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8 hours ago, annzeepark914 said:

Shake and Bake. I'm now remembering the commercial for this product. Two kids were featured, who were using the product (alongside their mom). They said, in unison: "Shiike 'n' biike, and we hiilped". When I moved down to NC, I eventually heard people talk this way while working on a project in New Bern. If one travels even farther east in NC, one hears the "hoigh toiders". I guess these old accents came from English settlers in the coastal areas.

LOL, every time I make Shake and Bake my husband says that in just that way. I went to NC often as a kid because my paternal grandfather retired there. My grandmother died before I was born and he later married a woman from NC. She and her family were very colorful southerners and had that accent.

Shake and Bake is one of those things I grew up with that I still make as a comfort food. 

[shapeshifter]

An email I just sent 🙃😄

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Regarding the Hess 2024 - 60th Anniversary Fire Truck with Car and Motorcycle:
After unjamming the car ramp, I now have 2 extra screws—

When putting away her 3-year-old's birthday presents, including the Hess 2024 - 60th Anniversary Fire Truck, my daughter accidentally put the ramp and car in backwards, which, as you are now aware, is a poor design issue. 

My daughter was afraid the only solution was to break off the ramp lip, which I guess many other parents and kids have now done.
But I offered to take it home and fix it without breaking anything.
Yesterday, Sunday, I was able to get the ramp out after I unscrewed all of the screws on the bottom of the truck, including those holding the wheel axles, until I was finally able to slightly move the white plastic below the red ramp, providing enough wiggle room for me to extract the  car and ramp. 

It is now reassembled and functional, including all of the lights and noises, however, I wound up with 2 screws left over. I took the bottom off again but could not see where they should go.

Today, Monday, I called Hess customer support at (844) 437-7869 in hopes of getting a diagram of where the screws all go.

I spoke to LaShonda who told me there is no such diagram available, but there is another method of extracting the jammed ramp involving a butter knife, but I did not want to re-jam it to try it. 
Of course, if it gets re-jammed, I will call back. 

I hope this information helps you resolve this issue. 

If you have any additional information for me about the 2 left-over screws, please contact me.

Thank you…

 

 

Edited 32 minutes ago by shapeshifter