Let me spend today on some quick follow-ups.
First, Wednesday has started up and we still have Deep Tracks on the satellite radio through Dish. This is consistent with their past of, like, keeping the 60s channel on channel 6 even though in 'broadcast' terms it's been exiled to some channel I don't know which. ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bunnyhugger did some digging and found the cause of this seems to be that they're starting a new channel for Kelly Clarkson, which took the place of one channel that took the place of another channel that took the place of another channel that took Deep Tracks's place, which is why Deep Tracks has been exiled to some imaginary number. I'm not clear why Kelly Clarkson couldn't just take Deep Tracks's spot directly and save everyone else from moving around, but I don't have the benefits of a marketer's brain.
Second, the mantle clock. Rather than just sulk about it, I went looking for more videos about how to fix a clock that's out of beat, or limping. Fortunately, most clock repair guys are also Santa Clauses and enjoy sharing their knowledge with you. Unfortunately they don't always know teaching skills like not putting your hand in the way of the thing you're trying to demonstrate. I finally located a Santa who gave me a nice clear view of what to fiddle with, and was just starting in on this when bunnyhugger got home from work, earlier than I expected.
No harm done, though. After several rounds of trying, and trying my best to explain what I kind of understood from Santa's video while working on it, I got the clock ticking again. And without needing either side propped up by anything; it's just close enough to level that it's been going without limping for hours now, as I write this. Feeling good about accomplishing that and I hope I remember not to let the clock ever stop for any reason ever again.
Now back to Gilroy Gardens and the mystery of the Bonfante Falls ...
Here are the Bonfante Falls, the name respecting Gilroy Gardens's original name. the walkway here goes on a zig-zag underneath and behind the waterfall, a fun scene.
And yet ... what's this? An elevator dor? And one that looks pretty beaten down, and fenced off, but as a temporary or as a permanent thing?
The door doesn't quite fit closed, which adds a touch of Conneaut Lake Park to what is otherwise a normal enough if tree-heavy place.
Here's the elevator, propped permanently a couple feet above the ground level, frozen in place.
You can see up there a platform for the scenic overlook that seems like it would be great, if the dilapidated shape of the elevator didn't make it seem more risky than it probably really is.
So here's what the elevator looks like, waiting forever to be fixed. I failed to photograph it but the elevator has a ride safety and information sign that's the style of Cedar Fair-owned attractions, rather than the style of Gilroy Gardens's. I didn't even think about it until we'd left the area and bunnyhugger mentioned the anomaly. So this must be an attraction they've just abandoned in place, for years, now.
Trivia: In 1814 the Connecticut clockmaker Eli Terry invented a 30-hour shelf clock, patented in 1816. It sold originally for $15, and, as Terry got the hang of mass production, eventually sold for as little as $5. Source: Yankee Science in the Making: Science and Engineering in New England from Colonial Times to the Civil War, Dirk J Struik.
Currently Reading: Rocky and Bullwinkle: Complete Newspaper Comic Strip Collection, Volume 2, Al Kilgore. bunnyhugger observed that the art in the comic strip is more dynamic than in the actual cartoon which, yeah, fair. But Kilgore only had to draw three panels a day, after all.
