Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: Dave the Gnome Date: 09 Dec 13 - 07:12 AM I quite enjoy some TV programs without wanting to watch TV all the time. May be of interest to some to know that Free Sat is available in Eire and comes with a good list of channels that may or may not be of interest to others. Cheers DtG |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: GUEST,olddude Date: 08 Dec 13 - 04:51 PM sorry I admit it .. I have a monster flat screen surround sound and internet connected to it ... I bad |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: GUEST,stirrupcup Date: 08 Dec 13 - 03:33 PM Is Dick Miles aware that he's broken at least a couple of Irish laws by publishing TV listings here? It's 'propaganda', Dick. |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: The Sandman Date: 08 Dec 13 - 02:45 PM m the g m, I HAVE EXPLAINED WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO ME HERE IN IRELAND, IF I HAD A TELEVISION and what is available to me when i had paid my licence fee,SPORT PROPOGANDA WEATHER SOAPS DAVID DIMBLEBY ,COME DANCING,i am not impressed. what is the relevance of talking about channels that are not available to me, I am explaining why I DO NOT WANT A TELEVISION., because what is on offer to me is CRAP |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: The Sandman Date: 08 Dec 13 - 02:38 PM michael,mood and opinion do come in to it. if you think the fare offered on main channels is educational, enjoy it, but do not expect me to do so |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: The Sandman Date: 08 Dec 13 - 02:34 PM mr happy, iwas taking oneor two of the definitions of eccenrtic , out of the usual course, not conforming to common rules. Michael, you interpreted my post as you thought fit, dependent upon your mood.nbow i consult todays programmes for bbc n ireland, that is what is available to me if i had a television.a veritiable feast of sport propoganda and religionand business and weather plus david dimbleby, plus soap 06:00 Breakfast 08/12/2013 The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team. View Programme information 07:30 Match of the Day 2013/2014, 07/12/2013 Highlights including Man United v Newcastle, Chelsea v Stoke and West Brom v Norwich. (R) View Programme information 09:00 The Andrew Marr Show 08/12/2013 Guests include Danny Alexander MP, Lord Kinnock, Vincent de Rivaz and Sting. High definition View Programme information 10:00 Fern Britton Meets... Series 5, John Simpson 2/4 Fern Britton talks to John Simpson about how his faith sustains him on the frontline. High definition View Programme information 11:00 Sunday Politics Northern Ireland 08/12/2013 Andrew Neil and Mark Carruthers with the latest political news, interviews and debate. View Programme information Afternoon 12:15 MOTD2 Extra 08/12/2013 Mark Chapman and guests cast their eye over Sunday's two Premier League fixtures. High definition View Programme information 13:00 BBC Weekend News 08/12/2013 National and international news from the BBC. View Programme information 13:15 Bargain Hunt Series 23, South 1 The teams are off to Marlborough in Wiltshire and Hungerford in Berkshire. (R) High definition Audio described View Programme information 14:15 Homes Under the Hammer Series 16, Episode 18 18/80 Martin and Lucy visit properties in North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Kent. (R) High definition View Programme information 15:15 Escape to the Country Series 9, Leicestershire 11/25 Jules Hudson visits Leicestershire to find a house for three generations of a family. (R) High definition View Programme information 16:15 Nigel Slater's 12 Tastes of Christmas 08/12/2013 Nigel Slater shares the flavours that for him make Christmas a truly delicious season. (R) High definition Audio described View Programme information 17:15 Songs of Praise Paul Jones Singer Paul Jones talks about how he went from militant atheist to devout Christian. High definition View Programme information 17:50 BBC Weekend News 08/12/2013 The latest national and international news stories from the BBC. View Programme information Evening 18:10 BBC Newsline 08/12/2013 Local news worth watching from across Northern Ireland. View Programme information 18:20 Countryfile Cheshire The team are in Cheshire, where John Craven looks into the history of silk in the area. View Programme information 19:20 On now Watch live Strictly Come Dancing Series 11, Week 11 Results Two couples compete for a place in the final five, and The Saturdays perform. Watch from start View Programme information 20:00 The Paradise Series 2, Episode 8 8/8 Clémence returns to the Paradise and a moment of reckoning forces Moray to risk everything View Programme information 21:00 Britain and the Sea Pleasure and Escape 4/4 David Dimbleby explores how the sea emerged as a