RE: Snap!

["Phillip Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

I've encountered this recently with the addition of X10 to our table lights
in the living room. My significant other likes to be able to drop the
screen
using the Pronto but it p's her off that she has to press one buttom marked
"All Lights On" to turn on the lights instead of walking around
multiple
table lamps, reaching up under the shade and clicking each individual
switch. Apparently the old way was easier!

She is also not happy about all the cables that I have run in the living
room for the "temporary" installation of my electric screen and
CRT
projector ...

... my counter to this is "The sooner I have final OK from you to
start work
on turning the garage into my AV room then the sooner you'll have this
place
cleared of all of my stuff ... you decided that we had to be in the house
for 2 years before I can convert the garage."

(We've only been in here four months and she's wearing down already...)

Phil

-----Original Message-----
From: Brown, Andy [Infrastructure] [mailto:andyb@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 3:40 AM
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Snap!


Well,

my missus finally snapped last night.

We were out with a friend and the subject got round to Christmas
decorations
(how we got there, I've no idea!).  SWMBO mentioned that she'd spent ages
decorating said tree, but when she came to put lights on, she couldn't.
Obviously, it goes without saying that yours truly plugged the lights into
an X10 appliance module as soon as they taken out of the box and put on a
timer macro.  I mean - it's just done isn't it?

Anyway - TBH started her rant and it kind of snowballed into "I only
want to
turn the F****** lights on and I have to F****** press buttons on a F******
confusing control F****** panel.  I only want to turn the F****** lights on
for F**** sake!"  etc, etc.

I think I need to change my answer on the survey to "Hates the
stuff".

Any hints on making this a tad more Wife Friendly?

Andy