[ARC5] CANCEL That "Mayday," and Thanks.

[Christopher Bowne]

About two years after we were married and living in our first house in Saratoga Springs, NY, XYL Diane took off her wedding ring while she was kneading some dough for baking. She put it on the lid of the ceramic flour canister that we had on the kitchen counter because the lid had a recess below the mouth of the canister. Well, you can guess where this story is going...she needed some flour after a while, and forgetting the ring was on the lid, lifted the lid.  She heard and heard the ring jump off the lid and go ka-chink a couple of times. We looked and looked everywhere in the kitchen for it but never found it. Our best guess is that it may have gone through the slats of a hot air duct outlet on the wall outboard of the kitchen table.  We looked down into the duct as far as we could but didn’t see anything.  It’s probably still there somewhere 40 years later.....

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> On Jan 28, 2018, at 13:17, Todd, KA1KAQ <ka1kaq at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Yes indeed - fresh eyes and a clear(er) head can make all the difference. That's the only thing that saved me the few times I won. 
> 
> But I agree - it's the gremlins. And I have proof. 
> 
> When we moved in 2016 from NC to northern VA and I cleared all the big transmitters, tables, piles of crap out of my pseudo garage-station, numerous screws, star washers, and other tiny bits that had been lost despite all attempts magically reappeared almost exactly where they had been lost. It was as if the gremlins knew the game was over - for now. 
> 
> "Okay, we won - here's your stuff back, see you next time". 
> 
> What else could explain it? I spent hours looking, moving, sweeping - seldom with any success. 
> 
> I even employed special....words/language - to no avail. 
> 
> They're waiting now, as I type this, for the game to be joined. 
> 
> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4
> 
>> On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 1:13 PM, David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>> The Knob Gremlins heard me bad-mouthing them.
>> 
>> My dearest Kay, seeing my hang-dog look, said:
>> "Sometimes, if you just walk away, then go back
>> with fresh eyes, you'll find it right in front of
>> you."  So I did.  I just went back out to The Barn
>> and moved the TCS rack, which I had moved twice
>> before.  It was right there.  Yes; I did tell her
>> she was right, my Darling.  But I still think it
>> was Knob Gremlins.
>> 
>> TNX OM DE Dave AB5S
>> 
>> 
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