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.

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.

On 11/13/2014 7:15 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
I just want to be here for the official rec.boats funeral.

Why?

On Thursday, November 13, 2014 7:15:41 PM UTC-5, F*O*A*D wrote:

-- I just want to be here for the official rec.boats funeral.--

Your funeral will happen WAY before that, asshole.

On 11/14/2014 1:14 AM, wrote:
On Thursday, November 13, 2014 7:15:41 PM UTC-5, F*O*A*D wrote:

-- I just want to be here for the official rec.boats funeral.--

Your funeral will happen WAY before that, asshole.


And we will party here like it's 1999!...

On Thursday, November 13, 2014 6:56:48 PM UTC-5, John H. wrote:

It would be nice if you'd **** off.

Someone struck a old nerve...~snerk~