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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by dave9999 Wayne, how in the world do you get by on broadacast television alone[%-)][:D] Dave [/quote] Not only is it broadcast alone, it is by some minor miracle that the only station that I can get with rabbit ears up here in the mountains is the PBS station from Plattsburgh, fuzzy as it is on a good day. (Some of you younger members may have to search out an old geezer to explain "rabbit ears.") Otherwise, since I work at home, it's two broadcast public radio stations, a couple others that I listen to regularly online and sometimes the CBC in French or, on a clear day, in English . I'm not a big TV fan and less of a fan of Adelphia, the local cable TV company. I have internet service through them because they are the only game in town and they are currently extorting an extra 8 or 10 dollars per month from me because I don't want to buy their television service. It was with some pleasure that, while visiting a friend at his restaurant, we sat at the bar watching the news as the heads of the company were led away in handcuffs after systematically looting the company for years. Watching it on their own cable TV network , I might add with only a trace of a smirk. Alas, they are still extorting their monthly fee from me, that I might be online. My daughter down south in the Albany NY area, has a satellite TV system and gets a million channels. Life's a lot simpler up here in the mountains. When I occasionally want to see a train show, she's happy to plug a tape into one the the VCRs & send it up to me. And here's a tip for everyone: My regional library system has a catalog of thousands of video tapes. I order books & videos online from them & every couple of weeks the bookmoble comes to my litle town & I pick them up & return them there. I just watched a video of Amtrak's Adirondack and a Vintage Rails video on D&H and Reading steam. Check with your local library. Around here, the local libraries are part of a larger system and the selection of materials is huge. It's like having a university library and video store at my disposal, in fact the last batch of books I picked up last week had architecture books from two NY universities. And the woman who handles my email requests is a great help at tracking down books. Wayne
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