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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2018 23:01:29 GMT -5
here is the aftermath of my 20 year old desk chair giving up the ghost and dumping my ass onto the concrete floor last night... I was working on the computer typing something up when all of a sudden BOOM! my ass is on the concrete floor. Hurt like the Dickens too. I thought the chair tipped over or something but no, the center post just gave out and bent. Happened just after midnight, so it was a hell of a way to start Friday the 13th off. I'm fine (except for a sore tailbone) but the chair however... -M
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2018 0:08:49 GMT -5
@mrp -- It's happen to me about 5 years ago at home and my desk chair was so badly bent and I had to get a new one later on.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 14, 2018 6:34:25 GMT -5
About 8 months ago my wife and I decided to cut our cable Tv to save the monthly costs. We bought some antennas that you hook to the back and it gets whatever satellite signal that's in range. It has worked pretty well in that it gets most of the basic local channels and it also gets some of the unknown cable rerun stations. This morning I saw advert on Facebook for this- After reading the ad I saw that they wanted 45 dollars for the product , so I searched eBay and found it ranging from 25 all the way down to 5 dollars for what seemed to be the same thing. Does anyone have any experience with this or any other antenna ?
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 14, 2018 6:34:36 GMT -5
Happy Bastille Day to Batroc ze lepair and to all his compatriots!
Allons enfants de la patri-ie, le jour de gloire est arrivé!
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 14, 2018 6:41:25 GMT -5
About 8 months ago my wife and I decided to cut our cable Tv to save the monthly costs. We bought some antennas that you hook to the back and it gets whatever satellite signal that's in range. It has worked pretty well in that it gets most of the basic local channels and it also gets some of the unknown cable rerun stations. This morning I saw advert on Facebook for this- After reading the ad I saw that they wanted 45 dollars for the product , so I search eBay and found it ranging from 25 all the way down to 5 dollars for what seemed to be the same thing. Does anyone have any experience with this or any other antenna ? I bought a similar antenna, but it wasn’t set right on the TV like this one seems to be. It has a wire that allows you to put the plastic slab up to two meters away, and being able to put the antenna in precisely the right place makes the difference between crystal clear reception for five channels and nothing at all. I ended up not using it, because when I called the cable company (which also provides our phone and internet access) and said I wanted to get rid of the TV part of the deal to save money and had a functioning antenna to compensate, they instantly found a way to reduce my bill to what I was ready to pay. It’s amazing what negociating power we have once a viable and free altenative is at hand.
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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 14, 2018 6:49:45 GMT -5
Happy Bastille Day to Batroc ze lepair and to all his compatriots! Allons enfants de la patri-ie, le jour de gloire est arrivé! I "hear" those words, I think of Casablanca and the ineffable combination of the most stirring of all anthems and the most stirring of all movies. Vive la perfection!
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 14, 2018 6:55:59 GMT -5
About 8 months ago my wife and I decided to cut our cable Tv to save the monthly costs. We bought some antennas that you hook to the back and it gets whatever satellite signal that's in range. It has worked pretty well in that it gets most of the basic local channels and it also gets some of the unknown cable rerun stations. This morning I saw advert on Facebook for this- After reading the ad I saw that they wanted 45 dollars for the product , so I search eBay and found it ranging from 25 all the way down to 5 dollars for what seemed to be the same thing. Does anyone have any experience with this or any other antenna ? I bought a similar antenna, but it wasn’t set right on the TV like this one seems to be. It has a wire that allows you to put the plastic slab up to two meters away, and being able to put the antenna in precisely the right place makes the difference between crystal clear reception for five channels and nothing at all. I ended up not using it, because when I called the cable company (which also provides our phone and internet access) and said I wanted to get rid of the TV part of the deal to save money and had a functioning antenna to compensate, they instantly found a way to reduce my bill to what I was ready to pay. It’s amazing what negociating power we have once a viable and free altenative is at hand. Yes we have the same setup as you described right now. Our former cable provider has called my wife with "deals" to entice us back. But we don't want to pay anymore cable bills.
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 14, 2018 8:41:55 GMT -5
here is the aftermath of my 20 year old desk chair giving up the ghost and dumping my ass onto the concrete floor last night... I was working on the computer typing something up when all of a sudden BOOM! my ass is on the concrete floor. Hurt like the Dickens too. I thought the chair tipped over or something but no, the center post just gave out and bent. Happened just after midnight, so it was a hell of a way to start Friday the 13th off. I'm fine (except for a sore tailbone) but the chair however... -M Glad you weren't hurt any worse.
