RANDOM RANTS – AGAIN
It’s Friday and the sane people in my life are recording normal weeks.
How I envy you all y’all.
Well, my own week started off nicely with a dog visitor who earned a place in our hearts in about five minutes.
Then a friend and I went exploring around Clifton Forge way in Virginia. And that was fun too.
BUT MIDWEEK WAS A DIFFERENT STORY!
Mid-week was UPGRADE-TO-HDTV-TIME and my excitement knew no bounds. That’s “High Definition Television” in case you do not deal in initials. Anyway, I was looking forward to a clearer, brighter, more magnificent television picture.
Isn’t technology grand?
A nice Direct TV man named Joe arrived and trotted around from room to room, messing with the the grandgirls’ little sets in the back, then messing with the big television in Bill’s secret lair, and finally getting to my just-the-right-size set. When Joe was done, all sets were in brilliant High Definition. Could life’s little upgrades be this simple? Ha!
A Dark Television
Joe was gone about an hour when Bill’s big television went dark. Blank. Totally unresponsive. Did we do something wrong? No. Bill simply left the set on, was away for a few minutes and when he returned there was no television access.
No DVD Access
In that same hour, I lost all DVD capability on my just-the-right-size set. Never mind watching a Netflix disc.
And unbelievably, more casualties were vying for attention:
The radio in the car went dead. Huh?
Bill’s Krazy Kindle lost its internet connection,
and our smart stupid home phones went into answering machine mode
while we were saying “Hello.”
TECHNOLOGY = COMPLICATIONS = STRESS
Back to the HDTV problem – We spent hours looking at wires, talking, analyzing, comparing, arguing, studying, and finally calling for help. In other words we were sagging with nervous exhaustion.
You can guess that we called the company to COME BACK – PLEASE COME BACK!
THIS IS ALL TOO COMPLICATED!
WE GIVE UP!
HELLLLLLLP!
This morning a very nice HDTV man named Jody arrived.
- He took one look at the back of Bill’s big set and said, “Your power cord is not attached.” He attached it and everything works fine. Brilliant picture! Hurrah!
- Then Jody took one look at the back of my set and said, “Your DVD player is not attached.” He attached it and everything works fine.
- And the High Definition stuff is perfectly beautiful too! Hurrah!
Jody was here five minutes, solved the major issues with two plug-ins and deserves “my hero accolades.”
I am sorry to say he could not help with stupid home phones, car radios, or Kindle connections, but I have a feeling something somewhere is not attached. Restrain your comments please!
Here’s hoping y’all have had a satisfyingly calm and collected week of fun and frolic, minus the stresses and strains of modern technology.
And if you decide to call me and I don’t answer, leave a message because even if I am here, something is not attached.
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