Rocky

I don't know what local area stations you are needing, but it's my understanding that you CAN get local channels just about everywhere in the US with DISH... as I do. Do you mean that your sat DISH is in the same location? Because the satellite (orbiting the earth) may not be in the same area. There are a couple of other equipment possibilities... but you should be able to get a tech (ask them to send out a technician supervisor, and you are likely to get the best one(s) they have) to figure it out fairly easily once they get out there.

Wow... a junior high girl that wasn't a bully? That's pretty amazing in itself, at least from the perspective of how things are these days... I know I was pretty shocked when my daughter was that age. Quite an eye opener about teen/tween girls...

Dish also has their own DVR... I was just using Tivo because it's a recognizable name for a DVR system. I've had this happen with Dish AND Directv. Storms are infrequent here in the Phoenix area, so it's not a big deal to me. Plus, I have an antenna ON my dish so that I can get local HD networks over the air, in addition to whatever I get by satellite. I'd like to have an HD DVR... but I understand they are very expensive (>$700.00).

Exactly... and if you, Belle, live in a rural area with low population density, that may be the case for you too. If you live in/near a good size metropolitan area, there might be more techs available.

What you AND Dot each described in the last two posts could just as easily be just simple application of the defense mechanism -- DENIAL. ALL of us do it to some degree. However, the gal at Dot's job, according to Dot's descriptions, did more than just lie to herself. But your husband (ex?), that sounds like he was mainly deceiving himself, rather than trying to convince others of something he would have known to be otherwise... THAT, we ALL do. However, again with the disclaimers, I'm not a mental health professional, so anything I say is just guessing anyway.

Well, I was always the runt in school also... somewhat exacerbated by the fact that I was pretty much the youngest one in my class every year... started K at age 4. Never had a problem with the academics. BUT I really was never significantly bullied. I got teased (verbally) all the time... this even continued into my time in the USAF... in basic training we were all pretty close to the same age, but being 5' 1" and in basic, it was, at best, a curiosity for many. But I really never had a problem getting bullied, that I can remember. Good chance that two factors contributed to that. As TomStrange has mentioned in another thread, what I lacked in physical stature, I made up in attitude. AND I had no shortage of taller friends... I just really never was in a situation in school, that I can remember, when I felt physically threatened. One time that came close was when, as at 10th grader, I tried out for the baseball team. My athleticism was lacking, so I didn't make the team. I remember one school staff member/coach being verbally abusive about my height... I ended up being the team equipment manager that year. The head coach stuck up for me and told me I didn't have to sink to the other guy's level... that was pretty much it. And I would hope that my recollection is good in that I don't remember bullying anyone either.

I had Dish before I had Direct... then I voted for Dish again.... sorry for the flipflop... Seriously, I did have Dish first... for about 3 years. Then I had Directv for about 3 years. Directv has SERIOUS customer service problems, and it ain't JUST about paper bills. It's about EVERYTHING. They S U C K. When I sold my house in June 2005, I bought a manufactured home outright (no mortgage) AND a 50" LCD (HD) TV. Direct has (at least had then) FAR FEWER HD channels. There were things I had to get used to when I changed back to Dish, but I am FAR happier now than I ever was with Direct. I had a similar problem early on like you described Belle. It ended up being that the installer failed to properly AIM the DISH. That could very possibly be what you're experiencing. Once I got someone out here to check it out, they fixed it and I've not had any problems with it since. ALSO, the TIVO works FAR BETTER with DISH than with Direct. With Direct, it took time to fast forward through commercials. With DISH it's a snap... VERY quick. When I called Direct to end service with them, they were so arrogant that they TOLD ME I would be back with them soon. THAT was the height of hubris, from my perspective. So, IF you have HD and/or TIVO (DVR) you'll probably be happier with DISH, once they fix your signal problem. IF you do NOT have hd/tivo, I don't know whether you'd be happier with one or the other.

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

GOOD! I'd rather he stick to baseball. :P And mstar... congrats on Post #3000!

They sorta do this in NCIS (Tuesdays on CBS), but one of the characters is a movie trivia nut, so they sometimes mention the name of the movie too... And another of the characters, the Israeli on loan to NCIS (Ziva) speaks plenty good English, but is not familiar with or idioms... which inevitably leads to several malaprops in each episode. I think THOSE are hilarious.

YIKES! :blink:

wheeeeuw! Glad to hear it. :P

Hey Belle, sounds like you could make some money consulting Scott Adams (author/creator of Dilbert)! :D

I had no idea... please Kathy, that wasn't about you... I was just being goofy... sorry if I offended you. :wub:

Walter (in case you didn't know him while in twi) was very close to wierwille and taught some classes, but he left (or was kicked out? I don't know which) probably also during the 1980s... he's the one who first made a big deal about (for many of us anyway) "the only day of the year that's also a command!" Walter was generally a good guy... I'm scratching my head, and my memory on this is foggy, but didn't Walter's mother marry one of Wierwille's brothers at some point?

I don't presume to speak for MarkO... but could the "we" as he uses it is just a way to describe the society WE live in, as opposed to meaning that each of us made a conscious choice to, for example, tolerate certain behaviors, etc?

No weigh!

Ahhhhh, Eye Sea! Tnks you. :D

What does YMMV mean? I get your point MarkO... I'm one who chooses not to condemn a homosexual man or woman (any of them really) for essentially the reason you used in the two posts you added this morning. However, in that context, I also would not condemn the swinger couple as such. But that doesn't mean I could stomach that behavior -- as with gay people -- I find that kind of conduct (between men anyway ) extremely distasteful. But as people or as a person, I don't view them as evil people per se.

I graduated from the same high school that Alice Cooper did... but he graduated six years before me.

Coolchef... March Forth is Walter J Cummins Day!

No! That's Walter J Cummins Day!

I may be wrong, but I thought mathematics education was a key to developing higher thinking skills... I'm way past being involved in my education and my stepson graduated from college last May with a degree in Optical Engineering. He was always great in Math... he could multiply in his head before kindergarten. In fifth grade, he participated in individual and team Math competitions... and he did very well. But I understand that he'd be considered an elite student in Math. IMO the emphasis on measuring teacher performance (and therefore student perfomance)... aka No Child Left Behind (Bush's Orwellian oxymoron) is probably central to this dumbing down. I was always good at Math related subjects... but hit a wall when I first took Calculus. I had to pass a calc class to get my accounting degree, but I probably deserved a D when it was all said and done. IMO the US overall is getting shortchanged by the diminished educational achievement in Math. Krista, I appreciate your sharing you husband's letter. Very well stated.

I USED to do this... then I get sick of certain commercials like: Bowflex Leptoprin/leptopril and the one that starts "why did YOUR last diet fail" the guy with the yellow and black suit with question marks all over it (Matthew Lesko) anything billy mays was pitching (like Kaboom cleaners/Oxyclean) Now when I need background noise, I turn the tv on (I have Dish Network) to the sirius music channels... which have almost no commercials.

Dear Lisa, I'm so glad George had a daughter like you that he was so proud of. I know, as a dad, how much that must have meant to him. I too am saddened by this news but am oh so thankful to have known him here. May your heart be comforted in this sad time. Just know that I too (like so many of us here) admired and appreciated your Dad.