Category Archives: home repair
Mr. Fix-It and the GE Ice Maker
Home appliance repairs are hardly my forte, but I have successfully replaced motors in bathroom fans, done minor repairs to our furnace, oven, and a washing machine, and managed to replace home thermostats and install a doorbell camera. Living on … Continue reading
Zeus Zapped the TV
Boom! The thunderous crash seemed to coincide with the brilliant flash of light outside the back bedroom window around 9:30 p.m. on April Fool’s Day of 2026. A lightning bolt had struck quite near Meador Manor. The cable modem lost … Continue reading
Boosting Broadcasts
Linear television is dying, but with retirement approaching, I decided it was worthwhile to restore free over-the-air broadcasts to Meador Manor. I bought our home in southeast Bartlesville in 1994. Built in 1981 near the end of an oil boom, … Continue reading
The Lonely Washing Machine Repairman
Throughout my childhood, from 1967 to 1988, actor Jesse White portrayed “Ol’ Lonely”, the Maytag repairman who never had enough to do. Eventually other actors, including Gordon Jump of WKRP in Cincinnati fame, played the role. The campaign rang true … Continue reading
Switches Old and New
In 1972, my parents moved us to Bethany, Oklahoma after I graduated from kindergarten. I was excited to explore our new home, which consisted of a 1949 house with a large addition constructed sometime in the 1960s. My bedroom was … Continue reading
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