Are you kidding me?

I was channel surfing on this Sunday morning around 1100AM, when Flo [Mom] uttered words that I were ... far out!

You see, I noticed that the movie, 'Three Men and a Baby' was about to begin and I knew that Tom Selleck was one of Flo's favorites. I figured it would be a familiar story and while we watched it, I could also play some hearts, solitaire, and Wordscraper [a generic Scrabble] on my laptop. So, I pressed the remote to set the TV to the correct channel expecting a couple hours of peace and calmness. The picture seemed dark, or not as distinct as my TV usually is, and then it happened!! I picked up the TV remote to lighten up the 'contrast' a bit...didn't fix it.

Oh, maybe it's the 'sharpness' that needed a little change...didn't help it.

Well, there's still brightness, color temperature, and color tint...nope, nope, and nope!

Flo looks at me and says, "The picture isn't as good as it was...can't you fix it?"

"That is what I am attempting to do, Mom. Give me a minute."

And Flo spoke the following words ...which have never come out of her mouth that I can remember...

"You need a man to fix it. Can you call a man to come over to fix it?"

"What???To change the quality of the picture on the TV??"

She was not kidding. There were frown lines in her forehead. And her voice went up an octive where she sounds like Edith Bunker. She complained that the words and directives on the bottom of the screen weren't supposed to be there. [While I was adjusting different levels, that was where the left and right ...up and down...'data' was displayed.]

Flossie, ordinarily not an outspoken force, was clearly standing her ground.

So, what did I do?

I called a friend who wouldn't think it was a big deal...yep...yep...

I called a man.