Gunner Asch wrote:

On Wed, 10 Feb 2016 18:47:00 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:


Larry Jaques wrote:

On Wed, 10 Feb 2016 09:16:11 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:


Larry Jaques wrote:

Time for a new mast system, wot? Better yet, Repent!, and TV no more.
I'm going on 11 years without it now. Netflix and Redbox give me the
movie fixes I need, but I haven't suffered through brainless broadcast
TV or the massively stupid and numerous commercials for over a decade.
The only commercials I actively seek are those for the Stupor Bowl,
and even then, at millions a pop, they put some stupid one on. The
money spent on sports and commercials each year would be enough, in
one single year, to -feed- and -house- the homeless and hungry poor in
America (even those who don't deserve it), and probably a few dozen
other countries. Too bad so few people have this perspective.
(Sorry, it just slipped out.)


I worked in TV for a long time, so it is mostly background noise when

So why waste electricity and disturb your peace and quiet? That's my
goal nowadays. Total quiet.


That is impossible. My tinnitus is so bad that it wakes me up. I have to
leave the TV on, a radio and two fans to help mask it enough just to get
any sleep. It is miserable, whenever the power is out. I may be awake
for days at a time, because of the loud whistling.


it is on. I broke down and paid $19.99 for the entire collection of
'Third Rock From The Sun' TV series on DVDs. There are 139, 22 minute
episodes, on 17 DVDs. I bought it, and the complete 'Married With
Children (for $26.77), on ebay. Third rock is even better, with no
commercials! ;-)

I loved MWC but never watched TRFTS. I missed Buffy the Vampire
Slayer a lot, though, and bought 3 seasons of that for about $20.

I like TRFTS, because it is a screwball comedy. Jane Curtain looks
like she as about to lose it most of the time, and it's funny watching
the aliens try to understand humans. Of course, having Kirsten Johnston
on the show, doesn't hurt the eyeballs.,


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So far, my record with the Superbowl: I have managed to miss the last
50 of them. including most of the commercials. The only televised sports
i watched was early NASCAR, before in car cams destroyed it, and IROC
racing.

I gave up watching football back when they had their first strike. If
the multi-millionaire sports asses don't care about their fans, as a
fan, I no longer care about them. Sports announcers ruined things for
me when they got enormous egos and couldn't keep their yaps shut and
let us enjoy the race, etc.

It is hard to believe that people wasted $1,300,000,000 on a bloody
stadium for sports. Without massive corporate sponsorships, most
products would cost less than half what they do now. Grrr.


That is why I stay away from most name brands that do a lot of
advertising. The 'generic' 80 cent version of Diet Mountain Dew tastes
the same as the $2.29 bottle from Pepsico.

Where the hell are you buying your Dew? Even on the most expensive
days..its $1.50 for 2 liters and I never pay more than $1

Gunner


Most of the affordable supermarket chains around here were bought by
Supervalue, and the prices went way up. Winn-Dixie hs their knock-off at
$1 right now, and the cheapest the real MT Dew I can find is $1.29, when
they actually have any. I can always find it, at higher prices. I
usually watch for it to be on sale, and stock up. I reserve room for 40
two liter bottles in the pantry.