Free HBO/Free Cable... Seriously?
 

I was driving past a decent hotel the other day in Omaha and I noticed that on the sign out front. The lettering was faded so I'm guessing it's been up there a few years. Why do hotels/motels still advertise that on their signs? I mean I know I don't look for hotels that allow me to watch Game of Thrones when I'm traveling. I look for places that might offer free wifi, free breakfast, free drinks and such.
Seriously? Isn't HBO and cable pretty much a staple at all hotels anymore? Maybe advertise free porn or how about Netflix or Hulu? Actually, **** your TV. Where's the free dinner vouchers or something?
It's kind of stupid, IMO. This is just a bit obscure and outdated nowadays. I could understand it in the 1980's when HBO was a big ****ing deal. Now it pretty much comes with any cable/satellite plan.

I've seen other outdated "deals" like that as well.

The gas station that still offers free air, the buffet restaurant that let's kids under four eat free... Shit like that just doesn't make sense anymore to me. Maybe it's to bring in the older crowds?
**** it, I'm gonna go watch me some free HBO at the motel 6.

BTW, Deberg asked me to post this.

Air is getting kind of hard to find in gas stations anymore.

My BIL and SIL made a PILE of money by hitting family days in Salina. They could tell you where kids could eat cheap on any given day of the week.

I need clarification on "decent" hotel.

So many are used by the hour or by the syringe.

Ya but you're in Kansas where it's always 1982.

slug bug safety

Really? Tell me more.

BTW I think it was a Hawthorne or something.
Not a shithole but not great either.

I can't give you a proper story without knowing all the parameters. Whats a decent hotel?

edit: Are those extended stay hotels? Nasty people live in those. I bet free cable and HBO is a good draw for a crack head.

Decent? I guess a doubletree would be on the high end of decent for me. But then, I've stayed in some shitty places before.

I think this one was a Hawthorne inn or something similar.

I agree with you except for the air part. It's pretty rare to find a gas station with free air these days. Most have gone with the little coin operated ones.

This is almost as cool as a Direckshun thread...

There's one in Springfield that still advertises color TV

It may be extended stay but it's in an upscale neighborhood right next to one of our larger companies.

I also noticed this sign outside of a newer Super 8 by the AFB...

LMAO

That is definitely not a decent hotel.

I'm all for saving a buck, but I'd camp in a tent first.

Really? QT still has free air. Which is nice.

Hey mother****er. If it's one thing we can do, it's gas stations. Drive through Healy KS one time and tell me if Healy Oil belongs in a town like that.

Really though, when you have a big leak and NEED air to make it to the tire repair shop or home, it can be hard to find. I can understand town vehicles. Bought the wife a new car 2 years ago, and we never take it off a paved road and there are precisely 0 patches in those tires. My pickup on the other hand had at least 8 in each of the back tires. I'm a little more sensitive to the air situation than most.

Accordingly, I'm picking up one of these after harvest so I never have to **** with it again.

http://www.ncaircompressors.com/imag...3/PUK5508G.JPG

There's also one in Springfield that Advertises "Elvis stayed here in 195something"

Big ****ing deal

Not a fan of the coin operated vibrating beds?

I'd rather sit on a pilot.

I don't have HBO at home but when I stay at hotels they always do. There's never anything I want to see on there. I can't imagine paying for it.

Nice! You know I have a smaller compressor, (3 hp I think) that you can have if you pay shipping. Or maybe you get your big ass out here and pick it up whilst getting shit faced.

Ready for take off...
Roger that tower. Gonzo airlines going S-1.

Free air definitely is. I think QT might be the only gas station to offer free air anymore. I pulled in a Phillips 66 last week and had to pay 50 cents for air and on top of that I bought a bottled water. I was thinking to myself what my grandpa who's been dead for 35 years would've thought about me paying for water and air. I don't know where I'm going with this but you saying that made me think of it. Lol

Can I borrow it?

One thing I can't stand with a hotel is when they only have powdered creamer for the coffee.

Sorry. I'm not a pilot.
However, I do own a bomber jacket and some aviators.

