Toasted

...Burnt and fried. We have had this HITACHI TV for 11 years. We bought it with our first income tax refund after we had Katherine. That was the best tax refund we ever got. WOW. I argued with the salesman at CIRCUIT CITY for over an hour. I bought this TV, a TV stand, and a video camera. I got them to give me a great deal because I BUGGED them. Did you know that you can bargain with sales people? I didn't either but the man who was buying a TV set a head of me bought a very expensive set and told them he wasn't buying ANYTHING unless he got the stand for free. It worked. Just like buying a car. I remember when we bought it, Roger taking it out of the box at the store so he could get it in the car, he then carried it up 2 flights of stairs to our apartment. We argued the whole time he was putting the stand together (if you know us, you'll know that's normal) because I always follow directions and Roger is total anarchy with them. Of course he put it together wrong and he had to take it all apart and start over while I gloated.
Katherine was about 6 months old then. I remember thinking what a great mom I was for giving my daughter such a large TV. You know, those feelings you have that you never share. "I like cool music, my kids are so lucky!" (I don't like cool music...) Anyway, I remember waking up in the morning with Katherine and passing the TV and thinking what a great TV! OH how LARGE you are!
"Betsy" is nothing now. Dead. Spit on, smacked, hit. Gabriel joined WWF wrestling and our TV was his opponent. We had a replacement for her. Gabriel will NOT go through withdrawal. But looking to the future, I want the cool flat frame 42 inch plasma. I want to really SEE the wrinkles on all those overaged stars. I want to feel like I am in the ocean when Gabriel watches NEMO. But how does one rid ones self of a 32 inch toasted TV? The garbage men won't take it. Roger suggested to put it out by the road and put a sign on it... FREE!