It fell off just a few moments ago...again...shit!
Even with a physical stop, it fell off. The stop is not big enough to prevent the gate from rolling over it, or derailing or whatever it did to come off again.
This is the way of Panama. Very frustrating at times.
We lugged it back onto the track.
The gate is suffering wear and tear that was never meant to be. The cyclone wire is tearing off the frame, the magnetic signals to stop the gate are damaged and falling out.
I wired the magnet back in place. That is after we found it. The ground is not only weedy and uneven but trenched down to the footings for the fence. I had to get a flashlight to peer down into the small spaces. No magnet.
I mysteriously looked up at the post and there it was. Stuck to the post. Lucky! We could have looked for days.
All is well now. That won't last!
Onto another subject...
Three gringos have died in the last week.
A young man ran off the road and was decapitated. That had to hurt. (That was a rude comment. Sorry.) No alcohol or drugs were involved.
An older man, about 80, died in the hospital with a severe lung infection. He really died of old age and it was expected. Still a loss for his family.
A 48 year old man died of a heart attack while in the hospital. This was complicated by alcoholism so who knows what really happened.
Many gringos dead. There are only about 1000 down here, alive that is.
They say things happen in 3's. We all hope so.
The 2 younger men leave devastated families and my heart goes out to them.
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