Well hello there.... Why yes I am a pilot...

Casey's is about the only gas station around here that offers free air..some MFA fuel points have them but everywhere else is about 50 cents

Well I'm now starting pilot lessons

Ya. There's quite a few that offer free air around here but the kwik shop charges a ****ing buck for air and the shit only stays on for two mins.

I may be interested in that. I'll send you a smoke after harvest.

Are we harvesting something other than Corn and Milo this fall? :hmmm:

What's the take like this year? We had record rainfall in the Sandhills. Farmers are jerking off all over their combines. They're growing 10 foot tall corn in the ****ing sand. It's awesome. Wildlife is flourishing this year too. Pheasant have had a comeback this spring.

Funny, I was just talking about this yesterday.

I remember when it was such a big deal for Hotels/Motels to have swimming pools as well.

Do they still advertise "Heated Pool".

Ooo I'll dress like a Malaysian and we can disappear for Halloween.

My favorite thing about you.

Heh, if you can drive a fast car better than me, that's just as good.

ROFL
Says the guy who lives in Bellevue, NE.....
ROFL

Sore one of those air balls (nicknamed) that store compressed air. Fill it up, and toss it in your truck. My brother use to bring his to the drag strip to add air back to the tires after he had run them at lower psi during his passes. That thing works great.

I refuse to pay for air unelss absolutley necessary

Nah, I just have a SHITLOAD of milo to harvest yet.

It's above average, which is a lot better than the 10 bushel shit I've harvested the last couple. Some of the corn was pretty shitty because it couldn't hold on until the rains (finally) came. I still can't distance myself from the drought it seems.

Corn was all over the place, really bad to pretty good. The milo that I got planted on time was consistently solid. The milo that had to wait on the rain looks pretty decent, hopefully it's better than the early stuff, but there are couple fields that are definitely going to be worse from being out of rotation. I even have some double crop milo out. It's not going to be good, but FFS I have a double crop!

I certainly don't have the harvest coming that east of here does, but my god it feels good to cut something better than 10 bu/ac. Jesus that was terrible.

There are definitely more birds out here than there were the last couple, but it's going to take a good long time for the population to get back where it was. It doesn't help that there are foxes around now. I'd never seen them here, but there are 2 families within a mile of the shop. That's bad friggin news for the pheasants.

All of mine leak. I'd rather pay for a compressor than an airbubble that will probably leak in a week or two.

They should offer free wi-fi...that actually works. Then I'd be on the hook. I could not care less about cable or HBO in a hotel.

I can drive pretty well..guess all that is left is to meet and and drive..then ride :D

Your balls are broken.

/obligatory

Is Air Ball a Kansas thing..I heard that for the first time last week

Yup. Why give something away when you can charge for it?

That being said, one of the reasons I frequent our local Kum n Gos is because they offer free air.

It's Air Bubble where it matters (here, mother****er).

For awhile most of them that I stopped at the quarters went to charity. Annnnd they didn't work. And I'm not on any toll roads, so I have quarters on my person or in the car just this side of never.

Maybe it's just a California thing, but over here at least, it's required by law for gas stations to offer free air and water. Granted, they still have coin slots so you can pay, but you don't HAVE to pay. Just tell the cashier to turn the machine on for you.

How about a ride?

That looks like a lot of fun.

Free air is a good deal since most places charge for it now. Also some little Podunk motel people might wonder if they have cable for watever reason.

Is there any place that doesn't have refills on pop for free? Sometimes I see that one.

Places that charge extra for a side of ranch dressing. On place in Pittsburgh KS we ate at charged $.75 for a tiny cup LMAO

ROFL

nice cover

get rid of the "h". dirtbag.


(and if it was mazzio's, it was .50)


;)

It was that steakhouse I think. By a sporting good store. I've only been down there the one time. Foggy memory

Ask Buehler about the hotel on the north side of town.....LMAO

Free air is a rarity around here. I'd love to see more signs pimping it.

The one on the east side of the road before the tracks heading north?