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That happened here not long ago. Seems the dog (sleeping soundly in the chair by the TV) was lying on the remote. Breathing deeply, as big fat dogs are prone to do, she was manipulating the buttons.

If all the kitchen cabinet doors start opening themselves when you turn your back, RUN! Do not stop to strap helmets on your kids to test whether or not they'll unexplicably slide across the floor!

That "u" for "inexplicable" belongs in "duh."

Good thing your husband was home, huh?

Maybe the remote was stuck aiming at it with a button pushed down? Alternatively, the buttons are going bad - which would mean you need a new one.

It's done it several more times today. The remotes are accounted for. The cabinet doors have behaved themselves relatively well.

I think you win, Mark.

Er ... think I'd have any luck soliciting donations for a new TV? :D

I'd just figure that dh was playing with the eyeTV remotely! Puggle and I are often home, playing in the lounge (while dh is at work) when the music will come on or some such... You sure that Jeff wasn't adjusting something:-)

Fe

Pretty freaky!

I'm with Mark; it sounds like maybe something (food perhaps) got lodged in there?

Steph, here's the story of the most freaked out I can ever remember being. Several years ago when I still lived in Del City, I was staying home alone while mom and dad were in Arkansas. I had gone over to Bill and Julie's house, and had stayed 'til around midnight. I came home and found the house was not as I had left it. There was a pizza pan laying on the counter; someone had been in the house and eaten a frozen pizza! I was freaked out; someone had been in the house and for all I knew was still there. I immediately called Bill. He told me to search the house. Search the house? Are you kidding me? There may be a psychotic killer in a closet or the garage or something. I eventually plucked up the courage (and picked up a blunt object if I remember right) and checked out the house. I didn't check the garage; I just locked the door that led out there. I was far too scared to risk opening that door. Well, it turns out our visitor had also been in the bathroom. I don't remember what was different, but things had been disturbed. I don't remember how things went after that and when I found out what happened, but at some point I learned that it was Jeff! He had come up from Dallas for something or other and stopped by the house and grabbed dinner. Now, looking back (and in fact I think Jeff may have even pointed this out when I found out it was him), no one would break into the house just to eat a frozen pizza. But my mind didn't register anything beyond the fact that someone was there when no one should have been. All rationality and logical thought had immediately flown the coop.

Long story short on the TV problem, keep an eye on Jeff!

I think your B5 DVDs are sabotaging the TV. They want you to get a widescreen so you can see the picture in all its 16:9 glory, not that simple 4:3 stuff. Even though B5 isn't HD, it was shot in the wider resolution, then cropped.

Have I mentioned how great a producer JMS is, lately?

If you DO decide to go the HD route, stay away from Phillips. We bought one, then returned it within 30 days. The tech who came out when we first reported problems said they got more calls on Phillips than any other brand. He highly recommended the Sony brand (which, since there was very little price difference, made it easy to choose).

Not to worry. Our TV has done the same thing for years. There's a short in the off/on switch. Ours will turn on about 10 seconds after it's turned off.
Doesn't happen all the time, but when it does it is very frustrating.
By the way, I'm a first time visitor via Dy's blog.

When weird stuff happens here, it's usually someone sitting on the remote.

We had a break-in about a year and a half ago. The house was trashed. I had a 6 pack of Bacardi in the fridge and some Crown in the cabinet. They stole the Bacardi, and I assume drank them as they trashed my house. The lids were on the floor. The computer, playstation, checkbook in open site, and jewelry box, were all untouched.

when my sister was still single and living alone she came into her kitchen more than once and saw that the microwave read out was scrolling the word CHILD. it (rightly so) freaked her the shit out. She was relieved when she needed to replace said microwave, until....the same thing happened on the new one! I didn't believe her until I saw it for myself.

Ok, this IS too freaky. My first thought was that Jeff or C was just playing games with you. But a messed up remote or a stuck internal switch on the TV really does sound more like it.

And thanks Mark for the tip on the HD brands. I'm starting to think about going that way as a 40th birthday gift for DH. I've got 2 yrs to really flesh out the perfect brand/model...and they (the manufactures) have 2 yrs ot make me the perfect tv! LOL!

So, Brian, you had an evening of terror because Jeff couldn't manage to clean his own pizza pan and left it for your Mom. I'm sure there's a lesson in there, somewhere ;-)

E - that is funny. That would have freaked me out terribly. Did you ever figure out why it said "child"?