Thomas Jefferson said in 1802: "I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies."

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."-- Thomas Jefferson

"When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout." .... jbd

"When once a job you have begun, do no stop till it is done. Whether the task be great or small, do it well, or not at all." .... Anon

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein

Television is one daylong commercial interrupted periodically by inept attempts to fill the airspace in between them.

If you can't start a fire, perhaps your wood is wet ....

When you elect clowns, expect a circus ..............




Tuesday, May 22, 2012

To Dish or not to Dish, that is the question...

We had a "dish" installed a few days ago, life has not been the same since. We "bundled" our telephone, internet and television. We could now download many movies, have faster internet, and when the phone rang, the call showed on the TV, How great is that? All sorts of shows to watch, and we saved money on the monthly bill. Well, many of the channels we had to pay for, and seems like they listed most of the shows twice.

I've been hitting 4, 6, and 10 since the mid 50's. For the last few years I have watched 46, the old movie channel and MeTV, I was really happy with those, and we were told we would get all of them, by the saleslady, of course, plus she told us she had talked with our landlord, and the installation was OK with them. I was happy,  knew just what and when to watch, life was good, no ripples on my pond, so to speak.

A few days ago there was a problem of some kind, and a "technician" came out to fix it. He ran a wire from our telephone, loosely, around the baseboard, SCREWED IT to the OUTSIDE of our front door frame, so it showed nice and bright for all to see. I have never seen such a shoddy, unprofessional installation.

Marilyn, my wife, and I have been married for almost 50 years, we have argued more the last few days than in our entire married life.

None of the movies were available, our computer speed was cut almost in half, the shows were loaded with ads, many were not available, but, when we got an incoming call, it showed on the TV screen, as well as on the phone, like it had, and our answering machine announced the number, like it always had.

After a couple of days on the phone, shattered nerves, blood pressure way up, stomach acting up like a volcano, we terminated the service. They had the audacity to want us to spend $400 plus for the installation. They are going to send us a box to send something back, and, they want $17 for the label to send it back.

We will probably have to pay someone to plug up the three holes in the wall, fix the siding outside, drywall inside, and fix the door that he put the screws in.

Do we ever want a dish, NO THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!