Ouch. Believe me Marta. I literally feel your pain. Just lemme know when you need me. I hope to have a job soon, but weekends are open.
I got my copy of Leopard at MacAuthority. No T-shirt, but a nifty stuffed leopard. I'm hoping they'll do the same. On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Marta Edie<martae...@mac.com> wrote: > Rob, I shall surely take on your offer, except right now i am horizontal > with excruciating pain. Somehow I hope they will find the nerves -- thus far > --nichts, -- > the lower dish at this time also showing off my husband's tomatoes. But I > shall get in touch when my faculties return > And I will miss the opening of the store tomorrow -- I thought I might have > gotten a t-shirt showing off a snow leopard . Think of me , all ye , who > will be at the Apple store, take some pictures and give out some flyers. > Thus sayeth Marta > Marta > > > > > > On Aug 22, 2009, at 16:27 pm, Robert Kersting wrote: > > I could probably arrange to come take them down for you and get rid of > them. I'm not sure what lesson I can give you on what you've got, but > I'd be happy to rid you of the eyesores. My satellite pole now holds a > bird feeder that the squirrels use most of the time. > > On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Marta Edie<martae...@mac.com> wrote: > > My only experience with Dish-TV was several years back when I wanted some > > German channels that the local channels did not carry.We had the dish put > > into the back yard and it served well until I could get the channels on my > > computer.The thing sits in the yard still, having flowers run around it. > > Before that we had some huge dish on the roof the reason for its being has > > been lost in memory, but it still hangs there. The neighborhood never > > complained.We always thought someone might want them both to experiment. > > Now I guess they are both to be put into the trash if I could just find > > somebody to take them down. > > I suppose I will live out my life with Insight, despite the fact that I do > > NOT watch TV anymore, I can't handle the stupid advertising, but my husband > > needs the sports and they are not with the basic stuff. So we are bundled, > > as i call it. Insight has been actually quite nice and I have had special > > deals, but we need a new TV, ours was a floor model from the time I was > > still at The UofL from a place that does not exist anymore, but the TV runs > > still. I retired in 88. The remote we got from insight when we got the > > mystery box is on its last leg. > > We need a bunch of stuff done, but when i think they will send somebody who > > knows less than I, my blood already curdles.- My husband just wants news, > > weather, sports. So I keep waiting to find somebody to EXPLAIN why I need a > > box, when I might be able to buy a TV without a box, why I have to go > > through those gyrations to first turn on TV, then Cable, and Cable.like a > > Chameleon, constantly changes, and all they want to tell me that they now > > have more and more channels which are more of nothingness, and so help me > > God, when I see one more weatherman or weather-woman make those hand > > movements over the screen telling me of more ominous stuff that might come > > our way, I want to say the magic word to turn them into a salt column like > > Lot's wife. > > If anyone would like to come out and rid us of the Dishes, not my eating > > stuff, although i might add a few old ones my grandmother used- they call it > > here "antiques", I call them "old", and or would give me a real lesson in > > what I have, what I should have, how to make use of it most efficiently, I > > would be pleased. Pay, if not too high, might be considered. > > Marta > > > > On Aug 22, 2009, at 09:17 AM, Robert Kersting wrote: > > DirecTV's azimuth for Louisville is 206 degrees with an elevation of > > 43 degrees. You can set up a pretty easy jig to find an ideal spot in > > your yard. > > My apartment manager said I could install it as long as it wasn't > > permanent and no holes were drilled for the cable. I mounted my dish > > on a galvanized pipe about 6 feet long that I strapped to my balcony > > railing with hose clamps. This also helped with the grounding issue. > > Other people I know have done things like bolting it to a wooden box > > that they nailed to the balcony floor or setting a pipe in a > > five-gallon bucket filled with cement. > > I ran the cable behind the porch lamp in the chase with the wiring. > > The cable comes out through the light switch. There are also special > > connectors available that let you go through patio doors or windows. > > In the 12 years I had DirecTV, I only lost the signal about half a > > dozen times. Especially after I got the larger dish. And I'm not sure > > about a rooftop antenna, but my powered "rabbit ear" antenna loses the > > local stations during bad storms also. > > Marta, a court-ruling from several years ago says small dishes can't > > be banned as long as they're installed on property that is exclusively > > used by you. I'm not sure of the exact wording, but the backyard of a > > house or the balcony of an apartment qualifies. If your neighbors > > complain, you've got the right to look them in the eye and say "I'm > > sorry, the US Supreme Court disagrees with you." > > My biggest problem was the tree across the street. The first three > > years I was shooting over it. Then it grew. Every couple of years I > > had to move the satellite pole back a few feet to compensate. > > My biggest problem, and the reason I took it down, is that the > > programming began to suck so bad I wasn't watching but three or four > > channels. And eventually, I was able to find those channels on the > > Internet. > > On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 7:35 AM, Neal Hammon<noham...