Do you cancel cable in the summer?
05-17-07 | 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Lunatikk
last time I had my cable re-connected, they had to make 3 service calls. 1st time was a contractor who fried the cable boxes, 2nd time was a guy from comcast who did some wiring and ended up forgetting to bring the cable boxes, and 3rd time they finally got it right.
I almost always get at least one missed appointment/service call.
05-17-07 | 03:22 PM
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Do people really just spend all summer outside? I always thought was just a myth. Or maybe I just hate sunburns and mosquitoes.
05-18-07 | 08:23 AM
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Nope, Not a Cheapo and paying 50 bucks a month isn't that big of a loss.
I watch alot of shows in primetime from fall-spring so i couldn't live without it during those 9-10 months. In the summer All I usually watch in primetime is Hell's Kitchen and i watched Windfall last summer.
I basically watch just DVD's in the summer (I watch alot of DVD's during the primetime season too). To me its just not worth cancelling cable for 4-5 months.
Ohh.. and Conan, Craig & Kimmel are still new in the summer so there is no way i would cancel cable in the summertime. I don't have a lake house or anything so exept for all the primetime shows taking a break, My summer is almost the exact same as the rest of the year-WORK, DVD, PRIMETIME TV etc...
I watch alot of shows in primetime from fall-spring so i couldn't live without it during those 9-10 months. In the summer All I usually watch in primetime is Hell's Kitchen and i watched Windfall last summer.
I basically watch just DVD's in the summer (I watch alot of DVD's during the primetime season too). To me its just not worth cancelling cable for 4-5 months.
Ohh.. and Conan, Craig & Kimmel are still new in the summer so there is no way i would cancel cable in the summertime. I don't have a lake house or anything so exept for all the primetime shows taking a break, My summer is almost the exact same as the rest of the year-WORK, DVD, PRIMETIME TV etc...
05-18-07 | 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by nateman241
I don't have a lake house or anything so exept for all the primetime shows taking a break, My summer is almost the exact same as the rest of the year-WORK, DVD, PRIMETIME TV etc...
I just do less DVD and TV and spend more time outside in the evenings and weekends from late spring through early fall as the weather sucks here from late fall through early spring.
05-18-07 | 08:35 PM
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It hardly requires a lake house to do things differently in the summer.
I just do less DVD and TV and spend more time outside in the evenings and weekends from late spring through early fall as the weather sucks here from late fall through early spring.
I just do less DVD and TV and spend more time outside in the evenings and weekends from late spring through early fall as the weather sucks here from late fall through early spring.
05-18-07 | 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by madcougar
To answer the orignal question, no as my kids are home and that would be cruel.
05-19-07 | 03:05 AM
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Between sports and the occasional HD movie its just enough to justify the bill. With HBO now starting shows up during the summer its even more reason.
A big part of it is that it's a complete pain to get service reconnected and take an entire afternoon off work to wait around for the service guy to show up.
A big part of it is that it's a complete pain to get service reconnected and take an entire afternoon off work to wait around for the service guy to show up.
05-19-07 | 09:31 AM
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No mention yet of Psych? I used to look forward to Monk in the summers, but my anticipation of a new season of Psych is a hundred times greater than another ho-hum season of Monk this summer.
I can't wait for more of The Closer. One of my favorite police procedurals on the air.
And The 4400 has been consistently entertaining.
I can't wait for more of The Closer. One of my favorite police procedurals on the air.
And The 4400 has been consistently entertaining.
