You Learn Something New Every Day

I suppose I should have figured it out for myself. After all, the same sort of thing happens with our cordless phones and computers.

Yesterday I had to call the satellite TV company. I was going a little crazy with my DVR. It doesn't obey my commands. It starts recording programs I never told it to, and never even watch. So, what I learned was that it is possible for someone else in the neighborhood to set their DVR to record a show, and have it recorded by my DVR. And yes, I am told, the problem can be eliminated by re-addressing my remote. I sure hope so. I'm tired of my space being used up so fast, and having to keep deleting programs all the time.

Modern technology can be a blessing, but it can also be infuriating at times. Not that TV watching is all that necessary an occupation, but it is something most of us do every day, at least a little.

(Oh yes, I do watch the quirky Arrested Development sometimes, but I really don't need it recorded six or eight times a week)

Satellite TV is great. There are a lot of features I love about it. And I don't lose service all the time as I did with cable. But do we really need ALL those channels? I know I don't. I only watch about a dozen of them most of the time. But I do really enjoy having 3 - count 'em - 3 different PBS channels. I enjoy the foreign language channels too, even those I don't understand. And I like getting other slants on news stories.