PBS comparisons, rants, and more, I guess

On Aug 12, 4:41*pm, "Kreisleriana" wrote:
"tanadashoes" wrote in message

Pledge drives are held every December, March, and June. *There may be a
mini drive or two in there, but I don't watch it. *I used to donate to
PBS, but don't anymore because the money never seems to go to real quality
programs.

Pam S. dyspeptic

I hear ya. *And I'm a PBS diehard. *What I can't stand is this parade of
glorified infomercials my local PBS puts on again and again. *Money
management, menopause, self-esteem, all crap from self-appointed gurus
selling something.
What really burns me is how they put on certain programming only during
pledge drives, and then they say "If you love (e.g.) movies about kangaroos,
you know that this is the only place you can see movies about kangaroos."
Well, right. *But only during pledge drives. *And then you interrupt them
every five minutes with pledge pitches.

--
Theresa, Stinky and Dante
drtmuirATearthlink.net

Stinky Pictures:http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh

Exactly, that is why I gave up watching RMPBS hereabouts. It has just
become mostly boring, old programs that I've already seen. Or, heaven
help us, they say they are going to air "True West" that was made and
originally aired on PBS in the 80s. Cool, never saw that. Guess what
was on? Prime Suspect (3 I think). I'd seen the PS, I wanted to see
True West.

That's what we get here, someone writes (or calls the local cable
company) and says, "I hear there are some sexual themes in this show,
you can't show that, my children might see it" (I have a former friend
who does that, and she doesn't have children, but the local cable will
pull the show when she calls to complain that she's heard there are
'sexual themes').

I have written to the "head office" in Denver for PBS and complained,
but they say there is nothing they can do. I call and write the cable
company and am informed that "we don't have the capacity to edit what
is shown" (yeah, sure, that is why channels in Denver don't have sh*t
changed over to shoot, doesn't blur out the crack of the plumbers'
butt (on various 'fixit' channels) and doesn't digitize the breasts
off of nude women in PAINTINGS (on whatever channel they are shown)
for heaven's sake).

I just *love* living here, can you tell? Actually, that attitude is
the only real problem I have with living here.

"Smokie Darling (Annie)" wrote:

I have written to the "head office" in Denver for PBS and complained,
but they say there is nothing they can do. I call and write the cable
company and am informed that "we don't have the capacity to edit what
is shown" (yeah, sure, that is why channels in Denver don't have sh*t
changed over to shoot, doesn't blur out the crack of the plumbers'
butt (on various 'fixit' channels) and doesn't digitize the breasts
off of nude women in PAINTINGS (on whatever channel they are shown)
for heaven's sake).

"...don't have sh*t changed over to shoot" - LOL, I thought this was
some sort of idiomatic expression I had never heard before. Took me
a while trying to figure out what it could mean before I realized it
had a much simpler meaning.

I just *love* living here, can you tell? Actually, that attitude is
the only real problem I have with living here.

Where's here? I don't remember where you live. I'm thinking somewhere
in the southern US, or south/midwest?

--
Joyce ^..^

(To email me, remove the X's from my user name.)

On Aug 13, 2:52*pm, wrote:
"Smokie Darling (Annie)" wrote:

* I have written to the "head office" in Denver for PBS and complained,
* but they say there is nothing they can do. *I call and write the cable
* company and am informed that "we don't have the capacity to edit what
* is shown" (yeah, sure, that is why channels in Denver don't have sh*t
* changed over to shoot, doesn't blur out the crack of the plumbers'
* butt (on various 'fixit' channels) and doesn't digitize the breasts
* off of nude women in PAINTINGS (on whatever channel they are shown)
* for heaven's sake).

"...don't have sh*t changed over to shoot" - LOL, I thought this was
some sort of idiomatic expression I had never heard before. Took me
a while trying to figure out what it could mean before I realized it
had a much simpler meaning.

There is nothing worse than watching a film, seeing a guy trying to
get away from a predator (on SciFi it's usually some sort of
monstrosity like a giant alligator or shark), and saying "shoot" over
and over. Got news for you, SciFi re-runs enough stuff, and I've seen
most of their films elsewhere, and "shoot" is *not* what that guy is
saying as he steers the boat to get away.

