Farting about and interesting discoveries

[taleya]

Still not dead. Still not king.

Work is doing okay-ish, new boss is still in the "trying out my new shiny toy" stage. Nothing I can't handle, although he's happy as hell given that in my first couple days there I fixed several issues that had apparently been driving him nuts for a while. It's going to be evil though. Very, very evil. I get paid monthly and work within walking distance of bunnings. Mwah. Mwahhahaha BUAAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA

*cough*

Found out today that fuck me, we do actually have a tv antenna on this house. Heh. When we moved in, I tested the port, got shit signal. Stuck my head out, had a scope, no antenna on the roof. Welp, we have none. Seeing as we have Foxtel, didn't really give a shit.

Then today, six years down the track, I stick my head up into the attic space to check for leaks and possums. And there, in all its shaggy cobwebby glory, crammed square in the space between ceiling and roof is...the antenna.

...No, I don't know why the fuck.


EDIT: I should clarify - the antenna is mounted inside the roof cavity. No, it's not lying on its side, abandoned and stored. It's mounted upright and plugged in.

Inside the roof. (we have damn near 3m roof cavity height)

......no, I still don't know why the fuck.

GODDAMMIT IS IT SUNDAY YET????

Comments

[the-s-guy.livejournal.com]

If the walls don't block the signal much, maybe it's to reduce maintenance and weather damage, and possibly provide a cleaner roofline.

Although you did say the signal was shit... maybe it was better when it was originally mounted? There might have been nearby construction or cable degradation between installation and when you moved in, or something like that.

[taleya.livejournal.com]

Don't think its a case of roofline - this is an older suburban area, built in the 1940's. All the houses are fairly similar - room here, room there, porch here, driveway there, chimney there, antenna here. The houses either side of us were built at the same time, and although ours is slightly higher due to placement, it's been pretty static for a long time.

I'm wondering if it was something like someone simply terrified of heights, or unable to get on the roof, a previous tenant, high winds (there are a lot of them down here) resulting in someone trying out something new that didn't work...

Thick as pigshot coax cable. Doesn't look like there's any external damage