The DirecTV installer guys came: Daryl and his brother Daryl. At one point in the 15-minute process (there’s already a dish, so they only needed to run a second cable) one Daryl says to the other, referring to the cable and the wall, “You durned pulled it through the hole!” That’s an exact quote.

But they got my system working the way it should, so I’m happy.

One problem: There are two cables to the receiver, the original and the one they installed. And the first cable is too short. They didn’t bother to give me an extension. There’s enough cable laying around the house that I should be able to cobble something together.