People who think that the satellite goes out when it's raining are fucking stupid, don't listen to them. If that happens, their dish is aimed wrong. The satellite doesn't go out unless there are extremely thick clouds in the sky, which is rare.
On top of that, they have OnDemand now Dr. Rick.
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