Winter's here. After four days last week with temps in the 80's, we
woke this AM to cold and rainy. It never got above 40 all day.

For those watching the Broncos-Ravens game, the rain will turn to snow
before it's over.

Spaghetti with meatballs and sausage for dinner tonight. That's our
cold-weather food along with beef stew, soup, and chili.

I hate winter.

gloria p

"Puester" > wrote in message
...
>
> Winter's here. After four days last week with temps in the 80's, we woke
> this AM to cold and rainy. It never got above 40 all day.
>
> For those watching the Broncos-Ravens game, the rain will turn to snow
> before it's over.
>
> Spaghetti with meatballs and sausage for dinner tonight. That's our
> cold-weather food along with beef stew, soup, and chili.
>
> I hate winter.
>
> gloria p

Winter where?

Puester > wrote in
:

>
> Winter's here. After four days last week with temps in the
> 80's, we woke this AM to cold and rainy. It never got above
> 40 all day.
>
> For those watching the Broncos-Ravens game, the rain will turn
> to snow before it's over.
>
> Spaghetti with meatballs and sausage for dinner tonight.
> That's our cold-weather food along with beef stew, soup, and
> chili.
>
> I hate winter.
>
> gloria p

Agreed... I hate winter too. Love the Bronco's.

These sound good:

Creamsicles
6 oz. orange juice
8 oz. nonfat vanilla yogurt
A bit of sugar or sweetner
Put all ingredients into a blender. Blend well.
Freeze in popsicle molds or paper cups.

Or
"Orange Julius"
6 oz. frozen orange juice
1 cup milk and 1 cup water
1/2 c. confectioners sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
10 to 12 ice cubes
Blend well.

Puester > wrote in news:mrCWg.234273$QM6.34002
@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:

>
> Winter's here. After four days last week with temps in the 80's, we
> woke this AM to cold and rainy. It never got above 40 all day.
>
> For those watching the Broncos-Ravens game, the rain will turn to snow
> before it's over.
>


Here's a spooky bit for you..............

Our football (ie, Rugby League) Grandfinal was played last week.

It was between the Broncos and the Storm.

Broncos won.



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

'Enjoy today, it was paid for by a veteran'

Oh pshaw, on Mon 09 Oct 2006 06:11:46p, Puester meant to say...

>
> Winter's here. After four days last week with temps in the 80's, we
> woke this AM to cold and rainy. It never got above 40 all day.
>
> For those watching the Broncos-Ravens game, the rain will turn to snow
> before it's over.
>
> Spaghetti with meatballs and sausage for dinner tonight. That's our
> cold-weather food along with beef stew, soup, and chili.
>
> I hate winter.
>
> gloria p
>

I don't miss the months of Ohio winters one bit. The heat of our AZ summer
seems to be at an end and today 85 degrees seemed blessedly cool. I've
ceased to think of the things you've mentioned as cold-weather food, as I
would never get to eat them if I waited for COLD weather. :-) You've
mentioned some of my favorite things.

--
Wayne Boatwright
__________________________________________________

'The joyfulness of man prolongth his days.' -
Ecclesiastics II:28

In article >,
Puester > wrote:

> Winter's here. After four days last week with temps in the 80's, we
> woke this AM to cold and rainy. It never got above 40 all day.
>
> For those watching the Broncos-Ravens game, the rain will turn to snow
> before it's over.
>
> Spaghetti with meatballs and sausage for dinner tonight. That's our
> cold-weather food along with beef stew, soup, and chili.
>
> I hate winter.
>
> gloria p

Move to Texas. <G>

It's been in the 90's all week but we are supposed to have a cold front
move in Wednesday night with temps in the 70's.

I look forward to winter!
--
Peace, Om

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In article >,
"JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:

> "Puester" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > Winter's here. After four days last week with temps in the 80's, we woke
> > this AM to cold and rainy. It never got above 40 all day.
> >
> > For those watching the Broncos-Ravens game, the rain will turn to snow
> > before it's over.
> >
> > Spaghetti with meatballs and sausage for dinner tonight. That's our
> > cold-weather food along with beef stew, soup, and chili.
> >
> > I hate winter.
> >
> > gloria p
>
> Winter where?

