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Haven't done this in a while...lots to get off my um..chest. Could take a while. :D

Hold on tight, I'll apologize in advance if I ruffle your pom poms. ;)

1. Bad weekend for college football item 1. Cam Newton, the NCAA nightmare. The last thing they want is for this kid to be smiling in early December as they hand him the Heisman, but there is really nothing they can do about it. If he gets voted at this point, he wins, but everyone knows it will be a Calipari-like title...how long will he keep it? You gotta vote for the kid based on what he's done on the field, but this entire situation reeks of...well, it just reeks. Hysterical listening to Lundquist and Danielson trying to dance around the issue on Saturday...and there is much more of that to come. The NCAA wishes Cam Newton would just go away, but he's not.

2. Bad weekend for college football item 2. Bret Bielema, another thing that reeks. 83-20? Seriously? Did the chart state you have to score 24 points in the fourth quarter when you are already leading 59-13 after three quarters? Jeez what a disgrace. First he puts up a 70-3 thumping on Austin Peay. Austin freaking Peay, and they have to run up the score. Then up 41-16 against Minnesota with four minutes left in the game he goes for two. Yuck. And now he's still throwing the ball all over the field late in the game against defenseless Indiana, when he's already up six touchdowns. Jeez this guy should go away too.

3. Bad weekend for college football item 3. Cal stops Oregon. I guess this isn't so bad depending on your perspective, but Oregon's run 'n fun offense was pretty much stopped in it's tracks in Berkeley. Exciting game, but not as exciting as USC-Oregon.

4. Didn't you used to be Troy Polamalu? He had a bad game last night in the middle of a bad season. Polamalu is well known for his free-lancing, but he seemed to guess wrong last night almost every time. He seemed to almost always be on the wrong side of the field. You used to see Troy in half the Pittsburgh highlights. Now you don't. The only highlight I remember seeing him in recently is when the long-hair on Cincinnati pancaked him at the goal line.

5. I miss Mad Men already!!!

6. You really have to watch Modern Family. Every episode is a gem but the Halloween episode was particularly hysterical. 'The gays took over Thanksgiving'. :D :D :D

7. The Rangers beat Edmonton yesterday 8-2. And I missed it because I was at my nephew's AAU basketball tournament.

8. I'm still not sold on Mark Sanchez, but give him credit for yesterday. He threw some ducks but came through when it counted.

9. Jet fans are used to sitting there saying 'we outplayed the other team...we should have won...how the heck did we lose that game?' Now we're saying 'we easily woulda/coulda/shoulda lost but somehow we won.' The second part feels better.

10. Charles Barkley says 'the Heat don't run...they strut'. Hah. He also said they act like they're shocked that everyone isn't in love with them.' So true. Hey guys, this isn't the Dream Team, it's Two and a Half Men.

11. Utah's trip through the south resulted in almost as much carnage as Sherman's trip though the south 150 years ago. ;)

12. Pat Riley just put in an order for 10 new Armani suits. He could soon be using some of his hair grease to slide Spoelstra out of the big boy chair.

13. 'Nick wasn't a Folk hero?'. Gonna be a while before I forgive you for that one, Bill! :D

14. Despite Yankee fans yelling at his wife in October, Cliff Lee has confirmed the fact that Yankee money is just as green and will be accepted just as gladly as everyone else's. It's become very clear Lee has been looking forward to a huge payday for a very long time.

15. Is anyone gonna stay up and watch college basketball overnight tonight? Not me. I'll stay with Miami-Memphis for as long as I can because my fiancee is out of town, but I definitely won't even make it to the 2AM opening tip of St. John's-St. Mary's.

16. The stink-landers fired their head coach today and moved the head coach of their minor league affliate up as an interim coach. Word is they offered the job to Doug Weight but he declined...because he wants to keep playing. I'm not kidding. All those franchises out there you guys root for who you think are horribly run...you have nothing on the Long Island Lunatics. Al Davis and Dan Snyder laugh at Charles Wang.

