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.

My wife thought to much noise, turned on NcIs.

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.

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.

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 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.

On 11/13/2014 7:51 PM, wrote:


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.


lol

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...

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.

wrote:
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

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.