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02-22-2009, 05:35 PM
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 Man Shoots TV Over Converter Confusion KARE: Missouri man angered about losing cable and being unable to get new converter box to work By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, February 19, 2009 Filed at 9:53 a.m. EST on Feb. 20, 2009 OK, so the DTV transition hasn't been perfect.  While the early analog-cutoff of 421 TV stations on Feb. 17 has gone relative smoothly according to most reports, that was not the case of at least one Missouri man, according to KARE-TV Minneapolis-ST. Paul. The station reports that a 70-year-old Joplin man was arrested and charged with unlawful discharge of a firearm after shooting his TV set. Responding to a report of shots being fired, the station reported, the police found the man angry that he had both lost his cable and had been unable to get his new DTV converter box to work. According to the man's wife, he had been drinking. 
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02-22-2009, 05:46 PM
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 Unfortunately another case of a "drunk idiot" with a gun.  gf
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02-22-2009, 05:49 PM
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| Will he have access to cable in his new residence?
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02-22-2009, 06:19 PM
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| Sounds like the TV had it coming.
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02-22-2009, 07:20 PM
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| I hope this nit wit is not a CHL holder.
__________________ By faith Noah,being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear,prepared an ark to the saving of his house;by the which he condemned the world,and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith Heb.11:7 |
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02-24-2009, 12:11 AM
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| He could have used some of those beer cans to build himself a pretty good HDTV antenna. For a little over $100, he could have gotten a FTA converter box and watched network TV from a dozen US cities, and a bunch of home shopping. 
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#7
02-26-2009, 03:15 PM
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| Naw taint that... the new digital picture was so clarr that when he spied a Bg with a gun he thunked it tuz the real thang and responded in kind.... 
__________________ "The sword dose not cause the murder, and the maker of the sword dose not bear sin" Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac 11th century "Don't be so open minded that your brains fall out!" Father John Corapi. Last edited by Sheldon; 03-01-2009 at 08:35 PM. |
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03-02-2009, 07:11 PM
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__________________ "The sword dose not cause the murder, and the maker of the sword dose not bear sin" Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac 11th century "Don't be so open minded that your brains fall out!" Father John Corapi. |
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