[OT] Husbands are strange

Its federal election night here and 3 of the 5 free-to-air TV channels are
not coincidentally, are showing election coverage.

Of the two free to air channels not covering the election, the commercial
channel, there's The Empire Strikes Back, and on the not-for-profit channel
is showing their usual weird overseas stuff.

So Joel decides he's going to watch Empire.

Except that the channel Empire Strikes Back happens to be on has pretty
lousy reception - you can still see the picture but it has snow and a
'ghost'.

So Joel opens up our 'box set', gets out the Empire Strikes Back DVD that
has sat there, untouched, for a good 5 years or so, and pops it into the DVD
player so he can watch it "with a better picture".

Whats worse is that he fiddled around with it until the DVD was in sync was
with the free-to-air broadcast (missing the first 10 minutes fo th movie in
the process) and is *pausing* the DVD in the ad-breaks so it stays in sync
with the free to air transmission.

I just want to know *why* after 5 years of not touching the thing, does he
have to play it tonight, and I have no clue as to why it has to be in sync
with the broadcast...

And I thought Shmogg was strange...

Yowie
--
If you're paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many
pancakes can you fit in a doghouse? None, icecream doesn't have bones.

Yowie wrote:

So Joel decides he's going to watch Empire.

Except that the channel Empire Strikes Back happens to be on has pretty
lousy reception - you can still see the picture but it has snow and a
'ghost'.

So Joel opens up our 'box set', gets out the Empire Strikes Back DVD that
has sat there, untouched, for a good 5 years or so, and pops it into the DVD
player so he can watch it "with a better picture".

Whats worse is that he fiddled around with it until the DVD was in sync was
with the free-to-air broadcast (missing the first 10 minutes fo th movie in
the process) and is *pausing* the DVD in the ad-breaks so it stays in sync
with the free to air transmission.

I just want to know *why* after 5 years of not touching the thing, does he
have to play it tonight, and I have no clue as to why it has to be in sync
with the broadcast...

That's pretty funny. But I think I can understand it. I own a number of
old video tapes and some newer DVDs. Yet I'd rather watch something that's
being broadcast on TV because then I'm doing something that other people
are doing, at the same time. Maybe it's similar to why a lot of people
still enjoy going to a movie theater, aside from the large screen. There's
something enjoyable about a group experience, even if you don't know the
other people. And even, apparently, if you can't *see* them, or know how
many other there are, because they're in separate houses, and may or may
not be watching along. You can still be sure that *some* people are watching
along with you. I find a certain comfort in that - maybe Joel does, too.

Joyce

Yowie wrote:
Its federal election night here and 3 of the 5 free-to-air TV
channels are not coincidentally, are showing election coverage.

Of the two free to air channels not covering the election, the
commercial channel, there's The Empire Strikes Back, and on the
not-for-profit channel is showing their usual weird overseas stuff.

So Joel decides he's going to watch Empire.

Except that the channel Empire Strikes Back happens to be on has
pretty lousy reception - you can still see the picture but it has
snow and a 'ghost'.

So Joel opens up our 'box set', gets out the Empire Strikes Back DVD
that has sat there, untouched, for a good 5 years or so, and pops it
into the DVD player so he can watch it "with a better picture".

Whats worse is that he fiddled around with it until the DVD was in
sync was with the free-to-air broadcast (missing the first 10 minutes
fo th movie in the process) and is *pausing* the DVD in the ad-breaks
so it stays in sync with the free to air transmission.

I just want to know *why* after 5 years of not touching the thing,
does he have to play it tonight, and I have no clue as to why it has
to be in sync with the broadcast...

And I thought Shmogg was strange...

Yowie

I have to admit that does sound a little strange. ;o)
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

wrote:
Yowie wrote:

So Joel decides he's going to watch Empire.

Except that the channel Empire Strikes Back happens to be on has
pretty lousy reception - you can still see the picture but it has
snow and a 'ghost'.

So Joel opens up our 'box set', gets out the Empire Strikes Back DVD
that has sat there, untouched, for a good 5 years or so, and pops it
into the DVD player so he can watch it "with a better picture".

Whats worse is that he fiddled around with it until the DVD was in
sync was with the free-to-air broadcast (missing the first 10
minutes fo th movie in the process) and is *pausing* the DVD in the
ad-breaks so it stays in sync with the free to air transmission.

