I screwed up bad.

[The Reaper]

My dogs can turn on the TV and other things with "soft touch" buttons on the front of them. Not intentionally mind you, but they walk up and start smelling the buttons and they press the buttons hard enough to turn stuff on. Pretty funny when the one hit the eject button on the DVD player and the drawer opened up. Dog jumped back and started growling at it. Too funny.

 

[Ransom]

Even then, no one and nothing was out or near the remote to trigger it. The static thing is the only thing that seems logical to me.

Could be....a ghost!


If you ever go back into Wooly Swamp son you better not go at night
There's things out there in the middle of them woods
That'd make a strong man die from fright
There's things that crawl and things that fly
And things that creep around on the ground
And they say the ghost of Lucias Clay gets up and it walks around

But I couldn't believe it, I just had to find out for myself
And I couldn't conceive it, I never would listen to nobody else
No I couldn't believe it, I just had to find out for myself
That there's some things in this world you just can't explain

The old man lived in the Wooly Swamp way back in the gurgling woods
And he never did do a lot of harm in the world
But he never did do no good
People didn't think too much of him
They all thought he acted funny
The old man didn't care about people anyway
All he cared about was his money
He'd stuff it all down in Mason jars and bury it all around
But on certain nights if the moon was right
He'd dig it up out of the ground
He'd pour it all out on the floor of his shack
And run his fingers through it
Old Lucias Clay was a greedy old man
And that's all there ever was to it

But I couldn't believe it, I just had to find out for myself
And I couldn't conceive it, I never would listen to nobody else
No I couldn't believe it, I just had to find out for myself
That there's some things in this world you just can't explain

The Crayton boys were white trash they lived over on Parvis Creek
They were a real snake and sneaky as a cat
And belligerent when they'd speak
One night the oldest brother said ya'll meet in the Wooly Swamp later
We'll get old Lucias' money and we'll pitch him to the alligators
They found the old man out in the back with a shovel in his hand
And thirteen rusty Mason jars he just dug up out of the sand
And they all went crazy and they beat the old man
Then they picked him up off the ground
Then they threw him in the swamp and they stood there and laughed
Till the black water sucked him down
Then they turned around and went back to the shack
And they picked up the money and ran
But they hadn't gone nowhere when they realized
They were running in quicksand
And they struggled and screamed but they couldn't get away
Then just before they were gone
They could hear that old man laughing
In a voice that was loud and strong

Now that's been fifty years ago an' if you go back by there again
There's a spot in the yard in back of that shack
Where the ground is always wet
And on certain nights if the moon is right
And you're down by the dark footpath
You can hear three young men screaming
And you can hear that old man laugh

 

[VMFA 314]

TV

I woke one night to find the TV on, turned it off went back to bed, 20 min later TV on again turned it off went back to bed, 10 minuates later it was on again, unpluged it went back to bed. Next day I called the cable company and told them about it. They said they could turn on the TV in case of a national emergency. They said they run tests sometimes. This cable system had a box or tuner with it. Sure was strange.

 

[aroshi]

First, I'm glad it was settled peacably with the worst pain found in your pride.

I say you did allright,just practice what ever scenario
you have in mind and have a plan b.

My roommate and I have plans for mostly everything. And we have "plan b's" for nearly everything too, even when we work on PITA cars.

P.S. Plan "B" in our case though, usually includes something "B"reaking out of anger. ;-) Scarier though... it usually works out better.

 

[Roadkill Coyote]

Until it happened, you couldn't know that your TV was.... Mysteeeeerious (you'll just have to imagine me wiggling my fingers), so what else could you have done? Nothing was harmed, its part of what the local constabulary get paid for, and your forewarned in case it happens again. Live, Learn, Call an Exorcist...

 

[standingbear]

<ghostbusters theme music>Clipses tv ..comin on by itself..who ya gonna call!..just kiddin there electricity is a funny thing.tvs can store electricity for hours after theve been shut off and if the right envirnmental and physical cond are met..bingo!you didnt mess up..you simply reacted to what threat you perceived to be going on,nobody got hurt and you learned a lesson on preparedness and safty.At least your furniture hasnt rearranged itself yet.then youll need to worry.

 

[Andrew Rothman]

Next day I called the cable company and told them about it. They said they could turn on the TV in case of a national emergency.

Um...right. Never heard of this.

I suppose...
IF you have the TV power plugged into the cable box, and
IF the cable box can cycle that power, and
IF the TV turns on when juice is applied, it's possible.

But that doesn't match much of the hardware or configurations out there today.

I remain sceptical.

 

[BHPshooter]

At least your furniture hasnt rearranged itself yet.then youll need to worry.

I agree with that.

Wes

 

[Waitone]

Well, you moment of clarification found you holding a Surefire G2 in you hand. You coulda been holding something else which was highly inappropriate for the task.

 

[9 m&m]

[I think maybe it's the same technology they plan to use in "smart guns."]

Does that mean guns will go off by them selves??????

 

[Bobarino]

when i hear things go bump in the night, i grab my gun and flashlight, hand the phone to the sweet young lady sleeping next to me, ( the same sweet lady for the last 4+ years, in case you were wondering) and tell her to stay put and call 911 if she hears a shot, me screaming like a little girl, breaking glass, me yelling "call 911!" etc. then i search each room without turning on the lights but using the mag-light. when i determine that all is well, i holler to her that everything's ok and i go back to bed. sometimes i even fall asleep again if the pucker factor ceases. thats as far as its ever gotten. it seems to be a good system for us anyway.

