Thread: I Had A Brain Flatulence

One of my neighbors came home with a truck load of old Primestar and other round dishes of various sizes. I asked him what he was going to do with them all. He informed me that he was going to make a water fountain. The biggest one at the bottom and decreasing in size up to the top. I said are you nuts? Hell I'll buy you a water fountain if you let me have the bigger dishes. Deal he said. " I didn't want to waste my time on it anyway but the wife is set on a water fountain". Wife is the key word here, remember it. Now I have access to a bunch of dishes for a fixed KU system.

So I go home and think of how I'm going to present to my wife mounting a bunch of dishes on the property. There is no HOA, POA or the like association (whatever you want to call an association which controls what you do on your property) stricter than my wife. So, I decide to just be straight forward about it. And I lied. I told her if I set up the dishes there were a bunch of programs she liked on satellite. I didn't lie entirely, I just didn't tell her most of them were encrypted.

Well, her answer was NO!

So I think about this for awhile, this is where I had the brain flatulence . I approached her again and said "What if I mounted them on the windmill tower. There is only one window in the house you can see the tower from and you keep the shades down on that one." This time she gave me more than just no for an answer, she gives me a reason too, she said "I'm not going to have the windmill tower looking like a cell phone tower!" I said "but" and before I finished she says "Conversation over."

I went back to the neighbor and told him I had to back out of the deal. He said I understand "I don't want to make a water fountain either."

Like I said I had a brain flatulence

Sorry to hear the outcome, but still a great story, JAS.

Nice windmill also, is that an old Aeromotor?

I've been a-looking for one of those.

Thanks for that second picture. Made my day.

Originally Posted by phlatwound

Sorry to hear the outcome, but still a great story, JAS.

Nice windmill also, is that an old Aeromotor?

I've been a-looking for one of those.

Yes it's an old Aermotor. Tail still has Aermotor Chicago on it. Pre 1910 not sure of the exact year. It came off a ranch in Wyoming. The tank is an old wine vat pre 1920s. It came from one of the old wineries in Livermore CA..

You could always try this one:

Wife complains about too many dishes, Cruzin has snappy answer:
http://www.satelliteguys.us/free-air...ml#post1912403

Originally Posted by Anole

You could always try this one:

Wife complains about too many dishes, Cruzin has snappy answer:
http://www.satelliteguys.us/free-air...ml#post1912403

Thanks for that one. I think I'll keep it in reserve in case she ever decides the 12 footer has to go.

As for strategy, Better to start out small and then add them one at a time, I guess...

By that criteria, (whatever it is), I don't follow why the windmill is tolerated...

Maybe you could paint flowers on the dishes and plant them in an aesthetically pleasing arrangement... Add sheet metal leaves, etc...

Conversation over.

Originally Posted by guapoharry

By that criteria, (whatever it is), I don't follow why the windmill is tolerated...

see picture #2

WOW... I'm sure glad I don't have that problem...
The backyard is MINE... all 2 acres of it.
She has the front acre and the house (all but the den anyway)...
As long as she has a dvr and her shows - we don't have a problem.
SO...
Mr. BrainFlart,
What's to become of that stack 'o reflectors???