Let's go back just a few months ago, and I did not have enough time to watch/and or/listen to the regular cable  1000 channels .  Some, of course, were not free, but Music Choice alone was, and covered almost 100 channels, including the local radio stations.  I also paid for Netflix and Amazon Prime, around $25/month.  Including two cable boxes, one for the bedroom and the other for the living room, Spectrum is free in 15 Craigside, a seniors community where I live. Then out of nowhere, Spectrum last month announced that permanently, for FREE, they would also add: Hulu   (With Ads) Disney+   (Basic) ESPN+   (Direct-to-Consumer) Max   (formerly HBO Max, with ads) Peacock Premium   (with ads) Paramount+ Essential AMC+   (with ads) FOX One ViX Premium   (with ads) Tennis Channel   (included with TV Select Plus These would have cost $120/month if you paid for them.  They are now all free, although I continue to have a $25/mont...

I'm in my 12th year of residence at 15 Craigside, a retirement community.  For 32 years I resided next door in a penthouse with a magnificent view of Honolulu.  That's the brown building behind the bluish one where I now live.  I still have a decent view, but nothing like before. Thus, all continues not only to be well, but my apartment at 15C has recently been enhanced. First, I had my bathtub removed, and thereby eliminated what was a terrible mold problem. I then got a new toilet ( the old one had some lingering mold ) and topped it with a new Toto Washlet.  What does a washlet do?   Watch this.   Note that the seat is warm, so you don't get a cold shock every time you sit. The third enhancement was the addition of Disney's Unlimited Bundle:  HBO Max, Hulu and ESPN stream, which of course is owned by Disney.  Recently, 15C announced that these stations could be added to our apartment FOR FREE.  That's a cost of $33/month if you subscr...

We boarded our ship on March 9.  This is now Day 51 on our Seabourn Odyssey cruise.  We left Honolulu on March 5, but lost a day.  Then we gained it back only a few days ago. We are moored off Lahaina.  Tomorrow, Kailua- Kona, with a return to Honolulu on Sunday.  How many of you have been on a cruise for more than 50 days?  In January of 2021 we were signed up for a 111-day around the world cruise, which was cancelled by the company.  I don't think we will ever be doing that in the future.  The worst part is the cost, aggravated by the additional $40,000+ we would need to pay 15 Craigside just to be away. Before the pandemic, I regularly went to movie theaters and ate out at restaurants.  Television was the normal local channels, plus of course we've long had cable, so we had hundreds of choices.  I also subscribed to Netflix and Amazon Prime, and for many years paid their monthly fee, but rarely streamed.   I largely wasted more t...