Eureka set free! April 10, 2012, 03:55:16 pm Yahoo Message Number: 129768Thanks for doing this, Andy. Since I don't have an LD, I haven't paid much attention to it before. Now I realize I was missing something - we're looking at improving the insulation in the cabover, and your method is simpler and more effective than what I was thinking. I see what appears to be a clock stuck to the ceiling by the light, a solution we arrived at shortly after buying our SOB 14 years ago. It's easy to see in bed, and one can quietly reach up at night to press the backlight button without disturbing the other. A more weather resistant material for blocking the sunlight from the cabover window is the material used by sign makers for applying to vehicles, same/similar to the vinyl used for motorhome graphics. Not that newer LDs have the problem anymore...Eric
Re: Eureka set free! Reply #1 – April 10, 2012, 04:19:13 pm Yahoo Message Number: 129769QuoteI see what appears to be a clock stuck to the ceiling by the light, a solution we arrived at shortly after buying our SOB 14 years ago. It's easy to see in bed, and one can quietly reach up at night to press the backlight button without disturbing the other.I found a fun clock that projects the time (and date and temperature) on the ceiling (or wherever you direct it) to solve the "what time is it" problem at 3 AM. It took a couple of tries to get the projection where it could be easily read, but we like it.Sonsie
Re: Eureka set free! Reply #2 – April 10, 2012, 10:27:17 pm Yahoo Message Number: 129774"I see what appears to be a clock stuck to the ceiling by the light, a solution we arrived at shortly after buying our SOB 14 years ago. It's easy to see in bed, and one can quietly reach up at night to press the backlight button without disturbing the other." Yes, it's a Casio travel alarm/calendar/thermometer. One caveat, based on an experience I had last fall: make sure the clock is securely attached. Mine, it turns out, wasn't (because its rounded back didn't mate well with a flat ceiling). Early one morning as I was just waking up, it fell from the ceiling and hit me in the right eye. Luckily, my eye was closed, and the clock only fell about fifteen inches, but it knocked loose some large "floaters" that have been annoying me ever since. My eye doctor says that they may subside "eventually," but it's been six months now and they're still there. (Needless to say, I had an interesting time explaining to her how "a clock fell from the ceiling and hit me in the eye." ;-)The clock is now mounted on a wall.Andy Bairdhttp://www.andybaird.com/travels/
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