In a burning pit in h311.
Hey Viacom.. get over yourself already.
Poor Dish Network. People are irate. “We’re gonna cancel your service” regardless that the poor company is fighting for our rights as satelite users and trying to keep evil conglomerates from being jerkfaces. So like 15 CBS channels around the country are owned by Viacom. And so to get these CBS channels they want to charge an outrageous amount of money and insist on them including some other channels as well as completely change contracts with other channels. Say what?
So now there’s a black out on Comedy Central, BET, MTV’s, Noggin, Nick, Nick Gas… as well as the 15 CBS channels.
Whatever… Take your channels and shove them…
I think Viacom is also the reason why Charmed is not on DVD… them and Spelling.
So anyway… anyone want to take a little journey out to Viacom and do a little bit of erm… “yardwork” we will call it… yeah… “yardwork” *cough…must buy mass quantities of toiletpaper and plastic forks cough*
Lady Ozma's Journey 
lilangelem88 said:
what’s going on?
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Lady Ozma said:
Viacom is being awful
There’s like these 15 CBS channels around the country owned by Viacom. Well they’ve told my satelite provider, Dish Network, that in order to continue carrying them, Dish Network has to pay 40% more, plus a premium, rework the contracts that Dish network has with some other channels (Spike TV and TVLand for two), and then include BET and MTV and Nick and some others.
Well they told Dish Network that if they did not go with this, these channels, including the 15 CBS channels would be blacked out for the Superbowl. CBS showed the superbowl. Hello… that’s just wrong. Terrorism in the “civilized” world if you ask me.
So there was a court order keeping VIacom from doing this and pretty much killing Dish Network. Especially since a lot of what they are asking for is more money than cable compaines pay. I mean hello… statement? Well the court order ran out last night and there has still been no agreement. So today…blackout on the said CBS stations and other channels.
It will be lifted because Viacom will realize they are being idiots. I hope.
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sircaliban said:
Sounds like how George Stienbrenner (Yankee’s owner) was pushing his new ‘YES’ channel/network. He went to all of the cable providers and said.. you must carry this channel as part of your basic channel lineup and oh yeah.. it will cost you X number of dollars per subscriber.
When Cablevision said ‘no’.. Stienbrenner started an ‘ad’ campaign to get people to sign up for the dish network. (we have the YES channel).. switch now.
type of advertising.
They all play that game. And the people that suffer is the end user. why? because it comes out of our pockets. Personally.. I really wonder if I really need 200 channels of digital cable..
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withoutanet said:
i’m off to bed, woman, but i have had so much fun, thanks!! *hugs*
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Lady Ozma said:
HEHE makes me think of seinfeld… Stienbrenner
dish Network has Yes? I don’t think I’ve ever heard of it. bleh.
Yeah I don’t watch half the channels I have. If I could dump the music channels and the sports channels and the shopping channels… well you get the picture.. haha
And yep, they all play the game. I know that it was CBS here in Columbus that held up the process of the columbus locals being picked up. The locals have to cost the same no matter what city you lived in. Well the guy who owns our cbs also owns that Ohio News Network channel. He wanted to require them to carry that and then of course said “Well it is two channels, not just one so I want twice as much money.” Look dude, get over yourself… CBS important ONN about as important as your kissing my arse… would be nice but ain’t gonna happen.
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Lady Ozma said:
HEHE
Well.. almost snarky good.. 🙂
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sircaliban said:
Re: HEHE makes me think of seinfeld… Stienbrenner
yeah..
the sucky thing is that they all play this game.. you take this channel.. and this channel.. or you don’t get any of these channels..
you know how much money they would actually lose if we only paid for the channels we actually watched?
I often wonder how the shopping channels even make money.. considering I’ve never bought anything from any shopping channel.
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: HEHE makes me think of seinfeld… Stienbrenner
They would lose a fortune. And a half. But that’s how they get the lesser channels on there. But the fact is that while I don’t watch say Comedy Central there are a lot of people who do. And we used to watch a lot of Nick JR but now that the kids are in school… not so much. But me? I am always watching Sci Fi and I know a lot of people feel that way… “Eh Sci Fi” LOL
I’ve never bought anything off the shopping channels either. My inlaws shop them… Why? No clue.