source of pleasure. View Programme information 22:00 BBC Weekend News 08/12/2013 Latest national and international news, with reports from BBC correspondents worldwide. View Programme information 22:20 BBC Newsline 08/12/2013 Local news worth watching from across Northern Ireland. View Programme information 22:30 Match of the Day 2 2013/14, 08/12/2013 Arsenal take on Everton at the Emirates, while Fulham face Aston Villa at Craven Cottage. View Programme information 23:35 The Good Shepherd Spy thriller charting the life of the man charged with heading CIA covert operations. View Programme information Late 02:10 Weatherview 09/12/2013 Detailed weather forecast. View Programme information 02:15 Joins BBC News 09/12/2013 BBC One joins the BBC's rolling news channel for a night of news. View Programme information |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: MGM·Lion Date: 08 Dec 13 - 01:53 PM I may be a booby, Dick; but I feel that your assertion, not in OP but in the post preceding mine to which you were responding, that tv was "passive ... about sit back and be entertained or not" was overstated, far too sweeping, and delivered in a tone which, if not 'self-righteous', would do at a pinch until a self-righteous one came along. All very well to copy-paste a whole day's programmes from one channel as if that made your entire argument unassailable. Would you like anyone [I can't be arsed, quite honestly] to print off a day's programmes from the History Channel, or the Languages Channel, or the Schools Channel, or the Discovery Channel? Or did you not know such channels existed. But, just for the sake of argument, let's look at something a bit more mainstream. What about The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and produced by BBC Television. It was transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985 and spanned seven series. Every one of the plays in the Shakespearean received a tv production featuring our most distinguished actors and directors. Or let's just have a quick look at random at BBC1 for today and see what I can find -- >small>5.15 Songs of Praise. Aled Jones interviews the singer Paul Jones, who also performs 6.20 John Craven visits Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire 9.00 Britain and the Sea: David Dimbleby sails along East Anglia's coast to explore how the sea inspired artists, transformed architecture and created a uniquely British beach culture Three programmes of what I would unhesitatingly rubricate as undoubted intellectually and culturally highly worthwhile content; the last of them of a sort of visual actuality which would not be well-served by any other medium. I am sure they all achieved respectable viewing figures -- all parts of series which they would not continue if not enough people watched them. What do you mean by dismissing the viewers of such programmes as a load of "passive" sheep who just "sit back to be entertained or not". Sorry, Dick. Priggish; self-righteous; and all the rest. What 'mood' I may be in has no effect on my maintaining this as a statement of obvious objective fact. Mood & opinion don't come into it. It seems to me as unacceptable a formulation as some of the animadversions against your musical professionalism that you have recently objected to on various threads. Anybody differ? ~Michael~ |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: GUEST,Proud and proud of it Date: 08 Dec 13 - 01:27 PM I don t pick my nose, and am proud of it! |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: Mr Happy Date: 08 Dec 13 - 01:24 PM If you've a pc, which you obviously do, then you don't need a tv. I don't know the criteria for being made eccentric, can you enlighten us, please? |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: VirginiaTam Date: 08 Dec 13 - 08:21 AM TV is the best for lulling me to sleep when pain won't permit me to concentrate on anything or let me sleep. Electronic Sominex. |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: The Sandman Date: 08 Dec 13 - 07:13 AM i do not have access to todays bbc1 and 2 programmes, but i would be delighted if you could prove that the bbc, were showing anything that was an improvement on RTE BUM TITS SPORT PROPOGANDA. The truth of the matter as far as i can see is that as a learning device television has been overtaken by the computer, for example if i want to learn the piece [angie]on guitar i can go to you tube and select a tutorial. television in my opinion has been surpassed by the computer as a learning device,here is our own will flyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ntdGoKj2gE |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: The Sandman Date: 08 Dec 13 - 07:04 AM at no point have i claimed to be intellectually superior, i said i prefered it because it allowed me to have more time to be