We FTA'ers are an interesting group

[Mr Tony]

god this is eerie..

number 12 at the top reared his head again in the Dsh forum
http://www.satelliteguys.us/dish-ne...ish-network-add-al-jazeera-international.html

somebody asked about Dish adding it and pretty much got the usual "we don't want that on Dish" responce

 

[truckracer]

• The FTA'er understands what a solar outage is, and when his viewing is interrupted by one thinks it is kinda cool
• The Dish/Direct customer calls tech support

I have seen this before LOL- I always wait to see how long the outage will last.

 

[GrumpyGuy]

More than once I have felt torn between watching a solar outage's effect on an analog signal play out on a TV screen, or running outside to observe the beauty of the perfectly symmetrical shadow cast on the face of a prime focus dish.

 

[glen4cindy]

I had to explain #10 to my stepdad last nite. He couldn't understand why, even though I am deathly afraid of heights, that I will climb on my roof to tweak the dish.

I thought all your dishes were on the back deck!

Where are your pics of your dish farm you promised?

 

[glen4cindy]

We don't worry about ECM's like some other "FTAers" do.

We don't have to constantly look for newer bins for our receivers unless we buy some older gear that someone messed up loading one of the "newest factory bins" on.

 

[gpat]

OMG Ice,
You described me exactly!!!! That's me - all the above. That is so funny because just the other day.....My neighbor came out and said "You working on that thing again".LOL

They just don't understand.

I am the same way with my 2005 GTO, I am always writing a new tune for the engine computer trying to get a little more out of it. Always swapping parts and porting heads and intakes.
So far I have squeezed 470Hp out of it.

I do my dishes the same way.

OT LMK when you get to Central Fla.
My son worked at the local dealership and did alot of PDI on 04-06s
Even worked on one that was an 800HP twin turbo terror.Yes this
affliction carries on to other things.

 

[GreatFTA]

One thing for sure...
There's nothing boring about FTA! There's something always going on!!!!

 

[GreatFTA]

satelliteguys.us is my homepage for Firefox. Google is my homepage for IE. Guess which browser I use more?

Mine homepage is Satelliteguys too!!!
We're band of FTA brothers! :up

 

[linuxman]

The reason an FTA'er will make something work that someone else said wouldn't, is because they lay awake all night thinking about how they are going to do it.

 

[schlever]

Love it! All the comments plus Ice's list.

LOL my wife was going to throw out a little metal bracket that came with something she bought a few days back, looked at it and came to me and said "Maybe you can use this to get some more channels some how?" Not sure if its useful but added it to the parts bin anyway

 

[linuxman]

Heck, A true FTA'er will adjust dishes while he's dreaming.

 

[rv1pop]

Love it! All the comments plus Ice's list.

LOL my wife was going to throw out a little metal bracket that came with something she bought a few days back, looked at it and came to me and said "Maybe you can use this to get some more channels some how?" Not sure if its useful but added it to the parts bin anyway

Guard that wife with your life!:up:up:up:up

 

[Mr Tony]

I thought all your dishes were on the back deck!

the original dish is on the roof and has been for 4+ years now
The rest are on the deck

Where are your pics of your dish farm you promised?

#8 I just overhauled it this weekend...I'll get some pics and update

 

[Davage]

Guard that wife with your life!:up:up:up:up

My wife is the one who actually found my free C-Band dish for me! It's nice to not have the WAF (Wife Approval Factor) as being an issue for my dishes.

 

[Mr Tony]

My wife is the one who actually found my free C-Band dish for me! It's nice to not have the WAF (Wife Approval Factor) as being an issue for my dishes.

damn...having a WAF like that is like not having a significant other.....but you have some other benefits

 

[iafirebuff]

My wife found my Primestars for me

 

[Anole]

I knew Scott's wife was a real gem.
Maybe we need to have a Hall of Fame for friends and family like these:

My wife found my Primestars for me

My wife is the one who actually found my free C-Band dish for me!

LOL my wife was going to throw out a little metal bracket that came with something she bought a few days back, looked at it and came to me and said "Maybe you can use this to get some more channels some how?" Not sure if its useful but added it to the parts bin anyway

And, if there is any question who doesn't get on the list . . .

My wife glares at me when the UPS truck shows up.

 

[schlever]

Got told I can hang as many dishes on the side of the house as I want as no one sees them, but none in the backyard as we we spend a lot of time there and 'we' spend more time on our vegitable garden together than most (have a mini-greenhouse). Nor can I "put a hole in the side on the house when it moves " Now to figure out how to mount a BUD in that area that really is only 3' 1/2" wide!

My wife (really my fiance' until its official in a few months, but have been living together for so long it seems like a wife) is totally supportive of my hobby, and the money I spend on it, which helps when I'm heading outside in the clothes I wear to go snowmobiling to hang a new LNB or tweak the dish.

 

[schlever]

I am the same way with my 2005 GTO, I am always writing a new tune for the engine computer trying to get a little more out of it. Always swapping parts and porting heads and intakes.
So far I have squeezed 470Hp out of it.

I do my dishes the same way.

Boys, boys .... Get a nice 440 Hemi, and you never have to worry about getting a computer out to tune anything ...... My father, before he passed on, was known as one of the greatest Hemi tuners in Canada. Did it all be ear and feeling going down the road. Never really Dyno'ed his Superbee, but am willing to bet I could make you look silly on a drag strip even though I haven't started the thing in 3 years!

 

[gpat]

Sorry
Hemi was 426
440 was a RB motor (wedge)
There are some conversions using 440 blocks but this is a new thing.
Wish I knew as much about TVRO.