On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:13:26 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Oct 30, 6:47*pm, "Don White" wrote:
For someone like me who spends minimal time in the drivers seat.......... no
way.


Your thinking is too limited...

I have a sirius receiver at home. It provides commercial-free
background music for everyday activities, and specific music types for
more "active" listening.

The one in the boat provides the same, but for boat time.

It's a minimal expense that provide a lot of enjoyment.

It is about personal preferance and not "limited thinking".

If I want to listen to music while at my computer I either tap into my
music collection or go to Pandora.

We drove over 1,800 miles during our east coast trip a few weeks ago
and enjoyed music on the radio and my Ipod while on the road. We were
also able to plug in my Ipod in the player provided in our hotel rooms
to listen to music we liked. We never ran out of music options during
those 10 days while on the road or in our room.

Would Sirius been a better option for us during that
trip.........perhaps.

As Don stated........perhaps those who spend hours and hours on the
road constantly may want the service.

Different strokes..........

On Oct 30, 7:34*pm, JimH wrote:
On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:13:26 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Oct 30, 6:47*pm, "Don White" wrote:
For someone like me who spends minimal time in the drivers seat........... no
way.

Your thinking is too limited...

I have a sirius receiver at home. *It provides commercial-free
background music for everyday activities, and specific music types for
more "active" listening.

The one in the boat provides the same, but for boat time.

It's a minimal expense that provide a lot of enjoyment.

It is about personal preferance and not "limited thinking".

snip

Would Sirius been a better option for us during that
trip.........perhaps.

As Don stated........perhaps those who spend hours and hours on the
road constantly may want the service.

There's that limited thinking again...

It's not just for your car. You can put one in your home, where
you'll spend far more hours than any car trip. It complements our
iPods, FM, CD's, etc. It's a small expense, so it's inconsequential
whether or not one uses it "enough" to be worth the expense.

But, as you say, different strokes.

On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:44:42 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Oct 30, 7:34*pm, JimH wrote:
On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:13:26 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Oct 30, 6:47*pm, "Don White" wrote:
For someone like me who spends minimal time in the drivers seat.......... no
way.

Your thinking is too limited...

I have a sirius receiver at home. *It provides commercial-free
background music for everyday activities, and specific music types for
more "active" listening.

The one in the boat provides the same, but for boat time.

It's a minimal expense that provide a lot of enjoyment.

It is about personal preferance and not "limited thinking".

snip

Would Sirius been a better option for us during that
trip.........perhaps.

As Don stated........perhaps those who spend hours and hours on the
road constantly may want the service.

There's that limited thinking again...

It's not just for your car. You can put one in your home, where
you'll spend far more hours than any car trip. It complements our
iPods, FM, CD's, etc. It's a small expense, so it's inconsequential
whether or not one uses it "enough" to be worth the expense.

But, as you say, different strokes.


Why are taking this so personally? Limited thinking on my part? I
think not.

You need to chill guy.

wrote in message
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It's not just for your car. You can put one in your home, where
you'll spend far more hours than any car trip. It complements our
iPods, FM, CD's, etc. It's a small expense, so it's inconsequential
whether or not one uses it "enough" to be worth the expense.

But, as you say, different strokes.

-------------------------------

SSShhhhhhhssssshhhhh!

I bought a JVC Sirius car receiver back in 2001 or 2002. You can also hook
it up in your house attached to your home audio system, which is where it
currently is. Also got Mrs.E one for her car on a separate account.
Subscribed with a credit card for both.

The credit card now has been outdated, expired and non-existent for over
three years. Never got a notice from Sirius. Never had an interruption in
service. Haven't paid for it in over three years.

Still works great.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
wrote in message
...

It's not just for your car. You can put one in your home, where
you'll spend far more hours than any car trip. It complements our
iPods, FM, CD's, etc. It's a small expense, so it's inconsequential
whether or not one uses it "enough" to be worth the expense.

But, as you say, different strokes.

-------------------------------

SSShhhhhhhssssshhhhh!

I bought a JVC Sirius car receiver back in 2001 or 2002. You can also hook
it up in your house attached to your home audio system, which is where it
currently is. Also got Mrs.E one for her car on a separate account.
Subscribed with a credit card for both.

The credit card now has been outdated, expired and non-existent for over
three years. Never got a notice from Sirius. Never had an interruption in
service. Haven't paid for it in over three years.

Still works great.

Eisboch




Another freeloading Republican... :)

On Oct 30, 7:52*pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
wrote in message

...

It's not just for your car. *You can put one in your home, where
you'll spend far more hours than any car trip. *It complements our
iPods, FM, CD's, etc. *It's a small expense, so it's inconsequential
whether or not one uses it "enough" to be worth the expense.

But, as you say, different strokes.

-------------------------------

SSShhhhhhhssssshhhhh!

I bought a JVC Sirius car receiver back in 2001 or 2002. *You can also hook
it up in your house attached to your home audio system, which is where it
currently is. *Also got Mrs.E one for her car on a separate account.
Subscribed with a credit card for both.

The credit card now has been outdated, expired and non-existent for over
three years. *Never got a notice from Sirius. *Never had an interruption in
service. *Haven't paid for it in over three years.

