On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:03:17 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

My wife an I just canceled our Dish Network subscription. We got tired
of paying over$100.00 a month for a boob tube.

If you want to get your money's worth from Dish you need to have their
so called HD package and a DVR. Their HD movie channels have some
great older movies and a fair amount of musical programming. As sort
of a bonus we get all of the Sirius music channels and a few others.
For another $10/mo we get a second receiver which we use on the boat.

On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:03:17 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Aug 16, 7:59*am, Gene wrote:
On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:07:14 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

But they always seem to be back ordered because some bean counter told
them they were stocking too much inventory. So just about every time
I'd place an order the parts or units weren't on the shelf.

Sounds like West Marine.

"Sales associate", beaming.... "Sir, we don't have any in stock, but
you can order that online!"

Me, scowling.... "Why the hell would I have driven 50 miles and be
standing here in your store, if I wanted to buy that online? You can't
sell me what you don't have."

"Sales associate", now assuming the deer-in-the-headlights stance....

I keep a Defender Catalog for punishment.....
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Just to add, I see Harry is on a Glen Beck kick abotu advertisers
pulling away from his show, which means they pull away from Fox News.
OK, Well, lets see another flip of the coin.

My wife an I just canceled our Dish Network subscription. We got tired
of paying over$100.00 a month for a boob tube. I mean, they brag about
all the "channels" they offer, and if you want something specific you
have to take the :"package" just to get the programming you want,
like about 20 so called radio channels, countless home shopping
network stations, and a bunch of others you couldn't give a rats hind
end for.

OK fine.

So we got Fox News as well as CNBC, CNN, CSPAN, MSNBC, etc.

So now we've dropped the whole thing.

So if somebody ran a poll and asked if we watched the Glen Beck show,
we would say "no".

But the poll would not state that we don't watch Olberman, Rachael,
Wolf, or Chris either.

So therefore, it seems that since we don't watch Beck, then that means
his ratings are down, and the advertisers won't want to sell there
wares on a show that isn't watched.

Why? because they would be told that his ratings are dropping like
flies due to lack of viewing!


go figgah!

I don't think most of the advertisers have pulled away from Fox News.
It's too good a market.

They're just pulling away from Beck. Beck is to Conservatives what Al
Franken was to liberals.
--
John H

"Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant
that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it."
-- Thomas Sowell

On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:03:17 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:



My wife an I just canceled our Dish Network subscription. We got tired
of paying over$100.00 a month for a boob tube. I mean, they brag about
all the "channels" they offer, and if you want something specific you
have to take the :"package" just to get the programming you want,
like about 20 so called radio channels, countless home shopping
network stations, and a bunch of others you couldn't give a rats hind
end for.

Wish their was true ala carte TV. What's happening now is you're
subsidizing stuff you don't care about.
Probably all those big sports salaries is a big part of the cost.
On top of that seems there are more commercials than ever, so the
cable/dish operators are double-dipping.
Wish I could talk my wife into giving up the shows she likes,
then I would go cold turkey on cable TV. No chance, won't even try.

--Vic

On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:08:44 -0400, NotNow wrote:

Lu Powell wrote:
South Dakota

It's late fall and the Indians on a remote reservation in South Dakota
asked their new chief if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild.

Since he was a chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the
old secrets. When he looked at the sky, he couldn't tell what the winter
was going to be like.

Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he told his tribe that the winter
was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the village should
collect firewood to be prepared.

But, being a practical leader, after several days, he got an idea. He
went to the phone booth, called the National Weather Service and asked,
'Is the coming winter going to be cold?'

'It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold,' the meteorologist
at the weather service responded.

So the chief went back to his people and told them to collect even more
firewood in order to be prepared.

A week later, he called the National Weather Service again. 'Does it
still look like it is going to be a very cold winter?'

'Yes,' the man at National Weather Service again replied, 'it's going to
be a very cold winter.'

The chief again went back to his people and ordered them to collect
every scrap of firewood they could find.

Two weeks later, the chief called the National Weather Service again.
'Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?'

'Absolutely,' the man replied. 'It's looking more and more like it is
going to be one of the coldest winters we've ever seen.'

'How can you be so sure?' the chief asked. The weatherman replied, 'The
Indians are collecting firewood like crazy.'

Remember this whenever you get advice from a government official!

Playing reverse Harry again?

Jeees, Loog. Ease up. Is a joke too much for you? Wait until someone
starts calling you a dumbfoching moron before calling them your pet
names.

In article ,
says...

On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:08:44 -0400, NotNow wrote:

Lu Powell wrote:
South Dakota

It's late fall and the Indians on a remote reservation in South Dakota
asked their new chief if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild.

Since he was a chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the
old secrets. When he looked at the sky, he couldn't tell what the winter
was going to be like.

Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he told his tribe that the winter
was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the village should
collect firewood to be prepared.

But, being a practical leader, after several days, he got an idea. He
went to the phone booth, called the National Weather Service and asked,
'Is the coming winter going to be cold?'

'It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold,' the meteorologist
at the weather service responded.

So the chief went back to his people and told them to collect even more
firewood in order to be prepared.

A week later, he called the National Weather Service again. 'Does it
still look like it is going to be a very cold winter?'

'Yes,' the man at National Weather Service again replied, 'it's going to
be a very cold winter.'

The chief again went back to his people and ordered them to collect
every scrap of firewood they could find.

Two weeks later, the chief called the National Weather Service again.
'Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?'

'Absolutely,' the man replied. 'It's looking more and more like it is
going to be one of the coldest winters we've ever seen.'

'How can you be so sure?' the chief asked. The weatherman replied, 'The
Indians are collecting firewood like crazy.'

Remember this whenever you get advice from a government official!

