Pricey! (No surprise)
- Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Nov 5, 2018, at 6:06 PM, brucedp5 via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The amount of unpaid time I spend finding, cleaning up and posting EV > newswires doesn't cover my living expenses. I'm not complaining, just > explaining, that the move, + ice-repairs, + another move, +much a more > expensive place to live, +utility bills, +more is tough when living on > social security. > > I'm surviving using what wits-I-still-have by paring down expenses. While I > was living (1 to 9/2018) in central Texas (1hr south of Waco), I had access > to free cable TV (as part of my rent). I don't spend much time with TV other > than to know what the public sees (news views and advertising is very > different since moving to TX). As an EVangel, its important to know what the > public has been programmed to believe. > > Here, I cut way back on my utility use (wearing lots of layered clothing > when its cold at night), and I use the over-the-air (ota, free) TV, rather > than throwing hundred$ on cable or satellite TV access. So far, I am > surviving, and hoping to continue to contribute to the EV-cause until I can > no longer (can't see, type, or pass-away). > > Between the VA San Antonio (sa) hospital appointments (they are doing their > best to help me keep alive), I manage my 'awake time' to take care of > myself, do EV news tasks, and time-shift ota TV so I can stay connected. > > *To my pleasurable surprise a turo.com ad showed at the end of a show (just > before 4a.m. on Monday night). Turo lets owners share their vehicle for a > fee. The ad was straight to the point, and so much more well made than an > automaker's hype. All during the ad, the left hand corner had a link for > interactive TVs to download their app (so this ad was state-of-the 'hi-tech' > art). > > While Turo does rent out ice, the ad showed Tesla-S EVs as their 'standard' > car for rent ( ... Whoo-hoo! EVs on TVs! ). > > I brought up Turo for my area, specifying Tesla, and both a model S and an X > were offered > https://turo.com/search?country=US&defaultZoomLevel=11&endDate=11%2F11%2F2018&endTime=17%3A00&international=true&isMapSearch=false&itemsPerPage=200&latitude=29.4241219&location=San%20Antonio%2C%20TX%2C%20USA&locationType=City&longitude=-98.49362819999999&makes=Tesla&maximumDistanceInMiles=30®ion=TX&sortType=RELEVANCE&startDate=11%2F11%2F2018&startTime=08%3A00 > > BTW, COZI is not only an ota network but also broadcast on cable and > satellite providers. So, Turo's ad should have been seen by many. > > As you can tell, I am pleased EVs are on TVs :-) > > > > For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: > http://evdl.org/archive/ > > > {brucedp.neocities.org} > > -- > Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
