Pretend Chat 2.14

Yvonne G said:

So I took in a female ornata several days ago, then a couple days later, a male ornata. I put him in the quarantine pen right next to the one she was in. Next time I went out to check on him, he was gone! He had scraped a hole in the wood fence and headed for the hills. That particular board was a pretty old one, and the wood must've been soft (wood rot?).

Then yesterday a neighbor down the street called me to tell me he had found a box turtle! So Lassie came home!

Now I just have to find a good home for them (before he figures out how to get out of the pen he's in now).

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Oh my goodness you have your hands full!!

I can’t believe your neighbor found him!! What luck!!

There's an ad on Facebook for a device you plug your TV into and it receives cable channels. Anyone have anything to say about it? I pay over $100 a month for cable, and this device only costs a one time fee of $35. It would save me a lot of money. Thoughts anyone? @jaizei ?

http://dealstarr.com/blog/hc/1/?affID=44

Yvonne G said:

There's an ad on Facebook for a device you plug your TV into and it receives cable channels. Anyone have anything to say about it? I pay over $100 a month for cable, and this device only costs a one time fee of $35. It would save me a lot of money. Thoughts anyone? @jaizei ?

http://dealstarr.com/blog/hc/1/?affID=44

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I dont think it receives cable channels. I think its just a powerful digital antenna that receives broadcast channels aka local channels. It says it has up to 80 mile range so you might get local channels from more than 1 market. When broadcast changed to digital, most channels started airing multiple subchannels so that adds to the count.

I see. Thanks. I've really become accustomed to watching certain channels, and would hate to lose them. So I guess I'll stick with my $100 a month carrier.

Yvonne G said:

I see. Thanks. I've really become accustomed to watching certain channels, and would hate to lose them. So I guess I'll stick with my $100 a month carrier.

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You don't need to give up what you have now to watch antenna tv. you don't even need a special receiver, The newer tv's have it built in, just hook up the antenna and set the signal source to antenna and do a scan to see what channels are available in you area. Here at the Beach I have direct tv, antenna tv and a ROKU, which has a great variety of movies, tv series,and other old tv shows I also get some live tv out of Richmond Va.and Washington DC with it. I think for the money ( no monthly charges) the antenna tv is the best, it has a bunch of the old shows and movies that we watched before satellite and cable were available.The roku is about $11 a month and direct tv cost what ever you are willing to pay to watch what you want.

I forgot to mention that with the antenna you also get all your local channels that you get now.

Yvonne is your tv older?
If so you can buy an HDMI converter and the Amazon Fire to stream your shows.

Yvonne G said:

There's an ad on Facebook for a device you plug your TV into and it receives cable channels. Anyone have anything to say about it? I pay over $100 a month for cable, and this device only costs a one time fee of $35. It would save me a lot of money. Thoughts anyone? @jaizei ?

http://dealstarr.com/blog/hc/1/?affID=44

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$100 is a lot! How many channels do you get? Do you have a DVR? Sometimes you can call the cable company and ask for a special deal. Sometimes they will upgrade you but it will end up cheaper because of a promotion. Then when the promotion ends, you call to cancel and they offer you another deal. I keep doing that with my cable internet.

I don't know about that device but once we bought some device that was supposed to work to get us free TV and it didn't work.

How's everyone's weekend? Raining but warm here in Shenzhen China. I miss home.

bouaboua said:

How's everyone's weekend? Raining but warm here in Shenzhen China. I miss home.

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When do you come back?

bouaboua said:

How's everyone's weekend? Raining but warm here in Shenzhen China. I miss home.

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Hi!!
My husband just put a flight on hold for July and he’s dreading it already!!

Nice to hear from you!!!

Sweet dreams

Anothe

Jacqui said:

When do you come back?

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Another two weeks.

Momof4 said:

Yvonne is your tv older?
If so you can buy an HDMI converter and the Amazon Fire to stream your shows.

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It's one of those flat screen types, maybe 6 or 7 years old.

Big Charlie said:

$100 is a lot! How many channels do you get? Do you have a DVR? Sometimes you can call the cable company and ask for a special deal. Sometimes they will upgrade you but it will end up cheaper because of a promotion. Then when the promotion ends, you call to cancel and they offer you another deal. I keep doing that with my cable internet.

I don't know about that device but once we bought some device that was supposed to work to get us free TV and it didn't work.

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I get hundreds of channels, but really only watch a few. Thanks for the tip.

Got some gifts from the reds and bought myself one . Lol

Happy May day!

Big Charlie said:

$100 is a lot! How many channels do you get? Do you have a DVR? Sometimes you can call the cable company and ask for a special deal. Sometimes they will upgrade you but it will end up cheaper because of a promotion. Then when the promotion ends, you call to cancel and they offer you another deal. I keep doing that with my cable internet.

I don't know about that device but once we bought some device that was supposed to work to get us free TV and it didn't work.

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You can still get free local broadcast channels the same way as before - with an antenna. The only difference now is the signals are all digital and require a TV that can receive ATSC (digital) signals. Most newer HDTVs manufactured in the last decade have this capability. I don't know if some of you remember when they switched from analog to digital they were offering subsidies on converter boxes that you could connect to your old TV so you could tune in the new digital signals.

My experience with these new digital antennas is that they are even more finicky than the old style rabbit ears antennas that sat on your TV. For best reception you need a roof mounted antenna.

I pay $160 a month for 2 HDTV set top boxes, 1 DVR, Phone and 100Mbit internet. I don't watch that many channels either and would have gotten rid of cable TV if it weren't for Sports. I would be paying more if I hadn't purchased my own modem (they wanted $5/month for theirs) and router ($15/month), both have paid for themselves 2 years ago.

There are services like SlingTV and Youtube TV that offer live TV channels for about $40/month, might be worth checking out if they have the channels you like. Obviously you need high speed internet for that to work. Anybody already subscribed to any of these services than can comment on their experiences? I have Netflix so I imagine these services work the same i.e., when you select a channel you have to wait till it buffers before you can start watching.

Mhmm mhmm good! Had lunch with my baby girl and her guy.

Jacqui said:

Mhmm mhmm good! Had lunch with my baby girl and her guy.

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Olive Garden or Mexican???