TV trouble

TV? Television set? What has that got to do with cats? A lot!

13 years ago, I won a nice TV set in a competition (Jeopardy). It has worked
all fine up to now, but during the last months it has started behaving quite
badly. It has started to tell me when I should go to bed, or that I maybe
should do some housework instead of watching it. The TV just switches off
all by itself after a while. 45 minutes, 3 hours, it depends on the TV set's
mood. I can bring it back to life sometimes by the old cu Banging the top
of it, but it doesn't help all of the time.

So, I'm planning to get a flat screen 32" LCD TV set. Good idea, you would
say, but there is one hatch to it... Teti, my much beloved, five years old
Devon Rex. He just loves the old TV, he uses to climb on top of it, lay down
and enjoy the heat from it. He can stay there for a long time, I think he
believes that I watch him instead of the TV programme. So he stays up there,
smiling at me, warming himself and have a good time.

An LCD tv will not give him the same opportunities. It's too narrow to sleep
on, and it doesn't give away the heat he wants.

So, the question is: What should I do? I don't want want to be cruel to him
by taking away this nice, warm resting place, but on the other hand, I don't
want the cruel TV set to decide the time I should use for watching it,
neither. It surely needs a replacement. It's a delicate problem: Should I be
cruel to Teti by buying a new TV, or should I let the old TV set be cruel to
me for ever?

I need some advice here...

--
Hans Schrøder

Hans Schrøder wrote:
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So, the question is: What should I do? I don't want want to be cruel to him
by taking away this nice, warm resting place, but on the other hand, I don't
want the cruel TV set to decide the time I should use for watching it,
neither. It surely needs a replacement. It's a delicate problem: Should I be
cruel to Teti by buying a new TV, or should I let the old TV set be cruel to
me for ever?

I need some advice here...



That's a hard one! Would it be possible for you to have two TVs - one
for you and one for your cat?G

My new computer has the heat vent in a much more convenient spot for
Sam, the cat, as there's plenty of room there for him to curl up (the
other machine was much larger). I try not to think about what the cat
hair is probably doing to the computer (it can't be that bad; fans blow
out, after all, right?) but recently discovered another inconvenience
when the keyboard suddenly stopped working entirely. Sure enough, Sam
had dislodged the plug and of course my attempts to re-connect the
keyboard were interpreted as a new and amusing game. I tried to explain
that it's a little difficult to type with a mouse!

And let's not get into cats, renovations, and the space under the
bathtub. Sam is now barred from the bathroom entirely, much to his distress.

Cheryl

On Mar 16, 7:45*pm, "Hans Schrøder" wrote:
TV? Television set? What has that got to do with cats? A lot!

13 years ago, I won a nice TV set in a competition (Jeopardy). It has worked
all fine up to now, but during the last months it has started behaving quite
badly. It has started to tell me when I should go to bed, or that I maybe
should do some housework instead of watching it. The TV just switches off
all by itself after a while. 45 minutes, 3 hours, it depends on the TV set's
mood. I can bring it back to life sometimes by the old cu Banging the top
of it, but it doesn't help all of the time.

So, I'm planning to get a flat screen 32" LCD TV set. Good idea, you would
say, but there is one hatch to it... Teti, my much beloved, five years old
Devon Rex. He just loves the old TV, he uses to climb on top of it, lay down
and enjoy the heat from it. He can stay there for a long time, I think he
believes that I watch him instead of the TV programme. So he stays up there,
smiling at me, warming himself and have a good time.

An LCD tv will not give him the same opportunities. It's too narrow to sleep
on, and it doesn't give away the heat he wants.

So, the question is: What should I do? I don't want want to be cruel to him
by taking away this nice, warm resting place, but on the other hand, I don't
want the cruel TV set to decide the time I should use for watching it,
neither. It surely needs a replacement. It's a delicate problem: Should I be
cruel to Teti by buying a new TV, or should I let the old TV set be cruel to
me for ever?

I need some advice here...

--
Hans Schrøder


You were on Jeopardy? Wow.
Your question: I had the same quandary when I went from the
traditional computer monitor to a flat screen. Frank adjusted to the
change quite
nicely by lying on the space between the keyboard & monitor, so that I
can't
see a thing. :-)

Sherry

"Hans Schr?der" wrote:

So, I'm planning to get a flat screen 32" LCD TV set. Good idea, you would
say, but there is one hatch to it... Teti, my much beloved, five years old
Devon Rex. He just loves the old TV, he uses to climb on top of it, lay down
and enjoy the heat from it. He can stay there for a long time, I think he
believes that I watch him instead of the TV programme. So he stays up there,
smiling at me, warming himself and have a good time.

