Chuck is home & desktop holder I found!

[TheLizinator]

A big thanks to Jeff for repairing the switch on my beloved Chuck! I went a week without and have never been so glad to see anything when it showed up in the mail one week later! WOW whatta difference between Chuck and all those other lame PVs!

I guess my switch broke when Chuck fell over (with nary an "ouch") and it must've fallen right on the switch. I started thinking hard about how I would prevent this from happening again. Lo and behold, I noticed the brass eyeglass holder on my nightstand! If you Google "desktop eyeglass holder" in the shopping menu, there are some that are lined w/fuzzy stuff (we wouldn't want Chuck to catch a cold now would we?). Chuck tucks into my eyeglass holder "atomizer up", and I can even tuck my 3 ml bottle of juice on the side. No more tipping over, no more falls. I even popped it in my pocket when I went out and sat it in my car. My eyeglass holder is brass on a brass base, but the ones I found on Google are all "leatherette" lined with furry material. Would probably work just as well.

I know it's not the lanyard we all are looking for, but it is something to keep Chuck safe until I find something. I am also going to have to get a back up-chuck just in case.

Liz in Indy

 

[Lalesa]

Great idea Liz!
I've had my fair share of close calls at the computer or dog bumping an end table.8-o

I'm getting to old for those mad dives to try to catch things before they hit the ground!

 

[Ralph T]

Great idea Liz!
I've had my fair share of close calls at the computer or dog bumping an end table.8-o

I'm getting to old for those mad dives to try to catch things before they hit the ground!

My favorite is when Chuck did a double-back half gainer into the old porcelain swimming hole. Toweled him off. Took out the battery. Then a couple of hours in the dehydrator. Still smells a bit funny, but works like new.

PS: Didn't try and save the carto tho. It went right in the trash.

 

[Lalesa]

Good thing you clarified about the carto! 8-o

2 rules:
1. Chucks never go in potties - especially an outhouse. If it falls in there... its stayin!
2. Chucks never are on me when cleaning horse stalls or rabbity.

I guess I could combine them and say no Chucks near poop... EVER!

 

[Ralph T]

I guess I could combine them and say no Chucks near poop... EVER!

Fortunately he swam alone. Although I may have mentioned excrement when I tried to catch him.

 

[~Jo~]

2. Chucks never are on me when cleaning horse stalls or rabbity.

My husband offered to "help" me completely get off cigarettes by putting them in the chicken coop. It would probably work if I didn't have car keys.

 

[ScaGin]

I found a nice desktop glasses holder here. Very nice price.

Plush Lined Desktop Eyeglass Holder - ShopGadgetsAndGizmos.Com

 

[Lalesa]

Fortunately he swam alone. Although I may have mentioned excrement when I tried to catch him.

Ralph's Chuck renamed: 'Golden Bath Chuck'

My husband offered to "help" me completely get off cigarettes by putting them in the chicken coop. It would probably work if I didn't have car keys.

Yeah, I've had some of the same "offers of help" from my family. My kids used to raise chickens, pigs, sheep, & goats for 4-H; at one time or another they've ALL been offered up as "keepers of the smokes". I think the chickens would have been the grossest of them all!

 

[Ralph T]

Ralph's Chuck renamed: 'Golden Bath Chuck'

Fortunately the pond had recently been drained and refilled. No porcelain perch or algae.

 

[SailCat]

I found a nice desktop glasses holder here. Very nice price.

Plush Lined Desktop Eyeglass Holder - ShopGadgetsAndGizmos.Com

Yep ... that's the first one I found on a Google Shopping search. 'Was pumped about the price and the design too 'til I found out shipping was over $10 to my Oregon home. 8-o

'Gonna be shopping locally, I guess ....

Thanx for the effort, tho' ....

Michael

 

[ScaGin]

Yep ... that's the first one I found on a Google Shopping search. 'Was pumped about the price and the design too 'til I found out shipping was over $10 to my Oregon home. 8-o

'Gonna be shopping locally, I guess ....

Thanx for the effort, tho' ....

