his favorite programs like he used to with the expensive DVR his cable company rented to him after they made him pay several hundred dollars down and another $20.00 a month. But now instead of being made to buy the cable company a DVR that they took back when he canceled his service, he now owns his own equipment that is technologically advanced and offers many more functions and capabilities. Now he can go to www.netflix.com and for a few dollars a month he can watch an unlimited amount of movies online whenever he wants without being charged $6.00 or more each. They play right to his HDTV or he can also order movies to watch on his DVD player too. That's all pretty smart. He can choose to go to www.Itunes.com and watch for free almost any current program from the TV shows he used to pay the cable company to watch. He can go to www.hulu.com and watch free movies there or go to www.youtube.com and watch any of the content you will find there for free. The truth is, thanks to Free Over The Air TV and the explosion of free sources to watch video on the Internet, his family's entertainment options have vastly expanded and they are saving over $1,000.00 per year! That's pretty smart too. Don't you agree? Now he wonders why he ever paid all of that money every month to the cable and satellite companies to limit his options with programming that came in inferior signal quality. In fact, he is buying a new HDTV for every room in the house since the installation we did for him powers ever outlet in the house with digital and HDTV signal just like the cable company powered all of the RJ45 jacks in the house. He, like the 60% of people in Hong Kong who switched to Free Over the Air Digital TV, is wondering why everyone doesn't take advantage of the new, better technology? Isn't it time you got with the future and stop paying for the TV you can get for free? In America, the cable and satellite vendors do not want you to know it but there are millions of households that have already switched to FreeOverTheAirTV and tens of thousands of additional households switch every month. They are making the smart choice. Shouldn't you? There are some people who watch Free Over The Air TV in order to get the superior audio and video experience for the major national Network channels as well as their local channels and they also keep the cable for access to their favorite cable program they want to see in real time, like Speed Channel or ESPN. If you can afford it and it means that much to you, it is an easy matter to have both services hooked up to your HDTV and we can easily show you how. Although we know if you give one of our Free Over The Air TV Antennas a try all by itself, you'll probably realize you really don't miss the cable and the bill, especially if you attach a DVR capable computer to your system and take advantage of the best that technology has to offer. Some people ask if they can utilize a DTV antenna with their old analog TV since the economy is bad, money is an issue an they just can't afford to buy a new HDTV yet. The answer is yes. We can equip you with a converter box that will convert the Digital signal provided by our antennas to analog. Then when you do buy a new HDTV you'll have the best digital HDTV antenna that money an buy. How much do you pay for cable or satellite TV. Chances are that you could afford to buy a very nice HDTV in less than one year with the money you will save by taking advantage of the Free Over The Air TV signal. Either way, whatever your situation, we hope you will join the millions of smart Americans who have already switched to Free Over The Air TV and begin to save yourself a small fortune too. Just imagine what you could do with the extra $1,000.00+ per year that you needlessly pay to the cable company. That kind of money could do a lot for most families these days or be a great start to a child's college education fund. Think about it and then order a FreeOverTheAirTV Antenna from the experts here at FreeOverTheAirTV.com.

So I have been ask how can I watch FREE TV.  Well it can be as simple as getting rabbit ears and hooking them to the back of the TV.  Yes when I did that in my motor home people looked at me and could not belive that works.  They say "didn't the TV stations stop working when they went digital"  Oh if you had the older TV it wouldn't work unless you had cable TV.  WRONG.  There is a digital converter box you can buy to fix that too.

And if you want to see what TV stations you can get there is a website for that.

http://www.dtv.gov/


The Wall Street Journal even shows info on how popular TV antenns are getting.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204059804577229451364593094.html

It's cool to have rabbit ears again.

Largely relegated to obscurity decades ago, old-fashioned television broadcasts—over the airwaves and not via cable or satellite—are enjoying an unexpected revival in the digital era.

With an increased array of online-video programming now drawing viewers' attention, companies are starting to pitch consumers on complementing online video streamed from the Web with broadcast-TV signals as a way to save money on cable subscriptions.

If it gains traction, this trend could undercut part of the rationale for selling off TV spectrum in voluntary auctions, approved by Congress on Friday, aimed at freeing up spectrum for wireless broadband.

There are signs that consumers are responding. TV-antenna seller Richard Schneider of St. Louis says sales at his company are soaring. Mr. Schneider's Antennas Direct sold 70,000 antennas in January, and he expects to double last year's sales of about 600,000. That was up from 400,000 antennas in 2010.

So what are you waiting for.

Dish TV is for the birds (bath).

And when I fist tried antenna TV, again, I used on old antenna that was around on a TV in the garage.  Here is what I used and it works.

This was my set up.  And it worked fine.

What Do I watch???  Oh the ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS and a few other of the biggies.
And then,
http://metvnetwork.com/
http://www.myretrotv.com/
http://www.thistv.com/

And have you seen the Rabbit TV device?  Don't buy it because it really doesn't work. Go to this FREE website to see the same thing http://titantv.com/default.aspx

Walking a 5 K

Yea I know this is no marathon, but still Sophie and I did finally have good weather and the time to walk a course at Bush Park in Salem.  There is a running club called Roadrunners and on their website is where I found the map.  Here is their website http://www.wvroadrunners.org/ and here is the map

Some of it is on paved, wood chip and even grass trails.  On my pedometer it said we went 3.3 miles so we must have gone on every trail we were suppose to.

And the weather was almost warm with some sun thrown in.

There is a walking club in Salem called the Willamette Valley Wanderers Walking Club http://willwander.weebly.com/gallery.html
And for those hard core walkers, if there really is such a thing, there is a search page at http://www.ava.org/ava_search.asp That is a American Volksport Association.

If you want to do a Sunday Stroll with the Albany walkers here is the info. http://www.ava.org/gen3/data/event_details.asp?eventid=95149
Their Website is http://www.albanyfitwalkers.org/


Tomorrow I want to put together a post on cutting the cord on pay TV.  Yes you can still put an antenna on the roof, or even inside,  to get TV stations over the air (OTA) for FREE.

The key-less door lock is working

So I got the cheap key-less door lock system for my wagon and installed it today.  When it arrived the box was kind of crushed, not the outside box, so I took a few pictures in case it didn't work.

Then the actuator is installed in the drivers door.  The kit came with actuators for all 4 doors but you only need the one.

I found a spot to mount the actuator where it attaches and clears the inside door cover.
The kit comes with brackets and  rods and connectors that can attach in several places.

I only mounted the one actuator in the drivers door and it opens all the door locks from this one door.

So this is my latest Subaru update since I was not able to unlock the drivers door with the key.
And for less than $30.00 on Ebay I bought the kit that came with 2 remotes.

Working on my cabinet doors

When I first got Smokey I saw what looked like glue applied to some of the cabinet doors where the frame was put together.  Now this is different than on the '73 where the cabinet doors are just a single piece of partial board with a vinyl covering.  On those you had to worry about the door turning into sawdust once they got wet from the roof leaking.  But these doors now a days are made out of real wood.  And with time it looks like I will be re-gluing about every door some.  So I took the largest door off Smokey today and will try to figure out how I can clean up and fix them.
It looks like the titebond II would be a good choice, unless someone tells me otherwise.

I'm tired of the cold

How many days of freezing fog can we have????
Today we had lunch with family and friends in the Portland, OR area.  The sun was out and life seemed good, but on the way home it was back into the fog.  And I have wanted to wash the car all week.  Something about washing the car in freezing weather that keeps me from doing it.

And I want to take Wilbur out for a drive but since there is water in it I don't want to freeze it up so it sets in the garage.