Andrew popped over Sunday evening and finished refining my Eastlink TV provider's 'stand by' problem. Although my newly installed SiriusXM channels play continuously with no standby interruptions, my Eastlink channels were still going into 'standby mode' ever two hours. To solve this problem, Andrew hooked up an 'Apple Box' gizmo that I had recently purchased and this has basically turned my smart television into an even smarter, Apple Television. It was no easy task, having once again to use passwords, verification numbers, my iPhone, and even my laptop. But Andrew, very methodically and patiently worked through each step and challenge along the way. With all the trouble I've had in this past year and a half with passwords and stuff, I never thought we'd make it. But luck was on our side, and the passwords I entered for SiriusXM, Eastlink, Apple, and Microsoft, all seemed to somehow magically work. I could hardly believe that they did. Instead of me just sitting and watching Andrew do everything, he had me operating the new Apple remote for much of the whole operation, which probably took well over half an hour to complete. So, it's a different way of doing things now with the new Apple system and remote. But, by golly, I'm getting on to it, despite my continuing memory challenges. Andrew has also offered to come over and install Amazon Prime (movies) and YouTube. Incidentally, YouTube is one of my Aunt Jean's favorite things on her TV way down there in that Sarasota, Florida place. So, again a big thank you to Andrew for all his patience, his wealth of knowledge, and his time in helping with this overall TV problem that I had been enduring for quite a while now. I marvel at his calm demeanor and ease in working through what seemed to me to be one big huge schmozzle of mind-numbing techno stuff.
| THE WHITE BOX ON THE LEFT IS EASTLINK'S EERO BOX AND THE SMALL BLACK BOX ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE IS THE APPLE BOX....IN BETWEEN IS A LONG BLACK BOSE SOUNDBAR |
I skipped my walk this morning because I had a few household chores I wanted to wrap up before the Inspector General arrived later. Vacuuming, dishes, laundry, and some dusting. Outside, I fired up the leaf blower and blew all the peanut shells off the front porch and deck that had accumulated from my little Chipmunk Pals, leaving them behind. Of course, it hasn't occurred to me yet that if I didn't feed the little monkeys peanuts out there, I wouldn't have that messy problem.
| A ROW OF OSAGE ORANGE TREES ALONGSIDE THE ROAD |
| PARKED IN FRONT OF THE COFFEE SHOP |
| THERE ARE TWO PLANETS IN THIS iPHONE PHOTO...JUPITER ON THE FAINTER LEFT AND VENUS ON THE LOWER BRIGHTER RIGHT |
Al's Music Box:: Under The Boardwalk by The Drifters.
GROANER'S CORNER:(( A couple in their nineties are both having problems remembering things. During a checkup, the doctor tells them that they're physically okay, but they might want ton start writing things down to help them remember. Later that night, while watching TV, the old man gets up from his chair.'Want anything while I'm in the kitchen?' he asks. 'Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?' 'Sure.' 'Don't you think you should write it down so you can remember it?' she asks. 'No, I can remember it.' Well, I'd like some strawberries on top, too. Maybe you should write it down, so's not to forget it?' He says, 'I can remember that. You want a bowl of ice cream with strawberries.' 'I'd also like whipped cream. I'm certain you'll forget that, write it down?' she asks. Irritated, he says, 'I don't need to write it down, I can remember it! Ice cream with strawberries and whipped cream - I got it, for goodness sake!' Then he toddles into the kitchen. After about 20 minutes, The old man returns from the kitchen and hands his wife a plate of bacon and eggs. She stares at the plate for a moment and asks, 'Where's the toast ?'
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- What do you call a four-foot-tall psychic that escaped from jail? A small medium at large.
- If Shakespeare were alive today, he'd write Oil Wells that End Well.
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An elderly woman had just returned to her home from an evening of church services when she was startled by an intruder. She caught the man in the act of robbing her home of its valuables and yelled, "Stop! Acts 2:38!" (Repent and be baptized, in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven.) The burglar stopped in his tracks. The woman calmly called the police and explained what she had done.
As the officer cuffed the man to take him in, he asked the burglar, "Why did you just stand there? All the old lady did was yell a scripture at you." "Scripture?" replied the burglar. "She said she had an ax and two 38's!"






