Like Mecha, I've had to replace mine every 5 years or so.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2018 9:34:56 GMT -5
About 8 months ago my wife and I decided to cut our cable Tv to save the monthly costs. We bought some antennas that you hook to the back and it gets whatever satellite signal that's in range. It has worked pretty well in that it gets most of the basic local channels and it also gets some of the unknown cable rerun stations. This morning I saw advert on Facebook for this- After reading the ad I saw that they wanted 45 dollars for the product , so I searched eBay and found it ranging from 25 all the way down to 5 dollars for what seemed to be the same thing. Does anyone have any experience with this or any other antenna ?
You live in NYC?
I live in a semi rural area. The closest TV stations are 60 miles to my east (Philadelphia) & 40 miles to my west (Harrisburg) so an indoor antenna won't work. An outdoor antenna will pick up all the western stations and a few of the ones toward the east. My daughter doesn't have cable & her indoor antenna can only get the NBC & CBS stations (& their digital channels). My parents use a really basic cable package that only gives them the broadcast stations in this area.
I have done all 3 - outdoor antenna in a previous house. The basic cable that only provides the broadcast stations & now expanded basic cable that has 100 cable channels.
We also have property about halfway between Johnstown & Altoona. The only options in that area are an outside antenna or satellite TV. The area isn't populated enough for the cable companies to run cable & it is too mountainous for an indoor antenna to work. So far we haven't built a second home there. When we do we will probably go with an outdoor antenna.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2018 9:41:14 GMT -5
Icctrombone -- I'm thinking the same thing too. My nephew is an expert in this area.
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Post by The Captain on Jul 14, 2018 16:42:45 GMT -5
I bought a similar antenna, but it wasn’t set right on the TV like this one seems to be. It has a wire that allows you to put the plastic slab up to two meters away, and being able to put the antenna in precisely the right place makes the difference between crystal clear reception for five channels and nothing at all. I ended up not using it, because when I called the cable company (which also provides our phone and internet access) and said I wanted to get rid of the TV part of the deal to save money and had a functioning antenna to compensate, they instantly found a way to reduce my bill to what I was ready to pay. It’s amazing what negociating power we have once a viable and free altenative is at hand. Yes we have the same setup as you described right now. Our former cable provider has called my wife with "deals" to entice us back. But we don't want to pay anymore cable bills. Comcast, our ISP and with whom we had cable up until about two years ago, had been calling me almost monthly with "special offers" to get us back, usually consisting of bundles with our internet and adding back in a home phone, which we dumped last year. After six or seven identical conversations, I asked the next person if our call was being recorded, to which she replied "yes". I said that I had a message for her manager and asked her to let me speak, which she did; the message went something like this: "You provide me with perfectly reliable internet service, which satisfies my biggest need. However, I have no interest in a home phone, as there are four cell phones in my house. As for cable, I do not want to pay $150 per month for 15 channels I actually want to watch while subsidizing 800 channels I will never watch for even a minute. If you can change your business model to allow me to pay for just what I want, I may consider returning as a customer, but until that time, please stop calling me with deals because I will not take them." No calls from Comcast in over a year and counting.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 14, 2018 16:45:06 GMT -5
Cap, you're my lawyer from now on.
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Post by The Captain on Jul 14, 2018 17:23:10 GMT -5
Cap, you're my lawyer from now on. No, no, no. Use Slam_Bradley as your lawyer, as he's eminently more qualified than I, but I'll gladly be your Supply Chain representative.
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Post by sabongero on Jul 15, 2018 2:17:21 GMT -5
It's 3:13 AM Sunday super early morning, or considered super late "Saturday" evening. These professional wrestlers and comic book creators deaths are somewhat depressing me. It didn't really. But I do dialysis three times a week and it's okay. But now I just got bad news from the cardiologist requesting I do an angiogram and then do an angioplasty. Okay now perhaps I am starting to get a little depressed. But only at these late hours when it's so quiet.
I can't even do a comic book review for crying out loud.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 15, 2018 7:35:13 GMT -5
So sorry about your health issues , sabongero. Stay positive, you're in the fight and you will win. It's good that you can come to this forum to divert you mind for a while.
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