The Thriller TV Saga
So, in a Herculean effort I managed to finished Thriller's flooring last Friday and called her at 5:45 pm to inform her of same. At 9:00 pm on Saturday night she returned my call and she was not a happy camper.
"Did you drop my TV?"
"Uh, yes. "
"Well it doesn't work anymore."
"Uh oh!"
" Why didn't you tell me you dropped my TV?"
"I forgot. Twice."
The TV had, in fact, fallen out of the TV cabinet in which it was (formerly) contained when The Donald and I moved the cabinet from the side of the room with the unfinished flooring in order to finish that side. I remember the fall in the seemingly slow motion events of this nature appear to happen, but somehow managed to forget to relay that nugget of information to Thriller. Anyhow, she found physical evidence of the event -- cracks in the TV case and a big dent in the new flooring -- and put two and two together. And, with this TV not working, her long-term TV plan was in shambles.
Now, I cannot say that I've ever had a TV plan, much less a long-term one. When a TV dies, we just sort of figured out how the survivers will be used and where the replacement TV (if any) will be located. A kind of real-time planning, if you will. But, no, not Thriller. She's got a long-term plan without a Plan B.
So, after a thorough verbal boxing of my ears for not calling her about the gravitational event her TV experienced, Thriller and I went shopping for a TV yesterday afternoon.
Now, TV shopping these days, is a little different than in the past. They are all flat-screen jobs with either plasma or LCD digital displays. You must choose between 720 pixels in height (the current standard) and 1080 (the future standard at some undisclosed date). Next comes size, from 13 inch diagonal to 5 feet, with bigger costing exponentially more. And, finally, there is the brand to select, all with southeast Asian names.
We were looking for LCD, 37 to 42 inches, 720 pixels, with a little Samsung brand bias.
Off we go with our hands full of ads from the Sunday paper to Circuit City, Best Buy, BJ's, Best Buy, Circuit City, and Best Buy, comparing prices, free financing offers and, of course, TV's. A 40-inch LCD Sony with 720 pixels is selected. BJ's has the lowest price but no free financing. Circuit City will match BJ's price with free financing for 12 months but has no TV's. Best Buy, with the highest price, will not match BJ's price but they have TV's and the best free financing. They, however, will not match Circuit City's price in combination with free financing. And, the free financing plan in the newspaper ad (18 months with a 100% baloon) expired Friday and was replaced by a 24-month free financing plan (24 equal payments over 24 months).
Three hours later, we walk out with the 40-inch LCD Sony with 720 pixels at the highest price of the three stores, a discount on a new surround-sound tuner to partially compensate, and free financing for 24 months. We take them home, remove them from the boxes, and hook 'em up.
They don't work.
Seems that the reset button on the power strip needed resetting.
And, yes, the dropped TV now also works just fine!
"Did you drop my TV?"
"Uh, yes. "
"Well it doesn't work anymore."
"Uh oh!"
" Why didn't you tell me you dropped my TV?"
"I forgot. Twice."
The TV had, in fact, fallen out of the TV cabinet in which it was (formerly) contained when The Donald and I moved the cabinet from the side of the room with the unfinished flooring in order to finish that side. I remember the fall in the seemingly slow motion events of this nature appear to happen, but somehow managed to forget to relay that nugget of information to Thriller. Anyhow, she found physical evidence of the event -- cracks in the TV case and a big dent in the new flooring -- and put two and two together. And, with this TV not working, her long-term TV plan was in shambles.
Now, I cannot say that I've ever had a TV plan, much less a long-term one. When a TV dies, we just sort of figured out how the survivers will be used and where the replacement TV (if any) will be located. A kind of real-time planning, if you will. But, no, not Thriller. She's got a long-term plan without a Plan B.
So, after a thorough verbal boxing of my ears for not calling her about the gravitational event her TV experienced, Thriller and I went shopping for a TV yesterday afternoon.
Now, TV shopping these days, is a little different than in the past. They are all flat-screen jobs with either plasma or LCD digital displays. You must choose between 720 pixels in height (the current standard) and 1080 (the future standard at some undisclosed date). Next comes size, from 13 inch diagonal to 5 feet, with bigger costing exponentially more. And, finally, there is the brand to select, all with southeast Asian names.
We were looking for LCD, 37 to 42 inches, 720 pixels, with a little Samsung brand bias.
Off we go with our hands full of ads from the Sunday paper to Circuit City, Best Buy, BJ's, Best Buy, Circuit City, and Best Buy, comparing prices, free financing offers and, of course, TV's. A 40-inch LCD Sony with 720 pixels is selected. BJ's has the lowest price but no free financing. Circuit City will match BJ's price with free financing for 12 months but has no TV's. Best Buy, with the highest price, will not match BJ's price but they have TV's and the best free financing. They, however, will not match Circuit City's price in combination with free financing. And, the free financing plan in the newspaper ad (18 months with a 100% baloon) expired Friday and was replaced by a 24-month free financing plan (24 equal payments over 24 months).
Three hours later, we walk out with the 40-inch LCD Sony with 720 pixels at the highest price of the three stores, a discount on a new surround-sound tuner to partially compensate, and free financing for 24 months. We take them home, remove them from the boxes, and hook 'em up.
They don't work.
Seems that the reset button on the power strip needed resetting.
And, yes, the dropped TV now also works just fine!
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