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Burt

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  1. Dish had allowed me to put a 3 month hold on my account, but after 5 weeks of using YTTV we were happy with it. Since I didn't need the whole 3 months Dish had given me, I called to make the break. The transferred me to "the department that handles that." They asked what it would take to keep me. I told them I want keep the same package I have (Top 200)...no dropping down to "save money", I want the lowest offer you can possibly make, and throw in some freebies for wasting my time the past month. They put me on hold for a couple of minutes then came back with $40 off/mo for 12 months. Sounds good on the surface, but their Top 200 package has increased to $132/month....so $92 would be the offer. That's still $27 more per month than YTTV, so I declined and told them to go ahead and ship me the boxes to return my Hopper. Put me on hold again, came back with $82/month. Told them that was closer, but I'd still be paying them more $200/yr than what I paid for YTTV. He said he'd also include a one time $100 credit on my next bill. I got to cipherin' and with that $100 credit spread over the 12 months, my bill would average out to $73.67/month. I told him if he'd throw in Showtime and a couple of On Demand movies I'd stay with them. He said he could only do Showtime for 6 months, but he'd be willing to give us one free On Demand movie per month for the 12 month offer. So we're back to Dish. Yeah, it's $8.67 per month more than YTTV, but I get the Longhorn Network, Vice, and AxsTV back...plus the other shit he threw in. I'll have to go through all this shit once again next February, but now I know YTTV is a viable option if Dish calls my bluff.
  2. Is that real? Being a rational human I'd say no. But then again, we're talking about east Texas Trump country where anything absurd is possible.
  3. Although his eyes are open, they might just as well be closed.
  4. Mark Lanegan of Screaming Trees dead. He was only 57. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mark-lanegan-screaming-trees-dead-obituary-1311045/
  5. Kind of like travel agents. I can't believe they are still a thing.
  6. Howard is made about Gard taking an insignificant timeout? If anyone is gonna make him this mad over a timeout it should have been Chris Webber!
  7. As a girls high school coach, my first pro tip would be to never go into a girl's locker room. Ever. Now if he wants tips for things seen out in the wild, I'd be willing to train him for a fee.
  8. For Sling, you'll need their combined package ($50/mo) to get ESPN, ESPN2, FS1 and the NFL Network. Then you'll still have to fork over an additional $11 to get ESPN U, ESPN News, MLB, LH Network, , SEC, ACC, Pac 12 (no Big 10 or CBS Sports). That comes with 50 hrs of DVR time. An additional $5 will get you 200 hrs. And their locals are hit and miss...and even when they hit you only get Fox and NBC. YouTube TV has everything listed above minus the LH Network for $65. They also offer unlimited DVR for free. If you've never used it before, they normally have a 30 day free offer to try it out.
  9. Quan forgetting we're not a basketball school (yet).
  10. 17 year veteran here who recently ditched them. The YT DVR has taken a little getting use to, but we've been mostly happy these past few weeks with the switch. The only thing I'm not thrilled about is the lack of the Longhorn Network. I can log into my mom-in-law's Dish to watch it needed, but her internet is so damn wonky that it can be a pain in the ass sometimes. And I have the ESPN+ option, but I'm not always around to watch it live.
  11. No. Just texted this photo along with the story to all my friends around the area in the ag business. Most of them knew him, and those who did said he's a blowhard.
  12. Got mine in December while my daughter got her second shot. While waiting in line, an old farmer/rancher type walked in wearing his new FJB hat. Another old farmer/rancher friend (small town) of his who was in front of me commented on how he loved his hat and said he'd ordered him and his wife LGB shirts. LGB then asked FJB if he was there to get vaxxed. He replied loudly, as if to put on a show for the other 10 people who were waiting, "I aint gettin' that Fauci ouchy! I'm getting the flu shot." Anyway, I had to go back and fill out something I'd missed on my daughter's paperwork so we wound up directly behind FJB. As he was getting his "flu" shot (doors were open with me and my daughter just outside), I could hear him quietly tell the nurse that he'd already had J&J, then ask if he should do Pfizer or Moderna for his second. My daughter, who is only 9, looked up at me laughing and said, "he's full of crap!"
  13. Didn't realize there was a "new" thread for this. Posted this in the "old" thread. Just tested positive this morning. Triple vaxxed so we'll see if that shit works. Was grilling chicken and having a beer Saturday evening and all of a sudden started feeling very tired with chills. It was 28 degrees so went inside a felt a bit better and thought nothing of it. A couple hours later started getting a cough. Wound up sleeping on the couch that night because my daughter has commandeered the guest bedroom, and her bed is too small for me. Still only had a cough Sunday morning. Still felt a bit tired, but I attributed that to sharing a cough with a 90 lb dog and a puppy who can only be still in 5 minute intervals. Cough got a bit worse last night. My throat only hurts when I cough, and the only other symptoms are occasional body aches and a temp of 99 (usual is around 97.5). My wife made an appointment for me this morning thinking it was just what everyone up here calls "the crud" and that they'd give me something for the symptoms and on my way I'd be. Nope.....positive.
  14. Haven't needed one since this all began either. Got ours in the mail Saturday. Started showing symptoms Saturday night. Tested positive Monday morning.
  15. Also, no lost of taste, smell nor appetite. In fact, I've been starving the past two days.
  16. Just tested positive this morning. Triple vaxxed so we'll see if that shit works. Was grilling chicken and having a beer Saturday evening and all of a sudden started feeling very tired with chills. It was 28 degrees so went inside a felt a bit better and thought nothing of it. A couple hours later started getting a cough. Wound up sleeping on the couch that night because my daughter has commandeered the guest bedroom, and her bed is too small for me. Still only had a cough Sunday morning. Still felt a bit tired, but I attributed that to sharing a cough with a 90 lb dog and a puppy who can only be still in 5 minute intervals. Cough got a bit worse last night. My throat only hurts when I cough, and the only other symptoms are occasional body aches and a temp of 99 (usual is around 97.5). My wife made an appointment for me this morning thinking it was just what everyone up here calls "the crud" and that they'd give me something for the symptoms and on my way I'd be. Nope.....positive.
  17. All you Bird haters, are yall too young to appreciate 80s basketball (still the greatest era of the league)...or were yall sympathetic to Magic's whiney ass?
  18. Burt

    American Rust

    No season 2. https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2022/0125/1275883-jeff-daniels-american-rust-has-been-cancelled/
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