What are you doing?

[bakechef]

I don't understand. Can you give me more information on this? I'd love to lower my cable bill. I'm paying $145 a month!

Bring retired, I depend on internet and TV for my entertainment and am not about to give any of it up.

I get a free cellphone and service from AssuranceWireless.com. It's also available from SafeLink.com.

If you have good competition in your area for TV and internet, you can call to cancel your service, they will send you to a retention specialist. Tell them that your bill is too much and that company X is offering a lower price and that you're just not willing to pay the high price anymore.

We have internet only, and this got me a 50% discount for a year, more of a discount than I expected, and we were able to keep our top tier internet speeds.

 

[Mad Cook]

I've been away for a few days again. Been sorting out things at the old house (unable to sell or let it until probate is granted so things have slipped while I dealt with the house I'm living in).

Repaired the washing machine myself after repairman said it would require major parts and £180 to get it going again. All it actually required was a can of WD40!

Organised stuff for the charity shop and threw out 5(!) bags of rubbish not suitable for the charity shops.

Packed more books for bringing here and collated all my craft materials.

Feeling very pleased with my industry. I do, however, have a bruise on my forehead. No, I don't intend telling you how a frozen goose came to fall on my head.

 

[buckytom]

are you having an early winter over there, maddie?

frozen geese dropping from the sky, and all...

 

[Addie]

If she has a newer Samsung TV, they probably can, really.

I'm thinking Addie is getting slower bandwidth and maybe the high def TV is now low def.

I do have a flat screen 36 inch Samsung TV TL. Spike told me to tell Comcast I wanted low def. Then I had them change my internet speed to a lower band width. I knew someone would have the info for me. I don't mind the slower speed at all on my computer. To tell the truth, I didn't even notice the difference. As far as the TV, I watch mostly documentaries. And most of the time I have it on only for background noise. All in all, I am content with what I have now and am enjoying the savings. I am not one who has to have the latest and greatest. I try to live by the KISS example.

 

[taxlady]

Addie, is your Samsung TV a "smart TV"? Samsung's latest TV sets' built-in cameras spark concerns | Mail Online

 

[Addie]

Addie, is your Samsung TV a "smart TV"? Samsung's latest TV sets' built-in cameras spark concerns | Mail Online

No. My TV is almost four years old. I also have a Samsung monitor. It is 23". That is about two years old. Spike loves Samsung products. And he is the one who does all my buying for me when it comes to electronics.

 

[buckytom]

did they also tell you that they can now see you through your tv, addie?

i'll bet not.

taxy, move over a bit to your left.



thanks.

 

[Zhizara]

I do have a flat screen 36 inch Samsung TV TL. Spike told me to tell Comcast I wanted low def. Then I had them change my internet speed to a lower band width. I knew someone would have the info for me. I don't mind the slower speed at all on my computer. To tell the truth, I didn't even notice the difference. As far as the TV, I watch mostly documentaries. And most of the time I have it on only for background noise. All in all, I am content with what I have now and am enjoying the savings. I am not one who has to have the latest and greatest. I try to live by the KISS example.

Thanks anyway, Addie. Most of my add ons are only available using the HD box. J don't pay extra for HD servuce, just for the box that I need to have the extra channels I want.

 

[taxlady]

taxy, move over a bit to your left.



thanks.

There, did that help?

I don't have a TV. If I got a Samsung TV, I would be sure to cover up the camera lens.

 

[GotGarlic]

I have a Samsung TV. It has a camera?

 

[taxlady]

I have a Samsung TV. It has a camera?

It depends on the model or year. I think it's really creepy. They have face recognition software too. It's supposed to give a "personalized experience". I read something about allowing third parties to access the cameras if you don't opt out. I don't remember the details.

 

[GotGarlic]

Hmmm. I'm going to have to look into that.

 

[Cooking Goddess]

Thank goodness we have older TV's - I never put makeup on when we stay home.


I've got the baseball game on the computer - Indians are playing Kansas in the ESPN game. I had wanted to go to a favorite grill/bar so we could have burgers, beer, and baseball on their TV (we don't have cable for TV, just internet) but my hunny's tummy was wobbly. That's OK, the Indians have the best play-by-play guy in the game...in my opinion. And in my little world it's the only opinion that counts.

I figure while I'm listening I'll go through old recipes. I need to find my friend's recipe for Kitchen Sink Cookies that I got when we worked together over 3 decades ago. We've lost touch (I could probably find her if I looked on line, I bet...) and I haven't found one online that looks like her version.

 

[taxlady]

Oh boy, am I glad they didn't have cameras in TVs when I was younger. Things I've done in front of a TV...

 

[Cheryl J]

If you have good competition in your area for TV and internet, you can call to cancel your service, they will send you to a retention specialist. Tell them that your bill is too much and that company X is offering a lower price and that you're just not willing to pay the high price anymore.

We have internet only, and this got me a 50% discount for a year, more of a discount than I expected, and we were able to keep our top tier internet speeds.

I did that. Last year I decided to cancel my satellite and go with just Netflix and Hulu. (big mistake, I wasn't happy with that at all, and missed my TV programs.) I called one of the satellite companies and told them I was thinking about re-signing and after an hour of negotiations, ended up with 50% off for one year. I told them I would consider it if they would give me 2 years. They did. Sold.

 

[simonbaker]

i'm organizing some gopro vids on my computer.

riding waves at the joisey shore a few weeks ago:

Looks like a great time!

 

[buckytom]

Oh boy, am I glad they didn't have cameras in TVs when I was younger. Things I've done in front of a TV...

can you describe any of your misbehaviours? slowly, with much detail?

heck, we could get another "outlander" series goin'.

 

[buckytom]

Looks like a great time!

yes, it was. thanks.

 

[simonbaker]

We just got home from our small town Labor Day celebration. Small town parade, midway, a lot of fun with family!

 

[Addie]

We just got home from our small town Labor Day celebration. Small town parade, midway, a lot of fun with family!

Small towns always celebrate holidays like cities never do. I remember walking in the parade with my doll carriage all decked out in red, white and blue streamers. The boys decorated their red wagons or bikes. Even tricycles made it in the parade.