"Frank McCoy" <mccoyf@millcomm.com> wrote in message
news:acpgk79hqel5tlt2cda10vk3okbpk2aaqj@4ax.com...
> Just had the cable people come over and hook me up to get my internet
> and telephone from them, instead of the local telco. So, I'm paying
> the same price as the Telco charged for internet and phone, but
> getting twice-as-fast internet AND the extra "Basic Cable" as well.
>
> The "Basic Cable" is mainly just the same local channels I can get off
> the air; plus about a dozen "Local Access" channels for various cities
> around the area, WGN, TBS, HSC, Speed, FOX news, and TBS, for about
> $10 extra; which makes the total-price the same as what I was paying
> the phone-company for just phone and internet. In a year, they'll
> raise the price of that about $15.00; and I'll likely drop the cable
> part. It just isn't worth the extra.
>
> Now if they just included the Discovery and Food channels, I'd go for
> it. But, they want $30 more than I'm paying now for that. WAY too
> much.
>
> Still, having cable in the house got me around to rewiring the cables
> I had in place for both the previous cable-TV I had, AND the Antenna
> that I'd routed through the house. Mostly cosmetic stuff; but in some
> cases replacing awkward and older-type cables.
>
> Today I finally got around to fixing the cables strung all over my
> bedroom. They WORKED, just fine; but looked a downright mess.
>
> Two cables coming down from the attic:
> One being the main-lead from the antenna up there.
> A second feeding back UP from an amplifier/splitter, and across the
> house, down to the main TV in the living-room, so three total cables
> going up the wall.
>
> Two more cables, along with my main Cat-5 cable for the local intranet
> going down in the basement; mainly for any TV I might want to put in
> the basement Den-area. They're both terminated right now, but ....
>
> Two more going through the wall to the computer-room, along with the
> same intranet cable. That lets my computer also view TV.
>
> Finally a last two cables running around the room over to the big TV
> in the bedroom. That last was a MESS; running across the closet
> instead of around the back and out of the way of the closet-doors.
>
> So, I neatened up the runs up the wall; stapling them all together in
> bunches, fastened splitter and amplifier/splitter to the wall, and
> trimming the extra cables going to and from them down to just what was
> needed. Then I ran NEW cables around to the TV-set, around the BACK
> of the closet and stapled to the wall so they were out of the way.
>
> Making everything neat and tidy.
>
> When I finished up, I had one SET of cables coming down the wall,
> right next to the window; instead of three separate cables looking
> like big cobwebs draped along the wall. All the other cables were
> neatly ran into the closet and around the back, out of the way.
>
> Now everything was NEAT; but ....
> The three cables running up the wall were still quite obvious, though
> a lot neater; and only two one-foot sections were really visible; from
> the window up to the ceiling and from the window down to the dresser.
>
> But, that bugged me slightly after all the other neatening stuff I'd
> done. They showed up against the pretty floral print of the wallpaper
> I'd put in about twenty years earlier.
>
> SO ... I dug into my computer-stuff and fished out some white plastic
> stiucky-backed "Bumper-Sticker" material, intended for use with an
> ink-jet printer. I'm not sure how well it would work with my laser
> printer; so I haven't used it in several years.
>
> I wrapped sections of it around the three cables, and it looked a lot
> better; but it still distracted me.
>
> So, I dug out a set of multi-colored "Sharpie" pens, and drew
> camouflage on the white plastic, matching as closely as I could the
> wallpaper pattern underneath. It's a long way from perfect; and the
> limited color-choice didn't help; but the cable-run isn't so obvious
> now. In fact, you usually wouldn't notice it unless somebody called
> it to your attention.
>
> I know ... I know: A "Professional" would have run the cable up
> *inside* the wall and installed outlets.
>
> I'm happy with this instead; and it's a lot cheaper.
>
> No particular reason to post this here; but I felt like blogging
> without a blog. ;-}
>
> Well, why not?
> It would just be clutter elsewhere, like over in ac.
> This is for "fans" who wonder what I'm doing.
>
At least it kept you off the Obama campaign trail. :-))
And....hey, you subscribed to FOXNEWS, there's hope for you yet. :-)))
Have a good weekend.
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