An LCD tv will not give him the same opportunities. It's too narrow to sleep
on, and it doesn't give away the heat he wants.

So, the question is: What should I do?

I don't know if this will be at all meaningful to you, but a few weeks
ago I was in a coffeeshop, where I saw the coolest works of art - old TV
sets that had the front part (the glass, where you watch it) covered over
with colored glass mosaic patterns. The TVs were plugged in and were on.
You could see light through the patterned colored glass, and you could
see movement, but it just looked like a trippy light show. You couldn't
see what was happening on the TV. The sound was off. I just thought
they were wonderful!

Maybe you could do something like that, if you're artistic? If you don't
know what mosaic is, you could try googling "mosaic art" or "glass mosaic",
and you'll get some good responses, I'm sure. The colored glass mosaics
look a lot like stained glass patterns, but the technique used to put it
together is very different. You have to glue the pieces *onto* something
else. Artists also make mosaics out of stones, ceramics (including broken
dishware, often referred to as "broken crockery"), and whatever else they
think might look interesting.

This way, you'd have a reason to keep it, but you wouldn't have to watch
it, and Teti would still have his sleeping spot.

Probably not the practical advice you were looking for. :-/

Joyce

"Hans Schr?der" wrote:

It's a delicate problem: Should I be
cruel to Teti by buying a new TV, or should I let the old TV set be cruel to
me for ever?

PS - I had the same thing happen when I changed my old computr monitor
to a flat-screen one. It's been over 6 months since the change, and both
Roxy and Smudge (especially the former) look up to the top of the monitor
as though they're thinking about jumping up there, then they think the
better of it. Old habits die hard...


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"Hans Schrøder" wrote in message
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TV? Television set? What has that got to do with cats? A lot!

13 years ago, I won a nice TV set in a competition (Jeopardy). It has
worked all fine up to now, but during the last months it has started
behaving quite badly. It has started to tell me when I should go to bed,
or that I maybe should do some housework instead of watching it. The TV
just switches off all by itself after a while. 45 minutes, 3 hours, it
depends on the TV set's mood. I can bring it back to life sometimes by the
old cu Banging the top of it, but it doesn't help all of the time.

So, I'm planning to get a flat screen 32" LCD TV set. Good idea, you would
say, but there is one hatch to it... Teti, my much beloved, five years old
Devon Rex. He just loves the old TV, he uses to climb on top of it, lay
down and enjoy the heat from it. He can stay there for a long time, I
think he believes that I watch him instead of the TV programme. So he
stays up there, smiling at me, warming himself and have a good time.

An LCD tv will not give him the same opportunities. It's too narrow to
sleep on, and it doesn't give away the heat he wants.

So, the question is: What should I do? I don't want want to be cruel to
him by taking away this nice, warm resting place, but on the other hand, I
don't want the cruel TV set to decide the time I should use for watching
it, neither. It surely needs a replacement. It's a delicate problem:
Should I be cruel to Teti by buying a new TV, or should I let the old TV
set be cruel to me for ever?

I need some advice here...

--
Hans Schrøder


Could you put the old tv somewhere else and plug it in for him?

Joy

"Joy"
"Hans Schrøder"
TV? Television set? What has that got to do with cats? A lot!

13 years ago, I won a nice TV set in a competition (Jeopardy). It has
worked all fine up to now, but during the last months it has started
behaving quite badly. It has started to tell me when I should go to bed,
or that I maybe should do some housework instead of watching it. The TV
just switches off all by itself after a while. 45 minutes, 3 hours, it
depends on the TV set's mood. I can bring it back to life sometimes by
the old cu Banging the top of it, but it doesn't help all of the time.

So, I'm planning to get a flat screen 32" LCD TV set. Good idea, you
would say, but there is one hatch to it... Teti, my much beloved, five
years old Devon Rex. He just loves the old TV, he uses to climb on top of
it, lay down and enjoy the heat from it. He can stay there for a long
time, I think he believes that I watch him instead of the TV programme.
So he stays up there, smiling at me, warming himself and have a good
time.

An LCD tv will not give him the same opportunities. It's too narrow to
sleep on, and it doesn't give away the heat he wants.

So, the question is: What should I do? I don't want want to be cruel to
him by taking away this nice, warm resting place, but on the other hand,
I don't want the cruel TV set to decide the time I should use for
watching it, neither. It surely needs a replacement. It's a delicate
problem: Should I be cruel to Teti by buying a new TV, or should I let
the old TV set be cruel to me for ever?

