Slowly but surely I am being dragging into the 21st century. Last year my 8 year old mobile phone quit working, so I got a much more modern replacement. Now our 14 year old TV has packed it in. I certainly cannot complain with the life I got out of it...but had to find a replacement.
Fortunately, with the struggling economy and year-end deals, I think it was a good time to be in the TV market. Through my employer, I found I could get a deal on a Sharp 32" LCD model for $470 PLUS free shipping. From what I had seen, this was likely as good of a price as I could get and so I took the plunge. Also, despite a preoccupation with size (of screen) that most people seem to have, 32" was actually a perfect fit for our room.
It arrived last night, just in time to be set up enabling a great view of the 2nd day's play in the Australia v NZ cricket test. It is amazing to me how poorly both batting lineups are playing. To be fair, it is a helpful pitch and both teams' bowling attacks are doing a good job, however, the lack of application of many of the players is a worrying trend. We will not be able to get away with this when South Africa visit, so hopefully it is just a case of some early season rust. The positive is the bowling, especially Watson who is certainly a much improved player. If only he could score some runs! I will of course be there again tonight, enjoying the big(ger) screen and perhaps consuming a Tim Tam or two. Mindy will be out this evening with the kids, not that this changes much, although she will be far happier at her belly dance party than (hopefully) watching Katich and Haddin grind them into the dirt.
Next on the agenda to be replaced has to be the car...but hopefully not for a little while yet!
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