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lilangelem88 said:
Re: Viacom is being awful
hmm…sounds interesting…and dumb…don’t get it that much…hmm
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: Viacom is being awful
It is called “We are evil and want to charge satelite users twice as much and we are also greeeeeedy”
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withoutanet said:
Re: HEHE
and i wanted to say i totally agree with you. greed DOESN’T rule. i all of a sudden realized it was bedtime as i was reading your post. it brought to mind how dish and directv wanted to merge, and it got fought down.
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: HEHE
I’m not sure if I’m glad they didn’t merge or happy. i’m sure there would have been a price increase for me… but I know so many people with DirecTV who hate it. I have five friends who went to cable because they hated DirecTV.
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lilangelem88 said:
Re: Viacom is being awful
oh oh oh…i get it now… 😦
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withoutanet said:
Re: HEHE
i know, i’m not sure what the outcome of that would have been either. there was a reason i wanted it to go through, but i’ll be hanged if i can remember what that was now, lol.
why do they dislike directv so much? the two seem fairly comparable to me. i had dish for about 4 years, and now directv for one. i don’t think there is a (good) cable provider here in the sticks, so i’m just pleased to have tv at all, rofl
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: HEHE
I have no idea why my friends dislike DirecTv. I know one person said the service she got from the get go was about the worse service she had had for anything. She’s actually moved to Dish because I talked her into it and she loves it! 🙂 I’m not sure if it is the cost or what. *SHRUG* Oh well. I have had Dish Network for 7 years now and still love it. 🙂
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withoutanet said:
Re: HEHE
who knows, right. everyone has their dislikes. i, myself, start with time warner. heh heh. they are evil corporation number one. maybe not, but hey. they’re just so wicked, rofl.
the only real difference i like about directv’s deal is that i can hit ‘select’ on something that will come on in an hour, or two days, whatever, and it automatically goes there when its on. heh heh. i felt so spoiled when we changed, because of that. but thats only a small difference between the two.
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: HEHE
Dish network’s newer receivers do that. My archaic one in my bedroom does not do that though. But the newer receivers will even turn the channel but also start your vcr! Swank!
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withoutanet said:
wow
okay, i’m switching back. just kidding, lol. *bangs her fists on the table for tivo*
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: wow
LOL.. hehe
I love my DVR. 🙂
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withoutanet said:
w00t for technology
in my opinion it is right up there with the cell phone. {present day cell phone, not 80’s cell phone, rofl}
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: w00t for technology
HAHA I hear that… on both the right up there with the cell phone and also on the 80’s cell phone *SHUDDER* I had a phone in the early 90s they sucked and the plans sucked worse!
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withoutanet said:
Re: w00t for technology
ROFL @ those 90’s cell plans!!!! too funny. i don’t know what i would do without free minutes after 6 pm. it totally rules! those old phones were so darned clunkyyyyyyy.
you need some snark!!!
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: w00t for technology
OMG free minutes after six would rule!! But then again I have 800 minutes so I don’t come close to filling it. I also have unlimited calls to Verizon phones. And unlimited nights and weekends. It rules!! 🙂
I do need some snark!!
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withoutanet said:
Re: w00t for technology
i’m with verizon, too. our evenings just start at 6.. my sis has sprint, i think, and her evening used to start at 9. thank goodness for innovation, once again, lol. ahhh, i’m finally off to bed. sleep well, when you do.
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: w00t for technology
really? Did Verizon change when their time starts?
Hey i can call you for free… hahaha
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withoutanet said:
Re: w00t for technology
when we signed our contract, that was the time when the off-peak hours were listed. for our region, at least. just you wait, one of these days those evening and weekends are going to be considered peak hours, rofl
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withoutanet said:
Re: w00t for technology
its funny, cause i looked at the bill this time, and noticed that our nighttime use is more than a hundred minutes *less* than our day or peak minutes!! i think i should scale the plan down a little, but i sure do like being covered,lol
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: w00t for technology
wow, that’s crazy!! Yeah I used to have less minutes but I scaled up. I figure I will use the cell more in VA than here. We may not even get a house phone unless we need DSL or something. The traffic there is horrendous so errands will take longer to do. Plus I know that I’ll be visiting Fredericksburg at LEAST once a week especially to help with my grandfather. Add onto that school stuff during the school year like now… So anyway…
To see how it is going to work I’ve been using my cell more and more. I used 400 minutes. But I called and talked to my mom quite a bit. Plus I do have a lot of calls to the realtors and stuff in VA and my cell is what i use for long distance.