I need some advice here...

--
Hans Schrøder


Could you put the old tv somewhere else and plug it in for him?

Joy

Great idea

Kyla

bastXXXette...
"Hans Schr?der"
So, I'm planning to get a flat screen 32" LCD TV set. Good idea, you
would
say, but there is one hatch to it... Teti, my much beloved, five years
old
Devon Rex. He just loves the old TV, he uses to climb on top of it, lay
down
and enjoy the heat from it. He can stay there for a long time, I think
he
believes that I watch him instead of the TV programme. So he stays up
there,
smiling at me, warming himself and have a good time.

An LCD tv will not give him the same opportunities. It's too narrow to
sleep
on, and it doesn't give away the heat he wants.

So, the question is: What should I do?

I don't know if this will be at all meaningful to you, but a few weeks
ago I was in a coffeeshop, where I saw the coolest works of art - old TV
sets that had the front part (the glass, where you watch it) covered over
with colored glass mosaic patterns. The TVs were plugged in and were on.
You could see light through the patterned colored glass, and you could
see movement, but it just looked like a trippy light show. You couldn't
see what was happening on the TV. The sound was off. I just thought
they were wonderful!


DH is into doing stained glass. It is really cool and you should see our
window in the livingroom. G

Maybe you could do something like that, if you're artistic? If you don't
know what mosaic is, you could try googling "mosaic art" or "glass
mosaic",
and you'll get some good responses, I'm sure. The colored glass mosaics
look a lot like stained glass patterns, but the technique used to put it
together is very different. You have to glue the pieces *onto* something
else. Artists also make mosaics out of stones, ceramics (including broken
dishware, often referred to as "broken crockery"), and whatever else they
think might look interesting.

This way, you'd have a reason to keep it, but you wouldn't have to watch
it, and Teti would still have his sleeping spot.

Probably not the practical advice you were looking for. :-/

Joyce

It's a great Idea Joyce

Kyla

"Hans Schrøder" wrote in message
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So, the question is: What should I do? I don't want want to be cruel to
him by taking away this nice, warm resting place, but on the other hand, I
don't want the cruel TV set to decide the time I should use for watching
it, neither. It surely needs a replacement. It's a delicate problem:
Should I be cruel to Teti by buying a new TV, or should I let the old TV
set be cruel to me for ever?

I need some advice here...



How much do you care about your power bill? If you don't mind the extra
expense, you can plug the old TV into a different plug in with the picture
dimmed and the sound off and then watch your new TV. Bet Teti adjusts to
the new one by sleeping in front of it, the way mine did with my new
computer monitor We finally had to put it up on a wooden box so that I
could see it over the cats.

Pam S.

"Hans Schrøder" wrote in message
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TV? Television set? What has that got to do with cats? A lot!

13 years ago, I won a nice TV set in a competition (Jeopardy).
It has worked all fine up to now, but during the last months it
has started behaving quite badly. It has started to tell me
when I should go to bed, or that I maybe should do some
housework instead of watching it. The TV just switches off all
by itself after a while. 45 minutes, 3 hours, it depends on the
TV set's mood. I can bring it back to life sometimes by the old
cu Banging the top of it, but it doesn't help all of the
time.

So, I'm planning to get a flat screen 32" LCD TV set. Good
idea, you would say, but there is one hatch to it... Teti, my
much beloved, five years old Devon Rex. He just loves the old
TV, he uses to climb on top of it, lay down and enjoy the heat
from it. He can stay there for a long time, I think he believes
that I watch him instead of the TV programme. So he stays up
there, smiling at me, warming himself and have a good time.

An LCD tv will not give him the same opportunities. It's too
narrow to sleep on, and it doesn't give away the heat he wants.

So, the question is: What should I do? I don't want want to be
cruel to him by taking away this nice, warm resting place, but
on the other hand, I don't want the cruel TV set to decide the
time I should use for watching it, neither. It surely needs a
replacement. It's a delicate problem: Should I be cruel to Teti
by buying a new TV, or should I let the old TV set be cruel to
me for ever?

I need some advice here...

Sounds like some of the electronic controls may be on their way
out. I don't want to worry you, but electrical faults are a major
cause of house fires. Too much of a risk, for you and your
master. Either get rid, or get fixed. NOW!!!!

LCD and plasma TVs also use three times the amount of electricity
as a CRT display.

--
MatSav