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Kryptonite : Superman :: Heat : Tivo

If you looked at the newspaper today you might have noticed a picture of a skinny guy wearing a yellow shirt. Yes, the 2005 Tour de France ended this weekend.

As fate would have it, we had a camping trip planned for the weekend. I groused a little about missing the last few stages of the race but I wasn't really serious about it. My friend Tivo would faithfully record them all for me so that I could peruse them when we got home.

We got home yesterday afternoon and it was pushing 90 degrees inside the house. I turned on the air and got the kids into the shower before turning on the television to scan through Thursday's stage.

I was greeted with a gray screen and a terse message telling me that my Tivo had gotten too hot and shut itself down. Oh. Okay.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaghhhhhghhghghghhghghgh!

Stupid Box! You didn't record the last three stages of the Tour de France! I had to read about Lance's time trial victory in stage 20 on teh Intarweb. I had to record the "extended coverage" of the last stage, so instead of listening to the live broadcast, with intelligent commentary from Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwin, I had to suffer through three hours of Al Trautwig and Bob "Tour Day France" Roll. Stupid Box!

Comments

Seriously dude, I feel your pain.

That will teach you to turn off the air conditioning while you away. So sorry. I myself am at a loss as to what to watch in the mornings now. News?

Awwwwwwwww! Poor baby!

What is this having the air conditioning off in the middle of July that you speak of?

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