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Two and a Half Channels...

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OK, so most people who know me, know that I have only had 2½ channels for years. One that always comes in great, one that comes in pretty good most of the time and one that comes in sporadically at best. You know, on a cloudy day, if I open the front door and hold onto the doorknob while touching the antenna, I can almost tell an elbow from a knee. Yeah, that's the half.

Well, unless you live under a rock or in a cave, you can't help but know that television is going all digital. It was supposed to happen on the 17th of February but, thankfully, I got a reprieve from the President. 

Now, I have a 19 year old TV with a cheap rabbit ears antenna and an almost equally old VCR. I already had to buy a box to allow me to hook up a DVD player a few years ago. 

It is no secret that I am a procrastinator but early on I decided to send off for the coupon offered by the government to offset the cost of the digital converter. I got them in the mail but it became a contest of which would happen first, the DTV switch or my poor old TV fritzing out. I decided odds were against my TV. 

Yet, here I sit, in front of my same old television with an extension until June before the switch, two expired coupons and 1½ channels. As of yesterday, the one, 'pretty good most of the time' channel didn't work. I have yet to ascertain if it is the 'switch' or just natural causes. 

I could take this opportunity to focus more on friends, family, hobbies, outdoors or my blog but, come on...
My 'FRIENDS' were on the channel I lost.
My family is 2 hours away - unless you count HOUSE - also on the channel I lost.
My hobbies are TV and computers.
Outdoors - meh.
So here I am, blogging for my fans... both of them - Hi, mom.

I guess, I'm finally gonna have to get cable. 
Could this be the end of the blog...  of sleep?
What will I do when the President speaks and I have a choice?
What will I do on Sundays when I have choices other than church and golf?

Stay Tuned.
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SnipeMonkey said…
Awww. Poor you. Only two fans. Now you have two and a half.
February 28, 2009 at 9:04 AM
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