Tim wrote:
On Aug 16, 7:59 am, Gene wrote:
On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:07:14 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

But they always seem to be back ordered because some bean counter told
them they were stocking too much inventory. So just about every time
I'd place an order the parts or units weren't on the shelf.
Sounds like West Marine.

"Sales associate", beaming.... "Sir, we don't have any in stock, but
you can order that online!"

Me, scowling.... "Why the hell would I have driven 50 miles and be
standing here in your store, if I wanted to buy that online? You can't
sell me what you don't have."

"Sales associate", now assuming the deer-in-the-headlights stance....

I keep a Defender Catalog for punishment.....
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Just to add, I see Harry is on a Glen Beck kick abotu advertisers
pulling away from his show, which means they pull away from Fox News.
OK, Well, lets see another flip of the coin.

My wife an I just canceled our Dish Network subscription. We got tired
of paying over$100.00 a month for a boob tube. I mean, they brag about
all the "channels" they offer, and if you want something specific you
have to take the :"package" just to get the programming you want,
like about 20 so called radio channels, countless home shopping
network stations, and a bunch of others you couldn't give a rats hind
end for.

OK fine.

So we got Fox News as well as CNBC, CNN, CSPAN, MSNBC, etc.

So now we've dropped the whole thing.

So if somebody ran a poll and asked if we watched the Glen Beck show,
we would say "no".

But the poll would not state that we don't watch Olberman, Rachael,
Wolf, or Chris either.

So therefore, it seems that since we don't watch Beck, then that means
his ratings are down, and the advertisers won't want to sell there
wares on a show that isn't watched.

Why? because they would be told that his ratings are dropping like
flies due to lack of viewing!


go figgah!



I'm not on a "Glenn Beck kick." Beck is the most irresponsible of the
TV hosts-political pundits, and by a factor of 10. I don't watch his
show, but I do recall several times your good buddy Herring saying he
was a fan of Beck's. Well, there's no question the two of them go
together like tea and crumpets. It's a good thing to associate Beck and
that piece of **** Herring.

There's much less manual "polling" done in the old sense of the word on
TV viewership. The fact that you no longer have cable is taken into
account, and would have no impact on the ratings of cable shows.

Advertisers are not dropping Beck because of the number of views he has.
They're dropping him because of the totally irresponsible crap he says
on the air.