Dee.Dee wrote:

>
> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote in message
> news
>> Dee.Dee wrote:
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>>> "Lou Decruss" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>>> The big screen in nice, but so is the furniture.
>>>>
>>> I think so, too. I have a rocker/lounger, but DH sits in one of those
>>> all hard wood old-fashioned straight-back rockers (ethan allen style
>>> probably) without any seat pad or back pad. He will watch a movie in
>>> this
>>> thing -- it's also a sight-for-sore eyes. He says it fits his style.
>>> Knowing him for 38 years, I know what he means by that. :-)))
>>
>> The TV's on the wall behind me as I sit at the desk at this, my primary,
>> computer. So for years I've had a small rectangular mirror that has
>> about the same aspect ratio as my television either velcroed to the
>> bezel of my monitor, or beside my monitor, for casually monitoring TV.
>> When something catches my ear or eye, I'll go watch; otherwise I
>> partially-watch there in the mirror. I've been doing this long enough
>> that reading screen titles and graphics backwards is second nature.
>> Given that acquired ability, the only thing that still looks "wrong"
>> (for a split second) is that whenever a batter hits the ball he runs to
>> third base.
>>
>>
>>
> I hope you have handy volume control on that TV -- sometimes it gets
> pretty shrill.

The remote sits here on my desk.

> The reason DH likes that stiff-backed rocker is that it is low to the
> floor; that means it's not far to fall to/on his knees when someone
> SCORES!!!!!

....or he falls asleep?

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