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There's a bit of a funny back story to our finally pulling the plug on our cable. It was something that my wife and I had fully discussed for several months before I actually decided to do it. You see, my wife is the TV watcher. I watch very little. Nonetheless, the last conversation we had, my wife asked me, "So, you keep talking about cancelling the cable. When are you actually going to do it?" "After the storm," I told her. You see, I knew that getting rid of the cable would leave us without access to our local channels, and when there is inclement weather, it is nice to have the local weather guys guiding and directing us about what to expect. Especially during the summer when we are prone to tornadic rotations, as our local guy likes to call them. I cancelled the service on Wednesday, and it officially ended on Friday morning. After the fact, she then blasted at me, "Couldn't you have at least waited until football was over?" "But I told you it would be after the storm. The storm has came and went." The thing is my wife is the sports fan in the house. Her football is as important to her as my politics and elections coverage is to me. I never intended to not have something to replace the cable. I thought we might get a month free of it. But no cigar. We now have YouTube TV which will run us $82.99 a month once we get past the 10 days free and the six month introductory rate. She is very happy, and so am I because she is happy with what we got, which is almost identical to what we had, and I still get to save $100 a month. The frying pan which she was peculiarly carrying around the house the past day and a half, considering she does not cook, has also been properly restored to its proper place in the cabinet.