Cutting The Cable

[Stuart G]

18. I don't have cable..Never had it. Never Will..Something strange has happened over the last 10 years.

From time to time when I watch TV..(not much, but I do watch a few shows occasionally)..I check out the number of stations that I get with my TV antenna . What I notice is that I am getting more and more stations. Over the antenna. I am doing nothing different for the last 10 years when I installed an old style cross bar thing, in my top floor, with wires down to the TV in the basement..(really not very difficult)..

I get all kinds of stations on the antenna. A quiz show station, an old TV show station..(oh maybe three of them) a religious station to find God, the usual network stations, and 5 educational stations. Now I do got a couple of "Me TV" stations that play old Columbo shows that I like. Also, a station that plays Judge Judy shows..Somehow I find stuff on You Tube, and right here at Democratic Underground. Also, 2 Spanish stations which I listen to a little, trying to see if I still understand what I learned 50 years ago in school..
...Most of the news, which I used to watch, a long time ago, I get on the internet. Don't watch sports or any real regular shows except Antiques Roadshow which I enjoy..

...All with a TV antenna hooked up to a mid sized tv in the basement. (32 inches)..(not "mid sized anymore..) I do watch some news, rarely on TV. But the most recent news and most analysis, I can find right here at DU. That is enough!..I will never get cable..