Aerial manouevres

I am bracing myself for the fun of unraveling several metres of coaxial cable currently thread around furniture in the computer room up here in The Tower and rethreading it around furniture in the bedroom so that I can plug it into the outdoor aerial. I have a signal splitter and all the fixings, so it is just a matter of effort.

Oh, how the quest for watchable telly in the living room continues! This is the downside of having an unresponsive landlord - which is ironic since this suits us pretty much the whole of the rest of the time. Ah well.

As well as giving us (hopefully) decent TV reception downstairs, the rerouting of the cable will mean that it is no longer strung across the floor in front of the bedroom door, which means that should somebody trip, they will be more likely to hit the floor locally instead of replicating the standard Hollywood drunk on a staircase fall that they risk at the moment. It's an all win situation, then. Better telly downstairs, less likelihood of injury upstairs. I just have to stir myself and therein lies the problem.

In a little while, then...

Aerial manouevres

I am bracing myself for the fun of unraveling several metres of coaxial cable currently thread around furniture in the computer room up here in The Tower and rethreading it around furniture in the bedroom so that I can plug it into the outdoor aerial. I have a signal splitter and all the fixings, so it is just a matter of effort.

Oh, how the quest for watchable telly in the living room continues! This is the downside of having an unresponsive landlord - which is ironic since this suits us pretty much the whole of the rest of the time. Ah well.

As well as giving us (hopefully) decent TV reception downstairs, the rerouting of the cable will mean that it is no longer strung across the floor in front of the bedroom door, which means that should somebody trip, they will be more likely to hit the floor locally instead of replicating the standard Hollywood drunk on a staircase fall that they risk at the moment. It's an all win situation, then. Better telly downstairs, less likelihood of injury upstairs. I just have to stir myself and therein lies the problem.

In a little while, then...

Aerial Manouevres in the Dark

It appears that the quest for decent TV reception in the living room is to be longer and more fraught than I had anticipated.

The connectors I originally obtained are poor, cheap things and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the crux of the matter. Tomorrow I make my final attempt to get the damned thing working; I shall fork out a few more pence on better quality coaxial connectors and give it one last shot. I have perfect reception on the TV in the bedroom, including the Freeview digital channels. The aerial works. All I need is to transfer the signal downstairs and all will be well. I have enough coaxial cable; the connectors are the only things that can be causing the grief.

Onwards and upwards, then, in the pursuit of telly excellence.

Aerial Manouevres in the Dark

It appears that the quest for decent TV reception in the living room is to be longer and more fraught than I had anticipated.

The connectors I originally obtained are poor, cheap things and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the crux of the matter. Tomorrow I make my final attempt to get the damned thing working; I shall fork out a few more pence on better quality coaxial connectors and give it one last shot. I have perfect reception on the TV in the bedroom, including the Freeview digital channels. The aerial works. All I need is to transfer the signal downstairs and all will be well. I have enough coaxial cable; the connectors are the only things that can be causing the grief.

Onwards and upwards, then, in the pursuit of telly excellence.

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Probably a meme, which I don't do of course, but hey, it's a map!



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Nabbed from keith_london, who nabbed it from elsewhere.