The power cord is part of the receiver!

We have recently moved from Yorktown, VA, where we had 3 TVs hooked up to satellite. When my dad asked what needed to be brought to our new location in Cheyenne, WY, he was told, just bring the receivers.

So, he just brought the receivers. Wihtout the power cords.

Well - I was in charge of packing my own room and so of course I brought my power cord, but now the satellite guy is here and we've got two boxes and no power cords, and the boxes are so old that he doesn't have the right kind of power cords to fix them, so we'll have to go get them.

So my dad is all annoyed, saying, Why didn't they specify you had to bring the power cord to the receiver, as well as the receiver.

And I said, the power cord is part of the receiver.

And my dad said, Well, why didn't they say that then.

Well, at this point I just gave it up as a bad job, because to continue on would have been to point out that he was just stupid. Of course the power cord is part of the receiver, there's no need for them to specify that - except apparently to someone who is 78 years old.

So I just said, "I don't know," which my dad interpreted as, "You're right, they should have specified it," when of course what I really meant was, "They shouldn't have had to specify it. It's the electronic equivalent of not putting hot coffee between your legs, a no brainer.

I can see where he's coming from. We'd have to bring our computers in to a computer shop once in a while, and there all you had to bring in was the tower, they had the cords and the monitors to hook up to any computer.

But receivers are different. The power cords for them are not interchangeable. (Would that they would be - seems kind of dumb that they're not, but I suppose it's a different voltage, or something.)

Whatever the reason, the point is that when you're bringing your electronics, you bring the power cords, and any other connectors!