DirecTV - satellite - thunder - lightening - poof

[welshTerrier2]

pretty good storm going on here (west of boston) ...

my TV now says:

Searching for satellite signal ... Please stand by ...

[GCP]

1. You're in Ashland, aren't you?

Our satellite's still OK so far

[welshTerrier2]

6. back on now ...

yup ... ashland ...

do you live in the western burbs too ??

[GCP]

7. Yeah, I believe you met my son, DS1

we live off Howe Street.

[welshTerrier2]

8. yes i did !!

didn't link your DU name to him though ...

i've been spending lots of time in Hopkinton State Park this spring ... my dog and i get there by driving up Howe St ...

has DS1 relocated ?? when i met him he was living on Winter Street ...

[GCP]

9. Yeah, he lived in Framingham for a while

and he's shortly moving to Maynard.

[Cush]

2. yup, thats the one thing I can't stand about DTV

can also happen during a heavy snow storm

[welshTerrier2]

4. my "cable" friends

get a pretty good chuckle out of watching me throw snowballs at the satellite dish to knock off the snow ...

me and randy johnson ... randy johnson and me ... let me tell you, it's no easy throw ...

[Momof1]

3. it will clear up as soon as the storm passes n/t

[donco6]

5. Ours got fried once.

Had to buy a whole new receiver.

Lightning at the cabin - pretty ferocious in the spring.

[Don_G]

10. DemoTex Is A Ham Radio Operator

And can guide y'all on how to ground sensetive electronics before lightning strikes.

Nothing fancy or exotic; we've both been there and have done that, but DemoTex has the patience and distance of a saint where mine has been tested in setting up LAN's and stuff at my expense.

He's a good guy to know.