I just want to know *why* after 5 years of not touching the thing,
does he have to play it tonight, and I have no clue as to why it has
to be in sync with the broadcast...

That's pretty funny. But I think I can understand it. I own a number
of
old video tapes and some newer DVDs. Yet I'd rather watch something
that's being broadcast on TV because then I'm doing something that
other people are doing, at the same time. Maybe it's similar to why a
lot of people still enjoy going to a movie theater, aside from the
large screen. There's something enjoyable about a group experience,
even if you don't know the other people. And even, apparently, if you
can't *see* them, or know how many other there are, because they're
in separate houses, and may or may not be watching along. You can
still be sure that *some* people are watching along with you. I find
a certain comfort in that - maybe Joel does, too.

Joyce

These days I hardly ever watch something as it's broadcast, too many time
there's been something on I've been looking forward to only to be interupted
by the phone or someone knocking at the door.

Now I record everything I _want_ to watch on a hard disc recorder. On
commercial channels I remove the adverts before watching. We're lucky in the
UK to have the BBC, uninterupted programmes so if I'm watching something
like Heroes I still record it but start playback after 2 seconds, that way I
can pause it if I have to.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

Dear Heart, he is a MAN, if you have any thought of totally understanding,
FORGET IT.
"Yowie" wrote in message
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Its federal election night here and 3 of the 5 free-to-air TV channels are
not coincidentally, are showing election coverage.

Of the two free to air channels not covering the election, the commercial
channel, there's The Empire Strikes Back, and on the not-for-profit
channel is showing their usual weird overseas stuff.

So Joel decides he's going to watch Empire.

Except that the channel Empire Strikes Back happens to be on has pretty
lousy reception - you can still see the picture but it has snow and a
'ghost'.

So Joel opens up our 'box set', gets out the Empire Strikes Back DVD that
has sat there, untouched, for a good 5 years or so, and pops it into the
DVD player so he can watch it "with a better picture".

Whats worse is that he fiddled around with it until the DVD was in sync
was with the free-to-air broadcast (missing the first 10 minutes fo th
movie in the process) and is *pausing* the DVD in the ad-breaks so it
stays in sync with the free to air transmission.

I just want to know *why* after 5 years of not touching the thing, does he
have to play it tonight, and I have no clue as to why it has to be in sync
with the broadcast...

And I thought Shmogg was strange...

Yowie
--
If you're paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many
pancakes can you fit in a doghouse? None, icecream doesn't have bones.

LOL! Have no clue.
Went to champange tasting today, had 10 bottles of bubbly between 8
girls, awesome lunch, really drunk, couln't care less about anything
political! Nort going to admit how man y tires to dtype this without
ereors ;ILOPL!!@Q qbwayayayyayahahahha! OMG WTF!!!! LOL!
--
Britta
Purring is an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness
overflow.
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/badwilson


Yowie wrote:
Its federal election night here and 3 of the 5 free-to-air TV
channels are not coincidentally, are showing election coverage.

Of the two free to air channels not covering the election, the
commercial channel, there's The Empire Strikes Back, and on the
not-for-profit channel is showing their usual weird overseas stuff.

So Joel decides he's going to watch Empire.

Except that the channel Empire Strikes Back happens to be on has
pretty lousy reception - you can still see the picture but it has
snow and a 'ghost'.

So Joel opens up our 'box set', gets out the Empire Strikes Back DVD
that has sat there, untouched, for a good 5 years or so, and pops it
into the DVD player so he can watch it "with a better picture".

Whats worse is that he fiddled around with it until the DVD was in
sync was with the free-to-air broadcast (missing the first 10 minutes
fo th movie in the process) and is *pausing* the DVD in the ad-breaks
so it stays in sync with the free to air transmission.

I just want to know *why* after 5 years of not touching the thing,
does he have to play it tonight, and I have no clue as to why it has
to be in sync with the broadcast...

And I thought Shmogg was strange...

Yowie

"Adrian A" wrote in message
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wrote:
Yowie wrote:

So Joel decides he's going to watch Empire.

Except that the channel Empire Strikes Back happens to be on has
pretty lousy reception - you can still see the picture but it has
snow and a 'ghost'.

So Joel opens up our 'box set', gets out the Empire Strikes Back DVD
that has sat there, untouched, for a good 5 years or so, and pops it
into the DVD player so he can watch it "with a better picture".

