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Archae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 10:28 PM Original message |
I was thinking of cable TV, from 10, 20 years ago. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. And there were like maybe three cable movie channels... |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 11:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. In the beginning ... |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 11:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Cinemax is fun. Too bad I don't have it in HD. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 11:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. You owe me a new keyboard! |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Brilliant! |
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nytemare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hell, I remember the changer box from the 80's. |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. KOKH ... |
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OhioBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. The History Channel had programs |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 07:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Other than Nazis & space aliens. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
7. 10 years ago Discovery Channel was awesome. Now it's crap. |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 11:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Every time I check to see what's on Discovery |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 12:00 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Or the latest Monster House/Garage/Makeover show. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Discovery has a couple of things worth watching |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
11. AMC showed American Movie Classics, emphasis on classics. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
12. No ads for boner pills, masturbatory aids, girls gone wild videos, or birth control pills. |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
13. Everything keeps getting dumbed down more and more. |
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RFKHumphreyObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
14. CNN was much more reliable, informative and enjoyable in those days |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
15. I miss the hell outa 'Wings' |
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bbernardini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
16. TLC actually had high-brow educational programs. nt |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
18. TLC had |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Connections was awesome |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 08:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. It was. I met James Burke when he spoke at my grad school. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
19. And Microsoft Windows!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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AmyDeLune (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
20. Nickalodeon had some pretty cool stuff... |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
25. I remember the 'original' cable where you were literally tethered |
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