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Uverse. And they stopped their willingness to deal. And to clarify, that was the all-in price (cable/internet/premiums/etc). Excluding internet and premiums, what was the savings? (I assume by premiums you mean HBO, etc., which have no bearing on watching the Brewers/Bucks.) Not sure where you live, but I'm in Chicago and for $200/month I get cable TV (including MLB/NFL/NBA networks), internet, and cellular service (including the $25/mo for the installment payments on my phone) including all taxes and fees. (No premium channels - I have no interest in those, plenty of programming on regular cable.) The internet + cable is $150, the cellular service with installment payment is under $50.
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Out in the middle of nowhere between Fond du Lac and Oshkosh is a farm that started taking their dairy and beef products and making frozen pizzas, and they are fantastic. https://www.pocopizza.com/ Some of them have some crazy ingredient combinations; I'm eagerly looking forward to having one of their horseradish beef pizzas. Right now they are showing a summer sausage and cheese curd pizza, a brat and curd pizza, cherry pulled pork, bacon mac and cheese, dutch apple pie, breakfast pizza... they have different varieties each week. Available for "barnyard pickup" - you order on-line by 6pm Thursday evening and then pickup at the big shed out back on Saturday between 11am - 4pm. Comes complete with barnyard smell while waiting in line. They have lots of other stuff - ice cream, veggies, baked goods, beef sticks. If you are anywhere near that area, or will be driving through mid-day on a Saturday, I highly recommend placing an order.
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Somewhat related, but wondering what people would think would be the best option for someone who rents an apartment in Eau Claire during the week for work but whose full-time home is in Neenah. Logging in on-line doesn't really work because they limit how many times you can log into your TV service from a different IP address.
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It's not by chance in the Whitefish Lake or Flathead Lake area, is it? I just got back from there. It will not be the last time I go there.
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The shorter wavelength allows for faster transmission of data, but it also means a shorter range. From what I understand, 4G has a range of about 10 miles; 5G has a range of about 1000 feet. Unless they can make towers cheaply, or turn people's phones into mini-towers, 5G is really only going to be practical in bigger cities.
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Amazonl just got FCC approval to launch a boatload of satellites to bring high-ish speed internet everywhere.
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One of the Royal Rumbles, I believe 2008, is on FS1 right now. One of the matches is MVP vs. Rick Flair. I don't remember MVP being that big of a deal.
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Instant mashed potatoes. How in the world did I not know about this glorious invention? Microwave two cups of water for 5 minutes, stir in the instant potatoes for one minute, and boom - mashed potatoes for little over a dollar a package, covers me for two meals. I've been trying to eat a little less meat without increasing sugar intake by cutting down on proportions but need something else to substitute and keep me from getting hungry. Easy nine months out of the year, I can bake a handful of sweet potatoes and have leftovers for two days. But I don't want any part of baking in my kitchen during the summer, and don't want to grill them on a gas grill for 45 minutes or whatever when I only need 10 minutes to grill a steak or 18-20 minutes for chicken breasts.
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Wrap Technologies has almost doubled over the last week due to the protests. I can see significant investments in more humane means of people detainment and control. I'm doing really well so far on that investment. What companies are best poised to benefit from an increased investment in retail security for smaller stores?
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I wish I could have seen that. Bob Uecker was on that one, as well as the famous match of Macho Man Randy Savage vs Ricky “The Dragon “ Steamboat. Do you have cable or satellite TV with FS1? Might be free on on-demand since it was just on over-the-air.
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As of the end of April, as many Americans who have received stimulus checks chose to put them into savings (38%) as chose to pay rent (14%) or pay for food and basic household needs (25%) combined. https://www.axios.com/americans-to-save-not-spend-stimulus-checks-bb84737a-a924-4613-a471-169a07942da1.html
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FS1 showing Wrestlemania 3 tonight. Lots of old, out of shape wrestlers, but still entertaining. Hacksaw Jim Duggan and his 2x4. Amazing how much debris was thrown at the wrestlers as they were coming down to the ring. But, that's Detroit.
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Probably not even polution. Probably because all the silt settled instead of being stirred up all the time. Many bodies of water have cleared up. My boss, who is Indian, said that the Ganges River is now so clean you might be able to drink out of it. The pollution that is in the air and on the streets ends up in the bodies of water after rain washes it down and away. No pollution in the air and on the streets means no pollution getting into the water after rain.
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With an estimated 80% reduction in vehicle traffic, Los Angeles supposedly now has the cleanest air of any major city in the world. The Venice canals are now so clear you can see to the bottom. There is a silver lining to this that we need to figure out how to sustain.
