# It's Election Day...and my cable went out!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 4, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-election-day-and-my-cable-went-out/471136 "2008-11-04T20:30:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-election-day-and-my-cable-went-out/471136/1 "2008-11-04T20:30:32Z")
Well, this sucks. My cable TV (Time Warner) suddenly went out @12:02pm today. I called customer service, it’s definitely a local outage. No idea when it will return, esp. since I suspect the nearby construction must have accidentally damaged a cable line… IOW, I might not know how the candidates are doing until I pick up my uncle @ 6:15pm at the airport…dammit, the ONE DAY of the year I planned to watch TV all day, and this happens! I can’t even watch my DVR programs…oh well, maybe I’ll listen to some music or something. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-election-day-and-my-cable-went-out/471136/2 "2008-11-04T20:51:39Z")
Ron paul is in the lead!!! Omg! This is historic! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-election-day-and-my-cable-went-out/471136/3 "2008-11-04T20:52:52Z")
Huh, did you know that you can’t type all in caps? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-election-day-and-my-cable-went-out/471136/4 "2008-11-04T20:53:17Z")
Try NPR. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-election-day-and-my-cable-went-out/471136/5 "2008-11-04T20:54:17Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Try NPR. How do I find NPR? (I’m assuming that’s a radio station…I’m in L.A.) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-election-day-and-my-cable-went-out/471136/6 "2008-11-04T20:55:40Z")
If this happened at our home, I think my wife would kill herself. She’s been an MSNBC/CNN junkie for the last couple of weeks, and she’ll be planted on the futon in front of the TV all day/night/morning until a winner’s announced. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-election-day-and-my-cable-went-out/471136/7 "2008-11-04T20:57:37Z")
Don’t worry, I think they’ll probably print the results in the papers tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-election-day-and-my-cable-went-out/471136/8 "2008-11-04T20:58:19Z")
> [@KGS](#): > > How do I find NPR? (I’m assuming that’s a radio station…I’m in L.A.) 89.3 carries most NPR shows. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-election-day-and-my-cable-went-out/471136/9 "2008-11-04T21:56:01Z")
> [@KGS](#): > > oh well, maybe I’ll listen to some music or something. Any suggestions? “57 Channels and Nothing On” - Bruce Springsteen ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-election-day-and-my-cable-went-out/471136/10 "2008-11-04T22:37:03Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Don’t worry, I think they’ll probably print the results in the papers tomorrow. Haven’t you heard: Newspapers are dead. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-election-day-and-my-cable-went-out/471136/11 "2008-11-04T22:54:08Z")
MSNBC has a live feed over the Internet. I’m watching it right now, because we don’t have cable.