Our TV aerial started banging on the chimney so I called the man who fitted it about 10 years ago. His first line was I needed a new aerial for digital switchover in November anyway, something about frequency. I said that isn’t true, I’d read the guidelines, and he eventually sort of came round to saying it would be better to have one. I guess it’s always better to have a new one especially when it’s banging on the chimney, so I didn’t argue with that.
I was wondering whether to tell him I didn’t want to employ a prevaricator but I’d previously thought he was OK and maybe they’ll all give me the same story. His mate came round and it turned out the other man was now semi-retired so I didn’t see the point of him prevaricating (sounds better than lying). Decided to have a new aerial with a cable running to 2 bedrooms from an amplifier. £130 seemed pretty reasonable. We’ve no upstairs TV’s so maybe it was an excess.
I wonder how many people are having new aerials when they don’t need them? Preston’s pretty close to Winter Hill, about 13 miles in a straight line.