New technology meant trouble for me!
After decades of the old blocky TV, we finally got a flat screen LCD TV in our house for the first time, a sweet 40-inch Sony Bravia. But this TV also made me realise how absolutely hopeless those old parents can be with new technology
Day 1
Stephen and I spent two hours moving the new TV into place and setting it up. We also kept the wiring of the various machines (DVD, Karaoke, etc.) the way they were. So technically, everything would have started working like magic after we plug the cables into the TV. However, we were left with an extra cable which we couldn’t figure out where to fit into.
When dad came home from work, he found the “hole” in the wall which that last cable was meant to go into. Good job dad! All he had to do with make that very last connection… But no, he pulled out all the other cables too, based on intuitive doubts about us young people’s abilities. I tried stopping him, but I was pushed away and yelled at by mum for not just sitting back and listening to dad.
So who had to do the work of fixing up everything in the end? Duh.
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