The other evening in order to watch my favorite Hockey Team - it was only available on ESPN Plus which means having to stream (Which I hate), anyways after the game, I tried to switch back to cable and the TV would not connect to the HDMI 1 input - the cable box??? Frustrated the shit out of me. So I called the cable company and raised hell, they told me it looked like everything was OK - I said well it isn't working. So we made an appointment for the next day for a service call.
The next morning at 9:00 am a nice young man arrived from Spectrum and proceeded to diagnose the problem. He tried all three HDMI ports on my TV and none would connect - tried a new cable box and had the same issue. He said may be the TV - we will try a hard reset - unplug the power, wait 10 seconds and plug back in - sure enough problem solved. So problem solved.
Then as he was hooking back up my old cable box so I don't lose my recorded shows, he goes to the truck and comes back with a little box, I am in my chair relaxing and not paying much attention. He is wrapping up and getting ready to leave and the little smartass hands me a remote the size of Texas and says, many of the OLD PEOPLE prefer this remote! Now I am trying to get my knife and get out of my recliner to slit this little shits throat and before I could get out of my chair he was out the door and gone!!
While relating this story to a friend of mine he said you need to learn to enjoy your SENIOR YEARS! and went on to explain some of the benefits! I will share!
Looking to try out my new found understanding of my Senior Years! I took a trip to Wal-Mart and tried out one of the little motorized carts - what a great find - After my heart issues I get really winded walking any distances and a trip to the supermarket or Walley world is particularly exhausting. This new electric Wal-Mart cart was the perfect vehicle to test out my SENIOR YEARS!!
Just stand in the middle of the aisle Dumbass!
Read that label when when you get home MORON - move along!
Your on the wrong side of the aisle!
Make a hole make it wide!
And I zoomed around the store playing chicken with normal shoppers and testing my new found vocabulary! I had a great time!! One of the most enjoyable shopping trips in years and one I am sure to repeat in the coming months! Now I just need a cane so I can also poke people and get their attention - its ordered on Amazon!!
I had a problem with my computer I bought last year - working on the book became such a trying task due to the number of images and pages. My little computer did not have enough memory to allow me to work, it took forever to load a new page or image and it was very frustrating, so I stopped working on it and ordered a new computer. Took me several days to get all my software installed on the new computer and load all the images onto my hard drives.
Anyway that is all done now and I promise to start working in earnest to finish the book before summer!
Jim
Capt. Jim - "The Wanderer"
Traveling and photographing the Southwest
