Tower Of Babel or Babble?
We've replaced the TV tower on Indiantree Hill!
The old one, 25-ft. tall, was way beyond shaky. Had it not been for support cables strung up a couple years ago, it would have collapsed in anything beyond a mild breeze.
So we did it right. Engineered a hinge to allow the new tower to be lowered for repair, maintenance, painting etc. and purchased four, 10-ft. sections with a 10-ft. pipe extension on top.
A four-ft. heavy-wall section was buried in concrete and all sections were painted, inside and out. Then, after final assembly, the massive tower was laid out on the lawn and a long rope was threaded from its midsection through a wooden, 100-year-old hayloft pulley on the garage gable, to our garden tractor.
Slowly, with expert family guidance, the tower raised - like a YouTube-era Viagra ad - to its full and upright position.
Alan, the family electrical expert, ran the wires and made the connections . . . and it all worked splendedly! We pull in at least 31 channels and I think they're all high-definition. The picture on all channels certainly is crystal clear and definitely is the best direct-broadcast reception ever, for Indiantree Hill.
But . . . there's a downside.
There's still nothing worth watching. We've surfed the channels repeatedly and reached the same conclusion ("ho-hum") each time.
Maybe we've built a latter-day "Tower Of Babel" . . .
. . . or "Tower Of Babble."
The old one, 25-ft. tall, was way beyond shaky. Had it not been for support cables strung up a couple years ago, it would have collapsed in anything beyond a mild breeze.
So we did it right. Engineered a hinge to allow the new tower to be lowered for repair, maintenance, painting etc. and purchased four, 10-ft. sections with a 10-ft. pipe extension on top.
A four-ft. heavy-wall section was buried in concrete and all sections were painted, inside and out. Then, after final assembly, the massive tower was laid out on the lawn and a long rope was threaded from its midsection through a wooden, 100-year-old hayloft pulley on the garage gable, to our garden tractor.
Slowly, with expert family guidance, the tower raised - like a YouTube-era Viagra ad - to its full and upright position.
Alan, the family electrical expert, ran the wires and made the connections . . . and it all worked splendedly! We pull in at least 31 channels and I think they're all high-definition. The picture on all channels certainly is crystal clear and definitely is the best direct-broadcast reception ever, for Indiantree Hill.
But . . . there's a downside.
There's still nothing worth watching. We've surfed the channels repeatedly and reached the same conclusion ("ho-hum") each time.
Maybe we've built a latter-day "Tower Of Babel" . . .
. . . or "Tower Of Babble."
posted by Amish Country Pilgrim | 12:05 PM
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