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The other one says 2017, so I think we can have just one that isn't dated. Howard Finkel passed away at the age of 69. Perhaps the best ring announcer ever... and hard to believe he was only 69.
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As someone who had some bad employment luck after graduating undergrad and worked three part time jobs on nights and weekends to make ends meet and pay rent with a credit card, I'm pretty sure that I have first-hand experience in what it means to lose a job and have to provide the basics for myself. The "privilege" comment I strongly resent. I've been there - how about you? I didn't say that everyone was entitled. I said that some are. And I said that it's possible for May. But I highly doubt that 1/3rd of renters could lose one paycheck and not be able to pay rent. Many of them, yes, but not 1/3rd. People like me who own rental property and have to pay that mortgage, whether my renters pay their rent or not. For calling me "disconnected", you seem fairly disconnected yourself.
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Most people who rent don't live by themselves - they have roommates - thus the unemployment claims would need to be cut in half in order to be compared to the total number of rental units. And many people in those industries hardest hit do own homes, particularly if they are in management. Bartenders and waitresses at nice restaurants make a good living. One of my friends who is a bartender is married to a chef and they own two homes - one in Chicago, and a vacation home in WI. Or they have spouses in a different industry and have two incomes, able to buy a home. And heaven forbid that (some) millennials feel entitled, but that's for a different thread.
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The stocks in industries that are hardest hit by this - travel/tourism, airlines/aviation, hotel/hospitality, oil, restaurants, retail, anything mortgage-backed - are down 50-75%, not 30%, so a lot of it is already baked in. Some companies won't survive, but other than perhaps the cruise lines the demand for those services/products will return eventually and the more financially stable companies that survive will pick up that demand and be more profitable in the future. Invest in companies that have a lot of cash right now. I have a hard time believing that 31% didn't pay rent. If even close to true, it speaks to entitlement, not economic impact. People didn't start losing their jobs until mid-March, and two weeks later they can't pay rent? And 1/3rd of renters lost their job? I'd believe it for May, but not for April.
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They absolutely can cut production. They took hundreds of oil rigs off-line in 2015/2016 the last time oil crashed. There are 200 fewer functioning oil rigs in the US than a year ago. In a two-year time span they went from 1600 rigs in late 2014 to 318 in May 2016. https://ycharts.com/indicators/us_oil_rotary_rigs
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Airplane Repo Some of the scenes are embellished/recreated for dramatic purposes, but it's hilarious. Of course, even though a couple of months ago I watched a few episodes of Season 1 (I think around Christmas/New Years) on TV, I now have to pay for Season 1. The last episode of Season 2 is a riot.
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And dropped another 800 points today. Lots of uncertainty surrounding the impact this is going to have. Nothing like 2008, however. There are no underlying issues with the financial system. Just like in Trading Places, those buying calls on margin had their pants pulled down and have to cover their margin calls and sell, putting further downward pressure on the markets. Now you're seeing money move from where the anticipated issues will be (anything relating to travel or sourcing from China) to what is not likely to be affected (low interest rates benefit the consumer - buying houses, buying vehicles, remodeling, refinancing, plus boons to the healthcare system, suppliers to healthcare, technology, etc.), and not a broad sell-off.
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From what I can tell, most major cable companies (including Charter Spectrum) offer cellular service now as a part of their offering, so I would think that most people would have that option. Part of the problem is living in Chicago*. What I want to watch the most are the Badgers games (football, basketball, hockey), but now those are pretty much split evenly between ESPN, BTN, and Fox/FS1, and it seems like every streaming service is missing one of those. In order to watch the Brewers here I need the MLB channel; not sure how the Cubs new TV network will work as they don't have a deal with Comcast yet as far as I know, but that was 18 games a year I got to watch. This past season I think the Packers were only blacked out once or twice here because of conflicts with Bears games - that was luck, but you have Thursday night and Monday night games that are on ESPN and the NFL network. Marquette basketball is split between FS1, CBS Sports, and some other obscure network. The Bucks are sometimes on TBS/TNT/NBA, so I might as well get cable so I have all of those sports channels. One of the other benefits of cable is that if you miss a game (NFL, BTN, sometimes ESPN) there are often replays of the game that are on later. (*Don't get me started on the taxes and fees here.)
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xFinity (a.k.a. Comcast)
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I'm paying about a combined $200/month for cable TV (including all ESPN channels, FS1, CBS Sports, BTN, MLB/NFL/NBA networks - no FSWI in Chicago), cloud DVR, internet, and cell phone service and that includes all taxes, fees, and $25/mo for a new phone, as well as free access to thousands of WiFi hotspots. If you add up what you're paying for each of those things individually, including taxes and fees, I'll bet it's pretty close to $200/month.
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From what I'm reading here, it sounds like you get what you pay for.
