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JojoTheWhale said:
I knew you were a man of impeccable taste.
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Do you remember that one in particular? I remember it vividly. I watched that on my women and babies hospital night (which is when I catch up on most of my long form YouTube content, which is the superior YouTube content since I'm alone all night) and at the reveal I jumped up out of my chair. Couldn't believe it
 
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DancingPanther said:
Do you remember that one in particular? I remember it vividly. I watched that on my women and babies hospital night (which is when I catch up on most of my long form YouTube content, which is the superior YouTube content since I'm alone all night) and at the reveal I jumped up out of my chair. Couldn't believe it
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Absolutely. He’ll never do the full run one because he’s set the last 14 full run records. :laugh:
 
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Beef Invictus said:
Buy the executive membership, it pays for itself. Literally. If you don't rack up enough benefits to cover the extra cost, they refund it.

Just do it. Holy shit. I just got 4 leebs of filet for 35 bucks.
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Gasoline, meat, alcohol, tp... It pays for itself easily.

I have the exec and use the visa there as well. The exec membership alone pays for itself in a rebate.

The electronics warranties (2yrs, 90 days return) on tvs/laptops are also great.

Lord Defect said:
When did they start selling cars?
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A long time. I've bought 3 cars this way. They don't actually sell the car, rather refer you to a participating dealer who offers the discount in the price. You just don't have to deal with the dealer games to lower the price is all it really is.
 
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DancingPanther said:
I also believe my next one will be electric.

I had a Passat and it was a nightmare. After seeing the car doctor like 4 times in 7 months for a dying battery (it was a solid 40% chance the car would be dead any time I went to drive it) the dealership finally found out the rear passenger side window motor was drawing power from my battery. They fixed it, then a month later my overhead dome light started acting faulty. Would glow for a second and dim off randomly when the car wasn't on. Then it got totalled thankfully after a drunk driver hit me. Well, really I hit her because she ran a stop sign. But you know what I mean.

It's anecdotal I know but boy I'm never going back lol
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I think I have mentioned before, I had a Passat that just straight up shut off doing 65 on the freeway.

I'm out on VW, all fluff, bad cars.
 
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Animal dump incoming. Went out to Sly Fox (local brewery) tonight for dinner with the inlaws and they brought the new pup. She was so excited to be around so many people. Then I picked her up at some point and this happened. She was out for the rest of the night there.

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And again who needs cat toys? Hoodie strings work just fine.

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Looking for some tips here because I finally went and cut the chord. What's the simplest cost-effective way to catch the occasional Flyers game? I barely watched any hockey last year, but maybe I'll be less apathetic in the future? Does ESPN+ get me any games with the Disney / Hulu bundle? I live in Philly, so local games would be blocked out, do I have that right? What about national broadcasts on other networks? I supposed I could just use a VPN if I really needed to to get around the blackout issue, but any advice would be appreciated.
 
mja said:
Looking for some tips here because I finally went and cut the chord. What's the simplest cost-effective way to catch the occasional Flyers game? I barely watched any hockey last year, but maybe I'll be less apathetic in the future? Does ESPN+ get me any games with the Disney / Hulu bundle? I live in Philly, so local games would be blocked out, do I have that right? What about national broadcasts on other networks? I supposed I could just use a VPN if I really needed to to get around the blackout issue, but any advice would be appreciated.
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We use Youtube TV. ESPN+ will get you the nationally televised games that ESPN carries. Hulu will also. Huly with Live TV may get you the nbcsn philly broadcasts


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I stopped watching wrestling right around the time ECW fizzled out, but sad to hear that Terry Funk died. This video is etched in my memory from when i was a kid watching ECW on local access tv channels here in delaware

 
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mja said:
Looking for some tips here because I finally went and cut the chord. What's the simplest cost-effective way to catch the occasional Flyers game? I barely watched any hockey last year, but maybe I'll be less apathetic in the future? Does ESPN+ get me any games with the Disney / Hulu bundle? I live in Philly, so local games would be blocked out, do I have that right? What about national broadcasts on other networks? I supposed I could just use a VPN if I really needed to to get around the blackout issue, but any advice would be appreciated.
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Danko said:
We use Youtube TV. ESPN+ will get you the nationally televised games that ESPN carries. Hulu will also. Huly with Live TV may get you the nbcsn philly broadcasts
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I cut the cord a month ago. I was adding an apartment to my residency catalog and was going to set up a new Comcast service there with Internet and TV. After they told me I had to pay $50 for a "set up service" I decided to look into other options. I essentially went from possibly paying $400 for Comcast to provide the same Internet and TV services at two addresses to paying Comcast a total of $70 a month for internet at both locations and then the Hulu Live TV Bundle with D+ and ESPN+ for $75 a month. I'm sitting at a total of $145 instead of $400 with many more options than I had before. The only Channel I actually lost in the switch was AMC, which you could get AMC+ for like $6 a month if you really needed it.

Up front I bought two Netgear Modems (The CM700 which is about $100 for one, one for each residence), two Amazon Fire Sticks (about $30 for one, one for each residence), and two packs of three Google Mesh Pucks ($160 each, used 5 in the house and 1 in the new apartment). I got all that stuff on Amazon Prime day, so in total I paid around $400 for all that. I'll break even and start saving money in month 2.

My dad is now dropping his $300 Comcast Internet, TV, Phone monthly cost to the $35 a month internet. He is then getting the same set up, the Netgear modem, the Fire Stick and a set of three Google Pucks for a total of $290. Almost a month one break even.

Until they actually start cracking down on trying to stop having various streaming accounts working at multiple residences, between the two of us we're paying $75 a month for Hulu Live TV, Disney+, and ESPN+, $16 a month for Amazon Prime, and $17 a month for Netflix and that covers three different residences. I'm going to rotate adding things like Apple TV and HBO by month depending on what is being released. Each one has the $35.00 a month internet connection from Comcast. Huge savings with even more options, especially with all of the free streaming options on the Firestick live Freevee, Tubi, and Pluto. My dad said he is actually excited to retire now because he has so many shows to watch or rewatch because those free streaming options have a ton of old shows he grew up watching.

And I didn't lose a single local Philly Sports game.

I'd highly suggest this course of action to anyone.
 
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Chicken N Raffls said:
Animal dump incoming. Went out to Sly Fox (local brewery) tonight for dinner with the inlaws and they brought the new pup. She was so excited to be around so many people. Then I picked her up at some point and this happened. She was out for the rest of the night there.

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Wonderful animals. Which Sly Fox location?
 
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Does anyone know why I would be getting this for linked YouTube videos? This looks like a me-thing and not a site thing.

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Chicken N Raffls said:
Animal dump incoming. Went out to Sly Fox (local brewery) tonight for dinner with the inlaws and they brought the new pup. She was so excited to be around so many people. Then I picked her up at some point and this happened. She was out for the rest of the night there.

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And again who needs cat toys? Hoodie strings work just fine.

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When a dog falls asleep on your it is your obligation to never move until they are finished. It's the law.
 
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