Thanks Dan. Ronin is on right now... ------------- Max Charleston SC
On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 11:01 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Roughly 22 minutes of programming for every 30 minutes of air time. > > Try Pluto TV. It’s completely free and has a boatload of programming. I > loves my Addams Family channel when I’m in the mood. > > https://pluto.tv > > -D > > > > On Apr 12, 2020, at 10:56 AM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > > A little challenge for those of you who pay for TV packages. > > Clock yourself for 1 hr of TV watching, any channel or channels you > choose. > > During that hour, every time an advertisement comes on, make a mark on a > > note pad. Since adverts usually run back to back, count each advertiser > as > > a separate advertisement. > > At the end of the hour, count up the number of marks you have recorded.. > it > > will amaze you. > > > > For the truly industrious, use a stop watch and time the advert time vs > > "show time", and add that up with the hash marks... ie number and total > > time. > > Remember, you are paying for them, same as "show time". > > > > I did exactly this, and canceled cable... bought a broadcast antenna [the > > one you see where some guy is on his boat in gulf of Mexico] for $20 and > > never looked back... Life is better, for me, anyway. The cable company > > still gets a few $$ each month for internet connection, and about $200 > less > > for no TV... > > > > On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 7:28 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> We cut the cord last year and haven’t looked back. So much of the cable > >> channel packages are cruft. > >> > >> I don’t watch TV, other than right before bed when I’ll doze off to > >> something I’ve recorded, like Family Guy or Perry Mason. On occasion > there > >> are some mainstream shows I’ll stop and watch. One the wife discovered > >> recently is Damien Lewis’ “Spy Wars” and is pretty engaging. When we had > >> the History Channel variants I would watch documentaries on WWII subject > >> matter occasionally, too. > >> > >> Otherwise, the TV would die from lack of use if it relied on me. > >> > >> -D > >> > >>> On Apr 12, 2020, at 10:20 AM, Larry Turner via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> re: 3-4 stations - next time you have a few minutes, look at all the > >> channels you have available to you and make a list of the ones you watch > >> consistently, say, more than 1 hour/week, but set your own threshold - I > >> suspect out of the hundreds of stations available, we watch less than 5 > or > >> 6 really regularly. I never watch the music channels for instance, and > >> the only sports I watch are Sports car road racing yet I have all the > >> MTV's, VH1, etc and 3 or 4 ESPNs, but I am forced to buy them. There > are > >> so many "extra" channels thatare forced upon us merely because you can > only > >> select from a few (usually 5 or 6) 'Packages'. I have a Dish package > that > >> gives me 150 +/- channels and I watch less than 10% - likely 5-8%, but, > so > >> I can have access to FS1 or FS2 so I can watch Le Mans 24 the one time > of > >> the year it is aired, i have to buy the next package Up. I think the TV > >> Package Providers spent millions on special advisors so they would know > >> which networks to include in which packages to maximize the # of 'Up' > >> package purchases. Same for the Military Channel - yep, it's in the > next > >> package 'up'. > >>> > >>> Another thing (I know, this is looking like a rant), whenever anyone > >> changes the channel, I observed 95%+ of the time you will join that next > >> channel in a commercial run. It used to be we could change channels and > >> avoid commercials. (especially with the advent of remotes), but no more. > >> It's irritating, but unavoidable unless you watch everything on > DVR/DVD/VHS. > >>> > >>> OK, I'm done. ;-) > >>> Stay safe - > >>> LarryT > >>> 06 E350 > >>> > >>> On 4/11/2020 8:48 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > >>>> 3-4 stations sounds good sometimes. All the tech is nice and having > >> the power of the internet is great, but it seems like information > overload > >> at times and I would gladly give all that up to live back in the simpler > >> times again. Maybe I should sell off everything and move out to the > woods > >> or something. > >>>> > >>>> On 4/11/2020 7:43 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > >>>>> Better is relative. > >>>>> > >>>>> With the ability of hindsight, sure. I think about growing up as a > kid > >> in the 60s and 70s, and all the crap kids deal with today and things > back > >> then look pretty darned good. Certainly a lot simpler, but there were > still > >> issues to be dealt with. > >>>>> > >>>>> 3-4 TV stations, playing outside pretty much anywhere until dark, > >> etc., etc. > >>>>> > >>>>> -D > >>>>> > >>>>>> On Apr 11, 2020, at 8:39 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> As the subject says, was it? It sure seems to me like it was but > >> when looking backward like that are we just looking thru rose colored > >> glasses? It seems to me the time period of the mid to late 80's thru > the > >> mid 90's, maybe even as late as around 2k (before 911) the world was a > much > >> better place. It was still modern but perhaps not by today's standards > >> with all the electronic gadgets etc. It seems to me like things really > >> started going to hell with the rise of social media. With the > situation as > >> it is today it really makes me yearn for the good ol' days. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> _______________________________________ > >>>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>>>>> > >>>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>>>>> > >>>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________ > >>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>>>> > >>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>>>> > >>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________ > >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>>> > >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>>> > >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