Playing reverse Harry again?

Jeees, Loog. Ease up. Is a joke too much for you? Wait until someone
starts calling you a dumbfoching moron before calling them your pet
names.

Me, me... Oh I will do it...

--
Wafa free since 2009

JLH OPAof7 wrote:
On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:08:44 -0400, NotNow wrote:

Lu Powell wrote:
South Dakota

It's late fall and the Indians on a remote reservation in South Dakota
asked their new chief if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild.

Since he was a chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the
old secrets. When he looked at the sky, he couldn't tell what the winter
was going to be like.

Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he told his tribe that the winter
was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the village should
collect firewood to be prepared.

But, being a practical leader, after several days, he got an idea. He
went to the phone booth, called the National Weather Service and asked,
'Is the coming winter going to be cold?'

'It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold,' the meteorologist
at the weather service responded.

So the chief went back to his people and told them to collect even more
firewood in order to be prepared.

A week later, he called the National Weather Service again. 'Does it
still look like it is going to be a very cold winter?'

'Yes,' the man at National Weather Service again replied, 'it's going to
be a very cold winter.'

The chief again went back to his people and ordered them to collect
every scrap of firewood they could find.

Two weeks later, the chief called the National Weather Service again.
'Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?'

'Absolutely,' the man replied. 'It's looking more and more like it is
going to be one of the coldest winters we've ever seen.'

'How can you be so sure?' the chief asked. The weatherman replied, 'The
Indians are collecting firewood like crazy.'

Remember this whenever you get advice from a government official!
Playing reverse Harry again?

Jeees, Loog. Ease up. Is a joke too much for you? Wait until someone
starts calling you a dumbfoching moron before calling them your pet
names.

What names did I call anyone?

In article ,
says...

JLH OPAof7 wrote:
On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:08:44 -0400, NotNow wrote:

Lu Powell wrote:
South Dakota

It's late fall and the Indians on a remote reservation in South Dakota
asked their new chief if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild.

Since he was a chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the
old secrets. When he looked at the sky, he couldn't tell what the winter
was going to be like.

Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he told his tribe that the winter
was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the village should
collect firewood to be prepared.

But, being a practical leader, after several days, he got an idea. He
went to the phone booth, called the National Weather Service and asked,
'Is the coming winter going to be cold?'

'It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold,' the meteorologist
at the weather service responded.

So the chief went back to his people and told them to collect even more
firewood in order to be prepared.

A week later, he called the National Weather Service again. 'Does it
still look like it is going to be a very cold winter?'

'Yes,' the man at National Weather Service again replied, 'it's going to
be a very cold winter.'

The chief again went back to his people and ordered them to collect
every scrap of firewood they could find.

Two weeks later, the chief called the National Weather Service again.
'Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?'

'Absolutely,' the man replied. 'It's looking more and more like it is
going to be one of the coldest winters we've ever seen.'

'How can you be so sure?' the chief asked. The weatherman replied, 'The
Indians are collecting firewood like crazy.'

Remember this whenever you get advice from a government official!
Playing reverse Harry again?

Jeees, Loog. Ease up. Is a joke too much for you? Wait until someone
starts calling you a dumbfoching moron before calling them your pet
names.

What names did I call anyone?

You called us all "Harry"... Now I am just waiting for the "winger" tag
just because we have different opinions on things..



--
Wafa free since 2009

JustWait wrote:
In article ,
says...
JLH OPAof7 wrote:
On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:08:44 -0400, NotNow wrote:

Lu Powell wrote:
South Dakota

It's late fall and the Indians on a remote reservation in South Dakota
asked their new chief if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild.

Since he was a chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the
old secrets. When he looked at the sky, he couldn't tell what the winter
was going to be like.

Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he told his tribe that the winter
was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the village should
collect firewood to be prepared.

But, being a practical leader, after several days, he got an idea. He
went to the phone booth, called the National Weather Service and asked,
'Is the coming winter going to be cold?'

'It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold,' the meteorologist
at the weather service responded.

So the chief went back to his people and told them to collect even more
firewood in order to be prepared.

A week later, he called the National Weather Service again. 'Does it
still look like it is going to be a very cold winter?'

'Yes,' the man at National Weather Service again replied, 'it's going to
be a very cold winter.'

The chief again went back to his people and ordered them to collect
every scrap of firewood they could find.

Two weeks later, the chief called the National Weather Service again.
'Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?'

'Absolutely,' the man replied. 'It's looking more and more like it is
going to be one of the coldest winters we've ever seen.'

'How can you be so sure?' the chief asked. The weatherman replied, 'The
Indians are collecting firewood like crazy.'

Remember this whenever you get advice from a government official!
Playing reverse Harry again?
Jeees, Loog. Ease up. Is a joke too much for you? Wait until someone
starts calling you a dumbfoching moron before calling them your pet
names.
What names did I call anyone?

You called us all "Harry"... Now I am just waiting for the "winger" tag
just because we have different opinions on things..



No I didn't. I called your concept reverseHarryanism!

Gene wrote:
On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:03:39 -0400, JLH OPAof7
wrote:

Wait until someone
starts calling you a dumbfoching moron before calling them your pet
names.

If you are referring to, "reverse Harry" it isn't a pet name, it is a
highly accurate descriptor.


You boys need to cut back on your discussions of boating subjects, eh?

H the K wrote:
Gene wrote:
On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:03:39 -0400, JLH OPAof7
wrote:

Wait until someone
starts calling you a dumbfoching moron before calling them your pet
names.

If you are referring to, "reverse Harry" it isn't a pet name, it is a
highly accurate descriptor.


You boys need to cut back on your discussions of boating subjects, eh?

He is a silly boy, eh?