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Ray Pepalis
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Direct TV does not reclaim the old dish when a person moves, or when the service is upgraded, so what do you do with the old dish?

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What about a radiused dish form? You'd just have to be building at about a 2' radius.
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Makes a great hat!   

I think you could reverse the wires and hook it up to a camcorder and start your own satellite company! That would be cool!

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Hmmm...something familiar about that...

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Wok ????


I had a 10' big dish several years ago. I could have made a jumbo guitar.

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Convert it to a wireless intranet antenna and join a WLAN sharing a single connection with your "Line of Site" neighbours.

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    I hate too mention this in mixed company!


It's really disgusting!!! BUT!

















A GIANT BANJO!

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[QUOTE=Billy T]     I hate too mention this in mixed company!


It's really disgusting!!! BUT!

















A GIANT BANJO! [/QUOTE]






NOW you're talkin', Billy!!!   The only thing better than a banjo, is a GIANT banjo!! Great idea.

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[quote]Billy! No cussin!    [/quote]

I apologize for the inappropriate statement! Deeply sorry!!

Where's the edit button when you really need it!


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You know...

   That brings up a point, how come Lance never deletes a thread when somebody drops the B-Bomb!

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