The Arrival

Sounds religious. This is not the sermon on the mount. Anyhow, the verizon box for the old (2 years in Jan) high def tv arrived today. Very fast service from verizon. In fact they (verizon) called today and asked if I was happy with the service I got from their agent Natasha (yes I asked if she was married to Boris)(She laughed) on Thursday. I told them very happy (Natasha corrected my bill and ordered the new HD STB (I didn't know what an STB was either)(OK it is Set top box) I mentioned that the top of the LCD HD TV's was too small for the STB to sit on and she said it could go anywhere. I think she knew I was kidding (I Hope). Now that I think of it when I worked as a customer Service person I had people ask really dumb questions too. Anyhow I ramble on.
Hooking the old set only took a couple of hours (mostly looking for the cables from the old set and moving the speakers.
Got it all hooked up and it worked perfectly. Except it looks smaller than it did in the living room. I almost measured it to make sure it was 37 inch set and didn't somehow shrink. I guess the 52 inch set spoils you.
My brother and his wife took off to Gettysburg and that area for a few days. He had to wait until Regis and Kelly host talk ended to leave. He has a thing about Regis.
I have a National Park Senior pass ( you pay 10 dollars once and it is good for life) You have to be 62 to get it. He asked me how I got it. I reminded him of my age which is the same as his (twins tend to be the same age) and that I got it in July.
My wife's sister (I know my sister -in-law) ( but i have 3) has been looking for a new computer. Her old one was over 10 years ago and tends to be slow. Actually a letter sent by US mail is faster than her email.
So when I saw a nice unit I called her about it. It comes in many colors, so I made it up in my favorite color blue. She was happy with the unit until I said it was blue and asled if it could be in pink. I looked and changed it to flamingo pink. I'm sure no one will ever steal that laptop.
She should have it in a few days.
My new Panasonic Blue Ray HD DVD player is on it's way. It is coming FED-EX and is in Orlando, Fl as I type. I researched this unit and is highly rated by CNET so when I saw it on Cyber Monday I ordered it from circuit City. They had the best price.
It should be here Thursday.
Well that was my day.
Maybe tomorrow I'll share the secrets of the Universe