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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the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
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Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

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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!

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.....
--

Forté Agent 5.00 Build 1171

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by
the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover." - Unknown

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepagehttp://pamandgene.tranquilrefuge.net/boating/the_boat/my_boat.htm

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.

On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:03:17 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

My wife an I just canceled our Dish Network subscription. We got tired
of paying over$100.00 a month for a boob tube.

If you want to get your money's worth from Dish you need to have their
so called HD package and a DVR. Their HD movie channels have some
great older movies and a fair amount of musical programming. As sort
of a bonus we get all of the Sirius music channels and a few others.
For another $10/mo we get a second receiver which we use on the boat.

On Aug 17, 11:38*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:03:17 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

My wife an I just canceled our Dish Network subscription. We got tired
of paying over$100.00 a month for a boob tube.

If you want to get your money's worth from Dish you need to have their
so called HD package and a DVR. * Their HD movie channels have some
great older movies and a fair amount of musical programming. * As sort
of a bonus we get all of the Sirius music channels and a few others.
For another $10/mo we get a second receiver which we use on the boat.

We had all that too, Wayne. but about $1500.00 a year ?

to us, television isn't worth it. Besides, once you get used to not
having a TV, you really don't seem to miss it.

On Aug 17, 9:13*pm, H the K wrote:


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.



Sure it does harry. In another instance, when somebody has exhausted
their unemployment insurance, they are dropped from the statistics.

So the headlines read.

"Unemployment is Down!"


makes sense.

Tim wrote:
On Aug 17, 11:38 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:03:17 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

My wife an I just canceled our Dish Network subscription. We got tired
of paying over$100.00 a month for a boob tube.
If you want to get your money's worth from Dish you need to have their
so called HD package and a DVR. Their HD movie channels have some
great older movies and a fair amount of musical programming. As sort
of a bonus we get all of the Sirius music channels and a few others.
For another $10/mo we get a second receiver which we use on the boat.

We had all that too, Wayne. but about $1500.00 a year ?

to us, television isn't worth it. Besides, once you get used to not
having a TV, you really don't seem to miss it.

Suggestion: Get a broadcast antenna.

Tim wrote:
On Aug 17, 9:13 pm, H the K wrote:

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.



Sure it does harry. In another instance, when somebody has exhausted
their unemployment insurance, they are dropped from the statistics.

So the headlines read.

"Unemployment is Down!"


makes sense.


Ratings for the most part are based upon sets in use, and within that
number, sets tuned to particular programs. You're no longer among the
"counted" for the cable stations.

On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:29:42 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Aug 17, 10:01*am, NotNow wrote:
JustWaitAFrekinMinute! wrote:
On Aug 16, 8:51 am, Gene wrote:
On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:03:39 -0400, JLH OPAof7

wrote:
Wait until someone
starts calling you a dumbfoching moron before calling them your pet
names.
If you are referring to, "reverse Harry" it isn't a pet name, it is a
highly accurate descriptor.
--

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"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by
the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover." * - Unknown

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepagehttp://pamandgene.tranquilrefuge.net/boating/the_boat/my_boat.htm

Yeah, if a republican disagrees with you he is a "reverse Harry'. No
names be called, no lies be told, no re-written cut and paste needed,
all that is necessary is for one not to goosestep to Al Gore and Rahm
Emanual...

There you go, defining all liberals into a very narrow catagory.

I'm glad I'm not in there.

I see liberal thinkers and then I see flaming liberals.

There is a HUGE difference!

You know, that's a good point.

But I wonder if the progression isn't more like:

Liberal thinkers - flaming liberals - flaming assholes

Not that any of the latter are in rec.boats...
--
John H

"Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant
that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it."
-- Thomas Sowell

On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:03:17 -0700 (PDT), 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.....
--

Forté Agent 5.00 Build 1171

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by
the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover." * - Unknown

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepagehttp://pamandgene.tranquilrefuge.net/boating/the_boat/my_boat.htm

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 don't think most of the advertisers have pulled away from Fox News.
It's too good a market.

They're just pulling away from Beck. Beck is to Conservatives what Al
Franken was to liberals.
--
John H

"Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant
that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it."
-- Thomas Sowell

On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:44:33 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Aug 17, 9:13*pm, H the K wrote:


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.



Sure it does harry. In another instance, when somebody has exhausted
their unemployment insurance, they are dropped from the statistics.

So the headlines read.

"Unemployment is Down!"


makes sense.

Tim! If you're going to talk to Krause, don't leave out the best part
of his post, to wit: "... 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."

I don't recall ever saying I was a fan of Beck's, do you? Sounds like
more lies to me.

Probably why I don't respond to the guy more than once a month.
--
John H

"Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant
that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it."
-- Thomas Sowell