X10 Community Forum
💬General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: -Bill- (of wgjohns.com) on December 03, 2009, 12:20:50 AM
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This isn't really X10 related, specifically, but I had to share.
Be careful how you phrase things when writing a living will!
The other night my wife and I sat down to make out living wills.
When I had her read mine, wherein I had stated that if I were ever in a vegetative state, dependent on machines and fluids from a bottle, she should just pull the plug, she got up, took my remote, unplugged the computer and the TV and poured out my beer! :o
rofl
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Cute!
As much as anyone... I am dependent on the latest technology available. Last years eight day power outage was a reminder to me just how much I enjoy my cable TV and broadband Internet. Not to mention electric lights. And honestly I missed hearing Kates Voice (http://davesdomainonline.com/bvc/bvc.htm) as well.
But let us be honest about this. There is a lot of work involved in creating an automated house. I know I've ran and fished wire, planned and re-planned macros, troubleshooting and tracking down problems as I went, or even after a setup had seemed stable. Although I've had very good luck with X10 products myself... I don't depend on X10's estimates for setup time to plan my weekends, ether.
Recent efforts (and progresses (http://davesdomainonline.com/os/samples.htm)) I've made with my setup has had me on my HA PC for hours perfecting macros that were already correct... but defeated by a mis-set powerflash module. And then there was the time spent in the garage making test devices (http://davesdomainonline.com/os/images.htm).
Sure it was all worth it! Heck it was even a hoot doing it. But lets not give the new guys the idea that X10 setups require no effort or investment of time.
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;D
Reader's Digest perhaps?
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;D
Reader's Digest perhaps?
Actually, my own adaptation of a story I received in email. ;)