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Forget the TV. I just got back from Wallyworld. There is something really
illogical about seeing THREE million dollar plus Wonderlodges "camping" in
the parking lot! I think I would rather anchor off the commercial dock at
Ponce than a Wal-Mart parking lot. :-)

--
Glenn Ashmore

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"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
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By there own confession, the people that I'm talking about bought
theirs to "go camping"




Sooooo? I guess they like TV.




Robert
35s5
NY

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Charlie Morgan wrote:
On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 04:00:13 GMT, Rosalie B. wrote:


Dave wrote:


On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:32:43 GMT, Rosalie B.
said:


The question that was asked was - do you have a TV on your boat. You
could just say no, without moralizing about it. You could even say,
No we don't have a TV because we don't want one.

Yes. Or I could have said I think anybody who spends his time on a boat
watching a boob tube has to be a little nuts.

But I didn't. I simply concurred in Tim's statement that

" When we're out on the boat, That's it. ..just us and the boat.

If I wanted to watch TV, I'd stay home with the big screen,."

A little sensitive on the point, are we?


Just tired of everyone who thinks their way is the best and only way
and has a superior attitude about it.



Then you may as well stop reading Dave's posts. That's pretty much his whole
shtick.

CWM

Those lawyers always think they know what's best for everyone else. I
think they're a big reason why our countries are in a downward spin.
Here's what an idiot lawyer fron this area said after his drunk client
crossed the center line and killed a mom & dad plus injuring the two kids...
quote..
"Oh good God, there’s been people killed in Canada," Mr. Maxwell said.
"People talk on cellphones and kill people. People watch a deer in the
field and kill people. And people drink and drive and kill people," he said.

"It’s not going to stop today and it’s not going to stop tomorrow. So I
don’t see what the big public outcry is."

http://tinyurl.com/ye2uk5
http://www.herald.ns.ca/NovaScotia/541433.html

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Thsi reminds me of some neighbors of mine that bought a $160,000.00
motor home that had about everything I can think that you can put on
two wheels., Why did they buy it? Their answer is obvious. So they
could go ..."Camping" !

With that attitude I suspect it if gets them away from YOU they'd certainly
be happy, camping or not.

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"Tim" wrote:


Rosalie B. wrote:
Friends of ours have one of those, but that is their home. They don't
have a house. They are full time RVers - they live in their RV - and
that's what those kinds of RVs are made for. Living in different
parts of the country without having to unpack.

By there own confession, the people that I'm talking about bought
theirs to "go camping"

Yes, some people get them under the impression that they are
'camping'. That doesn't mean that you need to condemn all of RVing
because the people across the street from you have more money than
sense.

Bob would not want to do that, and I wouldn't either, but some of the
stuff that RVers have is quite useful for boaters and cheaper too
because it doesn't have a marine label on it. One of the ways that a
boat is better than an RV is that when you are anchored temporarily
somewhere, the scenery is usually better (and it is more peaceful)
than the WallyWorld parking lot. And we are usually farther apart too
- I couldn't stand to live less than 5 feet from my neighbors like in
some of those parks.


We live on our boat full time for sometimes six months. We aren't
camping. We are living in various harbors and marinas without having
to fly there and pack and unpack. So we aren't 'getting away from
stuff'. And we like to watch TV.

Fine! God bless you for it.

I don't have any expectations for you.

Thank you, and neither do I for you.

You can obviously do what you
want. And in return, I expect you to allow us to use our boat in the
way that suits us without looking down your nose at us and implying
that your way is the only REAL way to enjoy a boat..

Did i say i was going to stop you?

No, and you couldn't if you wanted to. You just implied that having a
TV on the boat was the same as your neighbors with the big RV. They
are not *really* camping because they have a big RV and obviously
camping has to be done with a tent and sleeping bags. And real
boaters don't need TVs because the boat by itself is enough.


Rosalie B. wrote:
If the fact that I want to watch TV isn't a
problem for him, then why should you or Tim have a problem with it?

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Bill Kearney wrote:
This reminds me of some neighbors of mine that bought a $160,000.00
motor home that had about everything I can think that you can put on
two wheels., Why did they buy it? Their answer is obvious. So they
could go ..."Camping" !

