{"id":682,"date":"2009-12-08T11:58:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T11:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/08\/there-goes-the-tree-again\/"},"modified":"2009-12-08T11:58:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-08T11:58:00","slug":"there-goes-the-tree-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/08\/there-goes-the-tree-again\/","title":{"rendered":"There goes the tree again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was in the basement wrapping presents yesterday when I heard my room-mate get home.  He said something like &#8220;not again!&#8221; and I came up to see what was going on.   The Christmas tree, which I&#8217;m pretty sure was standing up when I got home, had fallen down again.  More broken ornaments &#8211; this time with broken limbs as well.   While the tree was still on its side we tried to adjust the base and tighten it up a bit.   The duct tape being used to thicken the trunk so that the base would grip it seemed to be  the problem, so I suggested we replace the tape or use wooden blocks and tape to get it back in place.  Actually, I really just wanted to screw a hook into the wall and anchor it that way, but my room-mate wasn&#8217;t having any of that.  So, I went out to the garage and cut some chunks of wood and then he got under the tree and I stood there holding the tree up. It was still leaning, so we tried additional wood under the base.   <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Still leaning, but now in new and exciting directions.  I suggested a new tree base or perhaps a new tree since this one give anyone that touches it a rash.    Maybe after the  holidays when we can get one on sale. <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>If it falls again &#8211; he&#8217;s on his own.<\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width='1' height='1' src='https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/6913097901389264887-5836052535840813131?l=thunderofwade.blogspot.com' alt='' \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was in the basement wrapping presents yesterday when I heard my room-mate get home. He said something like &#8220;not again!&#8221; and I came up to see what was going on. The Christmas tree, which I&#8217;m pretty sure was standing up when I got home, had fallen down again. More broken ornaments &#8211; this time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_bluesky_dont_syndicate":"","_bluesky_syndication_accounts":"","_bluesky_syndication_text":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}