and its true too! really!!
I used to work at a cable company and you would be amazed at how many people would call about their cable being out while the power was off. We would ask, can you turn the television to channel 3 for us, and they would say, the TV is off, there is no power here, so how do you know your cable is out, because the TV is off,...ummm..okay..we'll get someone out immediately,...CLICK!