$#$@#$$%@! the oymplics
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Josh Gray wrote:
You could try turning the tv off.
Great answer! My wife and I went one better than this... we actually got the cable television terminated, because 99% of what was available was junk, and now we have no television programming coming into our house. We check out films from our local library (we've been into the films from the 30's, 40's, and 50's lately) and have been extremely happy with this arrangement. At first I thought I was going to miss some of the things I really enjoyed (tennis, news, DIY shows). In the end I discovered how much time I had available to do other, more relevant, things. I'm not sure we'll ever subscribe to television again. If we do, it'll be when the cable or satellite company provides a'la carte programming.
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Josh Gray wrote:
You could try turning the tv off.
Great answer! My wife and I went one better than this... we actually got the cable television terminated, because 99% of what was available was junk, and now we have no television programming coming into our house. We check out films from our local library (we've been into the films from the 30's, 40's, and 50's lately) and have been extremely happy with this arrangement. At first I thought I was going to miss some of the things I really enjoyed (tennis, news, DIY shows). In the end I discovered how much time I had available to do other, more relevant, things. I'm not sure we'll ever subscribe to television again. If we do, it'll be when the cable or satellite company provides a'la carte programming.
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The Dogcow Farmer wrote:
I assume that was sarcasm.
Nope. I really can't be bothered with the Olympics as there are so many drug enhanced wannabes taking part, that there's no real skill in it anymore. It's all about who's taking the better drugs.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
there are so many drug enhanced wannabes taking part. It's all about who's taking the better drugs.
Regardless of what the media might want you to think, there are few athletes that cheat at the Olympics. Its very hard to get away with cheating at a big event like the Olympics because of all the strict drug testing controls they have in place.
Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
there are so many drug enhanced wannabes taking part, that there's no real skill in it anymore.
:doh:
Mark Brock Click here to view my blog
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Come on, that's hardly fair and you know it. Those people are striving to be the best in the world at something and the vast majority are not cheating at all. They deserve our respect.
"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson
I agree. It's easy to sit on the couch and mock these people. I suspect the majority of people who do so have no idea of how hard it is to get to the top tier of a sport.
Mark Brock Click here to view my blog
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My favourite shows were tooken off just for the olympics. I am so mad. They should have a channel for this and stop changing the schedules of my shows for this crap.
"What's everyone so worked up about? So there's a comet -- big deal. It'll burn up in our atmosphere and what's ever left will be no bigger than a chihuahua's head." - Homer Simpson
The Dogcow Farmer wrote:
My favourite shows were tooken off just for the olympics
Your TV shows arn't going away mate.
Mark Brock Click here to view my blog
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
there are so many drug enhanced wannabes taking part. It's all about who's taking the better drugs.
Regardless of what the media might want you to think, there are few athletes that cheat at the Olympics. Its very hard to get away with cheating at a big event like the Olympics because of all the strict drug testing controls they have in place.
Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
there are so many drug enhanced wannabes taking part, that there's no real skill in it anymore.
:doh:
Mark Brock Click here to view my blog
I can't comment about the Olympics but I can draw a parallel from another sport in which a friend of mine was involved at the top level. They too have a drugs testing policy but the intention was to avoid catching anyone if possible. As a result, on days where random samples were due, the doctor would walk in and announce that a nasty virus was going around and if anyone felt unwell, they should go home now! So do the Olympic organisers actually want people caught - with all the attendant bad publicity or do they merely want to be seen to be doing the job? Rich
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The ones I watch aren't.
"What's everyone so worked up about? So there's a comet -- big deal. It'll burn up in our atmosphere and what's ever left will be no bigger than a chihuahua's head." - Homer Simpson
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My favourite shows were tooken off just for the olympics. I am so mad. They should have a channel for this and stop changing the schedules of my shows for this crap.
"What's everyone so worked up about? So there's a comet -- big deal. It'll burn up in our atmosphere and what's ever left will be no bigger than a chihuahua's head." - Homer Simpson
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Josh Gray wrote:
You could try turning the tv off.
Great answer! My wife and I went one better than this... we actually got the cable television terminated, because 99% of what was available was junk, and now we have no television programming coming into our house. We check out films from our local library (we've been into the films from the 30's, 40's, and 50's lately) and have been extremely happy with this arrangement. At first I thought I was going to miss some of the things I really enjoyed (tennis, news, DIY shows). In the end I discovered how much time I had available to do other, more relevant, things. I'm not sure we'll ever subscribe to television again. If we do, it'll be when the cable or satellite company provides a'la carte programming.
Depending on where you live they might already be legally required to do so. The few people i know who did go that route had to bludgeon their way through heavy resistance from the customer disservice types to get it done though.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
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Depending on where you live they might already be legally required to do so. The few people i know who did go that route had to bludgeon their way through heavy resistance from the customer disservice types to get it done though.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
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Possible, but not something I'm aware of in my area. It's certainly not something that (Comcast) is making publicly known. To be honest, I'm not quite wanting to go to the effort it'll probably take to get them to give me the a'la carte programming.
They wouldn't. It was something they were required to offer due to a legislative gun to the head. To be objective if it did become widespread the cable co's doomsday scenario would probably end up coming true and you'd not actually save a penny: instead of paying $50/mo for the 5 channels you care about and watch regularly and 45 channels you almost never watch ($1/channel), you'd be paying $50/mo for the 5 channels you care about and not getting any of the others at all ($10/channel) because the companies producing the channels would insist on getting the same total amount of revenue (needed to maintain their level of programming).
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
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Yep, it's hard to find good shows like "Green Acres" and "The Beverly Hillbillies" anymore. (Sarcasm...) :-D
Those two are better shows than a lot of the crap that's being created these days. Especially Green Acres, that's a classic.
BDF A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool. -- Moliere
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Perhaps it should be turned into a competition between drug companies. This would save a lot of hassles such as drug testing.
Steve
Kid of like stock car racing? Win on Sunday, sell on Monday.
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Those two are better shows than a lot of the crap that's being created these days. Especially Green Acres, that's a classic.
BDF A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool. -- Moliere