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djjsear t1_iwo44s9 wrote

I grew up in Chester. My mom mom got Prism for free for keeping an eye on the cable guys van so no one would steal his truck or equipment. Got to watch rasslin and the flyers for free

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libananahammock t1_iwoi0j5 wrote

My dad was a cable instillation guy back in the late 80s. I remember this story he used to tell about the time he was sent to Chester to do a job and ended up getting chased with a knife. Must have been disconnecting someone’s cable lol

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djjsear t1_iwptiic wrote

Cable guys would go in to the houses to do an install and come out to have an empty or missing truck. They used filters back then, these small cylinders (a little smaller then a roll of pennies). You would just screw them on to your cable line and they would give you different channels.

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