Okay for those who are familiar with window regulators, they are the magic devices that control how your electric window goes up and down in your vehicle. Well Dad was just getting off to a start on his vacation when one of these magic devices decided to completely go kaput. It was only 100 degrees outside so this was definitely a bonus.

I knew that with the heat and the noise of traveling with my family at 70+ mph, I would be in serious jeopardy if I couldn’t get something figured out. Needless to say, after channeling my inner MacGyver, I was able to use duct tape and some cardboard to stabilize the window so that we would not have to ride home with it open for more than a 100 miles. Now I wish I could get Amazon to compensate me a few bucks for all of the free mobile advertising,

I got it over to my repair guy and it was not cheap to fix. Let’s just say that it was more than a couple hundy, c’mon now! This was definitely a scenario that makes dad loco.

-Dad

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Growing up in small town Wisconsin, the dishwasher when it was introduced was considered a magic box of time saving. Sure we had some dishwashers that would produce dishes that didn’t look as though they really got more clean than when you rinsed them in the first place. But to have one that works wonders and provides sparkling clean dishes, silverware and glasses is pretty awesome.

Have you ever been emptying the clean dishes from your dishwasher and then 5 minutes later trying to load some new dirty dishes in when you are asked “why are you putting dishes in the dishwasher?” “Do you not see that the inside of the dishwasher is clean?”

Some cultures consider the use of dishwashers that of being attributed to laziness. And I have even witnessed these said dishwashers as being used for storage of tupperware and other dishes instead of what they were actually created for TO CLEAN DISHES.

Anyway, this is just one scenario that makes dad crazy.

-Dad

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