17. Did you see the parade they held in Philly to celebrate Roy Halladay's Cy Young award? Neither did I. ;)

18. Giant fans found out that you can only consistently turn the ball over against bad teams and still win. And despite their record, the 'boys are not a bad team.

19. Dez Bryant is going to be the best receiver in the NFL...if he isn't already. He's a threat to score every time he touches the ball.

20. Ohio State didn't move up because they don't deserve to move up. They had one tough game and they spit the bit. Case closed. Still, unless they stub their toe again their name and fan base will get them into a huge bowl.

21. Now Minnesota lost and Brett has a new malady? Jeez, this guy is the diva of all divas. For all we know he plants these stories just in case they lose, because he hates the idea of people thinking Brett Favre simply lost. Favre is entering the Roger Clemens territory of hatred, which is a shame because if Favre really had retired three years ago or so he would really be a Nick Folk hero. (I blame you Bill!)

22. Speaking of the Vikings...hiding behind anonymity to tell everyone how much they dislike Brad Childress? Jeez, man up and admit what you say for a change. What a bunch of gutless wonders.

23. My elbow still hurts sometimes from the bike accident. There is something small moving around in there!

24. Just a warning...we are being invaded by Italy in May 2011. One girl in the family, so when she gets married the relatives make the trip...and half of southern Italy shows up. There are a couple of villages where I think the last one out will have to turn out the lights. We had to delay the wedding six months to handle all the logistics.

25. Wow, Todd Haley is one fiery guy. Yelling at Josh MacDaniel and refusing to shake hands after the game yesterday. Oh my.

26. Isiah Thomas is going to be GM of the Knicks again. The only question is when. He's convinced Dolan that if he was still running the team Wade and Lebron would be playing for the homeys right now, because of all of Isiah's street cred. I'm not kidding. And he's also convinced Dolan he can lure Lebron here in 2014. Evil little man that one.

27. Bill Belicheck is an amazing coach. He just is.

28. Joe Morgan is finally off Sunday Night baseball. Thank goodness ESPN finally saw the light.

29. NFL Network names Jerry Rice number one player of all time. My dad would be very happy to hear that. He always said for all the praise Rice received, he didn't receive enough.

30. Goodbye Dave Niehaus, legendary announcer for the Seattle Mariners. Rest in peace.

31. LOL at Browns fans making fun of the hands of Braylon Edwards. Then you have Chancey Stuckey running down the field with a chance to win the game...and he drops the ball and Cleveland's victory as well! Nice upgrade. Payback is a 'Sandra when the Rangers lose'. That's priceless stuff right there. Perhaps the DB with the beautiful interception on his own three yard line should be your new receiver. Thankfully the ball sticks to him like glue.
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Sandra
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actually thats the pxp guy...But I remember the opening of the football game last year after Hawaii had lost 5 in a row (and badly)

"Hawaii has lost 5 in a row
They've given up....(slight pause) gobs of points"

later in the opening the color guy (Russell Yamamota) says
"When I pulled into the parking lot here at Aloha stadium
I saw a hearse sitting by the front gate
I hope that isnt a sign of the rest of UH's season :)
(UH did run off 5 straight wins IIRC)

Its always nice to see the scenery of a Hawaii game when we have 6 inches of snow on the ground right now in Minneapolis ;)
salsadancer7
actually thats the pxp guy...But I remember the opening of the football game last year after Hawaii had lost 5 in a row (and badly)

"Hawaii has lost 5 in a row
They've given up....(slight pause) gobs of points"

later in the opening the color guy (Russell Yamamota) says
"When I pulled into the parking lot here at Aloha stadium
I saw a hearse sitting by the front gate
I hope that isnt a sign of the rest of UH's season :)
(UH did run off 5 straight wins IIRC)

Its always nice to see the scenery of a Hawaii game when we have 6 inches of snow on the ground right now in Minneapolis ;)

Yeah...the "regular" play-by-play and "color analyst" try to be wacky radio DJ guy. That is why I love the odd balls...
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1 - The whole Auburn deal is all talk. Locally, its the Alabama dominated media trying to poison Auburn's dream season. Regionally, its Mississippi State, which was called out by the SEC Commissioner and has never responded, doing the negative recruiting that goes on in the SEC. And nationally it just a function of too much air time. Nothing here, move on.