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > On this subject: > > When installing a satellite dish, they need to have a clear view to the > > southern sky, at least with the Dish service. Therefore my dish is installed > > on the south side of my brick house, just above the telephone service box, > > and about nine feet above ground. I would have liked to have it lower, so it > > would be easier to clean off the snow in the winter, but they needed that > > height to have a clear view thru the trees. > > Also, be aware that big thunderstorms will stop all satellite transmissions. > > To get around that, I have a large, old fashion aerial in my attic, so that > > during storms, I can at least switch off the satellite, and go back to using > > the aerial, and get the local stations such as 3, 11, 32, 15, etc. > > Placing the dish on a post, as Marta suggested, is ok too, but you may want > > to check your neighborhood zoning. In some places, they do not allow you to > > have a dish in your front yard, and who knows what other restrictions some > > little village committees might come up with. > > Neal Hammon > > rural Shelby County > > On Aug 421, 1120092007, at 10:47 PM, Marta Edie wrote: > > No, they sit in the yard and you can camouflage them with plants, they > > only need enough free space above to focus on that satellite, therefore you > > are not free to choose the spot. > > Marta > > On Aug 21, 2009, at 22:36 pm, Andy Arnold wrote: > > Good ideas. Do you have to have a dish hanging off your house to get Dish > > and the others? I think they are banned in my neighborhood! > > On Aug 20, 2009, at 11:57 PM, Robert Kersting wrote: > > IIRC, DirecTV and Dish offer hundreds of digital channels at no extra > > charge. Cheaper than Insight, better support and it's cheaper. Yes, > > you get all the local stuff too. > > I'm really amazed more people don't take this route. Sure, your > > internet access may go up a bit but it's a small price to pay. > > Step two would be to call Insight and tell them you're discontinuing > > your cable TV in favor of a satellite dish. I'll bet they'll come up > > with some special pricing to keep you on board. > > Just some thoughts. > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 11:15 PM, Andy Arnold<andyarno...@mac.com> > > wrote: > > Any cable TV experts in the group? > > I can't figure this whole racket out... I have a couple HD TVs with > > built-in > > tuners... Insight wants $15 per month for their DVR which is supposed > > to > > carry many more HD channels than if I plug the cable wire directly into > > the > > HD TV. But this is a crude solution for many reasons (one of which is > > that > > you can't sync the boxes) Plus I don't watch that much TV, so $30 a > > month > > just for the box is crazy. I had heard that some TVs can contain a > > cable > > decoder card that will allow the signal from all of Insight's channels > > to > > come thru in HD. But now most manufacturers have abandoned that > > strategy > > because all TVs have a digital tuner built-in and if your cable company > > is > > outputting unscrambled channels then you can tune all the stations > > through > > the TV without a cable box or CableCard. Is the problem that Insight is > > behind the national curve and still scrambling most of their stations? > > Stop > > the madness! Would love to hear what others are doing about all of > > this... > > BTW, this is still a Mac topic because I have an AppleTV thrown into > > the mix > > as well :-) > > thanks > > Andy > > _______________________________________________ > > MacGroup mailing list > > MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu > > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MacGroup mailing list > > MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu > > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MacGroup mailing list > > MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu > > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > _______________________________________________ > > MacGroup mailing list > > MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu > > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > _______________________________________________ > > MacGroup mailing list > > MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu > > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MacGroup mailing list > > MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu > > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MacGroup mailing list > > MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu > > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
