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Entropy marches on

Wagimoko got up about 1330, as is her wont on weekends, and settled down for another day of TV watching.  Except that the TV wouldn't turn on.

That set is about twenty years old.  Whilst the lifetime of IC sets is a hell of a lot longer than the old tube sets (which, as I seem to recall my childhood, had a lifetime of about 20 hours between replacement of tubes), they do have a finite lifetime.

"It seems to me", I said, "that we've got three choices here:

  1. Go out and buy a new TV
  2. Get cable, and hook up the TV in the living room that I use about twice a year to watch videos on
  3. Say 'Screw it'

"What do you want to do?"  ::shrug::

"OK, in the meantime, do you want to watch a film with me?"  No thanks; I'd rather fiddle with this set.  Watching videos means having to get up every hour or two to change tapes; this way, I can sit still until 1800 or so, when I have to start dinner.

After about fifteen minutes, wagimoko finally got the TV to turn on and hold a channel.  Watch this space to see if anything else happens.

John "Akatsukami" Braue Sunday, June 16, 2002

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