Last Friday afternoon, during a rain storm we had DISH TV install a satellite and I felt like it was the first time in my life I had television. Let me tell you the story.
In April we had to move away from our mentally ill landlord (who by the way still is not done harassing us) and tried to have our DirectTV service moved with us. He tried to find the "line of site" but was unable to find his own keys. Seriously, he spent about an hour or so looking for his keys. We called Dish TV and they could not find a line of sight for their regular service and said that if we went with the HDTV satellite for an additional $400 for a total of $600 we could have television. Well, since we had just moved, had a son who broke a collar bone and had surgery just a few days before moving, we didn't have the extra $600 to pay to sit on the couch and watch television. Of course, our recuperating son disagreed with us. He was also upset that the season of Office was not over yet and he couldn't see it. Then there was the internet fiasco (we had satellite internet and couldn't down load anything without upsetting the fair use policy we did not know about). So, we waited from April 24th until September 2 to get television.
Here is the funny thing, it only cost us $91 more to get HDTV. So we waited all that time and it did not cost us an additional $400. I asked why the difference in four LOOOOONG months without television to bring the cost down by over $300 and the answer........they didn't know.
Now we have television just in time for the Burn Notice marathon yesterday before the season finale last night. My youngest son will be able to watch the season premier of the Office. We can watch the Iowa/Iowa State rivalry on Fox Sports Midwest tomorrow and when my college son comes home he can watch BBCAmerica. Life is good.
But more than that, we can finally be able to keep up with what is going on in life outside our home and driveway. We will know when the big storms are coming our way and those who were very affected by the big storms. I am also happy to say that we can now talk about the STUPID commercials we are constantly bombarded with all the time.
Somethings never change,
Taking care of the written word,
Dannielyn
In April we had to move away from our mentally ill landlord (who by the way still is not done harassing us) and tried to have our DirectTV service moved with us. He tried to find the "line of site" but was unable to find his own keys. Seriously, he spent about an hour or so looking for his keys. We called Dish TV and they could not find a line of sight for their regular service and said that if we went with the HDTV satellite for an additional $400 for a total of $600 we could have television. Well, since we had just moved, had a son who broke a collar bone and had surgery just a few days before moving, we didn't have the extra $600 to pay to sit on the couch and watch television. Of course, our recuperating son disagreed with us. He was also upset that the season of Office was not over yet and he couldn't see it. Then there was the internet fiasco (we had satellite internet and couldn't down load anything without upsetting the fair use policy we did not know about). So, we waited from April 24th until September 2 to get television.
Here is the funny thing, it only cost us $91 more to get HDTV. So we waited all that time and it did not cost us an additional $400. I asked why the difference in four LOOOOONG months without television to bring the cost down by over $300 and the answer........they didn't know.
Now we have television just in time for the Burn Notice marathon yesterday before the season finale last night. My youngest son will be able to watch the season premier of the Office. We can watch the Iowa/Iowa State rivalry on Fox Sports Midwest tomorrow and when my college son comes home he can watch BBCAmerica. Life is good.
But more than that, we can finally be able to keep up with what is going on in life outside our home and driveway. We will know when the big storms are coming our way and those who were very affected by the big storms. I am also happy to say that we can now talk about the STUPID commercials we are constantly bombarded with all the time.
Somethings never change,
Taking care of the written word,
Dannielyn
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