<cough>
--
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In article >,
says...
>
> Winter's here. After four days last week with temps in the 80's, we
> woke this AM to cold and rainy. It never got above 40 all day.
>
> For those watching the Broncos-Ravens game, the rain will turn to snow
> before it's over.
>
> Spaghetti with meatballs and sausage for dinner tonight. That's our
> cold-weather food along with beef stew, soup, and chili.
>
> I hate winter.
>
> gloria p
>

Wow that IS a transition. It's been fluctuating between 80 and 60 around
here, with night temps dipping into the high 40's.

Puester > wrote in message
...
>
> Winter's here. After four days last week with temps in
> the 80's, we woke this AM to cold and rainy. It never
> got above 40 all day.
>
> For those watching the Broncos-Ravens game, the rain
> will turn to snow before it's over.
>
> Spaghetti with meatballs and sausage for dinner tonight.
> That's our cold-weather food along with beef stew,
> soup, and chili.
>
> I hate winter.

"External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth
could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was
bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose,
no pelting rain less open to entreaty. Foul weather didn't know
where to have him. The heaviest rain, and snow, and hail, and
sleet, could boast of the advantage over him in only one respect.
They often 'came down' handsomely, and Scrooge never did."

The dinner sounds delish! We'll be doing the meatball and sausage
soup tomorrow night when all of Clan Ranger is finally in from all
our school and sport activities.

The Ranger

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
news
> In article >,
> "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
>
>> "Puester" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >
>> > Winter's here. After four days last week with temps in the 80's, we
>> > woke
>> > this AM to cold and rainy. It never got above 40 all day.
>> >
>> > For those watching the Broncos-Ravens game, the rain will turn to snow
>> > before it's over.
>> >
>> > Spaghetti with meatballs and sausage for dinner tonight. That's our
>> > cold-weather food along with beef stew, soup, and chili.
>> >
>> > I hate winter.
>> >
>> > gloria p
>>
>> Winter where?
>
> <cough>

That was informative.

In article >,
"JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:

> "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
> news
> > In article >,
> > "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
> >
> >> "Puester" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> >
> >> > Winter's here. After four days last week with temps in the 80's, we
> >> > woke
> >> > this AM to cold and rainy. It never got above 40 all day.
> >> >
> >> > For those watching the Broncos-Ravens game, the rain will turn to snow
> >> > before it's over.
> >> >
> >> > Spaghetti with meatballs and sausage for dinner tonight. That's our
> >> > cold-weather food along with beef stew, soup, and chili.
> >> >
> >> > I hate winter.
> >> >
> >> > gloria p
> >>
> >> Winter where?
> >
> > <cough>
>
> That was informative.

I thought so... ;-)
Our lows have been in the 70's for 2 weeks.
I found your comment amusing and choked on my iced tea.
--
Peace, Om

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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
> "Puester" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Winter's here. After four days last week with temps in the 80's, we woke
>> this AM to cold and rainy. It never got above 40 all day.
>>
>> For those watching the Broncos-Ravens game, the rain will turn to snow
>> before it's over.
>>
>> Spaghetti with meatballs and sausage for dinner tonight. That's our
>> cold-weather food along with beef stew, soup, and chili.
>>
>> I hate winter.
>>
>> gloria p
>
> Winter where?
>
>

Denver, Colorado area.

gp

In article >,
Puester > wrote:

> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
> > "Puester" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> Winter's here. After four days last week with temps in the 80's, we woke
> >> this AM to cold and rainy. It never got above 40 all day.
> >>
> >> For those watching the Broncos-Ravens game, the rain will turn to snow
> >> before it's over.
> >>
> >> Spaghetti with meatballs and sausage for dinner tonight. That's our
> >> cold-weather food along with beef stew, soup, and chili.
> >>
> >> I hate winter.
> >>
> >> gloria p
> >
> > Winter where?
> >
> >
>
> Denver, Colorado area.
>
> gp

Heh! Oh yeah...
Used to live up above Denver in the Evergreen area.

Snow on the ground, cold as hell by the end of October.

No trick or treating without down jackets and snow boots. <G>

Part of the reason we moved South.

