Gwen is doing better. I will keep you posted.
Just for general reference – there is really only one major provider of cable in my area. You now have a choice when it comes to internet but not your basic cable service. Obviously, there are alternatives, to include playing games with Apple, streaming from apps (phone, iPad, tablet, laptop etc) or probably Amazon. But your basic cable box with a bajillion (note, this word is now in the dictionary) stations and nothing worth watching is Comcast/Xfinity in my area.
And, when the system is not working, i.e. the screen except for the Chinese new station is totally and completely pixelated you get to attempt to get the problem fixed over the phone. This involves multiple phone calls, different responders each time, and the same questions over and over. Yes, we have reset it several times (hello, reboot? Of course!) We have checked the connections to insure that they aren’t lose and wiggling (duh!). No, we haven’t checked with our other TV, we don’t have a second TV (queue startled silence here). We didn’t bother to tell them that we have had this one for only a few months.
Of course, the Xfinity app is working just fine, but this is a U.S. Sunday and the whole purpose of buying the huge bloody screen was so that someone could watch sports on a screen large enough to identify the players, much less see the ball.
I think it was about five reboots on their ends, several superstitious resets on our but the system was finally working again. What was obvious was that multiple phone calls over the day with repeats of the same non-useful suggestions meant that Comcast didn’t have to visit the house. People on the phone are cheaper than house calls for Comcast. Priority is setting up new suckers, not supporting systems already in place. I am wondering about dampness given all the rain.
I am not holding my breath that it will stay fixed. Neither, apparently was George.
In other bits of notable neighborhood news – the Monkey has a hat
and we have had enough rain that there are mushrooms.
Other than a hike down to Peet’s and back, I spent the day ignoring the TV issues and put in a total of about 1200 stitches strewn across five projects (well, really four since it was only 12 stitches into the one). I will do an actual listing later this week (so that all you cruisers can just ignore……
