4 Televisions and a Near Funeral
So what's been happening since my last post. I got to do the ultimate film studio activity last monday when I got to ride around in a golf buggy. But intsead of it being a warm sunny Hollywood afternoon it was a freezing cold Vancouver morning. Other recent activities have included Chris and Debs 21st(so young) birthdays and the Friday just gone it was Simon's 22nd (still young). Its going to be strange this Friday not going out for someone's birthday.We'll just have to find a party and gatecrash it.
Now I've also had a few problem trying to get a working television this week. I bought one from Future Shop last week, got it home and discovered the reception on it was rubbish and you could barely watch it. Normally you would contact the cable company to fix it but seeing as we get free cable I didn't see this as a wise move. Pete's TV worked fine as well so I thought I'd just take it back and get another. So last Thursday I took it back and got a refund, went to Canadian Tire and bought another one. It was the last box for that particular TV and looked a bit beat up but I gambled and took the risk. After another journey on the bus getting it home I eagerly plugged it in and found the picture quality was fine. A huge sigh of relief. But....
Where's that buzzing sound coming from. Yes, that's why its probably the last TV on the shelf as even when the volume is switched off all you can hear is this loud humming noise. So, Saturday morning and back to Canadian Tire where I exchange it for a slightly more expensive one. After getting it off the bus and almost destroying one of the buses fans in the process I plug it in at home and can happily report that everything is working fine. With my 5inch black and white TV/radio combo I have now owned 4 televisions since being in Canada.
Coming home from work one day a car came around the corner as I was crossing the road and wasn;t far from hitting me. Hardly a near funeral but I liked the title for this blog entry. I'm going to copy all my pictures onto CD soon at work so I can just bung them on without having to find a USB port for my camera. Until then here's a picture I've stolen off Ian's blog from Chris and Debs 21st at the Old Spaghetti Factory in Gastown.
You can see me at the front
Now I've also had a few problem trying to get a working television this week. I bought one from Future Shop last week, got it home and discovered the reception on it was rubbish and you could barely watch it. Normally you would contact the cable company to fix it but seeing as we get free cable I didn't see this as a wise move. Pete's TV worked fine as well so I thought I'd just take it back and get another. So last Thursday I took it back and got a refund, went to Canadian Tire and bought another one. It was the last box for that particular TV and looked a bit beat up but I gambled and took the risk. After another journey on the bus getting it home I eagerly plugged it in and found the picture quality was fine. A huge sigh of relief. But....
Where's that buzzing sound coming from. Yes, that's why its probably the last TV on the shelf as even when the volume is switched off all you can hear is this loud humming noise. So, Saturday morning and back to Canadian Tire where I exchange it for a slightly more expensive one. After getting it off the bus and almost destroying one of the buses fans in the process I plug it in at home and can happily report that everything is working fine. With my 5inch black and white TV/radio combo I have now owned 4 televisions since being in Canada.
Coming home from work one day a car came around the corner as I was crossing the road and wasn;t far from hitting me. Hardly a near funeral but I liked the title for this blog entry. I'm going to copy all my pictures onto CD soon at work so I can just bung them on without having to find a USB port for my camera. Until then here's a picture I've stolen off Ian's blog from Chris and Debs 21st at the Old Spaghetti Factory in Gastown.
You can see me at the front
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