creative, neither have i said that television cannot be a useful learning device , i did condemn some of its content, true but that content in my opinion has in latter years shifted from educational[example in the 1960s" hold down a chord john pearse"was shoen on main bbc channel, now the bbc has given in to commercial pressure[despite still charging a licence fee] by showing more soaps on its main viewing channels and less educational programmes. here is rtes programmes for rte one today, rte is the main irish state programme for which the funding is a licence fee and advertising revenue. RTÉ One - Sunday 8 December 09:40 Casualty Jeff gets caught up in a marital dispute, Robyn breaches patient confidentiality and Linda tries to give a woman with a learning-disabled son some respite, followed by RTÉ News 10:45 Hands On Sean Herlihy visits Deaf Village Ireland, a state-of-the-art facility for the hard-of-hearing community in Cabra, Dublin, one year after it opened its doors 11:10 Service on Sunday Rev Tom Gordon leads the service with readings and reflections for the season of Advent, with music from the Fingal Chamber Choir, followed by Weather 12:00 The Week in Politics Aine Lawlor presents in-depth analysis of the past seven days' developments in politics. Includes RTÉ News 13:00 RTÉ News: One O'Clock and Farming Weather 13:10 Ear to the Ground Helen Carroll meets a woman who was previously homeless in South Tipperary, and Ella McSweeney speaks to a Roscommon dairy farmer about the industry's expansion 13:40 Winning Streak Marty Whelan and Sinéad Kennedy host the National Lottery game show, in which contestants could win more than 500,000 euros 14:40 Rooster Cogburn The hard-drinking former marshal helps a preacher's stubborn daughter avenge her father's murder. Western sequel to True Grit, with John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn and Anthony Zerbe 16:40 Nuacht RTÉ followed by News for the Deaf 16:50 Call the Midwife Jenny and Sister Evangelina assist at the birth of a baby with spina bifida, while Nonnatus House plays host to an eccentric cleric friend of Chummy, followed by Irish Sign-Language Weather Bulletin and European Weather 18:00 The Angelus 18:01 RTÉ News: Six One and Weather The latest national and international headlines 18:30 Waste Watchers Philip Boucher-Hayes tackles the problem of food waste with businesses and residents in Killorglin in County Kerry 19:30 The Zoo A pygmy marmoset baby receives round-the-clock care, while Brendan travels to Africa where he hopes to spot gorillas in a Ugandan forest 20:00 Fair City Jane makes a move on Paul, while Dolores is shocked to find out the identity of her own secret admirer. Rachel's torment continues 20:30 Local Heroes Joe Duffy visits Lough Key Forest Park, just three miles out of Boyle, Co Roscommon, where the local Men's Shed decide to build a model railway. Last in the series 21:00 RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock and Weather The latest national and international news 21:30 Room to Improve A young family who have grown out of their tiny cottage enlist architect Dermot Bannon's help to create an extension to their home 22:35 Irish Pictorial Weekly 23:05 The Moment of Truth 23:35 The Week in Politics Aine Lawlor presents in-depth analysis of the past seven days' developments in politics 23:55 RTÉ News followed by Weather and iWitness 00:30 The Saturday Night Show Chat show, presented by journalist and broadcaster Brendan O'Connor, featuring comedy, celebrity guests and live musical performances 01:50 25th Hour A drug dealer spends his last day of freedom trying to put his life in order before starting a prison sentence. Spike Lee's drama, starring Edward Norton and Philip Seymour Hoffman 04:00 Rush The team helps to remove girls from a community where reports of inappropriate behaviour have been made 04:45 EuroNews Headlines update from across the continent 05:50 Teleshopping Buying goods from home 07:20 Shopping from Home A chance to buy goods from the comfort of the armchair 07:55 Today Daily magazine show featuring entertainment news, cookery, consumer advice, parenting tips and relationship issues, presented by Dáithí Ó Sé and Maura Derrane 09:00 Morning Edition A mix of news, sport, business, topical discussion and entertainment. Includes Weather, followed by Weather 11:05 Dr Phil Guests tell Dr Phil McGraw about their problems here is rte 210:15 Classic Cartoons Animated antics 10:20 news2day Weekly The stories making the headlines during the past seven days 10:35 Music Inc The students compete to generate the most publicity for X Factor judge Louis Walsh. Presented by Liam McKenna 11:05 Home and Away Double bill. Drama from sun-kissed Summer Bay 12:00 European Cross Country Athletics Live coverage from Belgrade, Serbia, featuring the elite, under-23 and junior races in the