Sirius XM renewal. Should I pay?

[Eddie Teach]

For some reason I thought Tom Shane was local to the Northwest.  I don't shop for much jewelry though so I hadn't put much thought into it until I saw your post.

Heh, I thought they were local here. Probably part of the marketing strategy.

[Tonitrus]

iPod maybe.  American radio is screwed up, though; it's the only thing I know of where you can end up with 15 minutes of music after a half-hour of commercials (the sad part is I'm not exaggerating- at one point, I got fed up and clocked it with a rock station from Philly).

That's why you save 5 or 6 different preset channels so you can switch away from commercials with press of a button. Sure, you might not be in the mood for country but it beats hearing Tom Shane drone on about his diamonds.

For some reason I thought Tom Shane was local to the Northwest.  I don't shop for much jewelry though so I hadn't put much thought into it until I saw your post.

Get outside Seattle/Portland to the eastern halves of those states, and it's as country/rural as anywhere in Texas.

[garbon]

If your wife likes Howard Stern, then you'd better renew.

[Caliga]

So, I paid the 87 bucks.
My wife made me an offer I could not refuse.

Yeah. See what I mean?

Perhaps you are not familiar with Jewish wives.

[Jacob]

Perhaps you are not familiar with Jewish wives.

Are you?

[viper37]

This is the first time I've heard of satellite radio. 

Yes, it is too expensive.  Tell your wife to listen to regular radio and ipod instead. 

this is Mono: if it's not free, it's too expensive

[viper37]

Friggin Sirius XM wants me to pay $87.32 for a year of satellite radio service, for my wife's car.
Should I pay or should I tell my wife to listen to regular FM with commercials?
I don't have satellite radio in my car, and live just fine.

What do you think?  Too much money?

depends on how much time she spends in her car and if she likes it.
If she uses the car 1hr a week, it's too much.  If she's in the car 20hrs a week, it's worth it.
If she doesn't like the programming, it's too much.  If she likes it...

[Barrister]

  Lest not talk about that.
She tolerates the soft stuff, like Taylor Swift, but over here half the stations play the real deal, including blue grass, dueling banjos, and the like.
Every time there is an activity on post, country music is blaring out the loudspeakers.

Blue grass is cool. 

Bringing it back on topic, I am surprised how often I switch my Sirius over to Bluegrass Junction.  It's not something I can spend hours listening to, but for short bursts its a lot of fun.   

[Caliga]

Perhaps you are not familiar with Jewish wives.

Are you?

Familiar enough... I grew up among TEH JOOS and worked for a Jewish medical center up in Boston.

[Jacob]

Familiar enough... I grew up among TEH JOOS and worked for a Jewish medical center up in Boston.

Doesn't sound like you've been married to a lot of Jewish women, though.

[Caliga]

It appears that you are not familiar with the many Jewish jokes (told by Jews themselves) about their wives being battleaxes.

[Grey Fox]

I want those damn companies to go about their merger faster so they can announce their new hardware & plans.

[Jacob]

It appears that you are not familiar with the many Jewish jokes (told by Jews themselves) about their wives being battleaxes.

Nah, I've heard plenty of them, I just don't give them that much weight

[Valmy]

It appears that you are not familiar with the many Jewish jokes (told by Jews themselves) about their wives being battleaxes.

Nah, I've heard plenty of them, I just don't give them that much weight

Ah so you think Jews are liars eh?

[Jacob]

Ah so you think Jews are liars eh?

I can tell the difference between a joke and a statement of fact. I expect most Jews can as well