And the Saga Continues . . .

[loracs]

When last we left our hapless family of disabled folks and their trusty (or not so trusty) van, it had an annoying, but small problem. The cable broke. This opened the smaller portion of the ramp (sort of a flap) to extend it to the ground. With a small amount of dare-doing (not really) I was able to hold the outside switch down while extending my right foot to catch the flap and "kick" it out. Almost like a site-specific dance - an pedestrian arabesque pose, if you will. As I said, annoying but do-able.

Well, that WAS the situation until an hour ago when I was letting the ramp down so dbubley could exit. Smack, Boom, Silence. The ramp hit the ground. I thought I knew how to fix it, so I got out the handy gigawatt (not really) candle power flashlight and my ever present set of itty bitty screw drivers. Unfortunately, the part I'm use to repairing was working properly. A new, and probably more expensive, malady appeared. The arm attached to the ramp and to the motor broke away from the ramp; hence no upsy daisy rampy. (pardon the technical talk). After a few minutes of observation, I knew it was time for the bungee cords.

As the sun sets (okay it's already dark and did I mention it's also raining) on our NOW more hapless family of disabled folks, we find the ramp bunged up, the door bunged closed and a promise that the new day will bring a speedy appointment at the ramp doctor.

to be continued . . . same bat time, same bat station

Comments

Always Be Prepared

[loracs.livejournal.com]

Give me duct tape, WD 10-40 and a couple of bungie cords and I can handle most mundane emergencies. Of course, a cell phone and a credit card comes in very handy too! ;-)

Re: Always Be Prepared

[loracs.livejournal.com]

I meant WD 40, the spray lub not a motor oil. Is there any way to edit your comments?