Absolutely nothing technical or Silverlight-related so feel free to pass on this one...
I truly agree with the adage that "You're only as old as you feel", but hey, today I feel about 110. I'm sore head to foot and have come to the realization that I'm too old be to crawling around in the attic all afternoon :(
Almost 20 years ago I ran two new circuits and installed two identical light/fan kits in the two bathrooms at the house. The master bath gets all the use and the fan in there is starting to sound like a fan in a cheap motel. So what's the big deal... they are identical, the other one doesn't get used much, so just swap units, right?
So up I go, tools in hand. Compressing about 4 hours into a few sentences, I unattached both from mounts, flipped the units over, marked and unhooked all the wiring. Then I swapped positions, rewired the first, set into place, turned the power on and made sure it worked -- bonus! Hard mount that one and duplicate for the second.
When I got out of the attic the last time, and closed it up, I leaned against the wall on the carport and things started to spin. Standing still a moment I was ok, but I guess 60 is too old to be doing that sort of thing, and I truly believe I've made my last trip into the attic. I still need to caulk around the edges, but that's from inside the house.
Next time will have to be a 'handyman' I can trust not to set the place on fire.
Getting old sucks.
posted @ Monday, March 09, 2009 8:51 AM