Michael

I didn't even look at shipping. Lower the price, raise the shipping price

 

[TheLizinator]

Here's my eyeglass holder (fingerprints & all, good old digital photography)
I like this one because it has a good center of gravity and Chuck, no matter how hard he tries, can't tip it over. You can see I have room to keep a bottle of juice beside Chuck. If you click on the image it ought to take you to webshots where you can enlarge it.

Liz in Indy

 

[Lilibet]

Here's my eyeglass holder (fingerprints & all, good old digital photography)
I like this one because it has a good center of gravity and Chuck, no matter how hard he tries, can't tip it over. You can see I have room to keep a bottle of juice beside Chuck. If you click on the image it ought to take you to webshots where you can enlarge it.

Liz in Indy

It looks great! I'd get one but for the fact that there isn't an inch of available space on my cluttered desk.

 

[JamBandPhan]

I looked at that one too (fuzzy holder) but was concerned that the base was not sturdy enough to handle the weight of a chuck, has anyone tried this one yet? I could see how it would work great for light weight glasses, but I am not so sure about using it for anything heavy.

 

[Lalesa]

Here's my eyeglass holder (fingerprints & all, good old digital photography)
I like this one because it has a good center of gravity and Chuck, no matter how hard he tries, can't tip it over. You can see I have room to keep a bottle of juice beside Chuck. If you click on the image it ought to take you to webshots where you can enlarge it.

Liz in Indy

That one is really nice! Being brass it surely would be heavy enough to hold a Chuck. I'll have to keep my eyes open for something similar.
If all else fails I guess we could get the lighter weight one and attach it to a heavier base - say, a lead brick Now that would keep the Chucks safe!

Oh just imagine... a Thagbuilt Chuck holder! Sweet!

 

[Poeia]

Y'all got me thinking about holders. I have a pretty agate tealight holder my parents gave me (you light the candle inside and it glows through the agate.) It's 4-4.5" tall and the hollow for the candle is 2.5-3" deep and 1.5" in diameter. It weighs a couple of pounds -- nothing will knock that sucker over. I just have to find something nice and soft for the bottom to protect Chuck Miró Jr. Maybe a chamois.

 

[Greeneyeddevil]

I sent mine in for repairs for the same thing. Took a fall out of my truck and stopped firing two days later. Mine made it there Feb 19 and still no word yet . I sent an email to check on it a couple days ago and asking if he needed some money for the repairs and still no reply on how much longer it might be

 

[TheLizinator]

Mine just fell over on my desktop, making that Chuck-like THWAP. It had happened countless times before, but this time it must have thwapped the switch. I was very sad

Jeff fixed it and sent it back within 6 days and it was like homecoming when I saw my Chuck in da box! I sent him an email asking if I could pay for return shipping, but he didn't answer me. I kinda felt like I should pay for Chuck's return trip home.

I'm sure you'll be seeing your Chuck at your doorstep soon. Jeff surely must have his work cut out for him fixing broken switches and rolling new Chucks off the assembly line!

 

[AmyB66]

Good thing you clarified about the carto! 8-o

2 rules:
1. Chucks never go in potties - especially an outhouse. If it falls in there... its stayin!
2. Chucks never are on me when cleaning horse stalls or rabbity.

I guess I could combine them and say no Chucks near poop... EVER!

A little horse poo never hurt nothing. Now Rabbits, pee ewww.
I am definately gonna have to figure out a way to tie chuck to the saddlebags.

 

[Lalesa]

A little horse poo never hurt nothing. Now Rabbits, pee ewww.
I am definately gonna have to figure out a way to tie chuck to the saddlebags.

Ah, but rabbit poop doesn't smell - it's the urine that does.

Eliminate the saddlebags, get a wagon. Driving is SO much more comfortable than riding. Nice padded seat, accessible cooler of ice cold beer, plenty of room for CHUCK accessories. Too bad we've retired the horses and moved on to quads. (no ridy, no feedy) Just typing that made me nostalgic. Too bad we lost 1/2 of the driving team