Finally, just three months after discovering the HDTV Grundy County residents have finally discovered the streaming service called Netflix. The discovery apparently came by accident as one resident with a very high standing with the local yocals discovered the app on their X-Box, that they still mistakenly refer to as "Nintendo". Once they cracked the idea that the service took a small fee to operate (a process that took at least a week no less), the resident who was still accustomed to fighting the pack of Grundy residents in each city that still tries to reserve the one and only copy of new movies at the local video stores was blown away by what they found. They were quoted as saying "Ga-lee! This ol' picture box had a machine on it that lets me watch thousands of them there movies and TV shows whenever I reckon I yont too". The situation was a quarantined situation until word broke out that starting June 1st this service would be made available free to people who own a Gold account on X-Box, IF they pay for the service. The news got out allegedly at a bingo gathering and quickly spread through the bars and parking lots as many of the locals decided to skip at least one six pack, bag of weed, or old antic to ensure they paid for the wacky TV service. Grundy is now gearing up for this monumental event with some already planning to finally ditch their old rabbit ear TVs for a brand spanking new HDTV. The beer joints and the Lockhart ran liquor store are predicted to take a hit.
The massive effects of this odd service has also caused a panic to the local video store owners. The owner of Altamont's Walker's has already scaled back on his movies by a large percentage (now leaving about three rolls to pick from instead of 6) to make more room for their restaurant. Meanwhile in Tracy City, Harold, of Harold's Satellite and Video seems to be taking this news the hardest. The streaming service isn't the only thing he wasn't aware of. He was also shocked to hear about Blu-rays when we sent one of our representatives out to speak with him. He was quoted as saying "So that's why nobody rents all these VHS anymore?".
Will this lead to a new day and age in the area of Grundy? They finally found Netflix. Add that to them finally ridding the area of dial up internet three years ago and you never know what great direction the place could be going in next. You never really know with Grundy. They may even figure out that when they travel out of town that those big red boxes outside stores with pictures of movies on them isn't some wacky type of "Coke machine".
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