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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!) |
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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. ;-) |
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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. |
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On 11/12/14 12:39 PM, 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. 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. :) -- “There’s more idleness and abuse of government favors among the economically privileged than among the ranks of the disadvantaged.” - Norman Mailer |
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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. |
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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. |
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On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 23:55:46 -0500, wrote:
On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 21:05:08 -0600, Califbill wrote: 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. 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. Ditto with the Voice. Wife records it. I can't stand it. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Commercials don't bother me at all. I don't watch TV
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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. |
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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. |
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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? |
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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. |
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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. That's because you really don't understand the concept of "free enterprise"... Do you get paid to act the asshole? |
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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. |
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On 11/13/2014 3:21 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
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. Ha, it's actually not been bad here lately... I do sometimes get a kick out of the harrytales... |
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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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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~ |
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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? |
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On 11/13/14 9:37 PM, 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. I don't. I prefer "pay" TV. If they would just sell me the shows I want to watch, for a nominal fee, I would be a happy guy. I do believe that might be coming via the internet some day soon. Now that there is a way to bill it, I think content producers will figure out they can make more money directly selling to the consumer than they ever got from the advertiser driven networks. Advertising is simply a very insidious tax on everything you buy. The less you see something advertised, the better value it will be. Advertising increases the market for goods and services, and before corporate greed took over, allowed more goods and services to be sold to more people at lower prices that still earned the sellers decent profits. -- 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 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. |
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