GA costly? Try TV...

I was reading an article complaining about Comcast service, linked from
Slashdot. The lady who was complaining in her blog revealed how much she
pays for TV... once you subtract her internet service, it's over $1500 a
year. $1500 a year for *TV*! No wonder no one can afford GA any more.
That's enough to pay for an annual on the ancient aircraft I own!

I'm absolutely staggered that anyone can even consider paying that much
for TV, but then again, I'm not everyone :-)

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"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
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I was reading an article complaining about Comcast service, linked from
Slashdot. The lady who was complaining in her blog revealed how much she
pays for TV... once you subtract her internet service, it's over $1500 a
year. $1500 a year for *TV*! No wonder no one can afford GA any more.
That's enough to pay for an annual on the ancient aircraft I own!

I'm absolutely staggered that anyone can even consider paying that much
for TV, but then again, I'm not everyone :-)


It isn't to hard to get a cable rate of over $100 a month. Of course, you
can also watch it 8 hours a day, or more. The cost per hour of TV is
probably less than the cost per hour of GA.

The fact that most kids now do watch it that much may mean their
parents are getting great value for their cable bill but I can't help
feeling that this isn't, net net, a 'good thing.'


It isn't to hard to get a cable rate of over $100 a month. Of course, you
can also watch it 8 hours a day, or more. The cost per hour of TV is
probably less than the cost per hour of GA.

In article et,
"Tom Conner" wrote:
It isn't to hard to get a cable rate of over $100 a month. Of course, you
can also watch it 8 hours a day, or more. The cost per hour of TV is
probably less than the cost per hour of GA.

That assumes that there's always something worth watching on television.
Usually, there isn't.


JKG

Dylan Smith wrote:
I was reading an article complaining about Comcast service, linked from
Slashdot. The lady who was complaining in her blog revealed how much she
pays for TV... once you subtract her internet service, it's over $1500 a
year. $1500 a year for *TV*! No wonder no one can afford GA any more.
That's enough to pay for an annual on the ancient aircraft I own!

I'm absolutely staggered that anyone can even consider paying that much
for TV, but then again, I'm not everyone :-)

I'm not surprised. You don't have to pay that much for TV, but if you
want to receive every premium channel available, $1500/ yr. is quite doable.
I'm not sure what the lady would be complaining about, though. It's not like
anyone is forcing her to subscribe to all of those premium channels.

The amount of money you can squander on various services (TV, mobile phone,
etc...) is growing rapidly. I'm amazed at the amounts of money that my
friends tell me they spend on things like cell phone service. The base
prices don't sound too bad, but when you start adding in all of the extras
like messaging charges and mobile Internet access, the annual outlay starts
to look ridiculous.

$1500 /yr. is slightly more than I pay for all of my
telecommunications/entertainment services combined. That includes TV, home
phone, cell phone and high speed Internet.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

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On Jun 19, 3:57 pm, Some Other Guy wrote:
Then there are people for whom cost isn't much of an issue:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6768237.stm

An unnamed buyer just ordered an Airbus A380 at the Paris air show today.
For "personal use for him and his entourage".

$300 million bucks.

Some oil Sheik presumably, but I wonder if he's aware that there's
not a lot of places that puppy can land.

Read the other day that someone has already put down $$$ for a private
B787 as well...

It's one thing to deal in "vapor airframes," but it's a whole
different world to be able to spend "vapor cash!"

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Chandler, AZ

Jay B writes:

It's one thing to deal in "vapor airframes," but it's a whole
different world to be able to spend "vapor cash!"

Buying an A380 may be pretty safe, assuming that payment is on delivery, given
the likely delivery dates.

Mxsmanic wrote in
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Jay B writes:

It's one thing to deal in "vapor airframes," but it's a whole
different world to be able to spend "vapor cash!"

Buying an A380 may be pretty safe, assuming that payment is on
delivery, given the likely delivery dates.




Fjukkwit


Bertie

On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:57:57 -0400, Some Other Guy
wrote in
:


An unnamed buyer just ordered an Airbus A380 at the Paris air show today.
For "personal use for him and his entourage".

Hey, it's tough for a sheik with a large harem out there. :-)

Is this from personal experience buying your own fleet of simulated
aircraft?

No one gives a **** about your pontificating and unfounded posts. Why don't
you develop a new interest like doll collecting or breast feeding and go
there?


"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
...
Jay B writes:

It's one thing to deal in "vapor airframes," but it's a whole
different world to be able to spend "vapor cash!"

Buying an A380 may be pretty safe, assuming that payment is on delivery,
given
the likely delivery dates.