Originally Posted by
Carlos Alvarez
My house is only 12 years old and in a dry climate, so removing the TWO (why?) satellite dishes was not a challenge. It never had a regular antenna at all. But now that both delivery methods have been replaced by the internet, I figured I'd remove the eyesore and possibility of wind damage. We get 100 MPH here at least every other year.
Topic cops in off-topic, that's funny right there.
I currently have two dishes, plus a wireless internet antenna on my roof. I use none of them and hope to pull them down next summer when I redo the roof. I do have an actual TV antenna up but it is in attic. I cut the cord about three years and will never go back.
In building my shop I had to have it engineered for 150 mile winds, as that is required by the city. About every 3 - 6 years we get 90 - 110 mph winds that come out of the canyons near me. They take down trees by the hundreds, roofs and siding by the thousands and include a trampoline exchange program too. I keep hoping we get a big wind that takes the shingles off my roof, but not so far.
I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love.... It seems to me that Montana is a great splash of grandeur....the mountains are the kind I would create if mountains were ever put on my agenda. Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans. Montana has a spell on me. It is grandeur and warmth. Of all the states it is my favorite and my love.
John Steinbeck