Posted by marika on 10/22/05 04:31

"Bill Vermillion" <bv@wjv.com> wrote in message news:Ioqu96.1051@wjv.com...
>
> And that is why analog was good for many things - such as
> emergencies. If there was any trace of a signal you could get it,
> with snow, noise, etc., but the human brain being what it is was
> able to get the usefull information from what was there.
>
>> If all the broadcasters would get off their asses and get their HDTV
>>broadcast antennas up, we could thumb our noses at the cable chumps
>>that charge us at a rate that is twice what the service is worth.
>
> Several local stations are transmitting digital - but they are not
> using HDTV except for some shows. Most are running up to the 4
> channels permitted - and one is doing nothing but running weather
> for 24 hours.
>
> The only one providing what I'd deem useful content on all 4
> channels is a PBS station run by a nearby university that uses all
> four channels for discrete programming.
>
> From what I've seen of the changes in local TV in this area -
> dropping programs to get more 'paid broadcasts' aka 'infomorercials'
> to make more money I'd suspect many will use the addition channles
> for the same and eschew HDTV.
>
> One local station sometimes drops evening network programming to
> run local programming as they can make more money from the local
> commercials than that which they get from the network.

Do they show any Madonna. She was on Letterman the other day and boy is she
proud of herself. My sister has dubbed her a Kabbal-looni

She said anybody who claims to be an expert in that couldn't expect to have
the experience necessary

I asked her about Methuselah

But my sister said that Madonna doesn't have near enough snakes in her hair
to qualify

After the wake, dad took the remainder of us out for dinner,
There was an Elvis Presley impersonator, wth blue flashing ears.
I thought the formual only applied to shoes but apparently not


mk5000

"As I got closer I recognized him right away - it was Ted Williams. I
approached him. "Morning Mr. Williams. I heard you passed away yesterday.
Taking the final road trip?", I asked. "Yeah kid. I'm just oozing outta
the picture like I oozed into it.", he replied."-foggy

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