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On 11/13/14 3:18 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
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? Oh, and my post was not personal. Your response was, asshole. -- 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. |
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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. Do you get paid to act the asshole? Krause is a not for profit asshole. |
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On Thursday, November 13, 2014 12:18:53 PM UTC-8, F*O*A*D wrote:
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, So you're an asshole Pro bono. What does your union say about working without a contract, or do they know? |
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On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:58:38 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 11/13/14 3:18 PM, F*O*A*D wrote: 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? Oh, and my post was not personal. Your response was, asshole. Not personal? "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." To whom was the above directed? It would be nice if you'd **** off. |
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On 11/13/14 6:56 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:58:38 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote: On 11/13/14 3:18 PM, F*O*A*D wrote: 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? Oh, and my post was not personal. Your response was, asshole. Not personal? "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." To whom was the above directed? It would be nice if you'd **** off. My post was directed towards the Conservative Collective, not to an individual: "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." The "sig" was directly to the same Conservative Collective, not to an individual, whose members claim to be "pro-life" but in reality are only pro-birth. Apparently you were offended. That's just a bit of lagniappe. You as an individual were not the target. As for what *you* and your fellow conservatrashers think might be nice, well, perhaps you should bring that up with someone who cares. I just want to be here for the official rec.boats funeral. -- 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. |
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Poco Loco wrote:
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. I'm sure that's their plan - and it works. |
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On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 11:40:17 -0600, Califbill wrote: But some of the commercials are better than the shows. Maybe once but not once every 30 minutes. And those repeat commercials every 15 minutes |
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On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 12:51:11 PM UTC-5, F*O*A*D wrote:
We were downtown at a wedding and then a reception where the place was turned into a tango milonga. Love Latin music and dancing. Got home late, but that's because the wedding party didn't actually end until 2 am, hours after the bride and groom left. :) YOU...dance? LMAO...that'd be like watching a Pig walk on ice. |
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On Thursday, November 13, 2014 10:06:14 AM UTC-5, John H. 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. What does 'POV' mean. My company, Cox, calls it a 'DVR' box for Digital Video Recorder. Just wondered. He should have said " PVR "...or Personal Video Recorder. But dicklicker IS stupid. It takes him an hour and a half to watch 60 Minutes. |
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