wrote:
On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 10:02:48 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 20:51:01 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 12:39:26 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Tue, 11 Nov 2014 18:26:00 -0500, Harrold wrote:

On 11/11/2014 5:42 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
http://www.theconcertforvalor.com/

This will be presented live at 7:00 eastern on HBO, free.

--

"The modern definition of 'racist' is someone who's winning an argument
with a liberal."

...Peter Brimelow (Author)
(Thanks, Luddite!)


Why don't you go see it live.
If you're feeling charitable you could bring Krause as a guest. ;-)

My charity has it's limits. I've been downtown once for a 4 July
concert/fireworks. Never again. Didn't get home until after 3AM.

The trick with the fireworks, if you don't go by boat, is to just plan
to stay downtown a while.
I still remember when Carter was a lame duck and he would have a
monument show for just about any foreign visitor who would go "woo".

You could drive right up to the ellipse, park and watch the show. Then
drive away. Best kept secret in DC at the time.
My federal agent friend knew about it before time, she would call the
gang and we would go for the show.

I just blasted through the recording of the show. I liked Zak Brown,
Carrie Underwear is always the same but Bruce was playing name that
tune.
M&M and Metalica are just noise.
One speech was plenty.

I went by boat once. Took a 15' Boston Whaler up from Ft Belvoir. Nice
trip up, had a super time watching the fireworks and listening to the
National Symphony Orchestra on the boom-box. And then it was over.

The night was very dark. There were a *lot* of boats there. Many of
the boats were in the 30-35' range. Many of the captains were drunk.
Bringing that Whaler down the Potomac back to Ft Belvoir was the
scariest thing I've ever done. Luckily, I didn't have to stay in the
channel.

Never again.

I watched the show for a while. Wasn't too thrilled. Glad they did
something for Veterans' Day. It seemed like the show was tuned more to
the younger veterans, which is fine. Zak was my favorite also.

Don't know if it was my hearing or what, but even with hearing aids I
couldn't understand the words to the songs - especially Bruce. Oh
well.

Probably the most fun "water" trip was in a rented canoe. We paddled
down a ways to watch the fire works, then paddled up to 3 sisters for
a while to relax with our dates and around midnight we returned the
canoes. Traffic was pretty much cleared out by then.
The other times we went out of Ft Washington Marina and it wasn't
horrible on the water. In a small boat you could get away from the
channel and the traffic. We were in something from 17-22' depending on
who we went with.

My ex does it in an official capacity these days with the CG aux.

We used to go to Lake Oroville for 4 July. Great fireworks on the lake.
We stayed across from where all the Houseboats raft up. But we always
stayed a while, to avoid most of the drunks in ski boats going way to fast.
Similar problem with boaters in the ocean and rivers here. We get very
heavy fog at times. 10-15 foot visibility. And you hear boats running up
on plane, when they should be doing at the most 5-8 mph. Or even ocean
boats with radar domes, and they do not seem to pay attention to what is on
the screen. Do not think a boating license would make much difference.
Does not seem to with drivers license.

KC wrote:
On 11/13/2014 11:43 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 04:49:23 -0800 (PST), True North
wrote:

Gfre says....
"That is the great thing about watching recorded TV.
You can blast through the stuff you are not interested in.
I seldom watch anything live.
My wive likes the singing on the Voice but all of the yacking is too
much for her. A 2 hour show lasts about 25-30 minutes. "


Yup.
This time of year we spend a bit too much time avoiding a cool damp
climate watching the boob tube, especially at night.
Wife and I both have what the cable company call a POV cable recorder box on our TVs.
We record what we want for later viewing. The main reason for this is
the insufferable commercials.
At one time they were somewhat regulated in frequency and duration but
that seems to have eroded over the years.

Typically a network show is 22 minutes of content per half hour but
some cable shows are less than that. To compensate they will roll
credits at the end of the show in a box under the lead in for the next
show and the show itself may be time compressed some too.
They can also just run the show a little long. If you set the timer
for 1/2 hr, you may miss a minute or two.
I started time shifting back in the mid 70s with a Beta SL7200 and
never stopped. The DVR really makes it easy now.


I just mute commercials, don't even want to hear it. What ****es me off
now is they break the commercials with what looks like they are coming
back from commercial only to go straight back to another couple commercials...

But some of the commercials are better than the shows.

On 11/13/14 12:04 PM, KC wrote:
On 11/13/2014 11:43 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 04:49:23 -0800 (PST), True North
wrote:

Gfre says....
"That is the great thing about watching recorded TV.
You can blast through the stuff you are not interested in.
I seldom watch anything live.
My wive likes the singing on the Voice but all of the yacking is too
much for her. A 2 hour show lasts about 25-30 minutes. "


Yup.
This time of year we spend a bit too much time avoiding a cool damp
climate watching the boob tube, especially at night.
Wife and I both have what the cable company call a POV cable recorder
box on our TVs.
We record what we want for later viewing. The main reason for this
is the insufferable commercials.
At one time they were somewhat regulated in frequency and duration
but that seems to have eroded over the years.

Typically a network show is 22 minutes of content per half hour but
some cable shows are less than that. To compensate they will roll
credits at the end of the show in a box under the lead in for the next
show and the show itself may be time compressed some too.
They can also just run the show a little long. If you set the timer
for 1/2 hr, you may miss a minute or two.
I started time shifting back in the mid 70s with a Beta SL7200 and
never stopped. The DVR really makes it easy now.


I just mute commercials, don't even want to hear it. What ****es me off
now is they break the commercials with what looks like they are coming
back from commercial only to go straight back to another couple
commercials...



I don't understand why you conservative Republican advocates of the
unfettered free enterprise system express such disdain for the
commercials on the for-profit networks and stations, since it is those
commercials that make the programming you like so much possible.

--
Just because you are opposed to abortion doesn’t make you pro-life. Your
morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a child born but not a
child fed, not a child educated, not a child housed, not a child
clothed, not a child able to see the doctor. That’s not pro-life…that’s
pro-birth.

Commercials don't bother me at all. I don't watch TV

John
" What does 'POV' mean. My company, Cox, calls it a 'DVR' box for
Digital Video Recorder.

Just wondered. ......"


Current provider calls it a DVR box.
Last provider calls it a PVR box.

On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 12:04:20 -0500, KC wrote:

On 11/13/2014 11:43 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 04:49:23 -0800 (PST), True North
wrote:

Gfre says....
"That is the great thing about watching recorded TV.
You can blast through the stuff you are not interested in.
I seldom watch anything live.
My wive likes the singing on the Voice but all of the yacking is too
much for her. A 2 hour show lasts about 25-30 minutes. "


Yup.
This time of year we spend a bit too much time avoiding a cool damp climate watching the boob tube, especially at night.
Wife and I both have what the cable company call a POV cable recorder box on our TVs.
We record what we want for later viewing. The main reason for this is the insufferable commercials.
At one time they were somewhat regulated in frequency and duration but that seems to have eroded over the years.

Typically a network show is 22 minutes of content per half hour but
some cable shows are less than that. To compensate they will roll
credits at the end of the show in a box under the lead in for the next
show and the show itself may be time compressed some too.
They can also just run the show a little long. If you set the timer
for 1/2 hr, you may miss a minute or two.
I started time shifting back in the mid 70s with a Beta SL7200 and
never stopped. The DVR really makes it easy now.


I just mute commercials, don't even want to hear it. What ****es me off
now is they break the commercials with what looks like they are coming
back from commercial only to go straight back to another couple
commercials...

They probably do that to trap the DVR folks. I often stop the fast
forward 'cause I think the show's started, only to get another
commercial or two.

On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 13:53:09 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 11/13/14 12:04 PM, KC wrote:
On 11/13/2014 11:43 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 04:49:23 -0800 (PST), True North
wrote:

Gfre says....
"That is the great thing about watching recorded TV.
You can blast through the stuff you are not interested in.
I seldom watch anything live.
My wive likes the singing on the Voice but all of the yacking is too
much for her. A 2 hour show lasts about 25-30 minutes. "


Yup.
This time of year we spend a bit too much time avoiding a cool damp
climate watching the boob tube, especially at night.
Wife and I both have what the cable company call a POV cable recorder
box on our TVs.
We record what we want for later viewing. The main reason for this
is the insufferable commercials.
At one time they were somewhat regulated in frequency and duration
but that seems to have eroded over the years.

Typically a network show is 22 minutes of content per half hour but
some cable shows are less than that. To compensate they will roll
credits at the end of the show in a box under the lead in for the next
show and the show itself may be time compressed some too.
They can also just run the show a little long. If you set the timer
for 1/2 hr, you may miss a minute or two.
I started time shifting back in the mid 70s with a Beta SL7200 and
never stopped. The DVR really makes it easy now.


I just mute commercials, don't even want to hear it. What ****es me off
now is they break the commercials with what looks like they are coming
back from commercial only to go straight back to another couple
commercials...



I don't understand why you conservative Republican advocates of the
unfettered free enterprise system express such disdain for the
commercials on the for-profit networks and stations, since it is those
commercials that make the programming you like so much possible.

Do you get paid to act the asshole?

On 11/13/14 3:10 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 13:53:09 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 11/13/14 12:04 PM, KC wrote:
On 11/13/2014 11:43 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 04:49:23 -0800 (PST), True North
wrote:

Gfre says....
"That is the great thing about watching recorded TV.
You can blast through the stuff you are not interested in.
I seldom watch anything live.
My wive likes the singing on the Voice but all of the yacking is too
much for her. A 2 hour show lasts about 25-30 minutes. "


Yup.
This time of year we spend a bit too much time avoiding a cool damp
climate watching the boob tube, especially at night.
Wife and I both have what the cable company call a POV cable recorder
box on our TVs.
We record what we want for later viewing. The main reason for this
is the insufferable commercials.
At one time they were somewhat regulated in frequency and duration
but that seems to have eroded over the years.