I do miss those summer thundershowers tho'. :-(
And no need for central air.......
--
Peace, Om

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In article >,
says...
> In article >,
> Puester > wrote:
>
> > JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
> > > "Puester" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > >> Winter's here. After four days last week with temps in the 80's, we woke
> > >> this AM to cold and rainy. It never got above 40 all day.
> > >>
> > >> For those watching the Broncos-Ravens game, the rain will turn to snow
> > >> before it's over.
> > >>
> > >> Spaghetti with meatballs and sausage for dinner tonight. That's our
> > >> cold-weather food along with beef stew, soup, and chili.
> > >>
> > >> I hate winter.
> > >>
> > >> gloria p
> > >
> > > Winter where?
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Denver, Colorado area.
> >
> > gp
>
> Heh! Oh yeah...
> Used to live up above Denver in the Evergreen area.
>
> Snow on the ground, cold as hell by the end of October.
>
> No trick or treating without down jackets and snow boots. <G>
>
> Part of the reason we moved South.
>
> I do miss those summer thundershowers tho'. :-(
> And no need for central air.......
>

Oh my god. I thought the real winters starting in mid November was bad.
But it's been unusually warm here for the past few weeks and I don't
recall where I was reading it, but they say that in the northeast summer
is going on longer than before. It's true.

Puester wrote:
> Winter's here. After four days last week with temps in the 80's, we
> woke this AM to cold and rainy. It never got above 40 all day.
>
> For those watching the Broncos-Ravens game, the rain will turn to snow
> before it's over.
>
> Spaghetti with meatballs and sausage for dinner tonight. That's our
> cold-weather food along with beef stew, soup, and chili.
>
> I hate winter.
>
> gloria p

I hate football! That's the reason I buy DVD's - I don't have cable TV so I
have to either have a good book to read or a movie to watch. But for
cooking, I love winter! Time to make all sorts of stews. Hmmm, I
absolutely must rush to the store to buy oxtails

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
.. .
> Puester wrote:
>> Winter's here. After four days last week with temps in the 80's, we
>> woke this AM to cold and rainy. It never got above 40 all day.
>>
>> For those watching the Broncos-Ravens game, the rain will turn to snow
>> before it's over.
>>
>> Spaghetti with meatballs and sausage for dinner tonight. That's our
>> cold-weather food along with beef stew, soup, and chili.
>>
>> I hate winter.
>>
>> gloria p
>
> I hate football! That's the reason I buy DVD's - I don't have cable TV so
> I
> have to either have a good book to read or a movie to watch. But for
> cooking, I love winter! Time to make all sorts of stews. Hmmm, I
> absolutely must rush to the store to buy oxtails
>
> Jill
>
>

I didn't know you were homophobic. Be nice. Football is the only outlet for
big tough guys who like to jump on each other and pat each other on the
tush, pretending it's a way of congratulating other guys for triumphing over
the enemy: a line of chalk on the grass.

Oh pshaw, on Tue 10 Oct 2006 03:13:15p, jmcquown meant to say...

> Puester wrote:
>> Winter's here. After four days last week with temps in the 80's, we
>> woke this AM to cold and rainy. It never got above 40 all day.
>>
>> For those watching the Broncos-Ravens game, the rain will turn to snow
>> before it's over.
>>
>> Spaghetti with meatballs and sausage for dinner tonight. That's our
>> cold-weather food along with beef stew, soup, and chili.
>>
>> I hate winter.
>>
>> gloria p
>
> I hate football! That's the reason I buy DVD's - I don't have cable TV
> so I have to either have a good book to read or a movie to watch. But
> for cooking, I love winter! Time to make all sorts of stews. Hmmm, I
> absolutely must rush to the store to buy oxtails
>
> Jill

Have you considered NetFlix for your DVD's? You could save a lot of money
and their turnaround time is very good. I only buy DVD's of things that I
know I will want to watch many times.

--
Wayne Boatwright @¿@¬
_____________________

"Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
28.19...
> Oh pshaw, on Tue 10 Oct 2006 03:13:15p, jmcquown meant to say...
>
>> Puester wrote:
>>> Winter's here. After four days last week with temps in the 80's, we
>>> woke this AM to cold and rainy. It never got above 40 all day.
>>>
>>> For those watching the Broncos-Ravens game, the rain will turn to snow
>>> before it's over.
>>>
>>> Spaghetti with meatballs and sausage for dinner tonight. That's our
>>> cold-weather food along with beef stew, soup, and chili.
>>>
>>> I hate winter.
>>>
>>> gloria p
>>
>> I hate football! That's the reason I buy DVD's - I don't have cable TV
>> so I have to either have a good book to read or a movie to watch. But
>> for cooking, I love winter! Time to make all sorts of stews. Hmmm, I
>> absolutely must rush to the store to buy oxtails
>>
>> Jill
>
> Have you considered NetFlix for your DVD's? You could save a lot of money
> and their turnaround time is very good. I only buy DVD's of things that I
> know I will want to watch many times.
> Wayne Boatwright @¿@¬

