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Anyone out there cut their cable cord?

Started by Barrister, December 18, 2013, 03:34:16 PM

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Tonitrus

You could always ship them off to a Swiss boarding school.

Ed Anger

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Malthus

Quote from: Ed Anger on December 18, 2013, 04:49:37 PM
Quote from: Malthus on December 18, 2013, 04:48:53 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 18, 2013, 04:45:35 PM
I know if I cut cable TV, the twins would murder me in my sleep.

Aren't they eventually going to do that anyway? Parricide is a rite of passage for evil twins.  ;)

:(

If they can do it and get away with it, they will make you proud.

Extra points for delivering, in tandem, a tearful eulogy at your funeral.  :)
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Tonitrus


Ed Anger

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Admiral Yi

Beeb, the first thing you need to do is put $1,000 in a money market account.  Or whatever a money market account is called in Canada.

On a very tangentially related note, what is the currency symbol for the loonie?

Ed Anger

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OttoVonBismarck


derspiess

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Barrister

Quote from: OttoVonBismarck on December 18, 2013, 04:37:30 PM
I'd cut cable in a heart beat if not for the wife and kid. I need to look into options for letting my daughter watch children's programming through the various streaming services, I think if some of the kid shows she watches were available I could maybe swing it, I just haven't dug into it at all.

Timmy (and little Andrew) do watch some kids tv, but Timmy works the iPad like a pro and watches all sorts of things on it.

One day I'm going to have to figure out how to lock that thing down since I know what you can find on Netflix, but so far he only watches cartoons and animal documentaries. :D
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Barrister

Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 18, 2013, 04:58:58 PM
Beeb, the first thing you need to do is put $1,000 in a money market account.  Or whatever a money market account is called in Canada.

On a very tangentially related note, what is the currency symbol for the loonie?

Why's that?

$, as mentioned.  Or C$, or CAD.
Posts here are my own private opinions.  I do not speak for my employer.

Admiral Yi


lustindarkness

I once cut the cable, but it was a bitch to splice it back together without getting static :(
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Admiral Yi

Quote from: Barrister on December 18, 2013, 05:10:20 PM
Why's that?

It's a little jab at Cal's wife.  She had heard on some personal finance show that the first step is to put a grand in a MM account that you only touch in emergencies.  Which is fine, but they're a two income family and Cal makes a gwilion dollars.

Malthus

Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 18, 2013, 05:11:10 PM
Quote from: derspiess on December 18, 2013, 05:08:20 PM
Was that a serious question, Yi?  :huh:

Yeah.  Is it $?  C$?  I don't know.

Depends on context.

Inside Canada, it is usually simply "$". If, in context, it is necessary to differentiate it from the US dollar, one can use either the code "CAD" or the sign "C$".
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius