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a kennedy

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1. This one is the just the worse......

Reply to liberal N proud (Original post)

Wed Oct 3, 2012, 07:44 AM

Oct 2012

4. Television
Years ago, TVs with "rabbit ears" might have looked silly, but the programming was free. Today, local TV is still free, but more than 100 million American households pay for it through cable and satellite providers. And we are still watching commercials.

Commercials.....CAN NOT STAND THEM..... I love my DVR. But when watching my Packers play football live.......thank gawd there are other channels I can turn to to watch during the commercials.

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10 things that used to be free [View all] liberal N proud Oct 2012 OP

This one is the just the worse...... a kennedy Oct 2012 #1

Absolutely! dvhughes Oct 2012 #36

Broadcast TV is still free BarackTheVote Oct 2012 #46

Also BarackTheVote Oct 2012 #49

Before deregulation they used to limit the commercial time in an hour of programming. Doremus Oct 2012 #50

Free air and water at the gas station. hobbit709 Oct 2012 #2

Pretty much everything in a hotel. HughBeaumont Oct 2012 #3

I find it interesting that the less expensive hotels provide internet liberal N proud Oct 2012 #4

Oh, no doubt. HughBeaumont Oct 2012 #10

That is all because they don't want you in your room, they want you in their casino! blueamy66 Oct 2012 #18

I go to CES every year. hifiguy Oct 2012 #24

Same thing with campgrounds - KOA=free wifi, Disney=$10/day, and it's wired n/t woodsprite Oct 2012 #28

Not only campgrounds -- national parks, recreation areas, national forest lands, etc. Charging HiPointDem Oct 2012 #39

I love my little "cube" internet thingie I have SoCalDem Oct 2012 #42

As someone who travels off and on, I have noticed that too. MADem Oct 2012 #51

Breakfasts, refrigerators, and coffee makers SheilaT Oct 2012 #38

I'm cheap so I avoid a lot of that stuff... DemzRock Oct 2012 #5

"Trash pickup =" Depends upon one's community. I pay for private; next twnshp over is paid by taxes. WinkyDink Oct 2012 #15

Commercials-time to see what's on other channels abelenkpe Oct 2012 #53

I'd rather drink Drano... meaculpa2011 Oct 2012 #55

Oh come on it's fun. DemzRock Oct 2012 #57

TV is still free. MadrasT Oct 2012 #6

I'm seriously considering going all internet... Jeff In Milwaukee Oct 2012 #8

Depends where one lives. WinkyDink Oct 2012 #16

Here in the Tampa Bay area I get about 45 free channels over the air... n/t EX500rider Oct 2012 #37

I must be creaking because I remember when Skidmore Oct 2012 #7

Certainly agree with some of these pipoman Oct 2012 #9

Full service stations did not completely disappear, Oregon has only full service Bluenorthwest Oct 2012 #21

For a person from OR or NJ to get a drivers license in GA they have to demonstrate that they are Erose999 Oct 2012 #29

it would be interesting to see a list hfojvt Oct 2012 #30

You have traveled outside of Oregon, no? pipoman Oct 2012 #47

What's the relative cost of airline travel nichomachus Oct 2012 #32

yep. the same thing happened to bus travel when they broke the unions. from a reasonably HiPointDem Oct 2012 #40

For me pipoman Oct 2012 #45

Clean Water. vanlassie Oct 2012 #11

Bullseye ! yesphan Oct 2012 #12

this is the one that pisses me off. We pay more for water than for gas yet no one complains. Hamlette Oct 2012 #23

I remember going to Detroit Edison with my mom to sufrommich Oct 2012 #13

Today, local TV is still free, but more than 100 million American households pay for it = NOT FREE. WinkyDink Oct 2012 #14

If you ditch cable and don't get the satellite, you can pick up many local stations for free liberal N proud Oct 2012 #34

I live in rural black zone wendylaroux Oct 2012 #52

A lot of Internet bill paying involves a fee (a "convenience" fee). That's after they pushed... HopeHoops Oct 2012 #17

Number 7...in Oregon, all gasoline is pumped by the attendant, always... Bluenorthwest Oct 2012 #19

I believe most if not all of New Jersey is as well. liberal N proud Oct 2012 #35

Surely "news" is the opposite? Nye Bevan Oct 2012 #20

I'm sorry, but that is simply not true. None of those things were truly free. slackmaster Oct 2012 #22

ya beat me to it... ProdigalJunkMail Oct 2012 #26

none of these things were ever 'free' ProdigalJunkMail Oct 2012 #25

Parks and museums spinbaby Oct 2012 #27

#9 and #10 - smart phones have done away with these. Initech Oct 2012 #31

A while back I had an argument with a paul-bot about madmom Oct 2012 #33

It matters to people because we are splitting up a smaller TBF Oct 2012 #41

The race to the bottom ruined everything AgingAmerican Oct 2012 #43

America Octafish Oct 2012 #44

We had "Free Clinics" in the 70's maveric56 Oct 2012 #48

Except it wasn't free... pipoman Oct 2012 #54

I have to fly for business... meaculpa2011 Oct 2012 #56