I just got a 17-inch
flat screen LCD TV for $325 dollars on sale. It's a Samsung. How many
years have I been saying, why do we have to have these huge boxes for
watching TV? Hurry up and make a thin one that's small. I
didn't want to spend five grand on a industrial size wall model. But I
knew they could do this. At least, I knew the Japanese could do it.
What are we Americans doing lately? Oh, yeah, iPods, right? So I
can watch TV shows on a 1.5 inch screen. Thanks.
Anyway, I am now about to plug it in and start it up.
Except the power cord is one of the
three or more that came packaged separately. Having a power cord that is
permanently attached to the monitor is so 1999. With a convenient separate cord, I'm sure that some day
I can convert the screen to a very heavy laptop computer, if I
want to. Or use it for a door stop.
I got a look at the remote control.
It's designed like something out of Star Wars. All silver and small. With teeny tiny buttons. I
bet the instructions for use are written by Chewbacca. What instructions?
I discovered that the directions for putting my computer together with its
multiple gadgets and extra attachments are on a disk that won't launch
from my MAC. At least, i can't launch it.
But I'm calm. I'm collected. I'm
handcuffed to my bed for safekeeping. Medication would help. I have
assumed the zen position [TOS guidelines prevent a description of it],
so I am not in the least bit concerned about the amount of time this is
going to take to figure out.
Actually, I am annoyed beyond
measure at the stupid people who can't include written instructions for
setting this TV up. But what am I going to do, complain to someone in
India named Keith? I mean Musachi?
There
must be alaw that instructions have to be on a CD that I won't be able
to reference because it's incompatible with my computer.
Now that we've established what I'm
up against, I think I'll just let the TV and its cords and stuff sit there by themselves for
awhile. Let these wires and cables stew in their own juices, while I
get some dinner. By the time I get back, they'll be ready to cooperate
I'm sure.
Sometimes you have to treat
electronics as badly as they treat you. Show em who's boss. Maybe I'll
turn out the light in here too. Bet that will scare them.
13 comments:
And may the force be with you Mrs. L. Anne
lol Use the Deathray.
~Lily
I'm scared to death to unhook anything...I have more wires running in places that I never knew I even had. Good luck to you...Sandi
Magic words, percussive maintenance, and good luck! Put your medical insurance card in a prominent location. Hm, maybe homeowner's policy too. Just in case.
xoxo
Handcuffed to the bed again, are we? How many times I have warned you about picking up strange men? ha ha
Chris
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When I bought a home theatre system, for 50 bucks more I could download a video on how to set the thing up. For $100, Biff from Best Buy would come over after work and let me look at his ass crack while he did it. I did it the old fashioned way. I sent the kids to Grandma's for the day and read the instruction booklet. It worked great for three months. It was never the same once my teenage boy ripped out the monster cable and broke off the brass fittings while unplugging his X-Box.
Mrs.L I bet you scared the living daylights out of that TV. fancy turning the lights out as well, now that was cruel....(Handcuffed to the bed !!!) mmm now tell us what you were really up to ?...lol....Ally
Dont look in this direction for any electrical help !
Im still recovering from my recent laptop meltdown episode .
Me and ole sparky have a very tempestuous relationship .
I am scarred mentally and occasionaly physically (that eyebrow still grows in squinty ) from many mishaps over the years on trying to tame the power supplys of any and all electical goods !
All the advice i can offer is wear rubber soled shoes , DONT touch any wires and have 911 on speed dial x
oh Mrs. L.....
I just got a sexy new phone and the instruction manual is about the size of a college textbook.
I have at least learned how to answer, make a call and hang up.... all the bells and whistles will come slowly. Hang in with that darn tv... my kids always used to handle all that stuff for me:):):) judi
BEFORE ELECTRICITY, DO YOU THINK WE RAN OUR FLAT SCREEN TVs WITH BATTERIES? SOLAR POWER? PONY EXPRESS?
My camera treats me like a cruel pimp.
I hate anything that involves complicated instructions. I just want to plug it in and go. Why can't they just keep it simple?
Besides, everyone knows that the box it comes in is more fun to play with.
Zen position with handcuffs involved? I had no idea you were so limber~
Anna
isn't it weird how all our electronics got so complex? Whatever happened to plugging it in and turning it on?
Marti
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