It never ceases to amaze me...

....how ostensibly clever and successful people can be thick as ****
when it comes to connecting TVs and DVD players together.

I just had a conversation in the kitchen here at work with a very
senior chap, who said he'd only just worked out how to record freeview
onto DVD. I was curious to ask what he meant, and he said he had to
leave the TV on all night!!!!!

A brief chat discovered he had the freeview box and dvd player
connected separately to the TV (or something like that) so the DVD
only got a signal when the TV was on!

I briefly explained how best to connect the three devices, and
resisted asking if he'd opened the manual.

Ed wrote:
...how ostensibly clever and successful people can be thick as ****
when it comes to connecting TVs and DVD players together.

I just had a conversation in the kitchen here at work with a very
senior chap, who said he'd only just worked out how to record freeview
onto DVD. I was curious to ask what he meant, and he said he had to
leave the TV on all night!!!!!

A brief chat discovered he had the freeview box and dvd player
connected separately to the TV (or something like that) so the DVD
only got a signal when the TV was on!

I briefly explained how best to connect the three devices, and
resisted asking if he'd opened the manual.

Just because the "senior chap" doesn't know what *you* know doesn't make him
"thick as ****".

I know fcuk all about football, does that make me "thick as ****" too?

Not everyone is a fountain of knowledge such as yourself!

"Ed" wrote in message
...
...how ostensibly clever and successful people can be thick as ****
when it comes to connecting TVs and DVD players together.

I just had a conversation in the kitchen here at work with a very
senior chap, who said he'd only just worked out how to record freeview
onto DVD. I was curious to ask what he meant, and he said he had to
leave the TV on all night!!!!!

A brief chat discovered he had the freeview box and dvd player
connected separately to the TV (or something like that) so the DVD
only got a signal when the TV was on!

I briefly explained how best to connect the three devices, and
resisted asking if he'd opened the manual.

I've just bought a DVD player and it had a type of plug Id
never seen before. There was what looked like a normal
plug but with nothing attached, and something that resembled
one of those two-pin shaver plugs. Upon attempting to plug
one into the other, it just fell out. WTF??
After a little fumbling the bag of the plug flipped open and it
was instantly obvious where the 'shaver' bit clipped in.
But if you've never seen one before.....
--
Col

Steal a spaceship and head for the sun,
Shoot the stars with a lemonade ray gun.

On 25 Jan, 15:52, "^^artnada^^" wrote:
Ed wrote:
...how ostensibly clever and successful people can be thick as ****
when it comes to connecting TVs and DVD players together.

I just had a conversation in the kitchen here at work with a very
senior chap, who said he'd only just worked out how to record freeview
onto DVD. I was curious to ask what he meant, and he said he had to
leave the TV on all night!!!!!

A brief chat discovered he had the freeview box and dvd player
connected separately to the TV (or something like that) so the DVD
only got a signal when the TV was on!

I briefly explained how best to connect the three devices, and
resisted asking if he'd opened the manual.

Just because the "senior chap" doesn't know what *you* know doesn't make him
"thick as ****".

I know fcuk all about football, does that make me "thick as ****" too?

Yes.
Cheers
Jeff

On Jan 25, 2:52*pm, "^^artnada^^" wrote:
Ed wrote:
...how ostensibly clever and successful people can be thick as ****
when it comes to connecting TVs and DVD players together.

I just had a conversation in the kitchen here at work with a very
senior chap, who said he'd only just worked out how to record freeview
onto DVD. I was curious to ask what he meant, and he said he had to
leave the TV on all night!!!!!

A brief chat discovered he had the freeview box and dvd player
connected separately to the TV (or something like that) so the DVD
only got a signal when the TV was on!

I briefly explained how best to connect the three devices, and
resisted asking if he'd opened the manual.

Just because the "senior chap" doesn't know what *you* know doesn't make him
"thick as ****".

I know fcuk all about football, does that make me "thick as ****" too?

Not everyone is a fountain of knowledge such as yourself!

It would be immediately obvious to you, even though you know nothing
about football, that if all the players were wearing the same colour
shirt, something was wrong. Similarly in TV world, the point of a DVD
recorder is to be able to record things. A quick glance at the manual
will tell you how best to connect the machine so this is possible, and
that having to leave the TV on is not required.

"^^artnada^^" wrote in message
.uk...

Ed wrote:
...how ostensibly clever and successful people can be thick as ****
when it comes to connecting TVs and DVD players together.

I just had a conversation in the kitchen here at work with a very
senior chap, who said he'd only just worked out how to record freeview
onto DVD. I was curious to ask what he meant, and he said he had to
leave the TV on all night!!!!!

A brief chat discovered he had the freeview box and dvd player
connected separately to the TV (or something like that) so the DVD
only got a signal when the TV was on!

I briefly explained how best to connect the three devices, and
resisted asking if he'd opened the manual.

Just because the "senior chap" doesn't know what *you* know doesn't make him
"thick as ****".


You'll have to excuse Ed.

It's just that so seldom does he meet someone who knows less than he does
about just about anything, that it goes to his head.


michael adams

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I know fcuk all about football, does that make me "thick as ****" too?

Not everyone is a fountain of knowledge such as yourself!

In article
,
Ed wrote:
A brief chat discovered he had the freeview box and dvd player
connected separately to the TV (or something like that) so the DVD
only got a signal when the TV was on!

Some TVs have a 'record buss' allowing you to select source to
destination. Like perhaps to dub from VCR to DVD while watching something
else on the TV. Very useful feature. Which *would* mean leaving on the TV
while this operation was in progress.

--
*'Progress' and 'Change' are not synonyms.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

In article ,
Col wrote:
I've just bought a DVD player and it had a type of plug Id
never seen before. There was what looked like a normal
plug but with nothing attached, and something that resembled
one of those two-pin shaver plugs. Upon attempting to plug
one into the other, it just fell out. WTF??
After a little fumbling the bag of the plug flipped open and it
was instantly obvious where the 'shaver' bit clipped in.
But if you've never seen one before.....

It should have been supplied assembled and sealed by a tamper proof screw
etc to conform to the requirement of having a 13 amp plug fitted for UK
sale.

--
*Heart attacks... God's revenge for eating his animal friends

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Col wrote:
I've just bought a DVD player and it had a type of plug Id
never seen before. There was what looked like a normal
plug but with nothing attached, and something that resembled
one of those two-pin shaver plugs. Upon attempting to plug
one into the other, it just fell out. WTF??
After a little fumbling the bag of the plug flipped open and it
was instantly obvious where the 'shaver' bit clipped in.
But if you've never seen one before.....

It should have been supplied assembled and sealed by a tamper proof screw
etc to conform to the requirement of having a 13 amp plug fitted for UK
sale.

Well I do remember tampering with the tamper proof screw and
getting nowhere, so at least that bit worked.
Then I flicked the back open and clipped it in and it works fine.
--
Col

Steal a spaceship and head for the sun,
Shoot the stars with a lemonade ray gun.

On Jan 25, 2:44*pm, Ed wrote:
...how ostensibly clever and successful people can be thick as sh.t
when it comes to connecting TVs and DVD players together.

I just had a conversation in the kitchen here at work with a very
senior chap, who said he'd only just worked out how to record freeview
onto DVD. I was curious to ask what he meant, and he said he had to
leave the TV on all night!!!!!

A brief chat discovered he had the freeview box and dvd player
connected separately to the TV (or something like that) so the DVD
only got a signal when the TV was on!


I briefly explained how best to connect the three devices, and
resisted asking if he'd opened the manual.

Real men don't read instruction manuals.