Although the digitizing out the breasts on the Venus on the half shell
(yeah, that isn't what it's called, but that's what I've always called
that painting) on History Channel, and doing the same on a painting in
a Poirot seems to be the worst. Didn't realize that a work by a
master (the Venus on the half shell) was considered inappropriate for
children, yet watching a person get torn limb from limb (in some piece
of crap film, usually on SciFi, lol) is perfectly acceptable.

Heck, there was a show on PBS (yes I do suffer through them
occasionally), where they had a tribe from the Amazon forest, and they
digitized the butts and the breasts. Since we have to be ashamed of
the human form, regardless. ARGH!

Sorry, off the high horse now.


* I just *love* living here, can you tell? *Actually, that attitude is
* the only real problem I have with living here.

Where's here? I don't remember where you live. I'm thinking somewhere
in the southern US, or south/midwest?

--
Joyce * ^..^

(To email me, remove the X's from my user name.)

Western Colorado, near Grand Junction (that's the biggest town on this
side of the Rockies, and easiest to find on a map). It seems that we
have become somewhat of a conservative town, but we have gay rights
go figure, one of the few places in Colorado to openly accept gay
and lesbian couples in most neighborhoods.

"Smokie Darling (Annie)" wrote:

There is nothing worse than watching a film, seeing a guy trying
to get away from a predator (on SciFi it's usually some sort of
monstrosity like a giant alligator or shark), and saying "shoot"
over and over. Got news for you, SciFi re-runs enough stuff, and
I've seen most of their films elsewhere, and "shoot" is *not*
what that guy is saying as he steers the boat to get away.

LOL! Yeah, there is something incredibly lame about hearing a
Mafia guy on some gangster movie going, "Forget you!" 50 million
times.

I don't know - if you can stomach seeing someone cut someone else's
fingers off, surely you can manage to hear the F-word??

Heck, there was a show on PBS (yes I do suffer through them
occasionally), where they had a tribe from the Amazon forest, and
they digitized the butts and the breasts. Since we have to be
ashamed of the human form, regardless. ARGH!

Oh, give me a break. They didn't used to do that. The wacko fringe is
taking over the country. :-/

Where's here?

Western Colorado, near Grand Junction (that's the biggest town on
this side of the Rockies, and easiest to find on a map). It seems
that we have become somewhat of a conservative town, but we have
gay rights go figure, one of the few places in Colorado to
openly accept gay and lesbian couples in most neighborhoods.

Oh wow, I didn't realize you lived so far west. I usually have a
sense of where people are located, but I guess I didn't catch yours
for some reason.

It seems like a lot of conservatives, with the exception of the
above-mentioned wacko fringe, have come to understand that gay
people really aren't a threat to society. Maybe it's because most
people at one time or another have met or been close to a gay person,
whether in the family, at the workplace, in church, or wherever. It's
harder to see someone as "one of Them" when it's your best friend or
your child.

I corresponded with a woman I met online who was very conservative in
some ways - staunchly anti-abortion and strongly in favor of the "War
on Terror" - yet she was horrified that anyone would harass a gay or
transgendered person just because of who they were. Maybe she was a
very conservative lesbian. Or maybe she, like many other people who
are otherwise conservative, has changed her mind about gay people, or
maybe she always had an open mind. Many conservatives did not, though.

It's interesting. Clearly, attitudes about sexual minorities have changed
enough that one's feelings about that issue doesn't necessarily indicate
one's all-around political beliefs. That certainly wasn't the case, not
too long ago!

--
Joyce ^..^

(To email me, remove the X's from my user name.)

On Aug 13, 4:58*pm, wrote:
"Smokie Darling (Annie)" wrote:


* I've seen most of their films elsewhere, and "shoot" is *not*
* what that guy is saying as he steers the boat to get away.

LOL! Yeah, there is something incredibly lame about hearing a
Mafia guy on some gangster movie going, "Forget you!" 50 million
times.

I don't know - if you can stomach seeing someone cut someone else's
fingers off, surely you can manage to hear the F-word??

Ahh, watch A&E do you? The Sopranos... Freakin', that's my
favorite.

What kills me about all of this is that it seems some people want
others to raise their children. I mean, my mother told us that
breasts were to feed babies (which they are), when we got older, she
told my sister and myself what other uses there were for them.