Typically a network show is 22 minutes of content per half hour but
some cable shows are less than that. To compensate they will roll
credits at the end of the show in a box under the lead in for the next
show and the show itself may be time compressed some too.
They can also just run the show a little long. If you set the timer
for 1/2 hr, you may miss a minute or two.
I started time shifting back in the mid 70s with a Beta SL7200 and
never stopped. The DVR really makes it easy now.


I just mute commercials, don't even want to hear it. What ****es me off
now is they break the commercials with what looks like they are coming
back from commercial only to go straight back to another couple
commercials...



I don't understand why you conservative Republican advocates of the
unfettered free enterprise system express such disdain for the
commercials on the for-profit networks and stations, since it is those
commercials that make the programming you like so much possible.

Do you get paid to act the asshole?


No, I wouldn't want to take your job away, and I wouldn't be as good as
it as you are. You, FlaJim, and PsychoSnotty are the ranking assholes here.

My comment was serious. You obviously enjoy free programming, and you
get it for free (minus your cable charges, of course) because of those
TV commercials. It's the American way, eh?


--
Just because you are opposed to abortion doesn’t make you pro-life. Your
morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a child born but not a
child fed, not a child educated, not a child housed, not a child
clothed, not a child able to see the doctor. That’s not pro-life…that’s
pro-birth.

On 11/13/2014 3:10 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 13:53:09 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 11/13/14 12:04 PM, KC wrote:
On 11/13/2014 11:43 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 04:49:23 -0800 (PST), True North
wrote:

Gfre says....
"That is the great thing about watching recorded TV.
You can blast through the stuff you are not interested in.
I seldom watch anything live.
My wive likes the singing on the Voice but all of the yacking is too
much for her. A 2 hour show lasts about 25-30 minutes. "


Yup.
This time of year we spend a bit too much time avoiding a cool damp
climate watching the boob tube, especially at night.
Wife and I both have what the cable company call a POV cable recorder
box on our TVs.
We record what we want for later viewing. The main reason for this
is the insufferable commercials.
At one time they were somewhat regulated in frequency and duration
but that seems to have eroded over the years.

Typically a network show is 22 minutes of content per half hour but
some cable shows are less than that. To compensate they will roll
credits at the end of the show in a box under the lead in for the next
show and the show itself may be time compressed some too.
They can also just run the show a little long. If you set the timer
for 1/2 hr, you may miss a minute or two.
I started time shifting back in the mid 70s with a Beta SL7200 and
never stopped. The DVR really makes it easy now.


I just mute commercials, don't even want to hear it. What ****es me off
now is they break the commercials with what looks like they are coming
back from commercial only to go straight back to another couple
commercials...



I don't understand why you conservative Republican advocates of the
unfettered free enterprise system express such disdain for the
commercials on the for-profit networks and stations, since it is those
commercials that make the programming you like so much possible.

That's because you really don't understand the concept of "free
enterprise"...

Do you get paid to act the asshole?

On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:20:10 -0500, KC wrote:

On 11/13/2014 3:10 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 13:53:09 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 11/13/14 12:04 PM, KC wrote:
On 11/13/2014 11:43 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 04:49:23 -0800 (PST), True North
wrote:

Gfre says....
"That is the great thing about watching recorded TV.
You can blast through the stuff you are not interested in.
I seldom watch anything live.
My wive likes the singing on the Voice but all of the yacking is too
much for her. A 2 hour show lasts about 25-30 minutes. "


Yup.
This time of year we spend a bit too much time avoiding a cool damp
climate watching the boob tube, especially at night.
Wife and I both have what the cable company call a POV cable recorder
box on our TVs.
We record what we want for later viewing. The main reason for this
is the insufferable commercials.
At one time they were somewhat regulated in frequency and duration
but that seems to have eroded over the years.

Typically a network show is 22 minutes of content per half hour but
some cable shows are less than that. To compensate they will roll
credits at the end of the show in a box under the lead in for the next
show and the show itself may be time compressed some too.
They can also just run the show a little long. If you set the timer
for 1/2 hr, you may miss a minute or two.
I started time shifting back in the mid 70s with a Beta SL7200 and
never stopped. The DVR really makes it easy now.


I just mute commercials, don't even want to hear it. What ****es me off
now is they break the commercials with what looks like they are coming
back from commercial only to go straight back to another couple
commercials...



I don't understand why you conservative Republican advocates of the
unfettered free enterprise system express such disdain for the
commercials on the for-profit networks and stations, since it is those
commercials that make the programming you like so much possible.

That's because you really don't understand the concept of "free
enterprise"...

Do you get paid to act the asshole?


My bad. Should have ignored him. Too quick on the draw.