tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9666550.post2075367167041085128..comments2023-11-03T06:02:24.999-05:00Comments on henry the frog: That Mysterious Box of CablesHTFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06912773044468480757noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9666550.post-84002771482117312622012-01-30T22:21:29.167-06:002012-01-30T22:21:29.167-06:00My husband has 3 large drawers of cables to variou...My husband has 3 large drawers of cables to various tech-geek stuff. My strategy for dealing with it has been to label with a sticky tag every single new cable that comes into the house, no matter how obvious it is what it goes to. Because I know that sooner or later, whatever gizmo it belongs to will fall out of favor and then be neglected and we'll forget what the cable was used for.<br /><br />Thus, printer cables.. labeled.<br />GPS, digital camera, power supplies, scanner, router, etc.etc.etc. cables allllllll labeled.Michaela Stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04163084369311708249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9666550.post-45696984043743334822011-02-10T19:14:42.740-06:002011-02-10T19:14:42.740-06:00Really Cheap Cables = Title of my next album
I...Really Cheap Cables = Title of my next album<br /><br />I'm usually 10 years behind the times on the latest electronic stuff--my sister usually just instructs me on what I "need" or "must have" or "should get."<br /><br />Regardless of that fact, I still have a Rubbermaid bin full of cables. I have no idea what they belong to. There are also some telephone wires and cords and old cell phones thrown in there for good measure. <br /><br />So the other day I had to set up my new cable box with my Tivo. I was very confused because the instructions with the cable box showed how to hook it up to your "VCR." What is one of those VCR things and how do I get one??<br /><br />So I spent, no joke, two hours trying to figure out how to hook everything up when I suddenly remembered the Rubbermaid stash (title of my LAST album). After spending another couple of hours wrestling around with those cords, & at some point ending up with everything being shown in black and white (??!), it kinda works. I'm not sure how I did it & I now can't change the channel when the Tivo is recording, but now I'm TOTALLY scared to throw out anything again from that Rubbermaid bin. I even save all the little twist ties that tie up the cords for....I'm not sure what reason. In case I run out of ones to close my loaves of bread?? <br /><br />Fin.<br /><br />P.S. I had to laugh the other day - had a training course where the last Power Point just said, "FIN." Was that a shout out to the agm or just the work of a frustrated attorney who moonlights as a European avant garde filmmaker working in Power Point?? <br /><br />P.P.S. Also going on during that presentation - someone forgot to mute their phone on the conference call and either had a lot of gas or was asleep the whole time. I'm not sure. The moderator kept asking everyone to make sure his/her phone was muted because we were hearing a lot of "feedback." Hhahahah New favorite slang term for snoring and/or gas.agmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06690925249963055792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9666550.post-635487317502994052011-02-10T18:58:26.108-06:002011-02-10T18:58:26.108-06:00Thanks for your post. Now I am definitely going to...Thanks for your post. Now I am definitely going to donate your "important" cable box.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9666550.post-27522419610463217642011-02-10T14:50:55.911-06:002011-02-10T14:50:55.911-06:00I will vouch for the fact that this particular wea...I will vouch for the fact that this particular weakness is carried on the Y chromosome. You may want to have your support system at your side before reading my next comment. Ready?<br /><br />Someone (and i'm not saying who, Matt) in our house has recently discovered REALLY CHEAP cables on amazon.com. They've been showing up once a week. Who knows what they're for.<br /><br />If it gets real bad there might be a 12 step group for it, or you could go on Ellen, Oprah, or I know Dr. Phil. I've seena girl who had 800 baskets in her house.<br /><br />:)r.l.secorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08481687475843023534noreply@blogger.com