Adam@Home by Rob Harrell for February 11, 2023

uh oh …

That doesn’t sound right

It usually is!!

Basically money thrown out.

I wish he had been a better shopper and held out for a good one. I love them.

Adam: 1. Get a bluetooth powered speaker. 2. Pair it with Clayton’s (or your) iPhone. 3, Put the speaker behind the grill on the juke box. 4. Push the button, while simultaneously saying, “Hey, Siri! Play [Name of song].”

caveat emptor, Adam!

I think every one of us could’ve told you that Adam. It’s so old you’ll never find the parts to fix it even if you knew how to fix it!

Mister Break It strikes again.

Typical!

Did you plug it in?

Ship it here. I’ll take a whack at it. And if the delicate tools don’t work, I have my own mallet.

Just look in the Yellow Pages for a jukebox repair person. Hmm, 2 things which hardly exist anymore.

Get The Fonz to kick it for you.

Adam, can you hum me a few songs from the 60’s?

Moppin’ up sodapop rickeys

To our heart’s delight

Dancin’ to swingeroo quickies

Jukebox Saturday night

Just think of all the dust it will collect! It’s like a Sun Catcher!

It isn’t even a conversation piece?

If you ever get a jukebox, there are a couple of Facebook groups dedicated to fixing and maintaining these. Yes, these are complicated tube era electronics and mechanisms. Yes, they can be restored, and no, it isn’t cheap.

Think positive, you now have a place to store all those records you can’t play.

Has he never heard of YouTube?

Time to get that 45 you’ve always wanted and shoot yourself in the foot. Ooops you already did…

usually, when i sit down to look through the manual i gain a renewed understanding that i’m never going to be able to fix what’s broken…

Get a 3D printer to replace any broken mechanical parts. Easy.

Time to call this guy.

http://www.ricksrestorations.com/

Or as my Calculus 2 teacher said, “How to Solve?” the instructions that is.

I used to help maintain a 1950’s locomotive and a RDC Budd car for a railway museum (before my health took a turn). Whenever I couldn’t get the parts, I would say the magical words: “Static Display” Funny how well those two words worked…