The end of an era

[Carsman]

Yup, I was told that my ancient and wise flip phone would be useless after January so I had to get another phone. No more easy drop this little thing into my front pocket and just go anymore. It's depressing, I've had this for almost 15 yrs. The new one is 4G so I won't be responsible for taking down any planes, or messing with their navigation equipment.

I hear ya, I'm having a similar problem with my old 18 year old Comcast cable box!
(My motto: If it ain't broke don't fix it!

I bought a new smart 4K TV with all the bells and whistles. Man, I'm so sorry I did, for the last 4 weeks I've been on the phone almost every other day for hours each time!

There is a "sound delay" between the picture and actual sound. It's like a Godzilla Jap movie where the people say like 10 words, and then the sound of the words follows 2-3 seconds later! I've made 8 calls to the TV manufacturer talking to the trouble shooters for up to 3 hours most times, to no avail.
Then 2 days ago they sent a "repair" guy to check out the TV, he could not find what the problem was. So they then said it has to be my "18" year old cable box, that likely is not compatible with the new TV technology.

So yesterday I went and got a new Comcast Cable box, and connected it, and
low and behold, the new box doesn't work right. I called Comcast 4 times, spoke to 4 different trouble shooters, and they sent a reboot signal and each time it didn't correct the problem! They said the new box is defective! So at this point still don't know if the new box will fix the sound delay problem. Damn!!!

So now the Comcast repair guy is coming tomorrow, to install a new box!

All because I traded in my "18" year old cable box! Should have stayed with my old TV!