Hav­ing no TV in the house is cer­tainly an inter­est­ing way to live, but after a while you begin to feel that loss of con­nec­tion to the out­side world. No mat­ter how many mag­a­zines and news­pa­pers you read there’s always that nag­ging feel­ing that some­thing is missing.

I took steps on Sat­ur­day to mend that dis­con­nect. After track­ing down Ange’s Dad in Brunswick, I drove both of us out to JB HiFi to pay off and pick up the new TV. After get­ting home and unpack­ing it, I dis­cov­ered that we’d been sold a dud. The image on the screen, while crys­tal clear, flashed like some giant strobe light at a rave. I must admit I was impressed with the qual­ity of the image, even if it was only there for half a sec­ond at a time.

A quick call to JB HiFi and a trip back to the store resulted in a brand new card­board box, com­plete with brand new TV inside, being wheeled out to us. I also picked up a com­po­nent cable for the Wii while I was there. After all, what’s the use in hav­ing a new flashy TV if you can’t show it off?

We’re still wait­ing for some other furniture-type things to arrive. TV cab­i­net, cof­fee table, din­ing table (with chairs) and a couch. The TV cab­i­net and cof­fee table have been delayed two weeks. Lucky for us, Ange’s par­ents have donated a small cab­i­net to perch the screen on in the meantime.

While we’re wait­ing for the couch and din­ing table we’ve got two bean­bags stand­ing in for both. We’d orig­i­nally been quoted six weeks for deliv­ery for both items, so with any luck they’ll arrive around the same time as the cof­fee table and cab­i­net. And then we’re basi­cally done.

Apart from these lit­tle hur­dles we’re set­tling into the house quite nicely.

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