Proof that TV is ruining the world

Run-down house in West Virginia: $35,000
12 satellite dishes for said house: under a grand
5000 freakin' channels and nothing on: priceless

[Tobias @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

what, no caption contest?

[Harrison @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

Wow... just wow. And notice the old guy standing on the front steps.

[victor dorp @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

Lol sat sucks... Its all about cable man :)

[Carlton @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

To the left someone yells from inside!

[Fuzz @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

Reminds me of a joke. . .

How do you know you are a redneck?

You have a home that's mobile, and 14 cars that aren't!

[A_Right_To_Be_Hostile @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

Useless amount of channells i have 100 and half of them i dont watch what is the point of 1000 ... as you said "some guy" lol only in america

[gillsans @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

In Soviet Union, the satellite dishes have houses! What a Country!

[Stiev @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

How'd he figure out that THAT satellite is the one that needs tweaking?

[karmaghost @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

Why do I think that that house was nowhere near $35,000?

[Mr Yuk @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

FYI - It's a doublewide "Mobile Manufactured Home"; you can get them wholesale on eBay for $25-28K. The one in the picture looks less than mint - maybe worth $12K.

[M @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

surprised no one has posited the "how much porn are we talking about here?" question.

so, how much porn are we talking about here?

[Brian Flowers @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

Man! I get...8 channels, if the weather is good, and that's more than I need!
And no, I'm not some old dude who grew up with 2...I'm 16, and yes, we have cable, but not in my room...I use rabbit ears and I'm happy with 'em!

[ez @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

I REALY want to get some of the free to air channels, but with only one sat.
My parents used to have a feed satilite, lots of channels and the best part, NO COMMERCAILS!!!!

[Mr. Negative @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

...and when it's cloudy? NOTHING!!!

[Mr. Negative @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

...and when it's cloudy? NOTHING!!!

[StevenA @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

I only count eleven dishes.

[stomper @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

TV? Ya, right. This guy's talking to E.T. for sure. I smell a conspiracy!!!!

[Scoobydoo @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

We should all head over there and turn his house 2 degrees. THAT would be fun :)

[Gadget Guy @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

This is great. I've got a photo of a much cleaner looking antenna tree on my Flickr page; http://www.flickr.com/photos/gadge/44572478/ and have a story on this very topic in Make 05 coming out in the spring... You can tune in some cool stuff like Nasa, Digital Radio, etc if you aim towards the right places...

[Jason Hilton @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

I made a funnier version of this: http://host255.ipowerweb.com/~jasonhil/files/shaunssateliteshack.jpg

[Tony @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

I doubt that's a trailer, Mr. Yuk, look at the roof trusses.

Also, that house isn't very run-down, it's just small and not particularly new.

That is a ridiculous number of dishes. I thought my dad was bad when he had three dishes (big Starband internet and Dish Network together, and two for DirecTV) and a big old OTA antenna.

[james @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

I like it. It gives this guy something to tinker with. v.cool.

"less than mint", please. How many houses aren't mint yet still sell for a brazillion dollars more than it cost to build. BTW, since when is a property's value defined by the house only? ..sorry, bad OT rant.

[BarHopTheWorld @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

I used to build homes in mexico for charity and people would put fake dishes on their house to make the neighbors think that they could afford sat. I couldn't believe it... hundres of "houses" made out of recycled garage doors, old plywood and blue tarp and nearly three quarters of them had a dish, real or not.

[epp_b @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

You needed proof?

[waxed @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

Alabama, not West Virginia, I believe.

[diverguy @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

there are only 11, on that side of his house lol...

[epp_b @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

Ooh ooh! Here's a good line:

"Must be in DISH, Texas"

[zed @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

And I was feeling guilty from getting ready for winter and adding 2 premium channels.

[whatcanbrowndoforyou @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

Caption: "Wait, I Think I got The Canadian FOX!"

[Jeff @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

The sad thing is, where I live the asking price on that house would be $450,000. And then there'd be a bidding war.

[SushiGirl @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

They could be running an illegal off track betting location... With all those dishes you could get every track in the world.

[Jealousy @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

12 dishes and only 5000 channels? :)
I get 2000 with a single dish ;)

[Matty @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

#6 (Fuzz):
Yeah, I like Jeff Foxworthy, too. Even better fits another one of his lines:

... if your working television sits on top of your non-working television :)

[Robert @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

ET Phone Home ...

[junyo @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

When this guy bounces his phased array Death Beam off a satellite and pops some dude in Sheboygan the laughing will stop.

Well it being WV, it's technically called a phased array Critter Get'r�, but nonetheless, the laughing will stop

[George @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

http://www.tgdaily.com/2005/11/29/jessup-12satellitedishes/index.html

[Bill @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

Wow I'm amazed. I had no idea there were that many channels floating around unless you include all the foreign ones.

I'm a recent convert to satellite out of necessity (no cable out in the country) and my Dish system is being installed tomorrow. Combined with the an old Primestar dish, a Directv dish from the previous owner and a new WildBlue dish, my house is gonna start looking like that soon, LOL. I guess I should take the old dishes down.

[Louie @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

http://www.safariegypt.com/egypt_photos/Photo_Cairo/jammed.JPG

Look elsewhere in the world...

[Timerider @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

I only get 6 channels with our roof mounted antenna. I don't have cable or satellite, and the stupid phone company won't let me get DSL. And our T.V. is over 20 years old, it's one of the kind they used to use in T.V. studios with the second layer of glass on it. You wouldn't believe how much glare it gets. It sucks.

Does anyone know how to get these free satellite stations?

[homer @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

since when is television a necessity?

i use rabbit ears, and that's only to get my simpson's fix and occasional pbs show. otherwise it's netflix for my movies.

[ghosty @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

Hahaha And this is the town I call home for most of the year!!!

[Jrat @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

Love the astro turf on his steps. If you want one like it check this out. Dishes not included. but a swamp cooler is, roof mounted.

http://cgi.ebay.com/PUEBLO-CO-1974-MANUFACTURED-MOBILE-HOME-TRAILER-HOUSE_W0QQitemZ4421922329QQcategoryZ94825QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[peart75 @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

can you hear me now?

[Tom @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

Hey that house and that guy, are a secret CIA center in the hills. Endgadget should be ashamed for the disclosure...

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