Great googly-moogly...
Plasma...tv...on...the...fritz...what...am...I...going...to...do...????
Why will it come on, then turn off after 20 or 30 seconds of operation?? Wow, a beautiful 20/30 seconds, but...what's wrong?? Did we buy a lemon? John S., where are you?
Can I weep out loud? Can I tear my clothes and cry out to God, "Why, God, why?????"
I can fix this...it's under warranty, and...and...in the meantime, I can use our old 19" TV to at least have SOMETHING to watch without lugging that 220 lb. WEGA back in here.
There, 19" of college-day-quality TV viewing sitting on the subwoofer. Very redneck, but it's something. Okay, power on.... What the... oh, no...not this TV, too...what's wrong with the color??? It worked 2 weeks ago!
Nooooooooo!!
Really, that was my day. To have something you spent $**** on suddenly go kaputz after only 3 weeks is a bit disheartening. Fortunately, after frantically rediscovering that I'm only part way into my 60-day return period, I was able to relax. Later on, John S. called me back and told me that he'd hook me up with an onsite repair tech, hopefully by the end of the week.
I hope it's something simple that won't indicate a string of problems in days/years to come. Otherwise, it's trade it in on something, and HOPE I can still get one at a good price.
Crap...maximum suckage.
On a funny note, Dave asked me to play a few worship songs tonight for the youth at the church. I sat there, guitar in hand for the whole meeting, only to watch Dave dismiss the group - having never sung one song (even after he'd put all the songs we were doing on powerpoint himself). He even asked, "Did we sing any of the songs?" I replied, "No." Hehe.
On Dave's behalf, I'll have to comment that the meeting did run a bit longer than expected, and he, too, has the sinus funk that's plagued the rest of us, so he was a bit dazed tonight. This week, I've know what it means to be dazed and confused like that. Wait, I don't need to be sick to be dazed and confused. Nevermind.
Still, it was funny, 'cause that was the whole reason I was there...well, mostly (the meeting was worthwhile anyway, songs or no songs). Good group of kids. NEXT week we'll actually sing something...LOL.
KEY PHRASES: John: "Why did you call my cell phone like 1,000 times today?" Me: "Save me, John." Stacey: "Tell me the bad news first....what do you mean there's ONLY bad news?"
"I've found the receipt" (Hallelujah Chorus plays in the background).
Why will it come on, then turn off after 20 or 30 seconds of operation?? Wow, a beautiful 20/30 seconds, but...what's wrong?? Did we buy a lemon? John S., where are you?
Can I weep out loud? Can I tear my clothes and cry out to God, "Why, God, why?????"
I can fix this...it's under warranty, and...and...in the meantime, I can use our old 19" TV to at least have SOMETHING to watch without lugging that 220 lb. WEGA back in here.
There, 19" of college-day-quality TV viewing sitting on the subwoofer. Very redneck, but it's something. Okay, power on.... What the... oh, no...not this TV, too...what's wrong with the color??? It worked 2 weeks ago!
Nooooooooo!!
Really, that was my day. To have something you spent $**** on suddenly go kaputz after only 3 weeks is a bit disheartening. Fortunately, after frantically rediscovering that I'm only part way into my 60-day return period, I was able to relax. Later on, John S. called me back and told me that he'd hook me up with an onsite repair tech, hopefully by the end of the week.
I hope it's something simple that won't indicate a string of problems in days/years to come. Otherwise, it's trade it in on something, and HOPE I can still get one at a good price.
Crap...maximum suckage.
On a funny note, Dave asked me to play a few worship songs tonight for the youth at the church. I sat there, guitar in hand for the whole meeting, only to watch Dave dismiss the group - having never sung one song (even after he'd put all the songs we were doing on powerpoint himself). He even asked, "Did we sing any of the songs?" I replied, "No." Hehe.
On Dave's behalf, I'll have to comment that the meeting did run a bit longer than expected, and he, too, has the sinus funk that's plagued the rest of us, so he was a bit dazed tonight. This week, I've know what it means to be dazed and confused like that. Wait, I don't need to be sick to be dazed and confused. Nevermind.
Still, it was funny, 'cause that was the whole reason I was there...well, mostly (the meeting was worthwhile anyway, songs or no songs). Good group of kids. NEXT week we'll actually sing something...LOL.
KEY PHRASES: John: "Why did you call my cell phone like 1,000 times today?" Me: "Save me, John." Stacey: "Tell me the bad news first....what do you mean there's ONLY bad news?"
"I've found the receipt" (Hallelujah Chorus plays in the background).
3 Comments:
One of the reasons the color may be funky on your temporary TV is because you SET IT ON TOP OF YOUR SUBWOOFER.
Whoops, pressed "publish" too soon. Magnets and TV's don't play well together. Guess what's in the sub? A big-@ss magnet. ;-)
Heh...thought about that as I was FINALLY drifting off to sleep last night. I was thinking something like, "Kevin, could you really be that moronic?" Yes. -Sigh-
-or-
I've got your big a$$ magnet right here...
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