It rained all last night, all day, and is still raining. The creeks and ditches are full, the fields are soggy and low places filled with rain.
The clouds moved, the sun popped out for about 60 seconds the middle of the afternoon. Clouds reappeared and it started raining again.
Monday night we were watching the last "Criminal Minds" that was recorded when suddenly the satellite receiver quit working. We tried all the tricks we knew: reset button, unplug for 20 seconds and replug in. Nothing worked.
After a call to DirecTV an appointment was made for a technician to bring a new receiver to us and install.
We like the programming offered by DirecTV, but the voice on the other end of the phone does not know as much as she thinks, and tried to make us think she knew. DirecTV is only good in spite of the phone service, and because of the technicians.
The phone lady told us she could upgrade our receiver to an HDTV receiver. We told her it couldn't be done because our satellite was not compatible. At the end of the conversation she said it could be done, the technician would know how to do it.
Of course, when the the tech got here he didn't even know he was coming to work on an RV. He confirmed what we knew...no HDTV service because of our type of satellite. But, he did replace the old receiver with a new HDTV receiver which offers much more storage for recorded shows, a better picture, and encouraged us to replace the satellite. He also said this HDTV receiver would be more reliabile. The "old" receiver is not even made anymore; only refurbished ones are sent out as replacements.
We do now have satellite service again; it is a great picture even though it isn't HD. The worst part of the situation is the loss of the recorded shows we had on the "old" receiver. We had caught up on Jeopardy, Amazing Race, NCIS, NCIS-LA, Big Bang Theory during all these rainy days.
How is your week going?
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