I had dropped my satellite dish on the ground when I first got to Mazatlan several weeks back and finally got around to fixing the problem that was created. When I picked the dish assembly last Sept. there was a piece of metal that the bolt goes through to hold the dish to the top of the tripod that had a crack in it. Over the ensuing weeks that broken part finally fell apart. At the Las Jaibas RV park, when I tried to set it up and at least test for a satellite signal, the part finally gave way and the dish toppled over. That bent an adjustment screw and broke a small piece of the dish (I’ll glue that back on).
Yesterday I took the tripod into a local machine shop and had them make me a humongous washer out of aluminum that fits up into the hole. Then I had them make me a new adjusting screw so I can tilt the dish forward and backward. The original was made of soft steel and wasn’t very good to begin with but the new one is hardened stainless steel. Should last a very long time.
Everything came to $285 pesos. My friend Ismael was kind enough to run me over there and I’m helping him install a better WiFi antenna system. He worked as a taxi driver for years so he knows where everything is in town. I’ve gotten to see tons of stuff I wouldn’t have otherwise known existed.
i had a couple of moles removed several years ago. both of them were thickening somewhat and one was right where glasses would sit on my nose. i found out that moles are no more liable to become cancerous than any other part of exposed skin. it’s important to keep track of where your moles are, so that if a new spot develops you can tell the difference right away. so, unless your moles are bothering you (like sitting where your underwear elastic is and it gets irritated) or are in a place that is unattractive to you, you just keep an eye on them, and the rest of the skin you have that is exposed to sunlight frequently.