When I signed up with Spectrum last August I made sure that I had a cable connection in the kitchen. You might ask yourself...why would you do that if you don't even cook? I may not cook but I have to heat up the food I buy. I also do laundry, pay bills, wash dishes, go online, listen to the news and watch my Spurs games from the same place.
The Spectrum people told me I could have a third connection without a cable box if I had a Smart TV, which sounded good to me as I have to pay $6.99 each for the two receivers I do have in my bedroom and the living room.
The living room connection is for my mother to watch the news and her favorite show Lawrence Welk. My bedroom has the free DVR where I am able to catch up on shows or games I am not able to watch otherwise. This brings me to another point, why is it that I can not save the shows I have recorded on the DVR to a thumb drive or another location? I asked them that question and they said it was not available at this time. I could have sworn I read on one of the many blogs I follow that someone was able to do that with no problem, but with this darn CRS...I do not recall which blogger said this :-(
Anthony Bourdain 1956-2018
I would be remiss if I did not mention his passing. Without a TV connection in the kitchen, I did not find out about his death by suicide until late in the afternoon when I read it online.
It hit me hard, it was as though a personal friend had passed. I admired his unique style of reporting, his shows were about food but if you paid attention it was really about the people in the many countries he visited.
He never shied away from his personal struggles during his twenties with addiction to both cocaine and heroin. A lesser man would not have been able to overcome this. I will miss him and his shows. To his family and friends, I hope loving memories ease their loss and bring them comfort and healing.
