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lookout123 · 07-26-2010, 05:05 PM

I know it seems obsessive but I can't explain the joy and contentment I get from watching Arsenal pass a silly ball around a patch of grass. I have not missed a single game in more than 4 years. I wait til the family is asleep and then watch my recorded games so Mrs L only laughs at my obsession.

Although I only pay $10/month for my sports package I now have a dilemma. A new internet/cable bundle is advertised with a different company right now. It would save my family @$120/month unfortunately I will lose access to 60% of Arsenal's games.

Doing the right thing fucking sucks sometimes.

Clodfobble · 07-26-2010, 05:37 PM

Is there maybe an online solution? I would think a team as major as Arsenal might very well have streaming video of games available...

lookout123 · 07-26-2010, 07:14 PM

Good idea but that carries with it a couple problems. The broadcast rights issue for the games means most streams are low quality and unpredictable at the best of times and non-existent at the worst. Even the official club website can only offer text play by play during the games and then only highlights after the game.

I very purposefully stay away from the streaming though because many of the games are played when I should be working and I have self discipline issues so it would be very easy for me to blow off my job from 12-2 trying to catch a decent livestream and then the highlights until 2:30, then... No. That's why I only watch live games on Saturday or Sunday mornings with Lil Lookout or after the family is asleep for weekday games.

It's not really a lifechanging decision. Directv and internet are already in our budget but when the bundle option came up I saw the opportunity for significant savings and now I'm having a gutcheck. Smartguy says to save the money. Arsenal nutjob says screw the money, watch the games.

jinx · 07-26-2010, 07:18 PM

Can you save a similar amount somewhere else in the budget?

monster · 07-26-2010, 07:42 PM

Stick with your plan if it's in your budget. These great deals rapidly become not so great. Also, try calling your current company and tell them you want to stay but your budget says leave, can they cut you a deal.....?

lumberjim · 08-02-2010, 09:29 AM

Griff · 08-02-2010, 09:34 AM

Ah crap, was it one of those little posts in a parking lot?

lumberjim · 08-02-2010, 10:10 AM

I was backing out of my driveway, and there was a van parked along the side of the street.... I thought I had accounted for all the cars going by, but I missed one. A 92 Lesabre. I clipped him as he went by.

everyone is ok, but his car is probably totalled.... just because it's only worth $2000 or so.

The good news is that his doors still work, the windows go up and down... and he'll get a check that will help him.. He's been unemployed for the last year and a half, and just got a job. I have to pay our deductible....

classicman · 08-02-2010, 10:43 AM

Uggghh - well at least everyone is ok. Sorry bro.

Undertoad · 08-02-2010, 10:52 AM

That's an improvement in the look of the LeSabre.

Getgo · 08-02-2010, 05:16 PM

My lower right lip and chin area is numb from getting a cavity refilled today. It's pissing me off because I'm getting hungry and can't chow down like I want to. I'm slowly eating a sloppy joe right now.

squirell nutkin · 08-02-2010, 08:29 PM

Ben Doon and Phil MacCavity

thud85 · 08-02-2010, 11:13 PM

A loaded U-Haul truck broke down less than a block from my destination... Waited 45+ minutes for the roadside assistance guy, who told me the fuel pump was busted. Waited an additional 45+ minutes for a tow truck, which towed the truck a block...waited patiently for me to unload everything into the driveway...and towed the damn thing away.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-02-2010, 11:59 PM

You're lucky you were that close, could have had to unload, load another truck, then unload again.

thud85 · 08-03-2010, 01:04 AM

Yeah...and also lucky that we were on residential roads rather than a 6-lane highway or something. All in all it could have been a lot worse, but was still a monkey wrench in an already-tiring day.

Life goes on..

07-26-2010, 05:05 PM	#361
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	I know it seems obsessive but I can't explain the joy and contentment I get from watching Arsenal pass a silly ball around a patch of grass. I have not missed a single game in more than 4 years. I wait til the family is asleep and then watch my recorded games so Mrs L only laughs at my obsession. Although I only pay $10/month for my sports package I now have a dilemma. A new internet/cable bundle is advertised with a different company right now. It would save my family @$120/month unfortunately I will lose access to 60% of Arsenal's games. Doing the right thing fucking sucks sometimes. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

07-26-2010, 05:37 PM	#362
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Is there maybe an online solution? I would think a team as major as Arsenal might very well have streaming video of games available... __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-26-2010, 07:14 PM	#363
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	Good idea but that carries with it a couple problems. The broadcast rights issue for the games means most streams are low quality and unpredictable at the best of times and non-existent at the worst. Even the official club website can only offer text play by play during the games and then only highlights after the game. I very purposefully stay away from the streaming though because many of the games are played when I should be working and I have self discipline issues so it would be very easy for me to blow off my job from 12-2 trying to catch a decent livestream and then the highlights until 2:30, then... No. That's why I only watch live games on Saturday or Sunday mornings with Lil Lookout or after the family is asleep for weekday games. It's not really a lifechanging decision. Directv and internet are already in our budget but when the bundle option came up I saw the opportunity for significant savings and now I'm having a gutcheck. Smartguy says to save the money. Arsenal nutjob says screw the money, watch the games. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

07-26-2010, 07:18 PM	#364
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Can you save a similar amount somewhere else in the budget? __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

07-26-2010, 07:42 PM	#365
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Stick with your plan if it's in your budget. These great deals rapidly become not so great. Also, try calling your current company and tell them you want to stay but your budget says leave, can they cut you a deal.....? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-02-2010, 09:29 AM	#366
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	__________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-02-2010, 09:34 AM	#367
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Ah crap, was it one of those little posts in a parking lot? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-02-2010, 10:10 AM	#368
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I was backing out of my driveway, and there was a van parked along the side of the street.... I thought I had accounted for all the cars going by, but I missed one. A 92 Lesabre. I clipped him as he went by. everyone is ok, but his car is probably totalled.... just because it's only worth $2000 or so. The good news is that his doors still work, the windows go up and down... and he'll get a check that will help him.. He's been unemployed for the last year and a half, and just got a job. I have to pay our deductible.... __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-02-2010, 10:43 AM	#369
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Uggghh - well at least everyone is ok. Sorry bro. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

08-02-2010, 10:52 AM	#370
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	That's an improvement in the look of the LeSabre.

08-02-2010, 05:16 PM	#371
Getgo Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 94	My lower right lip and chin area is numb from getting a cavity refilled today. It's pissing me off because I'm getting hungry and can't chow down like I want to. I'm slowly eating a sloppy joe right now.

08-02-2010, 08:29 PM	#372
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	Ben Doon and Phil MacCavity __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

08-02-2010, 11:13 PM	#373
thud85 ...is the sound one's head makes as it hits the table. Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Flahrida Posts: 19	A loaded U-Haul truck broke down less than a block from my destination... Waited 45+ minutes for the roadside assistance guy, who told me the fuel pump was busted. Waited an additional 45+ minutes for a tow truck, which towed the truck a block...waited patiently for me to unload everything into the driveway...and towed the damn thing away.

08-02-2010, 11:59 PM	#374
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You're lucky you were that close, could have had to unload, load another truck, then unload again. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-03-2010, 01:04 AM	#375
thud85 ...is the sound one's head makes as it hits the table. Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Flahrida Posts: 19	Yeah...and also lucky that we were on residential roads rather than a 6-lane highway or something. All in all it could have been a lot worse, but was still a monkey wrench in an already-tiring day. Life goes on..

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