An Old TV

The problem:
When is the right time to replace an old television? Should I wait until it goes completely out? Or do I keep trying to watch it even though the picture scrunches all up and becomes blurry; sometimes it even snaps instantly to a very loud picture of snow. (Loud snow? Now that's a contradiction!)

This has been going on for several years now, and recently I noticed a variation in the sound quality. At first I thought it was just the commercial that was playing at the time; then I heard the sound waver again...the commercial was long gone.

How old is this television anyway? Where did we find it? I do remember it died once - it was nearly out from under a 5-year extended warranty. An EXTENDED WARRANTY!! We never purchase those things! Why did we even have an extended warranty anyway? Regardless, we had one. The repairman came to the house and fixed the 32" GE television - I think that was in 1990.

Solution!
When this one dies, we simply won't replace it! Just think of the money we will save!? We can cancel the Time Warner Cable subscription. I could do housework instead of watching episodes of 'Deal or No Deal' or reruns of 'Lost.' Hmmm...maybe not.

The Reality:
We are TV addicts - when we are not watching television the thing is on - so if it is a new television we need, it is a new television we will get. So off to the store we went; we looked at Target, Circuit City, several on-line stores and finally found just what we were looking for at Wal-Mart. It looks real nice sitting in the corner of our living room - all shining and sparkly with its slim clean lines and wide screen. Time Warner Cable offers us at least nine hundred and ninety nine channels to choose from...and not a decent thing to watch!

Think I'll just turn the thing off and read my book.