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Holmes on homes

Uncle Bob said:
I guess I need to get married again or shack-up with some old broad. I need another voice in the house; and the TV provides that for me. It's on whether I'm watching or not.Uncle Bob
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go down to the bar and find a nice woman and buy her a house, repeat every 10 years. go to the animal shelter and adopt a dog or two, you will be a happy man!:mrgreen:
 
But can you get Pro Wrestling without a TV? I'd be lost without Monday Night Raw and Friday Night Smackdown! :D
 
Yesterday afternoon we saddled-up and rode till just about dark. Then it was ribeye steaks on the grill. By the time it was all done it was bed time. Now that the some what good or at least better weather is here this will be a typical evening.

Post Script: Yesterday was the first spring ride. Quite the rodeo. Let-er buck!
 
Don't watch the so-called reality shows however.........

I would like to see at least one episode of a reality show with Uncle Bob getting bossed around by that live in housekeeper. That might be fun to watch.
 
I have a tv and like UB, it is on for the noise. I sure miss the old ball & chain, um, man. ;)

Good thing about DISH network is that I can put on a music station. Local radio here is okay for about half an hour, then it sucks.

Sue, lost on the frontier
 
JD,

The MMA stuff is good also. I stopped watching the wrestling when Dusty Rhoades, Terry Funk and Jack Brisco retired :)

JP,

I'll be thinking of you and Rjj while jigging for Walleye Saturday on Erie.
 
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JP, I hear you! I got home late tonight after a meeting and doing office work on new forms and budget items.... no time to even think about reading this board until now! (LOL, who even has time for TV!!???)

Paul, we are going to Innoprise - a spin off from HTE. Much nicer than what we had, but still a big hassle having to make the switch during our budget cycle and merge... And, yes, Larry is a big help. I hope his wife will like it here and they end up staying for the long hall. Great Falls is a good place to be!

Dave W. I hope you will take the time to stop by. Please feel free to call me anytime. I would love to take you to lunch or give you a tour of our "Great City" :^ ) four-zero-six -- four-five-five -- eighty-five-thirty. Or you can email me. See you then!
 
Since I don't have cable tv, I haven't seen Holmes in years.

However, I happened to be at a hotel Sat and Sun and sure enough Holmes was on TV two or three times. Relatively new home wherein the HVAC didn't work properly. Nothing 100k and dropping ceilings from 9' to 7'-6" couldn't cure! I would be -****ed- if I came back to my house and my ceiling was about 4" above the molding on my doors!

He does know they make rectangular ducts, right? :)

Entertaining nonetheless. There was a quip in there from the owner "We wouldn't have this problem if the engineer designed it right, the contractor installed it right and the municipal inspector inspected it right". Of course, in the first 5 mins of the show Holmes was saying how the house was originally designed... Then the homeowner added all this south-facing glass, thus requiring more heating and cooling...
 
We do have T.V. but it only works with the old bunny ears and the new converter. We get about seven channels on a good day which is perfect for catching the news and the few good shows still on. There isn't much time for T.V. after you do your chores around here. We have horses and dogs to feed and chickens to tend as well as fields to mow, etc. Wouldn't have it any other way.
 
mtlogcabin said:
It does not matter where you choose to live a TV is not needed item to survive or enjoy life
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Keep my tv so I can watch movies (i.e., cool hand luke, street car named desire, hud, etc.) late at night or in the winter, but haven't had it connected to cable or satellite in more than five years. Happy as can be doing stuff for real rather than watching other people do it scripted, and when the sport urge hits, I hit the nearest tavern or pub to get my fix of the original reality tv programs.
 
I too, threw away the TV - sort of! We watch strictly from the internet, what we can't get we don't miss. The nice thing is that we choose instead of being a flipping slave to the dang thing. There are nights when the big screen never goes on, there are nights when we watch a couple episodes of the same program in a row (like dirty jobs) - but we're in control, not the cable company or the networks.
 
Same here.. HDTV over-the-air. Don't watch much.

Love talking to the cable company sales reps (we have internet through the cable co)

"How do you watch TV?"

"We watch OTA HDTV"

"Do you like it more than cable tv?"

"I like not paying for it"

"Thank you for your time"
 
Didn't own a TV until I got married; wife had to have it. Then didn't watch it until closed captioned became available; then it was erratic. The kids moved out six years ago and have become addicted to CC; they keep it on when I'm not there!

Finally got to watch a webinar in CC today; I would have been very surprised if ADA didn't provide it. It was excellent!
 
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