Surprise!! we're getting a new TV
By MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (82789)
United States
January 3, 2019 7:57am CST
Happy Thursday Everyone! it's a cloudy and gloomy start to this day here with rain coming in either tonight or tomorrow.
Since my title already gave away my news I can't make you guess what broke in our house last night and we have to replace.
Yup...the TV. 
We were in the middle of a movie when the picture went out. This happened a few days ago but we thought it was due to the cable and it came back on eventually. Last night, it just gave up and died.
So, this weekend we'll be going out to replace it which is really not an expense I was expecting especially after all the money that flew out of my wallet for the holidays.
But, it's a necessary evil and I need a TV. I don't want to live without one so I'll be watching a tiny little TV that my daughter had in her room until we can get out and buy a new one.
I remember yesterday a few fellow myLotters talking about needing new washer and/or dryers.
Are you or have you had to replace something recently?
We were in the middle of a movie when the picture went out. This happened a few days ago but we thought it was due to the cable and it came back on eventually. Last night, it just gave up and died.
So, this weekend we'll be going out to replace it which is really not an expense I was expecting especially after all the money that flew out of my wallet for the holidays.
But, it's a necessary evil and I need a TV. I don't want to live without one so I'll be watching a tiny little TV that my daughter had in her room until we can get out and buy a new one.
I remember yesterday a few fellow myLotters talking about needing new washer and/or dryers.
Are you or have you had to replace something recently?30 people like this
30 responses
@LadyDuck (471456)
• Switzerland
4 Jan 19
@Marilynda1225 Every year I have some minor computer problems. Last year the power supply broke, at least I had a spare one at home.
@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
3 Jan 19
Seems like the new year has brought some headaches for us. I'm thankful though that things could be worse for me than a broken tv
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
3 Jan 19
I'm sorry. =( I hope you can find one that isn't too expensive. I will be replacing my laptop screen when we get taxes back.
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
4 Jan 19
@Marilynda1225 Absolutely!!
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@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
3 Jan 19
At least tv's have come down in price considerably. There's always something but as we always say...God is Good and things could be far worse.
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
3 Jan 19
@Marilynda1225 yes but we had that for some time.I am glad he broke the strings.LOL
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@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
3 Jan 19
@HazySue and @MarshaMusselman plumbing issues are probably worse than any appliance that needs replacing. Hope everything works out well for both of you
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
3 Jan 19
Our plumbing is no longer leaking. We had our kitchen faucet that leaked since we moved in twenty years or so ago, It had a slight drip. We finally replaced the faucet with one of the popular brands that can be pulled out to fill large pans and it's not had a good flow since then. I had my brother come in and check it out and we think the line must be filled up with loose sediment or minerals since the previous faucet was so old.
When I can afford it and when I can get my house cleaned up a bit more I may have to hire a plumber or a gal that works for less than the normal and does a great job. She does remodeling, but I'm not sure whether she can get ours working or not.
Good luck on your husband fixing your sink and plumbing.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
4 Jan 19
@playertwo I have a working sink, it's the faucet that is trash. We've soaked the end in vinegar and in other products but the end of ours doesn't come off. if it did we could probably just merely rinse it out.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
3 Jan 19
We had to replace our toaster when the other one caught fire
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@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
3 Jan 19
Egads!! that could have been a catastrophe and you're lucky you didn't have a huge fire
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@snowy22315 (180870)
• United States
3 Jan 19
No, nothing needs replaced right now..I keep worrying about the water heater..just because it is old..but no issues so far..Shut up brain..you don't want to jinx it..
Buying a new TV will be fun.
Buying a new TV will be fun.2 people like this
@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
3 Jan 19
Knock on wood you won't need anything replaced especially a water heater.
@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
3 Jan 19
There's never a good time to have to replace anything. I'll probably have to replace my couch before the summer.
@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
3 Jan 19
@playertwo what kind of tv did you get? a smart tv? how big?
@wolfgirl569 (106425)
• Marion, Ohio
3 Jan 19
My internet box went out yesterday with help from a cat. It is dried out and working right now but I am going to get a new one while I am shopping to be safe.
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@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
3 Jan 19
It's always good to have a back up especially where cable is concerned.
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
3 Jan 19
So sorry you have such an expense and so soon after the holidays. We replaced our washer and dryer up north, because my son and his wife said it wasn’t as energy efficient as the newer models. They were right. It was about 12 years old, anyway.
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@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
3 Jan 19
The new ones really are more energy efficient and I didn't realize how much until I replaced mine last year.
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
4 Jan 19
@Marilynda1225 It's true. I'm glad I listened to our son and his wife. They can do so many things that the older ones can't, as well.
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
3 Jan 19
Nothing lately but eventually all tech stuff conks out.
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@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
3 Jan 19
I have two just in case one breaks I have a back up....you know I can't live without my coffee!!!
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@GardenGerty (160708)
• United States
12 Jan 19
Maybe I need to replace my husband, he is broken. . . Just kidding
. I am not so sure I would notice if anything did get broken.
. I am not so sure I would notice if anything did get broken.
@Juliaacv (51012)
• Canada
3 Jan 19
I cannot say as though we have ever had a tv up and die on us over the course of our 31 years of marriage. No, we were the couple who still had a big console wood tv set in the new melllenium. But we did replace it at my husband's insistence-although I reminded him that if it ain't broke...….And then the next set was one of those early flat screens, with the huge back and they weighed a ton, yeah, we had that until I begged him for a newer one that wasn't so cumbersome and large. And that is the set that we still use today.
I hope that your new set lasts you as long as that first one that we had did.
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@Juliaacv (51012)
• Canada
3 Jan 19
@Marilynda1225 I know, right?
I received a clock/radio for Christmas when I was about 13 or 14 years old, and it lasted us until probably 5 years ago.
And we used it a lot, every day in fact, in the kitchen. Finally it got to the point where the string that pulled the indicator along the AM or FM dial just snapped, and then we couldn't tune it anymore. So it went into the garbage.
And look at yourself, and me too. They don't make them like us anymore! 
@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
3 Jan 19
Does anything really last as long as the good old days when appliances, tv's etc lasted forever?
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
3 Jan 19
The main thing I had to replace was my tower for my desktop computer and I went ahead and got the newest version of the program I use for my bookkeeping for our business while I was at it. Because I only bought a tower it wasn't as expensive as getting a new monitor too. It was still the price of many tv's though.
I had to replace mine before the holidays, so at least I didn't spend all of my wad before having to turn around and invest in a new one later on.
I hope you get a good deal even though it's after the holiday. Maybe some stores will be trying to eliminate some of their stock to get ready for their final inventory.
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