A Bad Day Friday

My TV went out yesterday morning while I was sweeping off the carport.  I thought it was the cable but it turned out to be the TV.  When I called Cox, I also told them about Bob's remote which he had been having problems with. Cox then sent me a new remote for Bob, whose remote is actually wearing out. Then I got the confirmation for the package they had sent and after that I got an e-mail for information on an update on my account information.

This has been a horrible day. Late last night I realized I had been scammed and had accidentally given up too much information to a site I thought was my Cox Communication.  So I called them back this morning (after not sleeping much last night) and discovered it was not Cox that contacted me for information. Then I went to the bank and cancelled my account and opened a new one.

Then I spent the morning calling Social Security, Blue Cross/Blue Shield and Prudential to give them the new account information. Then I contacted the credit rating services and turned a hoax alert.  

Then the cable man came to try to find out why my cable was not working. He discovered the TV coaxial input was out on my TV.  I had discovered yesterday that I could bundle my internet and cable services and save money. The cable guy said the cable box would work as the coaxial input I had lost on the TV set. I will just have to use the Video 2 setting on the TV instead of antenna/cable. I have my DVD set up on Video 1 to watch DVDs and movies.  If that works, that's what I will do instead of buying a new TV.  This TV was bought in 1991 so it has lots of mileage on it and it isn't high definition but if it will work with the cable box, I will save the money. Bob came over after the cable guy left and we went to lunch.

More later...

For a change, I went over to Bob's apartment to watch TV and stayed until 9:00. We also had our wine over there. Then I came home and took my bath and played computer games until 9:30.