Netflix is great. 99.999% perfect service.

jmcquown wrote on 10 Oct 2006 in rec.food.cooking

> Puester wrote:
> > Winter's here. After four days last week with temps in the 80's, we
> > woke this AM to cold and rainy. It never got above 40 all day.
> >
> > For those watching the Broncos-Ravens game, the rain will turn to
> > snow before it's over.
> >
> > Spaghetti with meatballs and sausage for dinner tonight. That's our
> > cold-weather food along with beef stew, soup, and chili.
> >
> > I hate winter.
> >
> > gloria p
>
> I hate football! That's the reason I buy DVD's - I don't have cable
> TV so I have to either have a good book to read or a movie to watch.
> But for cooking, I love winter! Time to make all sorts of stews.
> Hmmm, I absolutely must rush to the store to buy oxtails
>
> Jill
>
>
>

Pssst! turkey pot pies!!!!

In article >,
T > wrote:

> > Heh! Oh yeah...
> > Used to live up above Denver in the Evergreen area.
> >
> > Snow on the ground, cold as hell by the end of October.
> >
> > No trick or treating without down jackets and snow boots. <G>
> >
> > Part of the reason we moved South.
> >
> > I do miss those summer thundershowers tho'. :-(
> > And no need for central air.......
> >
>
> Oh my god. I thought the real winters starting in mid November was bad.
> But it's been unusually warm here for the past few weeks and I don't
> recall where I was reading it, but they say that in the northeast summer
> is going on longer than before. It's true.

A lot depends on the Altitude...
Evergreen is higher than Denver and we lived up on Shadow Mountain,
roughly 6,000 ft.

Winters lasted thru April. and there were occasional frosts in early May.
--
Peace, Om

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On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:19:39 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet
> wrote:

>In article >,
> T > wrote:
>
>> > Heh! Oh yeah...
>> > Used to live up above Denver in the Evergreen area.
>> >
>> > Snow on the ground, cold as hell by the end of October.
>> >
>> > No trick or treating without down jackets and snow boots. <G>
>> >
>> > Part of the reason we moved South.
>> >
>> > I do miss those summer thundershowers tho'. :-(
>> > And no need for central air.......
>> >
>>
>> Oh my god. I thought the real winters starting in mid November was bad.
>> But it's been unusually warm here for the past few weeks and I don't
>> recall where I was reading it, but they say that in the northeast summer
>> is going on longer than before. It's true.
>
>A lot depends on the Altitude...
>Evergreen is higher than Denver and we lived up on Shadow Mountain,
>roughly 6,000 ft.
>
>Winters lasted thru April. and there were occasional frosts in early May.

I remember snow in May in Denver. Didn't last long but it did snow.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974

In article >,
The Cook > wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:19:39 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet
> > wrote:
>
> >In article >,
> > T > wrote:
> >
> >> > Heh! Oh yeah...
> >> > Used to live up above Denver in the Evergreen area.
> >> >
> >> > Snow on the ground, cold as hell by the end of October.
> >> >
> >> > No trick or treating without down jackets and snow boots. <G>
> >> >
> >> > Part of the reason we moved South.
> >> >
> >> > I do miss those summer thundershowers tho'. :-(
> >> > And no need for central air.......
> >> >
> >>
> >> Oh my god. I thought the real winters starting in mid November was bad.
> >> But it's been unusually warm here for the past few weeks and I don't
> >> recall where I was reading it, but they say that in the northeast summer
> >> is going on longer than before. It's true.
> >
> >A lot depends on the Altitude...
> >Evergreen is higher than Denver and we lived up on Shadow Mountain,
> >roughly 6,000 ft.
> >
> >Winters lasted thru April. and there were occasional frosts in early May.
>
> I remember snow in May in Denver. Didn't last long but it did snow.

Yep. ;-)
--
Peace, Om

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The Cook wrote:

>
> I remember snow in May in Denver. Didn't last long but it did snow.



We've lived here since 1984 and have had a blizzard as early as Sept.
15, (1995 (2-3 feet of snow which produced horrible tree damage since
none of the leaves had fallen) and as late as June 2 (don't remember the
year.)

OTOH, we have had Christmas days in the 70's, shirtsleeve weather.

This has been the first year in a long time when the golden aspen color
in the mts. has lasted more than a few days before rain or snow stripped
all the leaves.

You can't take Mother Nature for granted here.

gloria p

On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:31:33 -0500, Alan rummaged
among random neurons and opined:

>Uh. It is "DVDs" no apostrophe needed.

