SOMETHING ODD

vanity

[genefromjersey]

Something quite odd happened to me just before 2AM today.

Having gotten up to answer a "call of nature" - ( Ah ! The joys of getting older !! ) - I was returning to bed, and saw a strange light downstairs-and the sound of voices.

Stumbling downstairs, I saw that the TV was on : displaying a nifty test pattern, while a voice-over extolled the glories of computer cable hook-up.

I know the TV was off when we went to bed.
I know was wife was upstairs in bed.
I know we were the only people in the house.
I also know the doors were (still) locked, and there were no intruders present.

Has anyone experienced the "thrill" of having a cable TV system turn itself on in the wee hours ?

I'm not alarmed by the incident, or "spooked out"-but I sure am curious !!!

[kinghorse]

Check your flux capacitor.

[The G Man]

Maximum Overdrive perhaps?

[hispanarepublicana]

Do you have a cable box? I've often wondered just what little gems of technology those things were equipped with.

[laconic]

Yes, it has happened to me once before. I was spooked by it, since the TV had been turned OFF, but it apparently has something to do with an electrical surge.

[2banana]

I also have an old TV that "turn itself on" about once a day. I have to unplug it before I go to bed (maybe this is God's way of telling me to get a new one).

[Hanging Chad]

I'm sorry. That was me. I thought I turned it off when i left. By the way, thanks for the beer.

[Mr. K]

Dont listen to these people trying to get you all flustered. There is a simple explanation to this. It was ghosts.

[TomGuy]

Those dang undocumented Alpha Centarians, again!

[Marylander]

The dog (cat, bird, gerbil) got hold of the remote.

[chilepepper]

THEY were bored and wanted to watch television...

[mewzilla]

This happened to us a lot with our old boob tube. But only in the late fall and winter. Static electricity? If not, my money's on your mew. You do have a cat, don't you? (You really should :)

[Texagirl4W]

Flushing the toilet does that sometimes. Try to make less noise next time.

[sphinx]

Our tv turns on at midnight every night. We assume it is misprogrammed somehow but I've not been able to stop it. Might help if I could find the owners manual ....

[js1138]

Power surges can turn a tv on or off. Sometimes they get the system so confused you have to unplug the set to reboot it.

[Hatteras]

Be afraid, be VERY afraid. They ARE out there...

[RobFromGa]

I think its likely to be a faulty disgrontificator. You can pick one up for about $16 at any hardware store. I put new ones on all my electronic items every two years.

[eastforker]

Do you own a cat?I have had the cat turn on the tv by remote before,he also like to play with the keyboard when I leave the computer on.

[twntaipan]

Ethel, can you help me out? I forgot to buy more tin foil and those dad-burn black helicopters keep turning on the TeeVee.

[rintense]

If your TV power is hooked into your cable box, it's possible that your cable company reset your box overnight, and the power came on.