men's and women's disciplines 14:00 Champions League Magazine Focusing on European football's elite club competition, featuring highlights, news and previews of forthcoming games, as well as look through the archives at classic matches 14:30 Are We Done Yet? A newlywed couple's attempts to fix up a ramshackle house lead to disaster, especially when an eccentric contractor gets involved. Comedy sequel, starring Ice Cube and Nia Long 16:05 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Will becomes romantically involved with one of his aunt's students 16:35 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air A scuffle at a downtown pool hall almost sees Will lose the family Mercedes, but thankfully his uncle is on hand to bail him out. Guest starring JD Hall 17:05 Clueless A teenager tries to boost her new friend's image, but her own popularity suffers as a result. Comedy, inspired by Jane Austen's Emma, with Alicia Silverstone and Stacey Dash 18:50 South Pacific The struggle for survival among creatures inhabiting the region's islands, and how the arrival of new species can upset the delicate natural balance-with disastrous consequences 19:50 Super Smart Animals Part one of two. Liz Bonnin sets off on a quest to find the world's most intelligent animals, and John Humphrys finds out how a goldfish would cope on Mastermind 21:00 Goodbye Bafana A film about the relationship between Nelson Mandela and James Gregory, his censor officer and prison guard, based on Gregory's book Goodbye Bafana: Nelson Mandela, My Prisoner, My Friend. 23:10 Criminal Minds Morgan suspects the man who abused him as a child is connected to three murders in Chicago, and finds the only way to move forward with the case is to face him in prison 00:00 Body of Proof Megan and Kate try to identify the victims of a car crash that left one woman dead and another fighting for her life. Meanwhile, Dani suggests to Peter they move in together 00:50 Body of Proof Part one of two. Megan investigates a mysterious viral outbreak in Philadelphia, while CDC Officer Charlie Stafford tries to determine what-or who-caused the epidemic 01:40 EuroNews Headlines update from across the continent 02:40 Teleshopping Buying goods from home 04:45 EuroNews Headlines update from across the continent 07:10 The Why Guy Albie and his friends answer viewers' questions 07:15 Spraoi Muireann joins the animals in the tree of knowledge to learn about letters, shapes, numbers and colours 07:20 The Curious World of Professor Fun and Dr Dull Children's art show with Professor Fun in The Curious World 07:30 The Beo Show Children's arts programme where young singers, dancers, musicians, actors, jokers, jugglers and others are helped by experts to put on a performance 07:35 Bananas in Pyjamas The animated adventures of two bananas, with voices provided by Dick and Dom 07:50 Tinga Tinga Tales Children's animation, based on a collection of African folk tales 08:00 Slim Pig Animated children's entertainment, featuring a two-dimensional pig living in a three-dimensional world 08:10 Elev8 Children's entertainment with the TRTÉ presenters 08:35 Mr Bloom's Nursery Gardening show for children, in which green-fingered Mr Bloom welcomes youngsters who help tend his plants and the produce in his allotment 09:00 Punky The animated adventures of a girl with Down's syndrome who lives in the moment and works to solve problems encountered by her friends and family 09:10 Shaun the Sheep Spin-off show following the adventures of Wallace and Gromit's lovable friend 09:15 Buzz and Tell Comedy puppet panel show in which contestants try to win points by answering questions on pictures, sound, numbers and general knowledge 09:20 Gaspard and Lisa Adventures for younger viewers with the two young dogs, who are best friends 09:30 Fireman Sam Blaze-tackling antics with the friendly firefighter from Pontypandy 09:40 Fireman Sam Blaze-tackling antics with the friendly firefighter from Pontypandy 09:50 Chuggington Animation about a group of young trains called chuggers 10:00 Tilly and Friends The adventures of Tilly and her friends Pru, Hector, Doodle, Tiptoe and Tumpty, who all live in a little yellow house 10:10 Fluffy Gardens Pre-school series featuring an assortment of animal characters 10:20 The Roly Mo Show The book-loving Fimbles character presents a show about reading 10:35 Peppa Pig Animation for younger viewers following the adventures of the cheeky piglet, her brother George and their friends 10:40 Thomas & Friends More railway adventures with the lovable engine and his pals 10:50 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Animated series for pre-school children, set in a magical land of elves and fairies 11:00 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Animated series for pre-school children, set in a magical land of elves and fairies 11:10 In