Why in Tarnation

Why in tarnation were Sue and John watching tv on a small computer in the den on uncomfortable chairs and not in the comfy living room on the big screen? Since they were not doing that, why were they then watching on the little laptop with poor sound and not the big monitor just behind it?

No, we haven't lost our minds, not completely anyway, although recent occurrences aren't exactly helping our sanity. 

For about the past month, something has happened to either our internet or tv system, or actually both. Our internet has been known to drop for hours, and whether that or something else affected our Apple TV Box is yet to be determined. Whatever the case, we can't stream on the big tv.

Until recently we could stream alternatively on my computer -- when we have had internet, that is  -- but I did something or other to the sound system, and now there is no sound coming through the speakers. Nothing.

With one program that we wanted to watch, Endeavour Series 6, episode 4, about to be dropped from the streaming lineup that we are using, we did what we had to do. We set up the little laptop and strained our ears because the volume emanating forth was not exactly thunderous.

We do have a little external speaker that we can plug in. We have taken it to the park to listen to podcasts or music in good weather. But we couldn't find it that evening.

All in all, three things went wrong: Apple TV, the sound system on my computer (with the big monitor), and the inability to find the portable speaker.

On the next day, we did find the speaker, and we can use it on my computer, so we did have a bigger screen and better sound for the next viewing: Endeavour Season 7, episode 1.

Still ... two out of the three problems remain. We are looking into them, but it has been ongoing and frustrating to get it all sorted with various phone calls and texts to various parties occurring.