* Heck, there was a show on PBS (yes I do suffer through them
* occasionally), where they had a tribe from the Amazon forest, and
* they digitized the butts and the breasts. Since we have to be
* ashamed of the human form, regardless. ARGH!

Oh, give me a break. They didn't used to do that. The wacko fringe is
taking over the country. :-/

Apparently we are currently the lucky ones. I've complained to
various sources (PBS, TNT, A&E, etc), they all say they will look into
it, then nothing happens. My daughter has DISH network, and she and I
will 'cowatch' the same shows. It ain't edited on the upper channels
on DISH, just the cable.

No, I won't go with dish, sorry. I've never had any luck with them,
and cable are the only ones with broadband.


* Where's here?

* Western Colorado, near Grand Junction (that's the biggest town on


Oh wow, I didn't realize you lived so far west. I usually have a
sense of where people are located, but I guess I didn't catch yours
for some reason.

Then you probably don't want to hear the I was born and raised in
Southern California ;-)? I probably sound "off" because I've lived in
California, Oregon, Alabama, Maine, Colorado, and places overseas.

Smokie Darling (Annie)

"Smokie Darling (Annie)" wrote in message
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There is nothing worse than watching a film, seeing a guy trying to
get away from a predator (on SciFi it's usually some sort of
monstrosity like a giant alligator or shark), and saying "shoot" over
and over. Got news for you, SciFi re-runs enough stuff, and I've seen
most of their films elsewhere, and "shoot" is *not* what that guy is
saying as he steers the boat to get away.

Although the digitizing out the breasts on the Venus on the half shell
(yeah, that isn't what it's called, but that's what I've always called
that painting) on History Channel, and doing the same on a painting in
a Poirot seems to be the worst. Didn't realize that a work by a
master (the Venus on the half shell) was considered inappropriate for
children, yet watching a person get torn limb from limb (in some piece
of crap film, usually on SciFi, lol) is perfectly acceptable.

Heck, there was a show on PBS (yes I do suffer through them
occasionally), where they had a tribe from the Amazon forest, and they
digitized the butts and the breasts. Since we have to be ashamed of
the human form, regardless. ARGH!

Sorry, off the high horse now.
=================================

WOW!!! I think your PC ninnies are worse than my PC ninnies. The ones here
in town want to plop an art museum that looks like some one is giving the
town the finger into the middle of an open space park meant for "Festivals"
and public gatherings. They claim that the foot print of the builing will
only take up 3000 sq feet, but that doesn't count the "car port" overhang,
landscaping, parking lot, and so on and so forth. If you incllude all of
the space they actually want, the citizens of the town will lose half of
their park. The wine and cheese weinies believe they are doing it for our
own good and that we owe them this. Sheesh.

But at least they never covered up the breasts of Venus on the Half Shell
(it is one of the alternate names for that painting IIRC) or digitalized the
buts and breasts of humans on nature shows. Please don't give the wine and
cheese weinies any ideas by writing them.

Pam S.

On Aug 13, 6:17*pm, "tanadashoes" wrote:
"Smokie Darling (Annie)" wrote in ...

There is nothing worse than watching a film, seeing a guy trying to
get away from a predator (on SciFi it's usually some sort of
monstrosity like a giant alligator or shark), and saying "shoot" over
and over. *Got news for you, SciFi re-runs enough stuff, and I've seen
most of their films elsewhere, and "shoot" is *not* what that guy is
saying as he steers the boat to get away.

Although the digitizing out the breasts on the Venus on the half shell
(yeah, that isn't what it's called, but that's what I've always called
that painting) on History Channel, and doing the same on a painting in
a Poirot seems to be the worst. *Didn't realize that a work by a
master (the Venus on the half shell) was considered inappropriate for
children, yet watching a person get torn limb from limb (in some piece
of crap film, usually on SciFi, lol) is perfectly acceptable.

Heck, there was a show on PBS (yes I do suffer through them
occasionally), where they had a tribe from the Amazon forest, and they
digitized the butts and the breasts. *Since we have to be ashamed of
the human form, regardless. *ARGH!

