by Flack » Sun Dec 23, 2018 7:17 am
In September, I bought a 50" television from Walmart to use for this PosterPi project. The idea was to hang it on the wall in my movie room. I ordered a vertical wall mounting bracket for this purpose. Because I never planned to use it as a regular television, I did not attach the television stand to the bottom of the television.
In October, around the time the wall mount arrived, we purchased a new house. Because we hadn't (haven't) sold the old house yet and because the houses are roughly a mile apart, there was never any hard cut off date for moving. 95% of everything was moved over a single week, but it wasn't like everything was moved on a single day. For several weeks, there were things at both houses.
At the old house, I had 7 flat screen televisions. Downstairs, I had one in the living room, one in the den, and one in the master bedroom. Upstairs, I had one in the upstairs den, one in Mason's room, one in my office, and then (let's just call it) PosterPi. I told the movers I didn't want them to move any of my televisions and had planned to move all of them before the movers arrived. However, I ran out of time, so when the movers came to move all the furniture and boxes, some televisions were still at the old house and some had been moved to the new house.
In the new house, some of the televisions ended up in the garage and some were in the media room. Once we started unpacking and moving in, the televisions got moved all around. The one that was in Mason's old room went into Morgan's new room. The one that was in my office went into Mason's room. The point here is that the televisions got moved around. I know PosterPi did not get used at this point because there was no television stand for it.
Also note that I have no place for PosterPi inside my new house. I'm waiting until my backyard workshop is built before it has a permanent home. I haven't missed the thing because I haven't had a use for it.
Saturday, I decided to pull out PosterPi and get things up and running at the new house (I was bored). I went to the media room and the television wasn't there. I checked the kids' rooms and it wasn't there. I went through the garage and it wasn't there. I drove over to the old house and it wasn't there. I drove to the storage unit, and it wasn't there. Then I repeated that cycle another time, re-checking all of those places.
Now, to the facts.
Although I did not ask the movers to move the televisions, it's possible they did. Is it possible they loaded PosterPi on a moving truck and it stayed there? Possible, but not likely.
After we moved out, we hired someone to paint the old house, top to bottom. It was a local guy, who knew we would be coming and going. Is it possible they stole a 50" television under our noses? Possible, but not likely.
I am 99% sure that television made it to the new house. Why would I leave behind a giant television? I wouldn't.
So, this brings me to my current three possibilities:
01. The television is here, somewhere in the house. I've searched every room, every closet, every place I can think of. I don't think it's here, but you never know.
02. Someone in this house got rid of the television. Maybe a kid broke it and hauled it away. Maybe a kid sold it. These are so very unlikely, but I'm talking possibilities, not probabilities.
03. On multiple occasions, Mason went to school and accidentally left out garage door open. It is possible that the television was in the garage and someone stole it. This seems unlikely because nothing else (including lots of tools) are missing from the garage. Is it possible someone drove by, pulled up, and only stole a single television? I guess.
The reality is, none of these scenarios are very likely.
So... ?
All that being said, the television was $199 from Walmart, and the price has dropped to $179. It certainly wouldn't be the end of the world to replace it, but... how the fuck does a television simply walk away?
In September, I bought a 50" television from Walmart to use for this PosterPi project. The idea was to hang it on the wall in my movie room. I ordered a vertical wall mounting bracket for this purpose. Because I never planned to use it as a regular television, I did not attach the television stand to the bottom of the television.
In October, around the time the wall mount arrived, we purchased a new house. Because we hadn't (haven't) sold the old house yet and because the houses are roughly a mile apart, there was never any hard cut off date for moving. 95% of everything was moved over a single week, but it wasn't like everything was moved on a single day. For several weeks, there were things at both houses.
At the old house, I had 7 flat screen televisions. Downstairs, I had one in the living room, one in the den, and one in the master bedroom. Upstairs, I had one in the upstairs den, one in Mason's room, one in my office, and then (let's just call it) PosterPi. I told the movers I didn't want them to move any of my televisions and had planned to move all of them before the movers arrived. However, I ran out of time, so when the movers came to move all the furniture and boxes, some televisions were still at the old house and some had been moved to the new house.
In the new house, some of the televisions ended up in the garage and some were in the media room. Once we started unpacking and moving in, the televisions got moved all around. The one that was in Mason's old room went into Morgan's new room. The one that was in my office went into Mason's room. The point here is that the televisions got moved around. I know PosterPi did not get used at this point because there was no television stand for it.
Also note that I have no place for PosterPi inside my new house. I'm waiting until my backyard workshop is built before it has a permanent home. I haven't missed the thing because I haven't had a use for it.
Saturday, I decided to pull out PosterPi and get things up and running at the new house (I was bored). I went to the media room and the television wasn't there. I checked the kids' rooms and it wasn't there. I went through the garage and it wasn't there. I drove over to the old house and it wasn't there. I drove to the storage unit, and it wasn't there. Then I repeated that cycle another time, re-checking all of those places.
Now, to the facts.
Although I did not ask the movers to move the televisions, it's possible they did. Is it possible they loaded PosterPi on a moving truck and it stayed there? Possible, but not likely.
After we moved out, we hired someone to paint the old house, top to bottom. It was a local guy, who knew we would be coming and going. Is it possible they stole a 50" television under our noses? Possible, but not likely.
I am 99% sure that television made it to the new house. Why would I leave behind a giant television? I wouldn't.
So, this brings me to my current three possibilities:
01. The television is here, somewhere in the house. I've searched every room, every closet, every place I can think of. I don't think it's here, but you never know.
02. Someone in this house got rid of the television. Maybe a kid broke it and hauled it away. Maybe a kid sold it. These are so very unlikely, but I'm talking possibilities, not probabilities.
03. On multiple occasions, Mason went to school and accidentally left out garage door open. It is possible that the television was in the garage and someone stole it. This seems unlikely because nothing else (including lots of tools) are missing from the garage. Is it possible someone drove by, pulled up, and only stole a single television? I guess.
The reality is, none of these scenarios are very likely.
So... ?
All that being said, the television was $199 from Walmart, and the price has dropped to $179. It certainly wouldn't be the end of the world to replace it, but... how the fuck does a television simply walk away?