Metal Fragments on Stud After Lug Nut Removal

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Nevada will be upset, but I put the biggest antenna radio shack had in my attic too. Never used it though until the cable company went digital and started charging for each tv hooked up. I’ve go5 seven tvs but just left two on cable and plugged the others into the antenna. I really don’t get more than ten channels though. We’re 60 miles from the tower which I suppose is the problem. I’ve thought about replacing it with a new one if that would be any better. Yeah back then you used the thinner 45 instead of the heavier cable but pretty much too late now. I use a booster too but the whole house is wired so not about to rewire.

The antenna man provides recommendations for specific situation for about $25 so been thinking about that, but it’s too hot now to work in the attic.

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Our Antenna was bought decades ago before cable was a thing and since the antenna has never been installed outside, it’s like new and it is an 18’ Tri-Beam. Sometimes I wonder if the static I pick up is the International Space Station passing over head… :rofl:

We did have cable when it hooked directly up the TV and had only about 50 or 60 channels, then they went berserk and got rid of the basic cable, added hundreds of more channels, and then you had to have the converter box and no easy way to find something to watch. We tried it and by the time we found something to watch, it was mostly over…

So I took the antenna out of storage and even though I may get like 65 channels but there are also so many shopping channels, QVC QVC-1, QVC-2, QVC-3, etc… and HSN, HSN-1, HSN-2, etc, several versions Shop-LC, and more…

So it is not all great TV, but we get all the networks, ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, ION, PBS, and so many more…

But we have good internet and we have a Roku on each TV and that opens up thousands of more channels, both Free and Premium (pay a fee like cable, but we do subscribe to any of these).

The Roku uses the wireless Internet to get it’s signal. Heck, this computer I am using has an HDMI port and I have a Roku plugged in there too. So, even though I have the whole World Wide Web to watch, I can also watch Roku on this computer. Roku has a Web Channel but the Roku Stick will pick up all of the Roku channels.

Of course this is a bit like the problem with the cable box, so many choices, what to watch, but the movie does not start until you make your selection.

Some of the channels have hundreds of “Live TV” sub-channels, that run like regular TV, but some even allow you to re-start a program already in progress…

And if we really want to watch a new movie, the Roku has the REDBOX channel so we do not even have to go get a DVD from the machine and we can stream it directly to the TV, the same cost as renting it from the machine.

And to get this posting back to being auto oriented, the Roku has Jay Leno’s Garage and I can watch it anytime I want… or Smokey and the Bandit, The Fast and the Furious, etc… even My Mother the Car, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and Son of Flubber… :oncoming_automobile:

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My eyes glassed over but I think I should print this for further study. On Super Bowl Sunday the cable guy came to fix our cable box and tried to explain Roku and all that but in one ear and out the other. Whatever brand it is, we put @ new tv in the bedroom and get lots of channels through their free service. About all I watch are weather and a few reliable news programs.

Interestingly, there is a new survey saying how ill informed those that get their news from cnn and MSNBC are. Half the viewers have no knowledge of the economy and the current dc investigations. And Mike I don’t watch fox. I don’t watch hardly anything anymore.

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To keep from blowing anyone’s mind, think of a Roku as a different type of antenna for your TV… Your TV antenna or your cable brings in the signal for the various channels that you receive free over the airwaves on your antenna or the channels that your subscription provides by your cable provider.

The Roku uses the your WiFi Internet to bring in the signals for the channels that you choose to “load” onto the Roku.

The difference between a TV or a cable channel and a Roku channel is that the Roku channel is like a whole new cable subscription. And if you load a lot of Roku “channels” it’s like you have a lot of satellite dishes in your yard with access to TV from all over the world…

Roku channels also include many Premium channels that cost extra, just like your cable provider: ESPN, Paramount+, Starz, AMC+, Showtime, RedBox, and so many, many more…

Roku also offer various channels dedicated just to a certain genre: Westerns, Crime Drama, Comedy, Religious, Ethnic, Sports, Travel, Hobbies, and you can even publish your own Channel (Public or Private…).

I subscribe to about 10-different Roku Channels, all Free… and each channel offers hundreds of movies and TV shows to watch.

Below is a screen grab just from the Roku Channel… I can click on anyone one of these and watch it free, start to finish or quit, go check my email, or check the postings in CarTalk, and then “resume” the movie where I left off and this is just one channel…

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And to keep this car orientated, these are just some of the car, truck, vehicle channels available on the Roku Channel,

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I hope this clears it up a bit and did not blow anyone’s mind…

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I have DABL on my tv too, has some interesting content at times, but I don’t recall seeing Parking Wars. I’ll keep an eye out for it

I presume you mean the folks getting the parking tickets aren’t being paid for their appearance on the show. As far a fines, if some one is blocking a neighbor’s driveway by their inconsiderate parking, or parking in a red zone or other no-parking zone like for a fire hydrant, I’m good with fines for that. If someone is parking their own car in front of their own driveway, not so much. In any event fines like these are often not paid by the offender. They have a fixed budget, so when they get a fine, they are forced to cut spending elsewhere. They’ll switch their next night on the town from a night out at the movies followed by a restaurant to watching a borrowed DVD at home and home-cooked food. The movie theatre and restaurant owner and their staff actually pay the fine.

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Parking Wars started out on DABL but I checked and it is now listed on DEFY, and it played 14-times this morning…

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And to keep this Car Oriented, did you notice what comes on after Perking Wars, “Counting Cars”? An Original History Channel Series… the series follows Koker and his staff as they restore and modify classic automobiles and motorcycles.

I use the Web Site “TitanTV” to see all the listings in my Broadcast area (well, most of them…). It can be configured also for any cable providers in your area and it runs on the PC and my android tablets. I did this search for Parking Wars and it returned every program, station, day, and time over the next 7-days…

You can also find episodes for Parking Wars and Counting Cars on YouTube…

You might be right about the fines verses the appearance fees. It’s possible that the program pays the fine to get the footage… Some folk seem just too happy to get their car back after paying hundreds of dollars in towing, past parking tickets, and storage fees… Some of those cars do not look like they are worth the price of the fine…

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I get the DEFY channel too, occasionally watch Counting Cars & America’s Truck Night on Tuesday evenings there. Hopefully will spot an episode of Parking Wars.

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