Well Drats!!!

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Well Drats!!!
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Fri, 01-29-2010 - 6:09pm

It is "slow" TV season right now so I decided it would be good time to take my VCR / DVD recorder player in to have it fixed.  The VCR side of it was not rewinding or forwarding quite right.  I disconnected it, packed it up in its box and took it out to the car this morning.  When I opened the back door of the car I noticed that the dome light did not come on and wondered if it had never done so?!!  Opened the front door and it still didn't come on.  Hmmmm, well that happens sometimes when I've blown a fuse.  Got in and turned the key......nothing, not even a whimper.   Apparently I had left the trunk lid open a wee tiny bit (just enough fot trunk light to stay on!) when I got stuff out of the trunk Wednesday afternoon.  Dead battery.   Okay, I can plug in the charger and be on my way in about half an hour.   Oops.....my DS has the charger out to his house!


I called AAA!  Then I called my DS and told him, "I have a dead battery and you have the charger!"  He said, "oops!!".  Lotsa sympathy I got there!  I told him I had called AAA and they were on their way.  While I was talking to him I turned the TV on to watch.....nothing.  Couldn't figure out why till I remembered that the recorder/player was in line ahead of the TV on the cable line, and with that out of the circuit there was no TV!


About half an hour later I was headed off to my original destination!  The recorder/player has been sent into the factory for repair and I should have it back in a couple of weeks.  While I was out I went by JC Penny and Target for a few items.  When I got home I called my DS and asked him which cable I was supposed to hook up where to have my TV back!  'Tis working now!


Tomorrow night I am meeting Syl's family at  Cheddar's to celebrate Syl & Chris's 20th year together!  When he called me about it yesterday he also asked if I'd be interested in going to see "Avatar" with them on Sunday and out to dinner to Mitchell's Fish Market. Assuming that Syl feels up to going somewhere two days in a row.  So this could be a very fun weekend coming up. 


My DS was going to come over Sunday to help me work on my computer, but if we go out instead he'll come over on Monday. He and I are pretty flexible in our plans!!!


I contacted a company about coming out to remove the big old Weeping Willow that is in my back yard.  It is very old and broken and needs to be gone before it (or a part of it) falls on something (like my shed or my house!).  The ground has been snow covered most of the winter so far and they have to wait a couple of weeks for the freeze to go deep enough so the big truck doesn't sink into my yard.  But it will be gone soon!!


I need to move from this frigid 'office' to the warmth of my living room for a while!








            




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In reply to: cl_klrambo
Fri, 01-29-2010 - 8:55pm

Hey Katie...was it cheaper to get the VCR/DVD player fixed than getting a new one? They've really come down in price now because so many people are buying just DVD players or have DVR's instead. I've even seen some at the Salvation Army store! (Although I must admit I don't I know if they worked! LOL) My VCR/DVD combo player (VCR side) isn't working either. Right now I've just got the VCR hooked up but I want to get the DVD player hooked up instead...I've got some DVD's I'd like to view. I'm afraid to try it myself for fear I'll mess it all up and then not have TV. I don't know anyone who is electronically inclined...maybe I can find a 10 year old in the neighborhood.

Did you get a good price on taking that willow tree down? I've got 2 maple trees that are in dire need of trimming but gosh it's expensive!!! The one on the corner is really rotten and could come down. Plus I've got an apple tree that needs to come down too. I think my neighbor can tackle that little project...he wants the apple wood for bbq smoking. Whatever.

I hope you get to see "Avatar 3-D" on Sunday...it's really awesome! It does get a little violent about 3/4 of the way through but most of it is really awesome...IMHO.

Enjoy your weekend.

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In reply to: cl_klrambo
Fri, 01-29-2010 - 11:21pm

The VCR /DVD recorder / player is still under warranty, Blu, so it is costing me nothing to get it fixed.

 


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In reply to: cl_klrambo
Sat, 01-30-2010 - 12:14am

Oh boy Katie!!! Great news on both counts!!! That's a huge job for that tree and a great price!! Good job on the VCR/DVD player!!!

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In reply to: cl_klrambo
Sat, 01-30-2010 - 11:16am
Isn't that the way it always goes, Katie? You lend someone something you seldom need and then something happens and you need it. I'm glad everything got straightened out. Your weekend sounds like a good one. I am a Cheddar's fan. There is something there for everyone as they have a good variety. And you get a lot of food for the money. Most everyone leaves there with a "to go" box.
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In reply to: cl_klrambo
Sat, 01-30-2010 - 3:15pm

Katie,


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In reply to: cl_klrambo
Sat, 01-30-2010 - 4:48pm

If all this unit did was to play VCR tapes and DVD discs I'd not have bothered trying to get it fixed, but....


This one will record and play both, but more importantly it will record from one to the other in the same unit!

 


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In reply to: cl_klrambo
Sat, 01-30-2010 - 8:40pm

Glad you got your battery "juiced" back up with a minimum of inconvenience.

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In reply to: cl_klrambo
Sat, 01-30-2010 - 9:03pm

KT is this what they call a comedy of errors?? LOL, what a start to your day. That's not a good feeling when your car won't even make a noise! But even the click, click is a sickening feeling.


Glad you are able to get your DVD/VCR fixed. Mine are individual and I can hook them both into my tv. But mine doesn't record, they are just little cheapy vcr and dvd players.


My day started off a little similar to yours. I woke up to no lights in my kitchen.

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In reply to: cl_klrambo
Sun, 01-31-2010 - 10:22am

Dinner last evening was fun!

 


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Sun, 01-31-2010 - 10:26am

That would be a good description of it, Shirley Sue!! But it all turned out just fine.


Our dinner last evening was fun and I really look forward to seeing 'Avatar' this afternoon.


 


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