There are a whole lot of wires around my house.
In fact, every room boasts some sort of wire and some have spaghetti wiring systems.
I thought in this age of technical acumen when everyone is talking “wireless” (like wireless mice and wireless phones and wireless reception), that wire-less would surely mean an absence of wires.
Not so.
Take my office for instance.
It is a very small office since it is only a desk and a chair in a corner next to my bed.
The desk also doubles as a bedside night stand.
THERE IS A LAMP OF COURSE, AND IT HAS A WIRE!
The desk holds a computer which also has a wire – actually two wires for connections and one to turn on the other two I think.
Pretend Landline Phone
There is a mobile phone on the desk.
It is a cell phone but it is not a cell phone.
There is no defining what it is, but I know it is wireless because I can walk around with it when it is not in its cradle.
I call this phone our “PRETEND LANDLINE PHONE” and it stands in a perpetual charger, which is wired to a wall plug because even though we don’t have wired landline phones anymore, our pretend landline phones have to be charged.
I know, this sounds a bit garbled, but it is a clue to our in-home wiring system for various wired and wire-less devices.
Then there is my other “REAL WIRELESS CELL PHONE” that I carry everywhere. But that also has to be recharged and there is a wire for that.
And there is another wire to recharge the Kindle reader.
In addition, the printer has to be wired although I’m not sure where that wire is.
JUST IMAGINE ALL THOSE WIRES FOR ONE DESK!
Underwiring in the Inner Sanctum
But if you are brave enough to enter Bill’s inner sanctum, you will be even more impressed with wires.
He has all the same gadgets, but add the television and its assorted wires , and so many behind his desk I am afraid to dust due to the threat of electrocution!
IS THERE SOMETHING LIKE THE THIRD RAIL FOR WIRE CONNECTIONS?
When I asked Bill what all those wires are for, he said, “I honestly don’t know. We had a fax machine once. Remember that?”
“Yes.”
“Well, that could be one explained wire, and maybe another for the shredder, but I don’t know what the other 30 or 40 are for.”
I LOVE BEING WIRED UP but we are fast approaching a state of strangulation!
Maybe robotic help is in order,
but only if the robot is wireless.
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