Pratt Porch Project – P.S.
December 31st, 2007
I’ll get back to posting something of interest once I’ve returned to work and have shaken off the holiday brain fog. But first, here are a couple of pictures of the remodeled porch as it looks now, after painting and the addition of some furniture. We’re still looking for a coffee table and side table.
If you click to look at the full-size picture with the TV, you’ll see it has an old-fashioned rabbit ear antenna. On February 17, 2009, analog broadcast television in the United States will cease. Long before then I plan to have a FiOS set top box installed. Or I could run a coaxial cable to the porch myself and use the analog signal provided over FiOS to watch the same local stations the antenna receives. I suppose it’s possible Verizon will shut off the analog service, although they’re under no requirement to do that.
P.S. According to this item, cable TV companies will keep their analog signals for local stations until 2012.
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2 Comments
1. Cactus Lizzie | January 1st, 2008 at 7:20 pm
The remodeled porch looks beautiful, Doug! Nice and cozy. Is it chilly or drafty in there in your “sun” room in winter time now, with all those windows? Or are the windows triple-paned thermal? You have a very pretty view of all the trees and snow outside. A nice place to sip some hot chocolate or have a mug of soup, I think! And maybe curl up with something to read, when you’re not watchiing the tube…Your couch looks very plush and inviting for a throw blanket and a good book!
2. DOuG pRATt | January 1st, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Not chilly at all, thanks to the insulation and electric heat, but the tile floor is cold. We have a very nice throw blanket to put out there, but it’s still at the dry cleaner. We also have some more utilitarian Polartec throws we can use. They have my employer’s logo on them!
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