I Got Two TVs, And I Might Buy One More

So my friends -- well, they're friends with my friend, but since we are Facebook friends together, I think we could be called friends, and what I did last/Wednesday night is a sign that we're now first-degree friends -- posted on Facebook that they have a bunch of old stuff they're willing to give away.  All anyone needs to do is pick it up from their place.  One of them was a flat-screen TV, I think 31 inches diagonal.  After I said I was interested, one of them said they had lost the remote.

That's fine.  I said I could pick it up.  That's when one of the couple said they had another TV, one that was 55", it does have a remote, but it has these discolorations on the screen as a result of branding by gaming.  Eh, I'll take that, too.  So yesterday/Wednesday, after a long and stressful day (and night) of work, I drove out past the loop and grabbed both TV sets.  Well, one of the two helped me lug the 55-incher through the trunk of my car while the other one put the 31" set on my passenger seat.  I didn't think how I would carry the 55" TV flat-screen into the house by myself, but I finally thought it best to carry it vertically.

And now I have two TV sets.  They are both used, and I haven't even tried turning them on yet.  If they're old or otherwise beaten up, I don't see why I can't dump them with help from the city.  If they work, though, hey, I've got two more televisions.

The thing is, I might need to buy one more.  Before my parents left, Father wanted a new TV ... and he wanted one at least 65 inches diagonally.  I told him that might be too expensive for me.  But I just got on Best Buy's website and I'm seeing the generic (meaning the Best Buy) brand of flat screens that size going for $300.  That's not too expensive.  I just hope they're still at that price when I finally bite the bullet.  Also, after going through what I went through to just get the used 55-incher up the stairs, I am hoping (assuming?) that the 65-incher will come in a box with handles, or at least holes through the box so I can at least clutch and drag the thing upstairs.

There were just three television sets in the house: One in the dining room, one in my parents' bedroom, and one in my bedroom.  Pretty soon, there will be double that in the house.  Huh.