Dublinia
Blogger. Swimmer. Mid 20th Century Devotee. Twin. Reader. City Cycler. Irish abroad. Ex Dublin. Transplanted from Dublin to Key West. Follow me as I blog from this wonderful little island that I am lucky to call Home.
Friday, 6 June 2025
FML - Fix my life
Saturday, 8 March 2025
Another episode of Everything Breaks in Key West
This is the old restraining strap for the tailgate of the jeep. It gave up the ghost during the week and I ordered a new part from Amazon.
Here is the new part. Made in Mexico I noticed when it arrived.
It was a tough enough fix to be honest. Took every tool under the sun for starters. And secondly, to get to the part I had to get past a big load of jeep screws that were rusted on and almost impossible to remove. Pleased to report, got there in the end and it is working perfectly now.
Friday, 7 March 2025
Everything Breaks in Key West - Part ?
Out of nowhere our bedroom ceiling fan started making a horrific (grating) noise in the middle of the night. Plus the pull chain malfunctioned when we went to turn it off because of the noise.
I thought I was going to have to replace the whole fan - eek! After some googling and YouTubing, where it was continually described as “easy, you can totally do it yourself”, I thought I might be able to do it. But it did involve shutting the power off and connecting wires etc so I was nervous.
Anyway, I went off to work leaving the fan on low (less noise) hoping the noise might wear it self out. Good news! It did.
Which just left the pull chain to deal with. More good news I was able to fix that (again, with the aid of google and YouTube).
Next up, is the retaining arm on the tailgate of the jeep.
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Monday, 10 February 2025
Oysterfest 2025
Saturday, 4 January 2025
Happy New Year 2025
Saturday, 7 September 2024
Hello Fresh
Hello September!
What is wrong with me that I am unable to blog these days?? Here we are, in September already.
We recently tried out "Hello Fresh" and it sure is an intriguing service. Imagine, sending food all the way down to the Southernmost city of the Southernmost state. And it arrives promptly on time and just perfect.
I liked it a lot! It definitely is "cooking" - Patrick was worried it would be a little "tv dinneresue" but on first bite his fears were put to bed.
I thought the price was very good too. We may not do a weekly order but will assuredly do it again in the future.