Sometimes a Plan Does Come Together

Pleased. Finally worked my head through the right combo of tools to remove the locking wheel bolts on my Wonder Woman’s Jetta (bought used, no key for the locking wheel bolts). Have one off and replaced with a normal wheel bolt, and the process well-defined, now. It was a wee tad more irritating, because these locking wheel bolts are “spinners,” needing the “spinner ring” removed before dealing with the actual bolt. Now, I just have to get the “spinner” out of the socket I used to remove it. *heh*

Hmmm, perhaps I should rethink my method of removing the “spinner” for the other three wheels. . . I’ll give that some thought before I do the next one.

Reset! Reset! Reset!

About that failed TV. . .

All diagnostics suggested by the company support said dead power supply or similar. Did everything by the book. No power on.

“Tech” call today with replacement TV.

“What’s it doing?”

“Well, I’ll show you.” *reaches to the TV’s power button and presses*

TV powers on.

Dafuq?!? Earlier TODAY, it did not power on.

“Tech”: *does not unbox new TV. Does not test anything* “It could be the UPS you have it plugged into.”

*sigh* “No, because I tested it plugged directly into the wall, as well as switching outlets [etc.].” (Oh, and the other two things plugged into the UPS both work, and have shown no interruption in service. Only two things*–neither the TV–is plugged into battery backup.

Me: *signs docs attesting to TV’s current functionality; hopes not calling again in a week*

Still, unless I open things up and test things myself, this will just have to be a mystery. and I have no desire to void the warranty.

Oh, well.


*On battery backup: a NAS and gigabit switch. Switch is, of course, for the NAS. . . and the TV, since I have not/will not enable the WiFi on the TV.