Well, we all like a gratuitous punctuation correction.
>
>And, while we're on the subject of DVDs, how about joining NetFlix.
>Their selection is great. And their service is quick and reliable.

A lot of cable providers (Cox in SoCal in this instance) has Movies on
Demand, which are much more immediate and have a great play list. We
used NetFlix until Cox offered Movies on Demand. We found that with
NetFlix, we were backed up on DVDs, paying a monthly fee for the ones
that were backed up, and it just wasn't as cost effective as Movies on
Demand is. OTOH, as busy as we are, our movie watching is occasional,
so YMMV.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"Most vigitaryans I iver see looked enough like their food to be
classed as cannybals."

Finley Peter Dunne (1900)

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"

Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:

> A lot of cable providers (Cox in SoCal in this instance) has Movies on
> Demand, which are much more immediate and have a great play list. We
> used NetFlix until Cox offered Movies on Demand. We found that with
> NetFlix, we were backed up on DVDs, paying a monthly fee for the ones
> that were backed up, and it just wasn't as cost effective as Movies on
> Demand is. OTOH, as busy as we are, our movie watching is occasional,
> so YMMV.


I have Comcast digital cable and I really enjoy the movies on demand
feature...many of them are free, plus there are channels such as "The
Cutting Edge" which feature the odd and unusual...

--
Best
Greg

<Alan > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 20:16:45 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd
> > wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:31:33 -0500, Alan rummaged
>>among random neurons and opined:
>>
>>>Uh. It is "DVDs" no apostrophe needed.
>>
>>Well, we all like a gratuitous punctuation correction.
>>>
>>>And, while we're on the subject of DVDs, how about joining NetFlix.
>>>Their selection is great. And their service is quick and reliable.
>>
>>A lot of cable providers (Cox in SoCal in this instance) has Movies on
>>Demand, which are much more immediate and have a great play list. We
>>used NetFlix until Cox offered Movies on Demand. We found that with
>>NetFlix, we were backed up on DVDs, paying a monthly fee for the ones
>>that were backed up, and it just wasn't as cost effective as Movies on
>>Demand is. OTOH, as busy as we are, our movie watching is occasional,
>>so YMMV.
>>
>>Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>>AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA
>>
> Ah, well. I'm too cheap to pay for cable, so I'm happy with NetFlix.
>
> And, I've never had any delay problems with them!
>
>
> Alan

I like Netflix, too. But, you might want to call your cable company once or
twice a year, or pay attention to their ads. The idiots are slowly beginning
to understand that some people might want to buy a few channels instead of
eleven billion. Maybe before we all die of old age, this will be possible.

In article >,
says...
> <Alan > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 20:16:45 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd
> > > wrote:
> >
> >>On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:31:33 -0500, Alan rummaged
> >>among random neurons and opined:
> >>
> >>>Uh. It is "DVDs" no apostrophe needed.
> >>
> >>Well, we all like a gratuitous punctuation correction.
> >>>
> >>>And, while we're on the subject of DVDs, how about joining NetFlix.
> >>>Their selection is great. And their service is quick and reliable.
> >>
> >>A lot of cable providers (Cox in SoCal in this instance) has Movies on
> >>Demand, which are much more immediate and have a great play list. We
> >>used NetFlix until Cox offered Movies on Demand. We found that with
> >>NetFlix, we were backed up on DVDs, paying a monthly fee for the ones
> >>that were backed up, and it just wasn't as cost effective as Movies on
> >>Demand is. OTOH, as busy as we are, our movie watching is occasional,
> >>so YMMV.
> >>
> >>Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
> >>AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA
> >>
> > Ah, well. I'm too cheap to pay for cable, so I'm happy with NetFlix.
> >
> > And, I've never had any delay problems with them!
> >
> >
> > Alan
>
> I like Netflix, too. But, you might want to call your cable company once or
> twice a year, or pay attention to their ads. The idiots are slowly beginning
> to understand that some people might want to buy a few channels instead of
> eleven billion. Maybe before we all die of old age, this will be possible.

Not Cox. You either take whats offered or nothing. I understand why they
don't want to do a la carte, in essence your cable rates would RISE, not
fall.

