Re: [MacGroup] Insight TV
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 Ediemartae...@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
Re: [MacGroup] Insight TV
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 Ediemartae...@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 Ediemartae...@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