the Night Garden The adventures of colourful characters in a magical, musical world 11:40 64 Zoo Lane Animated animal tales 11:50 Nina and the Neurons: Go Engineering Amazing feats of engineering 12:05 Mr Bloom's Nursery Gardening show for children, in which green-fingered Mr Bloom welcomes youngsters who help tend his plants and the produce in his allotment 12:30 Gaspard and Lisa Adventures for younger viewers with the two young dogs, who are best friends 12:40 Fireman Sam Blaze-tackling antics with the friendly firefighter from Pontypandy 12:50 Fireman Sam Blaze-tackling antics with the friendly firefighter from Pontypand |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: The Sandman Date: 08 Dec 13 - 06:51 AM no michael it is your interpretation of my post, you feel it is self righteous, I do not,neither do some others take a look at yourself, michael and your own mood. here is a parallel, a member of than audience can go and see the same performer on different nights, his reaction to that performer can be totally different on different nights even if the performer has performed equally well on both nights, because of the audiences members particular mood, there is no body langauge on the internet, it is an easy mistake to misinterpret a post because of ones own mood this is precisely what you are doing Michael. i used the term booby, because it is a favourite term of yours, and was an attempt at humour, as in previous correspondence "i remarked you have not called me a booby yet" |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: MGM·Lion Date: 08 Dec 13 - 03:53 AM i am proud to be doing something that is not passive, televisions are about sit back and be entertained or not. ,.., Sorry, Dick; but there is something palpably self-righteous and irritating in this assumption of yours that nobody who has a tv is capable of being selective in viewing, or of learning anything from all the informative or educational content contained in many programmes, but is bound just to sit there incessantly letting the stuff wash over them in hypnotic fashion. If you don't want one*, then please yourself. But stop, I beg you, going on about how intellectually superior that makes you to all the rest of us "BOOBIES". You are, on the contrary, I regret to say, coming over as something of a silly old fart on the subject. Best regards ~Michael~ *& I repeat, I have had one for well under half the time they have been available since after WWii, because I hated it when it first re-emerged & find it has only improved gradually since |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: Joe_F Date: 07 Dec 13 - 10:43 PM Back in the 1960s, I got the idea of buying a TV set small enough to sit on my closet shelf; I would take it out when it promised to behave, but I would not have it dominating the living room. Sure enough, there was such a thing in the Sears catalog, and I ordered one, but was told that that model was discontinued, and they would give me the next bigger one at the same price. It would have been too big for the shelf, so I said no. I rarely view videos even on the Net; it is a disappointment to me when a link turns out to lead to one. The reason is that it is hard to browse in them for the interesting parts. |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: GUEST,Eliza Date: 07 Dec 13 - 05:52 PM For me, the happy medium is to be able to switch the TV off unless one is watching a specific programme chosen beforehand. I just couldn't have the thing on continually, no matter what drivel is broadcast, but I do watch selected, informative documentaries and favourites such as Gardeners' World, Antiques Roadshow and Mrs Brown's Boys. I don't start to twitch when the screen is blank and silent. I open one of my trillion books and read avidly. And I know full well that if I didn't own a TV at all, I'd be quite happy. But I'm old and perhaps hark back to when nobody had a set. It was the BBC Home Service on the old valve radio. (Heat it up first before you can listen.) |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: GUEST,Partridge Date: 07 Dec 13 - 05:25 PM I find that TV is the hypnotist in the corner of the room. I stopped watching it about 6 years ago. I do look at alternative news sites on the internet and look at some mainstream to see what they are saying and then I make up my own mind to what I think might be closer to the truth. I'm not interested in soap opersas and find it sad that some people almost believe they are real The amount of reality shows ..... People think I am strange when I tell them I dont watch TV So I may be strange, I can live with that. Pat xxx |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: The Sandman Date: 06 Dec 13 - 08:03 PM i am proud to be doing something that is not passive, televisions are about sit back and be entertained or not. of