Whats worse is that he fiddled around with it until the DVD was in
sync was with the free-to-air broadcast (missing the first 10
minutes fo th movie in the process) and is *pausing* the DVD in the
ad-breaks so it stays in sync with the free to air transmission.

I just want to know *why* after 5 years of not touching the thing,
does he have to play it tonight, and I have no clue as to why it has
to be in sync with the broadcast...

That's pretty funny. But I think I can understand it. I own a number
of
old video tapes and some newer DVDs. Yet I'd rather watch something
that's being broadcast on TV because then I'm doing something that
other people are doing, at the same time. Maybe it's similar to why a
lot of people still enjoy going to a movie theater, aside from the
large screen. There's something enjoyable about a group experience,
even if you don't know the other people. And even, apparently, if you
can't *see* them, or know how many other there are, because they're
in separate houses, and may or may not be watching along. You can
still be sure that *some* people are watching along with you. I find
a certain comfort in that - maybe Joel does, too.

Joyce

These days I hardly ever watch something as it's broadcast, too many time
there's been something on I've been looking forward to only to be
interupted by the phone or someone knocking at the door.

Now I record everything I _want_ to watch on a hard disc recorder. On
commercial channels I remove the adverts before watching. We're lucky in
the UK to have the BBC, uninterupted programmes so if I'm watching
something like Heroes I still record it but start playback after 2
seconds, that way I can pause it if I have to.
--


For someone who worked with UNIVAC in the fifties and some of the most
advanced computers in the world in the sixties and seventies, Charlie is
adamantly anti technology. TIVO makes him crazy.

But he makes an exception for being able to pause the TV for half and hour
it what he's watching is interrupted. He can even manage to find and hit
record for something he's watching if he has to leave for a while.

His current favorite rant is for times I've scheduled two things to record
at the same time. It interferes with his channel surfing. After all we
have TIVO on two boxes. Its just I can't keep up with recording one program
at 8pm next week on one box and another at 8pm next week on the other.

We have all this great stuff to watch and mostly watch ancient black and
white movies and old westerns.

I love Ted Turner, or whoever at his outfit has got captioning on most all
of the ancient stuff.

Jo

Jo

"badwilson" wrote in message
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LOL! Have no clue.
Went to champange tasting today, had 10 bottles of bubbly between 8 girls,
awesome lunch, really drunk, couln't care less about anything political!
Nort going to admit how man y tires to dtype this without ereors
;ILOPL!!@Q qbwayayayyayahahahha! OMG WTF!!!! LOL!
--
Britta
Purring is an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness
overflow.
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/badwilson


You're gonna have such a headache. I prescribe two Tylenol and about a
quart of water. Of course that will just make you drunk again but then
you'll feel better.

Sounds like so much fun.

Jo

Yowie wrote:

Except that the channel Empire Strikes Back happens to be on has pretty
lousy reception - you can still see the picture but it has snow and a
'ghost'.

So Joel opens up our 'box set', gets out the Empire Strikes Back DVD that
has sat there, untouched, for a good 5 years or so, and pops it into the DVD
player so he can watch it "with a better picture".

Whats worse is that he fiddled around with it until the DVD was in sync was
with the free-to-air broadcast (missing the first 10 minutes fo th movie in
the process) and is *pausing* the DVD in the ad-breaks so it stays in sync
with the free to air transmission.

I just want to know *why* after 5 years of not touching the thing, does he
have to play it tonight, and I have no clue as to why it has to be in sync
with the broadcast...

And I thought Shmogg was strange...

Yowie

Silly question, but I'm just another mere female: If you
have it on DVD with a good picture, why on earth would you
even BOTHER to watch it on a broadcast channel with poor
reception and commercials??????

wrote:


That's pretty funny. But I think I can understand it. I own a number of
old video tapes and some newer DVDs. Yet I'd rather watch something that's
being broadcast on TV because then I'm doing something that other people
are doing, at the same time. Maybe it's similar to why a lot of people
still enjoy going to a movie theater, aside from the large screen. There's
something enjoyable about a group experience, even if you don't know the
other people. And even, apparently, if you can't *see* them, or know how
many other there are, because they're in separate houses, and may or may
not be watching along. You can still be sure that *some* people are watching
along with you. I find a certain comfort in that - maybe Joel does, too.

Yowie doesn't count as "company" for watching a video? (I
don't think she's likely to find that response particulary
flattering!) ;-)


Joyce