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Strange phone call

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breezepig
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so i didn't go to school today and i just got up to eat breakfast and all that and the phone rang, my dad picked it up and said that some body on the other line said to him "hi this is matt(or mark idk) I am calling to remind you that on febuary 28th your television will go dark" then my dad hung up. was all that shit just about the national conversion to digital cable, or did that already happen. if this is the reason then just let the thread die btw the phone number came out of omaha nebraska and it is 402-982-0803
Feb 23 2009 12:12PM
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Tinga
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thats like the phone calls you used to get on the game the sims. just random shit. but i feel like omaha is a place filled with telemarketers
Feb 23 2009 12:27PM
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infedel_one
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haha im pretty sure thats the date and its for the conversion of all Tv's to HD or somethin...haha prolly just that
Feb 23 2009 12:31PM
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Tinga
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broadcasting to digital
Feb 23 2009 12:33PM
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breezepig
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i've been looking at all this conspiracy theory bullshit latley so it got me thinking about ridiculous things
Feb 23 2009 12:44PM
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proZach
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i think i read somewhere that the date is being changed to sometime in june.

http://www.dtv.gov/consumercorner.html#faq4
Feb 23 2009 1:59PM
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Z_rob
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when a stranger calls.

the guy version...
Feb 23 2009 2:20PM
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Golden.
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it's actually analog to digital. not sure if that's the same or not, but just clarifying.

Feb 23 2009 4:33PM
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jfoley019
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I think your right about telemarketers and omaha, but really if you using analog tv you actually do need to convert to Digi.
Feb 23 2009 4:51PM
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Reed.S
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Did you call them back?ha
Feb 23 2009 6:05PM
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Peter.
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yeah the date for the analog -> digital was the 17th of feb, but they extended it to some time in june because people in the US are lazy and didn't call and get a free converter box
Feb 23 2009 6:08PM
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