I feel like the gods have been conspiring against
me, or I was cursed by the recent lunar eclipse!!!! I am still
having trouble with Suddenlink, and I have not had cable service on my primary
TV since November 13. I can live with that. After all the techs were done, I could not
access wifi on it either! I am at the point that I have to call New York and
can do so on Eastern time. I would assume they open at 8 or the latest, 9
EST. I have called several times, and the upshot is, they wanted to send a tech out, for the 5th time in a week and a half. I said enough is enough. It is a systems problem, and if they cannot fix it, I can live with something else.
Saturday, my car flunked its state inspection, due to a headlight! I went three places to try to get it replaced, but all 3 said they could not because they have to remove the front assembly to get to the light bulb. I could not dispute that, because I could not understand the owner’s manual instructions, and could not see how I would get at the bulb, without doing so, either. Through the magic modern technology, I was able to schedule an appointment on Friday, the 26th (first date available) at Scoggin Dickey. This might be the most expensive headlight replacement in the world!
Sunday morning, when I woke up, I did not have a
working furnace. Fortunately, after a while, I was able to figure out
that the programable thermostat needed new batteries. I try to keep
stocked up with everything I can image, but had to scrounge in my junk drawer
but found 2 double A's. Situation resolved. And new supply purchased same day!
Sunday afternoon, when I started laundry, after the first load was done, it was apparent that the washing machine was not agitating or spinning. I tried separating the amount of laundry and spun it again, no such luck. I now have a mega load of super soaked laundry that I am nursing through my 16-year-old dryer! I could shlep the rest of my laundry to a commercial self-service laundry but who wants to do that? I have enough clothes to get through a 3-day work week. Again, through the miracle of modern technology I was able to schedule a repair appointment for Friday, the 26th, begging for the last appointment of the day, due to my car appointment earlier. (They could come out Wednesday but really, I can wait.)
My ESPN+ account did not work Saturday for the men’s basketball game. I was really frustrated, and when I went into ESPN costumer service chat, the help I received was immediate and successful. The suggestion: use Google Chrome for the browser. That has been successful since!