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withoutanet said:
Re: w00t for technology
me, too. i only dial long distance like on the landline when i definitely need guaranteed connectivity, and i use 1010987 then. not that its all wonderful and stuff, but if we dial direct, its an extra 9 bucks, at least, on a different bill. yikes, right? thank you, cell phone! and, i connect to the net using dial up, cause i’m not enough of a nerd, and i forward my calls to the cell phone. w00t fer not havin’ to pay for caller id, rofl
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: w00t for technology
i love cells. Took me forever to get one though. I had one back in 1993 and it scarred me… ROFL… but now? Oh baby yeah!
If we do end up having DSL then I’m getting the most basic phone package ever and then not giving out that number… then I’ll know it is only telemarketers calling and they’ll just NEVER talk to anyone.. mwahahaha… probably won’t even hook up a phone unless i turn off the ringer… HAHAHA I’m so baaaad
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withoutanet said:
Re: w00t for technology
i leave my phone forwarded almost all of the time, and i wouldn’t think of just picking up the phone when it rings. my motto is: people that love us and know us will leave a message. i usually get back to you pretty quick, but you getting me? not likely, rofl, on the off chance my cell phone is charged and on. that’s the only reason why i wouldn’t do without my landline, is its not easy to always keep it charged and on. then again, i’m useless without the numbers stored IN the cell phone, rofllllllllllllllllll
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: w00t for technology
i have caller id so that’s how i judge. But the dang blasted markerters have started leaving messages… GRRRR
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withoutanet said:
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yeah, that is pretty uncool. even hang ups arent cool. telemarketers make me angry. not my favorite thing at all. probably over half of the reason i don’t just pick up the phone, even.
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: re: technology
I used to let them get hte voicemail. That would have them hang up. But about a year or so ago they got the great idea to play their dorky recordings. So daily I have about three to five mail messages. “Oh my gosh, I can’t believe you haven’t called me back…” “This just in…” Hello, I am on the do not call list. I ALREADY have a satelite. GO AwAY
Today I got tired so I picked up the phone and hit the * key. And held it. And held it. HAHA
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withoutanet said:
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roflllllllllllllllllllll! go, you!
i know, i am being marketed for a satelite, too!!!!!! what the fark!!!! grrrrrrr.
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Lady Ozma said:
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i’m getting marketed by local schmo’s for Dish to boot. I’m like ‘I HAVE dish network.” “No ma’am we are not directv, we are dish network.” I KNOW I HAVE YOU…. argh
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withoutanet said:
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those dish network peeps are persistent, i’ll give them that. when their machine calls me, i’m tempted to call them back. i, too, got those calls WHEN i subsribed to dish network. i think some people need to DO some networking, before they start calling the whole nation. LOL also, we frequently get invited to consolidate our credit. grrrrrrr. we have great credit. and amazingly, no debt. grrrrrrr. how to tell people they are wasting this much timeeeeeeeee? grrrrr…. LOL
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Lady Ozma said:
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I also get them from ADT. “Um had you for almost three years now, bugger off”
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withoutanet said:
Re: technology+bad news
*sighs* hubby was thinking even the commercials should be ‘smart’ and know when we’ve recently puchased something, like we bought fiery pringles, so something else gets that slot. i’m just chatting. but i received a bombshell yestereday. my mom was diagnosed with cancer. of the uterus. i don’t know what to think. and talk about being prone to tears… she hasn’t told my sister or brothers, yet. i feel so tense because she hasn’t told my sis. *hug* sorry, i just couldn’t keep it to myself.
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: technology+bad news
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ((HUGS)) If you ever need to gripe and moan, I’m here. My son had cancer you know so I’ve walked the cancer path with a loved one. I know it is different relationship… but anyway. ((HUGS)) Please keep me posted on how it is. I hope it is only in the uterus and they can just haul that sucker out and she’ll be OK. ((HUGs))
If you need me… let me know.
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withoutanet said:
Re: technology+bad news
thank you so much. it means a lot that a good friend knows. it just feels weird. a part of me just wants to pretend that she is going to be okay. yet i feel fear. *sigh* thank you i really really needed those hugs. :(( since last night, i have been telling my sister to call my mom.
staying in day to day touch with my mom is not what she and i do, mom’s doin’ her own thing. but this is so important to me. gahhhh. our already complicated feelings for her are …. i dunno, but my sister needs to realize i havent spoken to her that rudely about something she needs to do in quite some time. *sigh* i am so hoping this all works out and my mom is okay. as okay as she can be. *hugs and hugs*
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: technology+bad news
You know what, there’s hope. I mean cancer is not the automatic death sentance it was just 10 or 20 years ago. And not only that but the treatments have gotten so much better. I mean they have so many new drugs. And they have developed some great drugs to counteract the chemotherapy.