"T" > wrote in message
. ..
> In article >,
> says...
>> <Alan > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 20:16:45 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> >>On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:31:33 -0500, Alan rummaged
>> >>among random neurons and opined:
>> >>
>> >>>Uh. It is "DVDs" no apostrophe needed.
>> >>
>> >>Well, we all like a gratuitous punctuation correction.
>> >>>
>> >>>And, while we're on the subject of DVDs, how about joining NetFlix.
>> >>>Their selection is great. And their service is quick and reliable.
>> >>
>> >>A lot of cable providers (Cox in SoCal in this instance) has Movies on
>> >>Demand, which are much more immediate and have a great play list. We
>> >>used NetFlix until Cox offered Movies on Demand. We found that with
>> >>NetFlix, we were backed up on DVDs, paying a monthly fee for the ones
>> >>that were backed up, and it just wasn't as cost effective as Movies on
>> >>Demand is. OTOH, as busy as we are, our movie watching is occasional,
>> >>so YMMV.
>> >>
>> >>Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>> >>AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA
>> >>
>> > Ah, well. I'm too cheap to pay for cable, so I'm happy with NetFlix.
>> >
>> > And, I've never had any delay problems with them!
>> >
>> >
>> > Alan
>>
>> I like Netflix, too. But, you might want to call your cable company once
>> or
>> twice a year, or pay attention to their ads. The idiots are slowly
>> beginning
>> to understand that some people might want to buy a few channels instead
>> of
>> eleven billion. Maybe before we all die of old age, this will be
>> possible.
>
> Not Cox. You either take whats offered or nothing. I understand why they
> don't want to do a la carte, in essence your cable rates would RISE, not
> fall.

Here (Time Warner), I pay $7.22 for basic cable: 5 locals plus 2 or 3
bizarre others that they throw in. The next step is $58.00 per month, which
gets me the "Senior Citizen Woodworking " channel and others I have no
interest in. I want food network, comedy central and HBO. If I can have that
for $20-ish, I'm in.

In article >,
says...
> "T" > wrote in message
> . ..
> > In article >,
> > says...
> >> <Alan > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> > On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 20:16:45 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd
> >> > > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:31:33 -0500, Alan rummaged
> >> >>among random neurons and opined:
> >> >>
> >> >>>Uh. It is "DVDs" no apostrophe needed.
> >> >>
> >> >>Well, we all like a gratuitous punctuation correction.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>And, while we're on the subject of DVDs, how about joining NetFlix.
> >> >>>Their selection is great. And their service is quick and reliable.
> >> >>
> >> >>A lot of cable providers (Cox in SoCal in this instance) has Movies on
> >> >>Demand, which are much more immediate and have a great play list. We
> >> >>used NetFlix until Cox offered Movies on Demand. We found that with
> >> >>NetFlix, we were backed up on DVDs, paying a monthly fee for the ones
> >> >>that were backed up, and it just wasn't as cost effective as Movies on
> >> >>Demand is. OTOH, as busy as we are, our movie watching is occasional,
> >> >>so YMMV.
> >> >>
> >> >>Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
> >> >>AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA
> >> >>
> >> > Ah, well. I'm too cheap to pay for cable, so I'm happy with NetFlix.
> >> >
> >> > And, I've never had any delay problems with them!
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Alan
> >>
> >> I like Netflix, too. But, you might want to call your cable company once
> >> or
> >> twice a year, or pay attention to their ads. The idiots are slowly
> >> beginning
> >> to understand that some people might want to buy a few channels instead
> >> of
> >> eleven billion. Maybe before we all die of old age, this will be
> >> possible.
> >
> > Not Cox. You either take whats offered or nothing. I understand why they
> > don't want to do a la carte, in essence your cable rates would RISE, not
> > fall.
>
> Here (Time Warner), I pay $7.22 for basic cable: 5 locals plus 2 or 3
> bizarre others that they throw in. The next step is $58.00 per month, which
> gets me the "Senior Citizen Woodworking " channel and others I have no
> interest in. I want food network, comedy central and HBO. If I can have that
> for $20-ish, I'm in.
>
>
>

I'm paying closed to $50 a month for the expanded basic package. When
they do finally cut to HDTV I'm just going to drop the video side of it.
Most everything one wants can be found on the web.

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:57:12 -0500, Alan rummaged
among random neurons and opined:

>Ah, well. I'm too cheap to pay for cable, so I'm happy with NetFlix.
>
>And, I've never had any delay problems with them!

We don't have problems with delay - we just don't have time to watch
the ones we have, so they sit around gathering dust and we're paying a
monthly fee to *not* watch movies!

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"Most vigitaryans I iver see looked enough like their food to be
classed as cannybals."

Finley Peter Dunne (1900)

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