Originally Posted by Dovster

Even without the war, yesterday would have been a miserable one for me. The war was simply ill-tasting icing on the cake.

The small television I have in my shelter has not been working since the war began. The larger one I have in my living room had incredibly bad reception. I finally got the tech guy from my cable company to show up, he spent about 30 seconds here and announced that the cable service is fine but both TVs are broken and I have to buy new ones. Stupidly, I believed him and got into my car and drove to an electrical appliance shop in Kiryat Shmona to buy new TVs.

While I was there, the sirens wailed and everyone in the shop had to crowd into its shelter for about 15 minutes before we got the all-clear. I was able to take the small one home with me and the shop delivered the larger one in the early evening. I tried hooking up the smaller one and had the same problem as the one I replaced. I had no luck but a friend who knows more about these things than I do, told me that the HDMI cable connecting the cable box to the TV was no good. Fortunately, I had a spare one, used it to replace the old cable, and the TV worked.

The delivery guy showed up with the other television and I immediately saw that it was much to large to fit on the table. This really bugged me as I had measured the table before going to the shop and told the salesman that the TV had to have legs no more than 60 cms apart to be able to go on the table. I refused to accept it, the delivery guy called the store, they told him to bring it back and for me to come into the shop. When I got there, the salesman tried to get me to change my mind, but I refused. He finally showed me a TV which was the same size but instead of having legs, rested on a base which would fit on my table. It cost $400 more than the original one. He told me that it was more expensive because it is a Samsung, "which is best one we sell". I pointed out that he had said the exact same thing about the Metz television he originally sold to me. The whole process was delayed by another air raid siren, sending us back to the shelter. While we were in the shelter, I continued to argue about the price. He gave in, knocked off $100, and provided me with a free set of two HDMI cables, so I would not have the same problem again.

Oh, I forgot to mention that when I arrived back home I was happy that I had the small TV in my shelter, because minutes after I arrived, the sirens went off again.