Sensible guy. Apart from the going to church of course. Maybe he thought God would pop an invisible plastic screen between each worshipper. If he REALLY thought about it, maybe he'd think "What the fook am I, a grown man, doing risking my health after a heart transplant to come and pray to an invisible man". I guess his parents just caught him too early - that religion just got crammed in there before he could think for himself.

"From those of us that are over 50 or have pre-existing conditions, I sincerely apologize that you were inconvenienced so we could stay alive."

And, so you should. It would've been better HAD ONLY all those over 50 or with pre-existing conditions been "locked down".

You can do this for free with MythTV via MythWeb.

Not everyone has MythTV.

You can also do it for free at tivo.com

Not everyone has a web-enabled phone. Not familiar with MythTV.com (Don't have Tivo), but if functionality exists already to schedule recordings that way it must've taken a developer all of half a morning to rustle up this SMS offering. Why not charge $5 a month for it, they'll have likely done research that shows some folk will be willing to pay it.