Ed, I’d like to ask everyone: How did we get so crazy to allow all these TV people to trick us into buying their services when years ago, when I was young, all you needed was rabbit ears to turn on your TV? Now I’m paying close to $200 a month for cable television and Internet. They take forever to come out on service calls, and even though I live only a few blocks, I have to wait all day for service. My cable TV is constantly going out. The young kids they send to do the repairs know nothing about what they are doing. One guy told me he had to dig up everything on my street. Turns out he was absolutely wrong. We’ve gotten crazy. We’re afraid to get rid of cable. How did I get so crazy?

Straitjacket

You’re actually scaring me! Now go sit down and have a cold drink. Iced tea! I don’t trust you with anything stronger.

— Ed. Note