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Old 09-10-2009   #1
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"Any idea why my satellite dish doesn't work?"
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A guy rang me today and said he had just moved into a new flat and when he plugged the digibox into the satellite dish it said "For your information no satellite signal is being received". Look at the attached pictures to see the fault(s).
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Old 09-10-2009   #2
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LOL, nice installation.
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...yeah ...you're all laughing now ...but this guy has probably stumbled on a whole new branch of science ...a unique way to get those birds beyond the horizon by quantum tunnelling through the earth..
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It is certainly a topsy turvy world we live in

Perhaps he will receive some signal from Alpha Centauri.....one day
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Old 10-10-2009   #6
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Alpha Centauri?

I think you might be right - the Installer clearly is pining for his home on another Planet!
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And what do you think the terrestrial rotator is supposed to do?
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It'll obviously move the world about him!

Duh
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It'll obviously move the world about him!

Duh
If it makes the Earth move for _him_ ....then _I'm_ getting one as well ..
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