If they catch it early on, then they can do so much. I hope they found it early. And like I said, I’ve been there.
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withoutanet said:
Re: it sure isn’t the automatic death sentence it used to be
i really do feel like there is a lot of hope. it is just scary. i knew, knowing you’d been there, that you would understand the fear. it didn’t take me but a second to ask how long she had had it, when they found it. she is about to take this mini-vacation, one of few she’s given herself, and we will see what happens after that. she was joking about how happy she would be with a hysterectomy. she has just lived such a hard life, to me, with some bad decisions. for instance, she told me she is taking 10 or so tylenols a day, or something like that. well, she is an alcoholic, and the one thing i know is not to combine things like that with alcohol. it is soo bad for your liver (as if drinking often weren’t enough). thank you very much for your kind thoughts. i felt like calling emergency prayer the morning after i found out. i feel like it’s killing me that my sister doesn’t know. i am so not used to biting my tongue that this feels like lying. *deep breath* my mom promised she would tell her, but i know in my heart how hard this is, and is going to be. wahhhhhh. lol. what was that we were saying about how nice it is to be a child? 😀
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: it sure isn’t the automatic death sentence it used to be
you know, i had so many people throw our family and Caramon on prayer rolls across the country and abroad. I firmly believe in the power of prayer. By the time his diagnosis was finalized he was on that I knew of over 20 prayer lists. That I knew of. When he got his first treatment of chemo? They came in and sat us down and told us that while there was a lot of hope overall, that it generally took at least 48 hours to see the beginnings of improvement as far as his breathing was concerned. They then said that due to how long that was and how bad he was, we should prepare ourselves to put him on a ventilator by the end of the weekend. (This was Saturday afternoon.) They told us that at this children’s hospital their policy in a case like this where they knew the vent would be needed but the child was so young they would medicate him to keep him pretty much out of it and sleeping so he would not suffer with the vent. He was very awake and alert and suffering to breathe so bad.
We woke up Sunday morning to the doctors chattering away. We just knew it was because it was time for the vent and I metally braced myself. The doctors looked over at us and do you know what they said? They had no idea how it happened but his breathing had improved so much there was no longer any need for a vent AT ALL, there was no sign for ever having needed a vent, and that he could probably cut his breathing treatments back by half! This is in less than 24 hours.
They then went on to say the only thing they could think was that it was a miracle because there was no way the drugs could have worked so fast.
So if you feel moved to request prayer lists? Go for it.
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withoutanet said:
Re: it sure isn’t the automatic death sentence it used to be
i had a few experiences in a hospital turned convent type place that convinced me. it was a methodist retreat, but we were there praying for our friends and people back home, and they were praying for us. the lord is nothing less than mysterious.
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: it sure isn’t the automatic death sentence it used to be
I agree… trust in Him, sweetie. ((HUGS)) I’m here for you
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withoutanet said:
Re: it sure isn’t the automatic death sentence it used to be
prayer works. and so does he.
another note: i’m happy i didn’t eat up all the chocolate cake i made, i shared some with the neighbor+family, and can still share with sistah! w00t
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: it sure isn’t the automatic death sentence it used to be
WOOHOO… what better for you and your sister!! mmm chocolate cake!! (And less for your hips!)
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withoutanet said:
chocolate cake
i know, talk about cause for celebration. we had a good time together. she’s safe at home, now. yay for that, lol.
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: chocolate cake
I’m glad you had a good time together! ((HUGS)) Hope you both enjoyed that cake!
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withoutanet said:
Re: chocolate cake
*hugs* thanks, we did. we giggled and talked, and slept well, which she needs. she sleeps best here, and can walk in the door, sit on the couch, and fall right to sleep, rofl
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Lady Ozma said:
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Ahhh a couch of no return! WOOHOO those are the best!
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withoutanet said:
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its just weird about our house, everyone who comes here is soo relaxed. they sleep better than anywhere else, and feel so comfortable they don’t want to leave sometimes. it feels like a phenomenon to us, rofl
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