Wednesday, April 2, 2008

The Good News and The Bad News.

The Good News: On Tuesday 1st April at 4pm we finally had DSTV installed ... after years of infrequent viewing of the sad, local programming that passes for South African television, we now have access to 35 international TV channels, about 50 international audio/radio channels as well as interactive games etc etc ... woo-hoo!!!



The Bad News: That same evening, around 11.30 pm, our very very old 51cm National televison set got completely over-excited by all the new programming and quite literally blew a gasket. KER-POWWWW! The smell of burning plastic filled the house and the picture vanished in a puff of smoke.... (Just for interest: National amalgamated with Panasonic before my 16-year-old daughter was born! That's how old this thing was ...)


This is the third electrical appliance to give up the ghost in the last month ....

1 comment:

R.J. Keller said...

Oh no! Hope your new one arrives soon.

I think my TV is next. It's snowier than the winter of '08, and the sound fades in and out. It really does go in threes, doesn't it? First my toaster, then my digital camera...and now...maybe...?