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Televisoin Guide ?; rant
Topic Started: Aug 27 2006, 11:44 AM (131 Views)
John Harrelson
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Once upon a time the Sunday papers included a separate television guide that people kept all week, until the following Sunday's paper came out.

It showed the entire and complete listings of all the local and cable channels in my viewing area and their line-up for the coming week.

Then the paper started printing only the "Daytime" schedule ( 0600 to 2400 hrs)

And now only the "Evening" schedule is printed.. ( 1800 to 2400 hrs)

So I went to the grocery store to buy a "TV GUIDE" ... you know, the little book that list the 24 HOUR line-up of ALL the channels in my viewing area..

Well, guess what..... there is no such thing anymore ! !

Today's "TV GUIDE" is nothing but a thin "MAGAZINE" with 99% of it's content being advertisements and "behind the scenes" crap.... and it only shows the "Evening" line-up..

Needless to say, I no longer buy any newspaper or the TV Guide...

I have gotten used to "Channel Flipping" and therefore if TV Guide ever did decide to go back into business or the newspapers decided to once again print the whole and complete TV guide section, I doubt I would buy it anyway...

Those two entities have trained me to not rely on them for television information, so I don't..

Now where did I put that remote control .....hmmmnnnnnnn.... wonder if its too early for a beer ....... nahhhh.

John
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jrf
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I wonder how many folks are left like me. No cable, no satellite, just old rabbit ears with fuzzy local programming.

When I travel and stay in a motel, its impossible to find what's on tv. If they have the program channel that scrolls by, good shows are over by the time I find out they are on.

7PM Chaaaaannnnellll 222222
7PM Chaaaaannnnellll 333333
7PM Chaaaaannnnellll 98 98 98 98
7PM Chaaaaannnnellll 417 417 417



Back when I read it, the Sunday Paper with the TV insert was $00.75, one could go to the newspaper office and buy just the insert for 50 cents. I guess they didn't place as much value on their news and opinions as the real important stuff like when is Survivor XXXX on TV.
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ngc1514
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jrf
Aug 27 2006, 02:19 PM
I wonder how many folks are left like me. No cable, no satellite, just old rabbit ears with fuzzy local programming.


We've made it even easier. The wife and I watch an occasional movie on DVD, but the last time we actually watched something being broadcast was last year while Hurricane Wilma was threatening our condo in Florida.

Life is far too short to waste it watching television!
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jrf
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Wilma. That was such a bad year/season.

A couple years in a row of fire, flood, and hurricanes nationwide.
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jrf
Aug 27 2006, 03:32 PM
Wilma. That was such a bad year/season.

A couple years in a row of fire, flood, and hurricanes nationwide.

We got lucky. The year before both Frances and Jeanne came ashore within 2 miles of our condo. The complex sustained about $7 million in damage, but our apartment came through without a scratch.

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