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[Speicher]

Is it b&w or colour?

 

[Katherine]

My tv has stopped working. It won't switch on properly, just goes into standby mode. Anyone got any ideas wot to do?

Switch off at the mains for 10 mins?

 

[Katherine]

Any luck @Speicher?

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

She has been very frail and needing lots of help for fifteen years now. Sadly she does not recognise that there is only so much I can do. She has demanded that I do more and more. She has also told me that my two Brother's are unable to help, and gave me a list of reasons why. I found out some time ago, that she had not even asked them to help. She asks me for advice, and then does something completely different, then argues with me and tells me I do not know what I am talking about.

Over the past fifteen years I have gone well over the "call of duty" and well beyond that, to the detriment of my own mental and physical health. Now I now where my boundaries are. I held Power of Attorney for her, but passed that responsibility to the Brother who is about two years older than me.

The Brother who is visiting her this weekend has health problems of his own. I cannot remember the last time he saw her, probably three years ago.

That bit about asking for advice and then doing something completely different is ringing very loud bells for me...even though mine's not as cantankerous as yours, merely advanced level contrary.

Me too. for @Speicher.

 

[Speicher]

Is it b&w or colour?

Colour, you will be surprised to know. I don't think I will ask you to help me choose a new one.

Nope, have you taken the plug out for a bit and taken the batteries out of the remote to see if something has got hung up.

Switch off at the mains for 10 mins?

Yes, the usual, "unplug it, wait ten minutes, and plug it in again" did not work.

Then I changed the batteries in the remote control, and the tv sort of made a funny noise and there was a bright flash of light. That was either the tube starting up or switching off. The tv is um..er... about sixteen years old.

So, I tried again ten minutes later, and whoosh, there it is working again. In time for the start of "Endeavour".

 

[Katherine]

Colour, you will be surprised to know. I don't think I will ask you to help me choose a new one.





Yes, the usual, "unplug it, wait ten minutes, and plug it in again" did not work.

Then I changed the batteries in the remote control, and the tv sort of made a funny noise and there was a bright flash of light. That was either the tube starting up or switching off. The tv is um..er... about sixteen years old.

So, I tried again ten minutes later, and whoosh, there it is working again. In time for the start of "Endeavour".

 

[GrumpyGregry]

In van or in vain ?

Van. As in Vancouver.

 

[TVC]

Tube?

 

[Speicher]

Tube?

It is the sort that is very deep at the back. I won it in a competition, the raffle ticket was 50p and I only bought one ticket. The previous tv was about twenty years old. I do not feel like scrapping a tv that still works.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

2 of the cats, one of the dogs and me have a snooze

 

[Speicher]

Van. As in Vancouver.

My uncle lives in Vancouver, North Shore I think. It is where "X Files" was filmed.

 

[Speicher]

2 of the cats, one of the dogs and me have a snooze
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What's the other dog doing then?

 

[Speicher]

What's the other dog doing then?

Oh the "other dog" is a cat, and one of the cats is your arm.

 

[GM]

I'm not retired yet.

You should try it, it's great!

 

[Speicher]

You should try it, it's great!

Yes, I retired much earlier than I expected to, but yes, tis wonderful.

I have not got the spare cash for holidays or a new car, but do not care one jot about that.

Make do and mend can be very rewarding.