Sometimes it is the Little Things...

...toot, toot, toot your own little horn...

I finally got Charlie's Blu-Ray player working yesterday. I hooked it up to my television at home and things were working fine which stymied me. Why wasn't it working when it is connected to Charlie's television?

If you've known me for a long time then you know I often harp about trying the simplest things first when it comes to computers and electronics. Is it plugged in? Did you push play? Is the LED light red when it should be green meaning is it turned on? I realized last night that Charlie and I weren't turning the Blu-Ray player on when it was hooked up at Charlie's house. Duh!

...these things come with a manual for a purpose...

Charlie was so excited that I fixed it that he brought the Magster and I breakfast this morning which which was three bacon, egg, and cheese biscuits. I would've been just fine getting a couple of Coca-Colas as I did last night. He has just left and is headed for work in Dadeville. Maggie has had her biscuit and is down for the count -- beginning the sleep of ages.

Johnny Otis Returns From Vacation...

My father just called me this morning and said he would be home a little after lunch. It is about a 5 hour drive to the Gulf of Mexico and Fort Walton from here. He said they had a grand time and for that I was thankful. Dad toiled away in that pharmacy for 47 years (about the time mom and dad were married) and it is now his turn to play and have some fun.

Will Work For Food and Soda...

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"The television is still working!" Charlie said with a yes as he stood in my doorway tonight.

Charlie had what I call my classic Cheshire grin. Ear to ear. He was ecstatic.

"Come on inside," I told Charlie very accommodatingly.

I had thought my father had arrived for a moment there and Maggie did as well.

"I can't stay long as Horsefly is at the bowling alley," Charlie told me regretfully.

I still cringe when I hear Charlie say he left Horsefly all alone bowling.

Charlie had also brought me a massive Coke and a Zaxby's chicken tender plate. Charlie then hugged me and went about his evening. It was probably time for Horsefly to eat his nightly chicken tender meal from KFC.

My father arrived at 9:30pm. We took my medications and then my father scurried back to the pharmacy. He was worried a prescription got filled wrong and it was slated to be delivered the next day.

Only Time Will Tell...

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Charlie brought his TV over this past weekend. Amazingly, I was able to get it working. There was this little fuse which could be bought at Radio-Shack. It was about 2 to 4 amps if I can remember correctly. It only took a couple of dollars to get the TV working after a short drive down to Auburn for a fuse.

Charlie just came over and took the TV home. He was one happy soul -- very ecstatic. It was a very nice and large Sanyo LCD widescreen television. I always feel so good when I can help friends and family with stuff like this.

"Do you want something to eat or some Mountain Dews tonight?" Charlie asked me over his cellphone as he drove over here.

"I'm fine, Charlie," I told him very graciously and thankfully. "I still have plenty to drink and eat after Monday night's trip to Kroger."

He will still bring me some sugar laden sodas to put in the fridge.

My father has just left after our very own medication ritual. He was very jovial and very, very chit chatty tonight. Maggie was overjoyed to see both Charlie and my father as well all in one weeknight.

No Snap Crackle Pop For You...

Once again, the Magster and I slept through THE storm of 2016.  I do vaguely remember it thundering loudly at one point.  That storm last night is also why I have nice "no money spared" surge suppressors and UPS (uninterruptable power supplies) units on all my computers and electronics.  The storm tripped the surge suppressor on my bedroom computer and the one on my home theater.  I reset them both and all was working like clockwork again.

Charlie made a surprise stop at lunch to finish cutting my hair.  We had almost started the other night and we got sidetracked. Charlie wanted to "shape things up" as he put it. He also had a checkup about his eyes which was why he was off from work.  I balked, but got in the chair in my laundry room after Charlie shampooed my hair and then covered me with a sheet and got to work. It took Charlie about ten to twenty minutes to cut my hair while Charlie filled my ears with a plethora of local gossip. My father will be very pleased tonight when he arrives for the Medication Ritual. I was looking pretty shaggy there for a moment.

"I should have finished this weeks ago," Charlie told me forlornly. "You know how life can get busy and you keep putting stuff off."

I agreed with Charlie and told him I am the king of procrastination.  I was just ecstatic to no longer have to hide my hair under a baseball cap.

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