course if i were in your company now you BOOBY, I mightsit you down in front of the television, and wait till you had fallen asllep and then empty your drinks cabinet, you BOOBY |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: GUEST,Ed T Date: 06 Dec 13 - 06:18 PM I submit that not watching TV makes you crabby. Evidence of this the evolution of this seafood species in a tv free atmosphere seems to be somewhere -not so hidden- in this thread. |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: MGM·Lion Date: 06 Dec 13 - 01:16 PM Well, now, Dick ~~ You stated in your OP that you were 'proud' of not having a tv. I did ask you, 'why this PRIDE?,' on 28 Nov. To my recollection, you have not responded to that question. So how else would you expect to be "interpreted"? And what then is your 'opinion'? And why so defensively rude & aggressive in your last post? Just asking... ~Michael~ |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: Doug Chadwick Date: 06 Dec 13 - 01:10 PM OK Dick, if that's what you wish. DC |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: The Sandman Date: 06 Dec 13 - 12:56 PM interpret how you like, that is not my opinion , now fuck off |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: Doug Chadwick Date: 06 Dec 13 - 12:51 PM I am not saying that anyone who has made the choice not to have a TV is smug. Having a TV or not is a matter of choice and I make no comment on that. The OP expressed pride at not having a TV. I interpret that, by inference, as those who have TV have made an inferior choice. Some years ago, I heard a discussion on BBC Radio Four where the contributors were quite clear that listening to radio was intellectually superior to watching TV. This typifies the tendency to smugness to which I refer and it is not bullying to say so. DC |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: GUEST,leeneia Date: 06 Dec 13 - 11:08 AM "Not having a TV doesn't make anyone eccentric but it does have a tendency to make them smug." 1. Apparently this person didn't bother to read my post about the physical effects of TV viewing. 2. You will all have heard the phrase 'blaming the victim.' I've thought of a parallel phrase, and it's: Mocking the critic. Examples: environmentalists are tree-huggers feminists are strident people in favor of equality are nigger-lovers people who don't want drunkenness are party poopers and people who want something better on TV are smug, snobs or pseudo-intellectuals. This is a bully's technique. Tell a bully he's not doing a good job, and he doesn't try to improve. No, he tries to humiliate the person who pointed it out. |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: GUEST Date: 06 Dec 13 - 10:24 AM You can always go to your local to watch your sports game of choice. Has the added advantage of a lot of beer among friends. |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: Doug Chadwick Date: 06 Dec 13 - 06:40 AM or even ...... amused .... DC |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: Doug Chadwick Date: 06 Dec 13 - 05:29 AM Doug Chadwick: That was a clickie. I know. I clicked it and was mused by what I saw. DC |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: GUEST,Stim Date: 05 Dec 13 - 08:13 PM For those who cannot or will not Google,this is what Wikipedia says: Duck Dynasty is an American reality television series on A&E. It shows the lives of the Robertson family, who became wealthy from their family-operated business, Duck Commander, operated in West Monroe, Louisiana, which makes products for duck hunters, primarily the duck call named Duck Commander. The Robertson men, brothers Phil, Si, and Phil's sons Jase, Willie, and Jep, are known for their long beards. The business began in a family shed, where Phil Robertson spent 25 years making duck calls from Louisiana cedar trees. His son Willie is now the CEO of the company. The family was previously featured on the series Benelli Presents Duck Commander and its spin-off Buck Commander, which still airs on the Outdoor Channel. The show has broken several ratings records on both A&E and cable television as a whole; the fourth season premiere drew 11.8 million viewers, the most-watched nonfiction cable telecast in history. |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: Joe_F Date: 05 Dec 13 - 08:06 PM Doug Chadwick: That was a clickie. |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: GUEST,leeneia Date: 05 Dec 13 - 12:05 AM So nobody knows what Duck Dynasty is? |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: GUEST,Stim Date: 04 Dec 13 - 10:55 PM Even without the movies and TV, Amazon Prime is a good deal. |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: GUEST,Ed T Date: 04 Dec 13 - 07:23 PM Come to think of it, "an English speaker living in Ireland" is most likely seen locally as having "an