Sorry, off the high horse now.
=================================

WOW!!! *I think your PC ninnies are worse than my PC ninnies. *The ones here
in town want to plop an art museum that looks like some one is giving the
town the finger into the middle of an open space park meant for "Festivals"
and public gatherings. *They claim that the foot print of the builing will
only take up 3000 sq feet, but that doesn't count the "car port" overhang,
landscaping, parking lot, and so on and so forth. *If you incllude all of
the space they actually want, the citizens of the town will lose half of
their park. *The wine and cheese weinies believe they are doing it for our
own good and that we owe them this. *Sheesh.

But at least they never covered up the breasts of Venus on the Half Shell
(it is one of the alternate names for that painting IIRC) or digitalized the
buts and breasts of humans on nature shows. *Please don't give the wine and
cheese weinies any ideas by writing them.

Pam S.

Sweetheart, I'd never dream of it. It's rather like the "wine
festival" here (in the small town I live in). The tickets are priced
so that *no* locals would feel comfortable going. It isn't a public
event, but they use the only public park in the town, and if you
happen to walk by and look in, there is some big security guy telling
you to move along. I always tell him, well, if you can give my
wheelchair a push, as I normally go into the park this time of day,
and I can't get around all the Lexus', Mercedes, and BMWs double and
triple parked (because apparently the really rich don't know how to
walk any distance) so close I can't even turn my own chair around.

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"Smokie Darling (Annie)" wrote:

There is nothing worse than watching a film, seeing a guy trying
to get away from a predator (on SciFi it's usually some sort of
monstrosity like a giant alligator or shark), and saying "shoot"
over and over. Got news for you, SciFi re-runs enough stuff, and
I've seen most of their films elsewhere, and "shoot" is *not*
what that guy is saying as he steers the boat to get away.

LOL! Yeah, there is something incredibly lame about hearing a
Mafia guy on some gangster movie going, "Forget you!" 50 million
times.



My all-time favorite dub: I was watching an old Burt Reynolds comedy, which
contained many instances of the word "f***ing." Each instance was changed
to "Viking"!! I laughed my ass off , but wondered if viewers of
Scandinavian descent would get insulted to hear their ancestors used as a
swear word. It also caused me to remember this and snort every time
afterwards, when I hear anyone refer to Vikings. Like the Minnesota
Vikings, for example. Or "Give him a Viking funeral."

--
Theresa, Stinky and Dante
drtmuirATearthlink.net

Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh

"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
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"Smokie Darling (Annie)" wrote:

There is nothing worse than watching a film, seeing a guy trying
to get away from a predator (on SciFi it's usually some sort of
monstrosity like a giant alligator or shark), and saying "shoot"
over and over. Got news for you, SciFi re-runs enough stuff, and
I've seen most of their films elsewhere, and "shoot" is *not*
what that guy is saying as he steers the boat to get away.

LOL! Yeah, there is something incredibly lame about hearing a
Mafia guy on some gangster movie going, "Forget you!" 50 million
times.



My all-time favorite dub: I was watching an old Burt Reynolds comedy,
which contained many instances of the word "f***ing." Each instance was
changed to "Viking"!! I laughed my ass off , but wondered if viewers of
Scandinavian descent would get insulted to hear their ancestors used as a
swear word. It also caused me to remember this and snort every time
afterwards, when I hear anyone refer to Vikings. Like the Minnesota
Vikings, for example. Or "Give him a Viking funeral."

LOL! I guess they thought the mouth movements for the two words were
similar! ;

Nose Kisses,

CatNipped


--
Theresa, Stinky and Dante
drtmuirATearthlink.net

Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh

"Smokie Darling (Annie)"
Where's here? I don't remember where you live. I'm thinking somewhere
in the southern US, or south/midwest?

--
Joyce ^..^

(To email me, remove the X's from my user name.)

Western Colorado, near Grand Junction (that's the biggest town on this
side of the Rockies, and easiest to find on a map). It seems that we
have become somewhat of a conservative town, but we have gay rights
go figure, one of the few places in Colorado to openly accept gay
and lesbian couples in most neighborhoods.

I used to live in Denver and my late Dad's widow lives in Grand Junction.
I haven't been back to Colorado since 1980. Moved from there to Seattle 32
years ago, Seattle's pretty tolerant of gay and lesbian couples also
Hug
Kyla