With that attitude I suspect it if gets them away from YOU they'd certainly
be happy, camping or not.

what on earth are you talking about, Bill?

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I'm not condemning anyone Rosie. Quit reading more than what is there.



Rosalie B. wrote:
"Tim" wrote:


Rosalie B. wrote:
Friends of ours have one of those, but that is their home. They don't
have a house. They are full time RVers - they live in their RV - and
that's what those kinds of RVs are made for. Living in different
parts of the country without having to unpack.

By there own confession, the people that I'm talking about bought
theirs to "go camping"

Yes, some people get them under the impression that they are
'camping'. That doesn't mean that you need to condemn all of RVing
because the people across the street from you have more money than
sense.

Bob would not want to do that, and I wouldn't either, but some of the
stuff that RVers have is quite useful for boaters and cheaper too
because it doesn't have a marine label on it. One of the ways that a
boat is better than an RV is that when you are anchored temporarily
somewhere, the scenery is usually better (and it is more peaceful)
than the WallyWorld parking lot. And we are usually farther apart too
- I couldn't stand to live less than 5 feet from my neighbors like in
some of those parks.


We live on our boat full time for sometimes six months. We aren't
camping. We are living in various harbors and marinas without having
to fly there and pack and unpack. So we aren't 'getting away from
stuff'. And we like to watch TV.

Fine! God bless you for it.

I don't have any expectations for you.

Thank you, and neither do I for you.

You can obviously do what you
want. And in return, I expect you to allow us to use our boat in the
way that suits us without looking down your nose at us and implying
that your way is the only REAL way to enjoy a boat..

Did i say i was going to stop you?

No, and you couldn't if you wanted to. You just implied that having a
TV on the boat was the same as your neighbors with the big RV. They
are not *really* camping because they have a big RV and obviously
camping has to be done with a tent and sleeping bags. And real
boaters don't need TVs because the boat by itself is enough.

No I didn't. Your readimg more inti the post than what is there.


Rosalie B. wrote:
If the fact that I want to watch TV isn't a
problem for him, then why should you or Tim have a problem with it?

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TV Onboard Report ::; from the sailor who started this madness.

I was over at the boat today, then took a ride to Best Buy.

I looked at DVD Players ( portable ). Very sweet item for my little
sailboat. They will play a DVD movie, or other DVD show such as old tv
shows which I can take out at my local libray. Of course, also any other
show such as How To's.. like how to anchor, dock, etc.

They play DVD's and CD's. So, you get music and movie. The battery which
comes in the portable DVD is the weak point. It will only hold a charge for
3 hours. Since the movie will probably run 2 hours ?? You see the
problem... But, next to the DVD shelf was an accessory. It is a battery
which will power up the DVD for 8 hours. That would give you 11 hours of
movies between power ups.

The portable DVD can be used for music also. The speakers are bad though.
The kid at Best Buy asked me if I had any old computer speakers at home.
Why of course, the computer is gone but the speakers are .............. ???
bingo. Now your DVD has good sound.

The price for a good DVD was around $200 and the extra battery was something
like $80. When I got home I looked and there are a ton of DVD's, extra
batterys , et all on Ebay.

If I can decide ??? Always a hard thing ... and I can buy two or three extra
battery packs on Ebay cheap ... why not.

As one sailor said, it is nice to lie around and watch an old movie. I live
on my sailboat for weeks in the summer.

The thought of watching "Casablanca" on my super cool DVD player with the
computer speakers ..........


"Dave" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 18:25:41 GMT, Don White said:

Those lawyers always think they know what's best for everyone else.

Too often true. Though put a lawyer alongside a doctor and you've got a
pretty good horse race.

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"NE Sailboat" wrote in message
news:gt6ah.4419$Kw2.3963@trndny05...
TV Onboard Report ::; from the sailor who started this madness.

I was over at the boat today, then took a ride to Best Buy.

I looked at DVD Players ( portable ). Very sweet item for my little
sailboat. They will play a DVD movie, or other DVD show such as old tv
shows which I can take out at my local libray. Of course, also any other
show such as How To's.. like how to anchor, dock, etc.

