[Magdalen] The Angle.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

It's not easy to find a place to put it.  i think that is a major reason we
have not got one. We discuss and immediately begin talking about how we
will reorganize everything to get it in. We have no place, actually, unless
we move things.

My ancestor's oil painting is over the fireplace (with other stuff) and I
have no idea where we'd put it if we put the screen there, which we
wouldn't anyway, since our recliners go the other direction.

Tip back the recliner when watching and the uphill orientation no longer is
a problem.  If there's no recliner, tell them to buy you one. After all,
you're worth it!

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 6:25 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I remain amazed at how many people use their large flat TV's as
> over-the-fireplace-art (I say art with tongue in cheek).... I can't imagine
> looking up for too long a period of time either.
> Lynn, who no longer has a fireplace but would *never* mount a TV over one,
> even if the mantle was low enough for comfortable viewing... just sayin'
>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
> by Richard Rohr
>
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> From: "Cantor03--- via Magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2016 1:41 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Cc: <Cantor03 at aol.com>
> Subject: [Magdalen] The Angle.
>
>
>
>>
>> Whenever I visit my daughter and her family, we dutifully
>> watch the evening news together.
>>
>> They have the now archetypical large, flat screen television
>> mounted on the fireplace above the mantle.  This always
>> causes discomfort acutely and sometimes for days afterward
>> because of the 45 degree angle above eye level required to
>> see the screen.  The screen looks like a sort of black hole
>> when not in use.
>>
>> Twin Cities, MN USA network television began functioning in
>> about 1948 after the completion of their "tall towers."  I first
>> saw television in 1949 at the invitation of a dealer in TV sets,
>> and it wasn't until 1953 that my family actually had our own
>> television.
>>
>> Then and now, I have always had my TV screen at or even
>> a bit below the eye level while I am seated.
>>
>> I have a large, very colorful oil painting (Elof Wedin) above the
>> fireplace mantle, and my television is in a low cabinet with doors
>> that hide the screen until the evening news.
>>
>> There is no neck strain.
>>
>>
>> David S.
>>
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>