It may seem pretty lame that I'm writing about T.V., but for us Misers it's really a very inexpensive form of entertainment. We don't get cable, we don't have a satellite dish, and we don't own a flat screen television. We just have an old set with Rabbit Ears. For the past few months we've only been getting about four stations, which has severely limited our viewing options, so we've just been watching DVDs for the most part.
On February 17th, television is changing from analog to digital, and if you have any older set then you are totally screwed - unless you buy a converter box. We bought one the other day, with a government issued coupon worth $40 that help offset the cost - we ended up paying only $18 out of pocket, and with free delivery. And now with the converter box, we get a lot more free stations, more than ever before! Tonight we are going to watch "The Office" and "30 Rock", and then the last episode from the DVD of "The Flight Of The Concords", which our neighbor loaned to us. (Bee will be asleep in bed, she doesn't watch T.V. yet anyway). I'm really looking forward to tonight, how pathetic is that? But the good thing is that the characters on "Flight Of The Concords" are even more pathetic than us, they make us both laugh and feel a little bit better about ourselves. Sometimes, television rules!
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