I worked out how to use the televisual machine. . .
this involved plugging the plug of the machine into a nearby electrical socket, flicking the switch of the socket to provide power to the machine, finding the switch on the machine (it was hidden underneath the screen, took me ages to discover it) that turns the whole thing on, working out which of the four remote controls adjacent to the televisual machine actually controls its function (we'll call it "box" for short, shall we) (eventually I decided it was probably the remote control that was the same brand as the "box"), finding batteries for said remote control, putting them into the back of the remote control, taking them out again and putting them in the right way around, working out which of the buttons on the remote control actually controls the "box"
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eventually, I watched about two hours worth of programming, the first two hours of television I have watched in over eight weeks
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the best bits were the commercial breaks (the best of which was one with people trampolining, and another one about a man who cycled around the world) (neither of which commercials were selling either trampolining or cycling) (I'm sure it's more about brand awareness than advertising, anyhow. . . the cycling one had something to do with my Orange Internet Everywhere thingy; the trampolining was someething to do with either a car or a bank)
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tomorrow I might investigate the DVD machine (on the other hand, I might not)
