Day 2 - Monday, Dec. 6, 2021
At MCD Innovations in McKinney for our shades installation, we wake at 5 in the morning to 55 degrees outside and 69 inside Sweet Georgia Brown, a few degrees difference from our home south of Houston. However, the temperature quickly drops to 45 and it becomes very windy by 9a. This causes the window awnings to make a lot of noise, and we think it is time to retract them.
Brian and Bill, employees of MCD, are in charge of shades installation and come over at 9:30 to see what we would like them to make for us. Bill is shown explaining to Herb what they will do, which includes measuring our windshield and windows, then showing styles and fabric to allow us to make our selection.
He and Brian investigate where they should put the controls for operating the motorized windshield shades, with Herb's approval of what will work for him. They also give recommendations for where manual operation would be the best practice. They 'talk us out of' some of the high dollar things we had in mind, and explain why.
Once all is decided, we go into the showroom to see some of the window treatments that are on display. This is also a good opportunity for Brian to show us the 'over and under' roller plan that should give us more warmth in winter. The one he uses is for demonstation only, and not the one we choose.
On one wall of the showroom is a display of various models of RVs that they can accommodate - from very large Class A's to many sizes of Class B's and C's, as well as Fifth Wheels. To the left of the clock is one of the photos of several restaurants in the area where we could have lunch or dinner while in McKinney. The lady at the reception desk, Jonquil, names a few restaurants and begins to tell us how to get to each one. We ask her just to write them down, and we will simply use the GPS to get us there.
Hmmm...I wonder if they give discounts if you say MCD suggested them.
Bill also shows Herb a screwdriver they have for sale that has a magnetic tip for retrieving nails and screws that happen to fall into small spaces during installation or repair work. He holds a screw in his hand, and asks Herb to grab it with the special screwdriver. In the second photo you can see the screw on the tip.
Seeing me check out another wall of products, Bill tells me that their sister company produces them. The small firepit gets my attention, and I can see where it could fit beside Sweet Georgia Brown in her canopy at Livingston. As a famous politician has been known to say, "We'll see what happens!"
Willie of Sweet Georgia Brown,
and of Walldog and Willie.
December 6, 2021
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