3 - Oregon is almost as over-rated at Boise State. Not quite, but almost. The PAC 10 is down. Auburn by 40.

10 - I love how the ESPN/TNT hype machine trys to gin up interest in the meaningless NBA season. What, 5 teams don't make the playoffs? We already know whom. Next.

14 - More of baseball's broken economic system at work.

21 - I am tired of Favre's act. Every small town high school coach knows this deal. The kid who is probably the best in his birth year but want everyone to beg him to play. There are two ways to deal with it. The right way, what HS coaches who are winners do is look the kid in the face and say "Practice starts August 7th at 7 AM. Be there with your jock and your physical results, or enjoy watching with the boys in the chess club." Or you can beg and scrape and a**kiss and before you know it, the kid is running your team. Too bad several NFL GMs and coaches never learned which was right. Green Bay did.

22 - Randy Moss.

28 - I could care less who is covering a baseball game, as long as its not McCarver.
HD MM
31. LOL at Browns fans making fun of the hands of Braylon Edwards. Then you have Chancey Stuckey running down the field with a chance to win the game...and he drops the ball and Cleveland's victory as well! Nice upgrade. Payback is a 'Sandra when the Rangers lose'. That's priceless stuff right there. Perhaps the DB with the beautiful interception on his own three yard line should be your new receiver. Thankfully the ball sticks to him like glue.
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Sandra

It's also ironic the Jet's are now reaping the rewards of a team predominantly built by that cast-off, Eric Mangini.

He's in his second year with the Browns and I'm amazed at the progress. Hopefully the Browns give him more than 3 years to do his thing. He's a great young mind.
BillD1984
4. Didn't you used to be Troy Polamalu? He had a bad game last night in the middle of a bad season. Polamalu is well known for his free-lancing, but he seemed to guess wrong last night almost every time. He seemed to almost always be on the wrong side of the field. You used to see Troy in half the Pittsburgh highlights. Now you don't. The only highlight I remember seeing him in recently is when the long-hair on Cincinnati pancaked him at the goal line. For some reason, Brady has OWNED the Steelers over the years. That being said, I'd take Polamalu on my team ANY DAY!

8. I'm still not sold on Mark Sanchez, but give him credit for yesterday. He threw some ducks but came through when it counted. I still think Sanchez will be a very good NFL QB.

9. Jet fans are used to sitting there saying 'we outplayed the other team...we should have won...how the heck did we lose that game?' Now we're saying 'we easily woulda/coulda/shoulda lost but somehow we won.' The second part feels better. Absolutely!! This is EXACTLY how I feel when the Patriots win "ugly", and then I harken back to the days when they couldn't close out a solid game.


11. Utah's trip through the south resulted in almost as much carnage as Sherman's trip though the south 150 years ago. ;) As a said in the NBA thread, that was one of the most impressive NBA road trips in recent memory


13. 'Nick wasn't a Folk hero?'. Gonna be a while before I forgive you for that one, Bill! :D
LOL.......at least someone got my ATTEMPT at stupid humor!! :o :D


15. Is anyone gonna stay up and watch college basketball overnight tonight? Not me. I'll stay with Miami-Memphis for as long as I can because my fiancee is out of town, but I definitely won't even make it to the 2AM opening tip of St. John's-St. Mary's. Just got through watching the end of the Stony Brook-Monmouth game. I love games played in small gyms! :up

21. Now Minnesota lost and Brett has a new malady? Jeez, this guy is the diva of all divas. For all we know he plants these stories just in case they lose, because he hates the idea of people thinking Brett Favre simply lost. Favre is entering the Roger Clemens territory of hatred, which is a shame because if Favre really had retired three years ago or so he would really be a Nick Folk hero. (I blame you Bill!) Favre-Clemens? Great analogy, sans the roids!