eccent" So, in the face of this "new information", I feel compelled to change my earlier lower-calss and unmannerly "not likely so, matey" vote to a politically correct and cleaned up "quite possibly yea, me sire" :) |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: Doug Chadwick Date: 04 Dec 13 - 05:18 PM xkcd has just investigated this question ?;-) |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: Joe_F Date: 04 Dec 13 - 02:51 PM xkcd has just investigated this question. At age 76, I have lived thru the entire history of commercial TV without ever owning a set. Of course that makes me eccentric! But so do a lot of other things. |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: SINSULL Date: 04 Dec 13 - 08:47 AM Just joined Amazon Prime and can now watch The Closer on demand starting with Season 1. Plus there are all sorts of movies for free (with $79 membership) Now if I turn on the TV I know there will be something worth watching especially during football season. SINS |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: The Sandman Date: 04 Dec 13 - 01:44 AM the years is 2013, I do not own a television, when did the first man walk on the moon? I have never said that i had the good fortune never to have watched a television in my life Q SAID In a recent post, GSS complained that the problems in Haiti were not reported. I Remarked , I did not complain,I was referring to irish and also uk media[ this is what i am acquainted with because I am an english speaker living in ireland], this is what i seek out, I do not have to actually watch the television to notice the amount of media coverage of an event,I have access to a computer[ i only have to look at tv listings to observe coverage] newspapers and radio which keeps me up to date and gives me an accurate idea of media coverage. IF MEMBERS OF THIS FORUM WISH TO PUT WORDS INTO MY MOUTH OR CALL ME PRIGGISH OR SMUG,that is their interpretation of my post that is their problem and they would oblige me by learning some manners. |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: GUEST,Stim Date: 03 Dec 13 - 11:03 PM I can only go by what you tell me, and you told me that you didn't watch television and were proud of it. If you watched the first man walk on the moon, you saw it on television, and if you saw it on television, what is this thread even about? |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: GUEST,Ed T Date: 03 Dec 13 - 06:37 PM A close friend recently confided to me that he has had "no sex" for the past three years. It makes me wonder, does this make him eccentric? :) |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: Bill D Date: 03 Dec 13 - 06:31 PM I can get maybe 100 channels... and sure, most of them are either crap or useless to ME. However, my system has an interface using the remote that has 3 lists of channels-- one, the default, lists everything. But then *I* can make 2 other lists of 'favorites' of two different types, and choose that list to show on screen. One of them has only a couple of news channels and several nature..etc.. channels. The other has a music channel and C-Span and a couple of local channels that I look at 'now & then'. Ya' know, a lot of the items in your grocery store are crap, too... but ya' don't have to buy 'em, |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: The Sandman Date: 03 Dec 13 - 06:06 PM well thanks for speaking for me, but you are barking up the wrong tree. if i want to catch up on news i can go to journal.ie or buy the irish times. what an incredible amount of assumptions, how do you know i did not see the first man on the moon. i heard enough about dianas bloody funeral without watching it on television, i happened to be returning from england doing a folk club tour and was in a coach and could nt escape from the stupid morons phoning in to a radio station that was being played on the coach. "television in the world shares culture and experiences" ha ha, it also shares mindnumbingly sensational soaps, tv reality shows and a lot of inane garbage, i can get plenty of culture without a television, i can visit cinemas theatres, go to musical concerts, without needing a telvision, stim, if you think eastenders and neighbours and coronation street and im a celbrity is a cultural experience,have fun. |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: GUEST,Stim Date: 03 Dec 13 - 03:34 PM Let's get more specific about the things you are proud of, GSS. You are proud that you didn't see the first man land on the moon. You are proud that you missed seeing the devastation of the 2004 Tsunami in Indonesia. You are proud that you missed Princess Diana's funeral. You are proud that you didn't see the terrorists crash a plane into the World Trade Center. You are proud that you missed thousands of musical, cultural, and theatrical events. I could go