It's dead, Jim

[wraithfodder]

Yes, the power company killed the cable box. Don't know how, and it doesn't speak well of the integrity of the box itself, but several minutes after the second showing of Stargate Atlantis ended, the TV went wonky, fuzzyish- not the TV, the VCr, the DVR, nope, spend far too much time checking, which left the box. So I had to call cable about it (and you know how that goes - you're on hold so long you start falling asleep or forget why you're on hold). They couldn't fix it from their end so I had to drive all the way down (ack, on a Saturday morning, hideous traffic), stand in line, get new box, drive home, plug it in, wait wait wait and then "i'm sorry, but this box is not authorized." Gah! So I had to call them, get on hold again for a long time, and then they finally connected and activated it. Ah, cable again, only wow, there's really not much of a rush to watch anything.

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The thing is everybody does think that catering to the 20 year old market will make money. In some respects, it does. Young people are really pretty stupid when it comes to money. They think it will last forever, or that they don't need to save for a rainy day. Those are the folks advertisers want. and face, half won't live to 50 if they eat those two pound cheese pizza things I've seen advertised. heart attack on a plate! ;)

I'll watch the channel with the occasional flick if it's got an actor in I want to see. I'll watch Eureka but then again, I may just rent it on DVD instead. Avoid all the ads.