They play DVD's and CD's. So, you get music and movie. The battery which
comes in the portable DVD is the weak point. It will only hold a charge
for 3 hours. Since the movie will probably run 2 hours ?? You see the
problem... But, next to the DVD shelf was an accessory. It is a battery
which will power up the DVD for 8 hours. That would give you 11 hours of
movies between power ups.

The portable DVD can be used for music also. The speakers are bad though.
The kid at Best Buy asked me if I had any old computer speakers at home.
Why of course, the computer is gone but the speakers are ..............
??? bingo. Now your DVD has good sound.

The price for a good DVD was around $200 and the extra battery was
something like $80. When I got home I looked and there are a ton of
DVD's, extra batterys , et all on Ebay.

If I can decide ??? Always a hard thing ... and I can buy two or three
extra battery packs on Ebay cheap ... why not.

As one sailor said, it is nice to lie around and watch an old movie. I
live on my sailboat for weeks in the summer.

The thought of watching "Casablanca" on my super cool DVD player with the
computer speakers ..........

Remember that those speakers will also need power, so you'll need to make
arrangements for that.

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What about those speakers that are for Walkmans? I've seen them and they
have speakers that take a D,C or so battery.

I wonder what the speakers sound like?


"KLC Lewis" wrote in message
...

"NE Sailboat" wrote in message
news:gt6ah.4419$Kw2.3963@trndny05...
TV Onboard Report ::; from the sailor who started this madness.

I was over at the boat today, then took a ride to Best Buy.

I looked at DVD Players ( portable ). Very sweet item for my little
sailboat. They will play a DVD movie, or other DVD show such as old tv
shows which I can take out at my local libray. Of course, also any other
show such as How To's.. like how to anchor, dock, etc.

They play DVD's and CD's. So, you get music and movie. The battery
which comes in the portable DVD is the weak point. It will only hold a
charge for 3 hours. Since the movie will probably run 2 hours ?? You
see the problem... But, next to the DVD shelf was an accessory. It is a
battery which will power up the DVD for 8 hours. That would give you 11
hours of movies between power ups.

The portable DVD can be used for music also. The speakers are bad
though. The kid at Best Buy asked me if I had any old computer speakers
at home. Why of course, the computer is gone but the speakers are
.............. ??? bingo. Now your DVD has good sound.

The price for a good DVD was around $200 and the extra battery was
something like $80. When I got home I looked and there are a ton of
DVD's, extra batterys , et all on Ebay.

If I can decide ??? Always a hard thing ... and I can buy two or three
extra battery packs on Ebay cheap ... why not.

As one sailor said, it is nice to lie around and watch an old movie. I
live on my sailboat for weeks in the summer.

The thought of watching "Casablanca" on my super cool DVD player with the
computer speakers ..........

Remember that those speakers will also need power, so you'll need to make
arrangements for that.

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"NE Sailboat" wrote in news:gt6ah.4419$Kw2.3963
@trndny05:

TV Onboard Report ::; from the sailor who started this madness.


Got a laptop computer? My music/movie/TV machine is a Gateway 15.4"
laptop, MX6438, CC has them on sale at times in the $750 range. You can
run nav software on it, tons of movies downloaded for free from Usenet's
alt.binaries.movies.divx newsgroup, MP3 files, etc....

Then, there's this:
http://hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_hvr950.html
Digital and Analog TV for your FAST laptop computer for $99. The little
whip antenna isn't much but this little Philips antenna turns it into a
powerhouse:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...e/103-1042369-
4062224
(This says Zenith, same as Philips at Circuit City's TV department)
The USB stick completely EATS all computer time processing high definition
video, so you can't do anything else while its running, but the picture is
perfect! You'll need a little 100 watt 12VDC to 115VAC inverter to plug
the laptop into. The little inverters are MUCH cheaper than a 12V power
supply from the computer companies. Mine was $20 at Radio Shack...175W.

A laptop with LOTS of uses is far better than a little DVD player that will
only play STORE BOUGHT DVDs and CDs... With the laptop, you can even use
it for a boat phone on Skype if your marina has wifi...(c;