on for pages, but you get the point--like it or not, television is the world shares culture and experiences, the good and the bad. And you are proud not to be part of it. Oh, and by the way, you are proud that you missed the BBC Television adaptation of "Good Soldier Shweik". |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 03 Dec 13 - 01:44 PM In a recent post, GSS complained that the problems in Haiti were not reported. Television news at the time was full of reports about the outbreak of cholera and the suit against the UN since it seems soldiers sent by them brought the bacteria into the rivers because of their poor sanitation procedures. His ignorance of current events is one consequence of avoiding television, unless one pays for the NY Times, Washington Post or the like. Excellent news and documentaries are freely available on television. |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: GUEST,LynnH Date: 03 Dec 13 - 01:36 PM no goggle-box, no mobile phone (of whatever description), no car, no microwave, no digital camera (I use film)............life is GREAT! How did guest Pat McGarrett manage to post here when he doesn't have a computer etc? |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: The Sandman Date: 03 Dec 13 - 01:17 PM Smug?Priggish?here is my original post no tv and proud of it, am i alone? if you want to interpret it in the way you do that is your problem, may I remind you that if you said those things to my face, I would not be so polite. |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: MGM·Lion Date: 03 Dec 13 - 05:26 AM My late wife Valerie was much amused by a somewhat confused late-middle-aged work colleague some years back, who assured her that "When I was young we used to make our own entertainments. We listened to the radio and that." ~M~ |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: Doug Chadwick Date: 03 Dec 13 - 05:14 AM I find it amusing when people who are spoon fed news/entertainment/whatever via the radio, feel themselves superior to those who are spoon fed the same via TV. Not having a TV doesn't make anyone eccentric but it does have a tendency to make them smug. DC |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: GUEST,leeneia Date: 02 Dec 13 - 09:50 PM You're lucky. I think you have better programming (sometimes) than in the U.S. Catspaw, what IS 'Duck Dynasty'? I've seen that name several times recently. Is it about ducks taking over the world? If so, I would have thought cats were more likely - they're halfway there already. |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: fat B****rd Date: 02 Dec 13 - 03:52 PM I received the Radio Times (yes, I watch f***ing television!) to-day and skimming through I saw that as well as more BBC4 Blues on Friday a plethora of "FOLK" programmes on More 4 on Saturday night. Yours truly Amazed of Scotland. |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: GUEST,Stim Date: 01 Dec 13 - 10:44 PM I am surprised Jim Carroll has not popped in to remind us that when the Travellers all got TV they stopped singing their traditional songs and so forth. That was indeed a shame, but they may have been the only people who were doing something truly worthwhile before television came along. Most of the rest of us just sat around on the porch and gossiped about each other, beat the same old stories to death, read dime novels and went to the movies as often as possible. So TV seemed more interesting than what we were doing. You got the movies for free, the dime novel plots were recycled into TV series, and you didn't have to listen to Uncle Alf go on and on about whatever it was... |
Subject: RE: BS: no tv, does this make me eccentric From: The Sandman Date: 01 Dec 13 - 06:12 PM there are no lights on our christmas tree[ cyril tawney] The time has come for festivity For Christmas pudding and revelry But as I passed a house the other night I heard a little voice so clear and bright: Chorus (after each verse): There are no lights on our Christmas tree We must not spoil the televee No party games, no mistletoe Just whistle "Wenceslas" and out you go Just once a year I become a square I love to feel the tinsel in my hair I love to sing the songs of days gone by But dad and me we don't see eye to eye The box of crackers from Uncle Alf It lies unopened upon the shelf Dad has forbid them but we're hoping he Won't notice one more bang in "Laramie" Some carol singers came to the door I've never seen Dad so mad before He grabbed the leader by the coat And tried to ram his lantern down his throat. The latest boy-friend of sister Bet Was simply gasping for a cigarette He looked a proper case I do declare A-stringing matches down behind a chair. When I grow up and become a man There'll be no television in my plan With laughter gay my house will ring I never want to hear my children sing |