Small annoyances... again
Jan. 10th, 2021 06:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wiseheartI've lost my satellite TV today. Just like that, while switching between channels. One moment everything was fine and dandy, the next moment everything was gone.
I leaned out the window as much as I dared and I'm almost certain that the reason is not that some idiotic resident cut my cable (that hangs 8 floors down from the top of the house). I'll check again tomorrow when I go to the shops because one can't tell it from the inside for sure.
If that isn't the cause (which I hope, as if it is, it could be done again and again and again), there could be two different causes left:
a) some part of the satellite dish died, either the receiver itself or the cable broke, both of which has happened before, and
b) they're recalibring the ASTRA satellite, which has also happened before, although last time I had at least two channels working.
Now, I hope against hope that it's the latter, as it would mean thing would straight themselves eventually. If not, I'll have to hunt down service guy and hope that he can actually fix the satellite dish/cable/whatever. Which will be very expensive, but I still hope it will be doable.
Mum's media box has been acting up lately, too. When it switches into the Off position during the night (or during inactive day hours), I can only switch it on again if I pull the plug first and wait for a minute. I can certainly do that (although Mum would be hopelessly overtasked to find the right plug), but what if the trip stops working? Crap telly is the only thing poor Mum still has as entertainment, since reading has become too hard on her weakening eyes. I am not happy.
Also, I don't know what's up with LJ right now. It keeps loading and loading every page, even if all the stuff is visible already. It's still doing it while I'm typing this post - let's hope it will post it, too. It did post my comments to other people's journals under the same circumstances, but, you know, it's always a case of good luck...
Otherwise, it was a blank day. No phone calls, no e-mails, no text messages. I did a bit of writing and cooked lunch, but other than that... Oh, and yesterday I worked on Little Emma's quiet book a bit. Four felt eggs with chickens innit are finished!
I leaned out the window as much as I dared and I'm almost certain that the reason is not that some idiotic resident cut my cable (that hangs 8 floors down from the top of the house). I'll check again tomorrow when I go to the shops because one can't tell it from the inside for sure.
If that isn't the cause (which I hope, as if it is, it could be done again and again and again), there could be two different causes left:
a) some part of the satellite dish died, either the receiver itself or the cable broke, both of which has happened before, and
b) they're recalibring the ASTRA satellite, which has also happened before, although last time I had at least two channels working.
Now, I hope against hope that it's the latter, as it would mean thing would straight themselves eventually. If not, I'll have to hunt down service guy and hope that he can actually fix the satellite dish/cable/whatever. Which will be very expensive, but I still hope it will be doable.
Mum's media box has been acting up lately, too. When it switches into the Off position during the night (or during inactive day hours), I can only switch it on again if I pull the plug first and wait for a minute. I can certainly do that (although Mum would be hopelessly overtasked to find the right plug), but what if the trip stops working? Crap telly is the only thing poor Mum still has as entertainment, since reading has become too hard on her weakening eyes. I am not happy.
Also, I don't know what's up with LJ right now. It keeps loading and loading every page, even if all the stuff is visible already. It's still doing it while I'm typing this post - let's hope it will post it, too. It did post my comments to other people's journals under the same circumstances, but, you know, it's always a case of good luck...
Otherwise, it was a blank day. No phone calls, no e-mails, no text messages. I did a bit of writing and cooked lunch, but other than that... Oh, and yesterday I worked on Little Emma's quiet book a bit. Four felt eggs with chickens innit are finished!
