Liz's Memorial Sunday pool bash was a rousing success - lotsa fun and food. Pics to follow shortly,
on espère.
In the evening our own professional Geek Squad, aka
Ryan & Ryan, took a look at our new-but-inoperative DVD player and unequivocally declared us under-equipped. So it was off to WalMart @ 9:00 PM to find something called a
Component Cable (as opposed to what came with the DVD player - a "Composite Cable").
.
WalMart had a big poster showing those two types of cables, and urging us to choose the correct connection. Nice. Unfortunately and inexplicably, they don't stock Component Cables. Weird. That's like going into your local McDonalds, seeing a poster advertising a Big Mac, and then finding they don't sell it.
.
Well, between my own Instant Gratification urge, and the Geek Squad's sage advice, we ended up instead purchasing a
PlayStation 3 (or, as you young'uns call it, a "PS3"), which, according to Ryan & Ryan, will not only play Liz's
DVD's, but also
cool games and
Blu-Ray DVD's. And give the TV an
Internet connection which, I am told, is primarily for playing PS3 games against other peeps, not for surfing da Net. That's all well and good; for now, I'm content just to be able to watch a movie. Although it is a bit strange, manipulating the DVD menu with a PS3 controller.
Now to explain the two Drabble cartoons in this post...
.
As we were exiting WalMart last night, we were all bemused to see one of their greeters stopping a shopper and forcing him to show a receipt for his goods. Or should I say "good", since all he had purchased was one gallon of milk. The shopper was Hispanic, and you can't be too careful with Mexicans carrying milk.
.
Meanwhile, there was us - three scruffy-looking gringos walking out of the store with $500 worth of electronic equipment. Certainly no need to ask us to show our receipt. Gotta admire those ever-alert WalMart greeters.
In the evening our own professional Geek Squad, aka Ryan & Ryan, took a look at our new-but-inoperative DVD player and unequivocally declared us under-equipped. So it was off to WalMart @ 9:00 PM to find something called a Component Cable (as opposed to what came with the DVD player - a "Composite Cable").
.
WalMart had a big poster showing those two types of cables, and urging us to choose the correct connection. Nice. Unfortunately and inexplicably, they don't stock Component Cables. Weird. That's like going into your local McDonalds, seeing a poster advertising a Big Mac, and then finding they don't sell it.
.
Well, between my own Instant Gratification urge, and the Geek Squad's sage advice, we ended up instead purchasing a PlayStation 3 (or, as you young'uns call it, a "PS3"), which, according to Ryan & Ryan, will not only play Liz's DVD's, but also cool games and Blu-Ray DVD's. And give the TV an Internet connection which, I am told, is primarily for playing PS3 games against other peeps, not for surfing da Net. That's all well and good; for now, I'm content just to be able to watch a movie. Although it is a bit strange, manipulating the DVD menu with a PS3 controller.
Now to explain the two Drabble cartoons in this post...
.
As we were exiting WalMart last night, we were all bemused to see one of their greeters stopping a shopper and forcing him to show a receipt for his goods. Or should I say "good", since all he had purchased was one gallon of milk. The shopper was Hispanic, and you can't be too careful with Mexicans carrying milk.
.
Meanwhile, there was us - three scruffy-looking gringos walking out of the store with $500 worth of electronic equipment. Certainly no need to ask us to show our receipt. Gotta admire those ever-alert WalMart greeters.
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