Still works great.

Eisboch

sigh............limited thinking...................and selective
editing. It is about personal preference guys. Enjoy whatever you
choose and move on.

How 'bout those Charlie Manuel Phillies?

On Oct 30, 7:48*pm, JimH wrote:
On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:44:42 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Oct 30, 7:34*pm, JimH wrote:
On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:13:26 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Oct 30, 6:47*pm, "Don White" wrote:
For someone like me who spends minimal time in the drivers seat........... no
way.

Your thinking is too limited...

I have a sirius receiver at home. *It provides commercial-free
background music for everyday activities, and specific music types for
more "active" listening.

The one in the boat provides the same, but for boat time.

It's a minimal expense that provide a lot of enjoyment.

It is about personal preferance and not "limited thinking".

snip

Would Sirius been a better option for us during that
trip.........perhaps.

As Don stated........perhaps those who spend hours and hours on the
road constantly may want the service.

There's that limited thinking again...

It's not just for your car. *You can put one in your home, where
you'll spend far more hours than any car trip. *It complements our
iPods, FM, CD's, etc. *It's a small expense, so it's inconsequential
whether or not one uses it "enough" to be worth the expense.

But, as you say, different strokes.

Why are taking this so personally? *Limited thinking on my part? *I
think not.

You need to chill guy.

Heheh... you're a funny guy. Me chill? I hardly need to.

It's just that you, and Don, both seem to think that satellite radio
is just for automobile travel.

"As Don stated........perhaps those who spend hours and hours on the
road constantly may want the service."

You can use it at home. Expand your horizons. roll eyes

Later.

On Oct 30, 7:52*pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
wrote in message

...

It's not just for your car. *You can put one in your home, where
you'll spend far more hours than any car trip. *It complements our
iPods, FM, CD's, etc. *It's a small expense, so it's inconsequential
whether or not one uses it "enough" to be worth the expense.

But, as you say, different strokes.

-------------------------------

SSShhhhhhhssssshhhhh!

I bought a JVC Sirius car receiver back in 2001 or 2002. *You can also hook
it up in your house attached to your home audio system, which is where it
currently is. *Also got Mrs.E one for her car on a separate account.
Subscribed with a credit card for both.

The credit card now has been outdated, expired and non-existent for over
three years. *Never got a notice from Sirius. *Never had an interruption in
service. *Haven't paid for it in over three years.

Still works great.

Eisboch

Hey! Maybe that's why they tried to double-charge me. I'm
telling... :-)

On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:56:50 -0400, Boater
wrote:

Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
I keep hearing horror stories about Sirius customer service, but I
gotta tell you - I've had nothing but success with them.

Yesterday, I cancelled my second reciever because Mrs. Wave is getting
a new car with Sirius installed. So I called and cancelled that radio
until her new car is delivered on Monday.

Little bit of a screwup unfortunately - they cancelled the wrong radio
- instead of cancelling Mrs. Wave's receiver, they cancelled mine.
Little mixup.

Expecting a huge hassle, I got to customer service, they did a
receiver swap and everything is now up and running.

Took all of three minutes start to finish.

Can't beat that.

Honestly, I cannot figure out the appeal of a "subscribed" radio service
to listen to music.

Well, I guess it's the difference between an eclectic knowledge and
appreciation of different musical genres than a rather static approach
to "radio".

For me, I like the ability to switch according to mood. I do have my
favorites - latin and light jazz, moldie oldies and electronica. Hell,
I was introduced to a great band, Ladytron, via the Chill
electronic/technica channel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtqGoHouoE0

On the other hand, I have news, sports and traffic informtion
available when I want it, not when it's on the hour. Now that it's
linked up with my in-car GPS, I also have traffic cams which is kind
of cool.

Even on at it's best, terrestrial radio is boring, commercial ridden
and flatly uninteresting. The other day, I was listening to WEEI out
of Boston - a sports talk radio station in a rental car and in one
hour, there was 31 minutes of commercials during drive time - 31
minutes. And that's not the only one who does that. I switched to
the local NPR station and it was 26 minutes of begging for money out
of an hour.

My wife and I each have iPods that have "hard
wiring" plug-ins in the cars, and we listen to what we want to listen to
when we want to listen to music. Otherwise, the car radio is on NPR.

To each their own - I gots mine, you gots yours. :)

And, frankly, NPR sucks - the most god awful programming on the face
of the planet.

On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:52:21 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


wrote in message
...

It's not just for your car. You can put one in your home, where
you'll spend far more hours than any car trip. It complements our
iPods, FM, CD's, etc. It's a small expense, so it's inconsequential
whether or not one uses it "enough" to be worth the expense.

But, as you say, different strokes.

-------------------------------

SSShhhhhhhssssshhhhh!

I bought a JVC Sirius car receiver back in 2001 or 2002. You can also hook
it up in your house attached to your home audio system, which is where it
currently is. Also got Mrs.E one for her car on a separate account.
Subscribed with a credit card for both.

The credit card now has been outdated, expired and non-existent for over
three years. Never got a notice from Sirius. Never had an interruption in
service. Haven't paid for it in over three years.

Still works great.

Kewl.