Bobby

 

[Bobarino]

almost forgot to add, our neighbor across the street can turn our stereo up and down with his remote control. same brand. both our living room curtains have to be open for it to happen. it took us forever to figure out what the heck was going on. i was just about to send the stereo back to the manufacturer.

strange things can happen with radio signal. my grandmother's neighbor's (in a duplex) microwave used to activate her garage door opener. weird.

Bobby

 

[Penman]

I've had our Sony TV turn on while we were out of the house, and also our PC. We get a lot of power bumps, and in our case it's related to those incidents.

 

[Ironbarr]

Smart?

clipse - check your remote's buttons (power, etc.) for sticking or wear. I have an old Sony and the remote is about wore out - some buttons don't work. The TV does now IF I bat it around some.

9 m&m - right!

Antis next legislation effort will probably be "Nothing in the Pipe". So the "smart" gun will be designed to leap off the bedside table, follow the four rules, rack the slide, drop the safety, and assume the appropriate mid-air hover so that you just get out of bed, stand up, approach, and take it in hand where-upon it will process your handprint, sweat, blood pressure, etc. to ensure that you are the owner. Of course it will already be pointed and trained to "the threat"; e.g., if it has, in fact, determined a true threat exists. If no theat exists, no matter what you do it will not allow it's movement from the table until your clock alarm/radio comes on in the AM.

They are working on the reducing the weight of the 40lb battery.

-Andy

 

[Camel]

Tinfoil hat time

Dont know if this applies to TVs but the Navy used to mess with my garage door. Apparently an E2-C can open garage doors for a pretty fair distance. Who knew?

If no logical explanation can be found I suggest you get a new TV and shoot the old one (Just to be sure). If you decide to kill it please post pics

 

[Chuck Dye]

Hit the deck! Man the guns! All hands stand by to repel boarders!

I live half a mile from the nearest house, at the end of ¾ mile of steep dirt drive, four wheel drive only when it’s wet, so anyone visiting does so deliberately. A couple months ago, a little before 3am, I awoke to realize I was not alone in the house. The assumption was that only bad guys would enter without knocking or otherwise announcing themselves. Benefiting from a full adrenaline dump, I set out to clear the house.

OH, Grunt!

Apparently, in coming home late and tired, I had not only failed to bolt the door, I also failed to fully latch it. When the rain started, the neighbor’s goats, which occasionally wander onto my land, took shelter by crowding onto my porch. Eventually there was enough crowding to drive the goat in the rear to press against the door, opening it. Well, an open porch not fully protected from wind and rain is not nearly as goat friendly as a warm house. Luckily, I cleared’em out before they relieved themselves or discovered the comforts of the leather sofa. The house did, however, smell of wet goat for the next few days and I got no more sleep that night.

 

[Chuck Jennings]

Then again, maybe your house is haunted.

What would be a proper tactical response then???

 

[W Turner]

Sounds like something that I did a few months ago.....

Woke up at 2:30am to my alarm system going batcrap, jumped out of bed and, while half asleep and going thru the doorway of the master bedroom I distinctly remember thinking to myself "go back and get your pistol and streamlight". Looked down and my pistol was in my right hand and the light was in the left.

Seems that I grabbed them out of sheer habit even while mostly asleep. The fact that I sleep like the dead and I always leave the light and a pistol in the same place every night contributed. Made me feel pretty confident though.


Mino

 

[grampster]

Cough, ahem, uhmmmmm. 6 Shiner Bock's w/ a jigger or two provided by that friendly, um, neighbor, Jim Beam........doze off in front of the Sony, wake up, go to bed.......wake up suddenly at 2:30 AM, where am I......what is that noise.......? heh heh

 

[larry_minn]

Like said don't RUN out first. I assume you have a lock on your bedroom door? Look toward wife if she is there and no guests then grab gun/light and get some cover. (dresser) Decide if you want to call Police. Lots of things can cause TV to turn on. In my case I would do as you did and clear house. No reason you have to if you want to call 911.

 

[zahc]

Sony Wega

I think you need to get rid of that TV. Just email me and I can recycle it for you.

 

[FirePower]

I you have digital cable, or cable that requires a cable box for it, it may be possible to "turn on your tv" but it depends. The only way I see this happening, is I know several people who when they "turn off the tv" actually just press the power button for the cable box (putting it on standby mode) which sends no signal, or just black to your tv set. So the cbla e is off and the tv looks like it is off... but inactuality there is really just no picture on it. If that were the case the cable company could take your box out of standby mode to run tests or something, and if your TV was actually still on, then it would "turn on" and start showing tv again and making noise. That can be avoided by using the power button on your TV and not just the cable box. But thats the only was I see possible for that to happen, sans the freak electrostatic buildup.

Either way though, you would have to have a pratty stupid criminal in your house to turn on the tv. I would be more worried about bangs or thumps or doors than a tv turning on... but I guess anything is possible and stupider things have been done.

 

[Glamdring]

You should have shot the TV, with at least a double tap. You really should use silvertips that have the hollowpoints filled with garlic/holy water mix. Then cut the TV into 4 pieces with Chainsaw & bury the pieces infour different counties. It is the only way to be sure!

 

[BRONZ]

Happen to me once.

I remember being woken up buy a sound of somebody kicking in the front door. Racked the 870 and realized how loud that is, not very tactical. But that noise can be a good thing. Turned out to be a neighbor dropping something that hit my door.

Thats why having a dog is great. They are hard to sneak up on.

M