THANK YOU !

Thank you Comcast cable and Sharon & Bob ! Thank you for making me even crazier than I was before.
The joys of a TV set are just not worth the hassle of cable wires and remote controls.  We had an OLD TV and it worked fine. We had ONE clicker that had an on/off button and that worked fine.  Then along came cable. It is like Satan dressed in a cute little bunny costume.  "BUY ME!" screams the cable company. I will give you endless hours of mind numbing TV stations all for the low cost of . . . FREE !  (We live in a community that provides cable service. What more could you want from life?) Well, for one thing you now don't just want to watch STUPID TV you want the smart stations too. DISCOVERY, NOVA, HISTORY, CNN, FOX NEWS . . .   You want them too, then you have to get THE BOX!  The box is Satan's cute little bunny friend. It lulls you into the sense of happiness and numbness because now you have TWO clickers and can access all sorts of stupid TV.
So . . . we have a NEW TV that needs cable. The cable needs a NEW box. The NEW box needs a NEW clicker and I need a degree in engineering to make all of these things come together and WORK!
Husband sits in his chair with 3 clickers in his lap and cannot figure out which one to use for what. I know that ONE clicker should work everything but that ain't happening. There are times when the cable is on and the TV is off. The TV is on and the cable is off. Throw in the freaking DVD player and all hell breaks loose.
Husband was at his wits end tonight. (Not a long trip if you know Husband) The TV wasn't working at all. It would go on but that was it! NO picture. Just a little box with the words "NO SIGNAL". Husband was on the verge of tears and that is something. The man did not cry at his mother's funeral.  I have NEVER seen him cry, but tonight was close. I got the pitiful plea to "PLEASE FIX THE TV".  My first thought was to throw the damn thing into the empty pool but I know Sharon & Bob meant well when they bought this evil thing for us. After 20 minutes of wiggling wires and cursing I finally ripped the cable wire out of the box, attached it directly to the TV, hid two of the 3 clickers and will call the cable company tomorrow.
When did a quiet evening in front of the TV turn into a 2 Valium and a half gallon of ice cream night?