"SHERLOCK" MRS. C STRIKES
AGAIN
I came home
today from Pennsylvania babysitting, and the cable box was showing “No Data”
when I hit the guide search function. I
know that when this happens, the cable box needs to be restarted.
The only way
to restart the cable box is to unplug it.
The plug is behind a cumbersome TV cabinet. To reach it you have to move a cabinet door,
get on your knees and reach blind to find the plug. I did this, waited ten seconds and put the
plug back in.
The cable
box still showed “No Data.” Apparently I found the wrong plug. I pulled the box out to look at the
back. I could not find a plug in the
back of the box, but the TV went to static.
I was now flipping out. I went to
another room with plans to swap out a cable box from the guest room. When I started to do this I saw where the
plug should be and realized I pulled the plug when I yanked the box out of the
cabinet and that is why the TV went all wonky.
I went back
to the bedroom, found the yanked out plug, reset it, and the cable went into
restart mode. In fifteen minutes, all
was well in Cranky TV land.
Mrs. C came
home two hours later and the first thing she sees when she walks into the room
is that the TV cabinet door is eight inches further away from the wall than it
usually is.
“What happened to the TV cabinet
door? Did you have to reset the cable
box and move it so you could reach the plug?”
“Ah…yeah…how the hell did you know
that?”
“Did you get the right plug; the
cable box plug is the lowest one.”
“No, of course I couldn’t find the
right plug, and how did you know I had to fix the box?”
“Because the power went out, and when
it came back the cable box showed no data in search mode. You should have waited for me to fix it.”
“If you knew it was out, why didn’t
you fix it?”
“Because I knew what shows I wanted
to watch…I didn’t need the search mode.
How did you fix it if you couldn’t find the wall plug, what did you do,
pull it from the box itself?”
“You are either a freak, or where is
the hidden camera?”
“No camera, you are just too
predictable…and a jerk!”
It is not
easy living with a woman who knows your every move even when she is at work.
LOL; she's always keeping you on your toes!! I think I might get an extension cord or something and make that plug a little easier to fix when "No Data" comes again (and you know it will :)
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Our cable box has an on/off button on the FRONT!!
Deletescary, isn't it?! :)
ReplyDeleteWouldn't it be easier to add an extension cord with an on/off switch so you don't have to go behind the cabinet every time?
ReplyDeleteI got a visual of you doing this. Why? Because hubby does this sort of thing. It's most entertaining.
ReplyDeleteYour wife has you pegged doesn't she. Yes she does. I love your tales about your married life. You're always the jerk and she's always Sherlock.
Have a fabulous day Cranky. ☺
Face it, we know. We always know. ;)
ReplyDeleteI know this is meant to be humorous but I found it painful and too close to home. As a matter of fact my spouse can spot a single dog hair on our bed and establish an Inquisition....
ReplyDeleteI'm very clueless about all things electrical.
ReplyDeleteSure glad I don't have cable. Think if I were you, I'd just wait for Mrs. C to fix it next time. Luckily for me, Direct TV has a reset on the front.
ReplyDeleteIf my husband dies before I do, I will have to live a television-less life. I don't even know what I need to do to get access to our Amazon TV. It's too complicated...
ReplyDeleteYou guys are so predictable.
ReplyDeleteI don't know how to turn any of our TV equipment on. The remote is so complicated...half the time I get it in some kind of funk. I just stream Netflix on my laptop while I work!
ReplyDeleteYou should have pushed that cabinet back exactly to the right place!
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