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rcurl
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response 25 of 36:
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May 2 16:04 UTC 2002 |
Samsung 25 + Quasar VCR rigged to cable, split so can watch two channels
while also recording one, with transmitter to: Sony 19 + RCA VCR, no
cable, which is almost never used, except when daughter has large
parties so all the kids can watch REALLY STUPID movies on both sets
simultaneously.....
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brighn
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response 26 of 36:
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May 2 16:28 UTC 2002 |
#24> That's right. I want to get as much as possible out of that digital
cable.
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mary
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response 27 of 36:
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May 2 19:22 UTC 2002 |
Not to drift but... Sindi's name came up in our house this morning when I
commented to John that out of the 5,000 families that applied to be part
of the Frontier House PBS special, two of the three ended up not being
very good fits for the experiment. First they had meltdowns over not
being allowed to wear makeup, then they cheated and brought modern food
and a modern bed, and one marriage crumbled over the course of the
experiment. I'm sure out of the 5,000 who applied therehy had to have
been a few Sindi and Jims, and had they been selected it would have been a
facinating 6 hours. Instead it felt like Survivor does Montana.
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oval
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response 28 of 36:
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May 2 19:36 UTC 2002 |
sindi and jim would be bad participants since they'd kick ass out there in
frontier and prove that life was actually pretty nice back then.
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glenda
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response 29 of 36:
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May 2 20:30 UTC 2002 |
We watched it as well. Damon demanded to know why we didn't apply. After
the first hour we came to the conclusion that we wouldn't have been picked
because we were fully aware of what it would have taken and because we belong
to the SCA and have lived under even more primative conditions on extended
SCA camping events. (Though STeve would probably whined about missing his
computers even more than the women did about missing their makeup :-)
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gull
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response 30 of 36:
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May 2 20:34 UTC 2002 |
Yeah, I was mildly disappointed in that series. It was okay, but I felt
like it could have been better.
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remmers
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response 31 of 36:
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May 2 23:36 UTC 2002 |
Part of the Frontier House special was watched on our 27" Sony
flat screen in the rec room, to which is attached a DVD player,
a VCR, and a digital cable box. Part of it was viewed on our
son's 20" TV in his bedroom, which is hooked up to cable
(analog only) and a VCR. There are no other TVs in the house.
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tpryan
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response 32 of 36:
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May 4 20:30 UTC 2002 |
The Sindi & Jim's of the world don't watch TV, not even
PBS, so would not know of the experiment.
27" TV which can view rotor antena (very rare), analog basic
cable, a hi-fi VCR or a DVD player. The front jacks on the TV or
the VCR can also watch the computer, but not when a DVD is playing,
only the software harddisk recorder. The good VCR can watch the
other VCR for cross-tapeing shows. So the other VCR has a 5"
portable TV hooked up to it, so that it may be programed.
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janc
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response 33 of 36:
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May 14 20:35 UTC 2002 |
We have one 25" TV hooked to a DVD player and a VCR player, but we have
neither cable service nor a TV antenna. This used to be in the master
bedroom at the old house, but now that we have a den, it is there.
Arlo watches up to 1.5 hours of video a day (usually much less), I
sometimes rent DVD's or videos and occasionally buy some.
I think my previous TV is in the garage. It's tiny and half dead, but
does have rabbit ear antennas. We drag it out every New Year's party
so aruba can see the ball drop.
We have six computers in active use, and innumerable relics. Actually
only four of the six have been unpacked yet.
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lynne
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response 34 of 36:
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May 17 21:36 UTC 2002 |
We have 1.33 tv's for three people--one in each bedroom and one in the living
room. We've discussed getting one for the kitchen, but there's no cable
jack in there :) (We have digital cable, a couple extra channels in the
living room, and three VCR's but only two functional ones). Each of us has
a DVD player on one of our computers (5 total). We are a comparatively
poorly-equipped apartment in terms of standard MIT student apartments :)
OMy favorite sports bar has a truly ridiculous number of TV's--an average
of one per table, plus multiple TV's over the bar and one in each bathroom.
They also have all the DirecTV sports packages, so that you can watch any
game that's on anywhere. I expect to go there when I die, if I'm a good
girl.
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oval
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response 35 of 36:
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May 17 21:56 UTC 2002 |
i friend of mine put his tv out on the street for someone to take. he said
it was ruining his life. he's a lawyer and now he has a trial in LI and has
to stay in a hotel room where the tv TAUNTS him. he's a great guy - he should
have an action figure made of him.
come to think of it, so should ..
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other
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response 36 of 36:
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May 18 07:27 UTC 2002 |
Someone once made an action figure of me. I still have it. It's very
cute.
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