23. My elbow still hurts sometimes from the bike accident. There is something small moving around in there! OUCH!!! hopefully it's not floating bone chips....those thing hurt!! :(

24. Just a warning...we are being invaded by Italy in May 2011. One girl in the family, so when she gets married the relatives make the trip...and half of southern Italy shows up. There are a couple of villages where I think the last one out will have to turn out the lights. We had to delay the wedding six months to handle all the logistics. My brother-in-laws relatives came home from southern Italy last Xmas........great people!!

25. Wow, Todd Haley is one fiery guy. Yelling at Josh MacDaniel and refusing to shake hands after the game yesterday. Oh my. Yeah, that was bizarre.

26. Isiah Thomas is going to be GM of the Knicks again. The only question is when. He's convinced Dolan that if he was still running the team Wade and Lebron would be playing for the homeys right now, because of all of Isiah's street cred. I'm not kidding. And he's also convinced Dolan he can lure Lebron here in 2014. Evil little man that one. You're kidding, right? RIGHT? :confused:

27. Bill Belicheck is an amazing coach. He just is. We like him! :D

28. Joe Morgan is finally off Sunday Night baseball. Thank goodness ESPN finally saw the light. Thank Gawd!!!

29. NFL Network names Jerry Rice number one player of all time. My dad would be very happy to hear that. He always said for all the praise Rice received, he didn't receive enough. IMO, Jerry Rice was the most dominant player I've ever seen. Great coice, NFLN!!

30. Goodbye Dave Niehaus, legendary announcer for the Seattle Mariners. Rest in peace.
I heard him call a few games for the old Baseball Network....GREAT announcer! RIP


Sandra

Good stuff as always, Sandra!! :up
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Picked up a sweet directv dish, mount, twin lnbs and a short cable.
Has anyone converted one to FTA? A Frankenstein of sorts...
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would probably also work well for NHK on 101W and possibly for PBS on 99W. I used one for a while on 30W. Just keep in mind that because it's undersized for those satellites, it might work fine in clear weather but won't have much margin to account for signal degradation during rain/snow
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If you can find one, the Shaw / Star Choice 75e ellipticals are great for use on 97, 99, and 101W. They are really just rebranded ChannelMaster 75 cm reflectors and use linear LNBFs by default out of the box.

Everyone else's mileage may vary.
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I have read that some have converted this type dish but after giving it a good look, it's the lnb conversion that is the bottleneck. Does anyone have a picture of their attempt to configure the lnb? I watched a video on youtube from the save it for parts guy and he used duct tape! Guess it worked but I'm thinking something a bit more permanent!
Thanks to all for your interest and replies...
Titanium
Many of us have used a universal LNBF mount (or get creative with L brackets and plumbers tape - perforated metal strapping). Use a few inches of aluminum tube (or a piece of 1x2" lumber) to extend the support arm (replacing the plastic mount used by DirecTV and Dish) to place the LNBF throat opening at the correct distance from the reflector, the correct height and at the correct angle. Nothing magical... simply place the new linear LNBF in the center at the same distance, height and angle as the current combo.
www.amazon.com/Universal-Single-Bracket-Holder-FTA-US/dp/B074L85WK2
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To add: 101W Ku seems to be (one of if not the) strongest for me, and if I only had Ku I definitely want 101W for the music mux, it's robust FEC and strong signal help a lot. I've thought about using a used Dish/DirectTV dish at my Dads to supplement his OTA (mainly for my benefit when I visit :) )
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

So let the game continue!

The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!

Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game

Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.

Example:

Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne


Get it?


