[OT] DTV switch-over
Dan Jenkins
dan at rastech.com
Wed Jun 3 10:04:41 EDT 2009
Joshua Judson Rosen wrote:
> "Greg Rundlett (freephile)" <greg at freephile.com> writes:
> > btw, at least in Newburyport, Comcast has been advertising this
> > heavily with automated calls, mailings, newspaper ads. Today they
> > even called me live. In the process, they are also shifting some
> > of the lineup (emphasizing the new channels you get, not the ones
> > they're removing).
> Yeesh. Hearing things like this makes me glad that I don't have to
> deal with them anymore.
>
> How? I just gave up television. ;)
>
> And it's been really interesting--I've occasionally found myself
> going through this routine where I sit wander into the living-room,
> sit down on the couch, spend a minute trying to remember why I'm
> there..., and then I remember that I have something else that I want
> to be doing--and I go do it :)
I stopped watching over ten years ago. I had a similar habit until I
moved to a new house.
I did gain a lot more time, which I now waste frivolously in other
areas. :-)
--
Dan Jenkins, Rastech Inc.
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