Such TV goodness
Feb. 6th, 2005 03:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisThis morning's paper had a story about knitters and in that story mentioned two TV programs - one of them is a TV program about knitting! The paper said it was on channel 203.
I turned my TV to 203 and I got "Not Authorized". Bummer!
I stewed on that a bit and then picked up the phone and called Comcast. I got this young girl who was nice and I asked her what was involved in my getting channel 203. She looked it up and said 'oh you have a really old plan - you'd have to get a new plan.' Ok. So, let's talk new plan...
She got with the program and suggested we look at costs. Good idea. She said that I am currently paying $48.85. "Now, let's see what the new plan would cost so you can get that channel.... Weird. Let me check on something. Ok, well, the new plan which will give you 15 more channels than you have now will cost you $48.85."
She said she had never seen that before - where the prices were exactly the same. We laughed. I told her I'd be happy to pay the difference and she hooked me up immediately. 203 came right on in. The Knitty Gritty (the knitting show) was on at 1:30 and I told Tivo to grab it.
I just watched it and it's amazing! I'd never seen anyone do the stuff that I do. I learned it all from books and so I'd never seen anyone pick up stitches or ravel out bits or even increase. I know how to do it. I've done it all for years - 50 to be exact - and yet, I'd never seen anyone else do it.
It's a miracle AND I even picked up a cool tip for spacing new stitches. What a happy girl am I??
I turned my TV to 203 and I got "Not Authorized". Bummer!
I stewed on that a bit and then picked up the phone and called Comcast. I got this young girl who was nice and I asked her what was involved in my getting channel 203. She looked it up and said 'oh you have a really old plan - you'd have to get a new plan.' Ok. So, let's talk new plan...
She got with the program and suggested we look at costs. Good idea. She said that I am currently paying $48.85. "Now, let's see what the new plan would cost so you can get that channel.... Weird. Let me check on something. Ok, well, the new plan which will give you 15 more channels than you have now will cost you $48.85."
She said she had never seen that before - where the prices were exactly the same. We laughed. I told her I'd be happy to pay the difference and she hooked me up immediately. 203 came right on in. The Knitty Gritty (the knitting show) was on at 1:30 and I told Tivo to grab it.
I just watched it and it's amazing! I'd never seen anyone do the stuff that I do. I learned it all from books and so I'd never seen anyone pick up stitches or ravel out bits or even increase. I know how to do it. I've done it all for years - 50 to be exact - and yet, I'd never seen anyone else do it.
It's a miracle AND I even picked up a cool tip for spacing new stitches. What a happy girl am I??
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Date: 2005-02-07 12:36 am (UTC)