An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Give A Little Bit - Supertramp
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Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix
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With A Little Luck - Wings
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LITTLE Willy-Sweet
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Little Deuce Coupe - The Beach Boys
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Schedule drops tomorrow. Mandatory mini camps in June. Hall of Fame game August 6th.
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I guess even the patience of us laid-back Hoosiers has its limits:
rvvaquero
I guess even the patience of us laid-back Hoosiers has its limits:
Be nice to see a Cowboy headline like that.
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I guess even the patience of us laid-back Hoosiers has its limits:

Can we expect to see a new coach if we say "pretty please?"
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Jeeez, Week 6, no lead is safe…
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No idea what improvements might be involved.
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I'm getting fabulous picture on Ch. 148 4k, but zero audio with H713. This is with a recorded show (Notre Dame game). Anyone else have this? Audio is fine on every other channel.
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I'm getting fabulous picture on Ch. 148 4k, but zero audio with H713. This is with a recorded show (Notre Dame game). Anyone else have this? Audio is fine on every other channel.
It's a known issue.
For a temporary fix, go into the menu, Audio, and turn Dolby Audio "OFF". You will have PCM stereo audio.

I was able to give the tech ops team some data logs so they could diagnose the problem, and they rolled me back to H708 temporarily. It fixed that issue.

They let me know that they understand what caused the issue, and it will be fixed within a few weeks in a new update.
long_time_Dish
They let me know that they understand what caused the issue, and it will be fixed within a few weeks in a new update.
Oh, you mean "soon"? :biggrin
Almighty1
It's a known issue.
For a temporary fix, go into the menu, Audio, and turn Dolby Audio "OFF". You will have PCM stereo audio.

I was able to give the tech ops team some data logs so they could diagnose the problem, and they rolled me back to H708 temporarily. It fixed that issue.

They let me know that they understand what caused the issue, and it will be fixed within a few weeks in a new update.
I guess they will be busy when lots of people start asking for rollbacks to H708 now that you mention that downgrades of software does exist because it will likely fix the OTA Single Tuner and the IR Remote problems in H710-H713.
navychop
it will likely fix the OTA Single Tuner

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it will likely fix the OTA Single Tuner
🤣

Oh....you were serious
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Hondo is back with a new squad 9/25 only on Starz.


View: https://m.youtube.com/shorts/b0gPzA8KHEQ
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Never watched the previous shows, so doubtful.
teachsac
Started watching yesterday. Not too bad.
Scott Greczkowski
Wife likes it.
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I like Zyra from La Brea (one with the prosthetic).
dfergie
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Stargate SG-1 cancelled, Atlantis renewed
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Monday - August 21, 2006 | by Darren Sumner
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The future of Stargate is in question today, as SCI FI Channel has cancelled the long-running Stargate SG-1, Multichannel News reported today and a GateWorld source has confirmed. The news regrettably follows the airing of the show's milestone two-hundredth episode on Friday.

Stargate Atlantis, meanwhile, has been renewed for a fourth season, with the network hoping to see that the spin-off series can stand alone, according to a source.
Source Gateworld
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I have gotten back into watching SG-1 and I have recorded most of the episodes to binge watch. What episodes are about the Antarctic or was this a movie? Also where could I watch the SG-1 movies?
osu1991
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I have gotten back into watching SG-1 and I have recorded most of the episodes to binge watch. What episodes are about the Antarctic or was this a movie? Also where could I watch the SG-1 movies?
Well, there are a couple involving the Antarctic. "Solitudes", S1 E17 (one of my favorites), Then, "Lost City', S7 E21 and E22. Then, in the SGA pilot, "Rising", S1 E1 and E2, it starts out in the Antarctic for about the first 20 minutes or so.
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Well, there are a couple involving the Antarctic. "Solitudes", S1 E17 (one of my favorites), Then, "Lost City', S7 E21 and E22. Then, in the SGA pilot, "Rising", S1 E1 and E2, it starts out in the Antarctic for about the first 20 minutes or so.
Which one has O'Neil being Ancients? I am at the end of Season 8 now.
long_time_Dish
Which one has O'Neil being Ancients? I am at the end of Season 8 now.
If I understand your question, O'Neill had the Ancient's knowledge in the "Lost City" two-part episode. That was when Anubis attacked Earth and there was a big battle over Antarctica.
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