artie_fufkin wrote:

I'd rather take a bath in a tub filled with sulfuric acid than watch this inane excuse for entertainment, but when exactly did being the promiscuous daughter of a former Alaska governor qualify a person as a "star?"
Good grief, I hate Sarah Palin. And I hate John McCain almost as much for foisting her and her stupid family on the rest of us.

MADISON, Wis -- Prosecutors say a Black Earth, Wis., man blasted his TV with a shotgun after watching Bristol Palin's "Dancing with the Stars" routine, sparking an all-night standoff with a SWAT team.
According to court documents, 67-year-old Steven Cowan of the town of Vermont in Dane County became enraged while watching Palin dance on Monday evening. He felt Palin was not a good dancer.
He went to his bedroom and returned to the living room with a shotgun and blasted the TV, then pointed the gun at his wife, who managed to escape and call police. Tactical officers surrounded the house and finally managed to talk Cowan out Tuesday morning.
He has been charged second-degree reckless endangerment, a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and $25,000 in fines. It was unclear whether Cowan has retained an attorney.

NINTCMAD!!!!!

You just know that poor Steven has spent the last 40 or so years married to a woman who has hen-pecked him to this point.  No chance in hell that this guy is watching DWTS on his own choosing.  They probably have 1 TV and his wife controls the remote.  Having been subjected to watching this crap, he did what any self-respecting male would do--shot the TV and put it out of his misery.

Story says he may need an attorney.  Wonder what Wisconsin's rules are on reciprocity.

"when exactly did being the promiscuous daughter of a former Alaska governor qualify a person as a "star?""

well, that depends on how you mark time, but I reckon it came almost exactly three years after the publishers reckoned that the mother of a promiscuous Disney Pop Tart and a pregnant 16 year old was unqualified to author a book on Christian parenting. 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/12/18/jamie-lynn-spears-britney_n_77421.html

Had to cancle Kendra so I can watch the second half.

APRTW wrote:

Her is the list of show my wife DVRs.

Kendra
Sister Wives
16 and Pregnant
19 Kids and Counting
Keeping up with the Kardasians
teen mom
holly's world
Americas next top model

My shows

Dark Blue
CSI
Sons of Anarchy
Blue Bloods
Friday night lights

Shows we watch together

The event
survivor


Not only do her shows suck but she watch reruns of them non-stop and one of them shows are run marathon style every day.  She will be like, "I love this one.  It is the one were they cut there hair and cry".  I seem to only be able to watch TV after everyone goes to bed.  She is at walmart now so I get to watch sunday night football.

Take home message: you guys watch a lot of TV.

artie_fufkin wrote:

I wouldn't have even recognized most of those as TV shows. My wife watches Blue Bloods, but I have an aversion to all things Wahlberg, so I generally do a crossword puzzle or play on the computer when I don't have control of the remote.

Blue Bloods is pretty good being that it is on network TV.  I like the Wahlberg's.  Mark is coming out with a boxer movie.  I didnt know he was a rappers till Fors pointed it out to me.

APRTW wrote:

Max wrote:

Take home message: you guys watch a lot of TV.

Not really.  Most of those shows are stored on DVR to be watched when our kids start school in 5 years.

How much DVR storage do you get? I record a 2-hour movie and mine is 50 percent full.

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APRTW wrote:

artie_fufkin wrote:

APRTW wrote:

Not really.  Most of those shows are stored on DVR to be watched when our kids start school in 5 years.

How much DVR storage do you get? I record a 2-hour movie and mine is 50 percent full.

My oldest one got 100hrs but lighting got it.  They replaced it with one that got 150hrs.  Then I upgraded to free HD and that one has 400hrs.  Plus you could get an external hard drive that would exdend the memory anouth 100hrs.  I have no need for 500hrs of taped shows.  We currentsly have like 50hrs taped.  Most of that is kid shows.

Most of my DVR is taken up by Rob Drydek shows. He's a professional skateboarder who apparently gets paid a lot. The episode I'm being forced to watch right now is about the rodent problem he has in his house. Don't ask. I don't get it either.

Max wrote:

artie_fufkin wrote:

Most of my DVR . . . .

Another thing that came along while overseas.  Just last week I learned that the "On Demand" button on my remote does not lead to things that are only pay-per-view.  Haven't begun to figure out how to 'record' programs and save them.

Go to guide and find a show you want to tape.  Then hit the record button.  If you are watching something you want taped just hit the record button.  Pretty simple and life wouldnt be worth living without it.  It is the best thing since sliced bread...on second thought I dont really like bread.

artie_fufkin wrote:

Max wrote:

artie_fufkin wrote:

Most of my DVR . . . .

Another thing that came along while overseas.  Just last week I learned that the "On Demand" button on my remote does not lead to things that are only pay-per-view.  Haven't begun to figure out how to 'record' programs and save them.

That's going to be a tough sell to the movie studios, Max. They want to sell you the DVD for $20 rather than let you record it for $5.

It is sold to them already.  That is how it works.  You buy something on PPV and tape it.  It isnt like you couldnt do the smae thing with a movie you rent.  PPV is actually cheaper then renting if you figure in the gas it takes you to drive to the movie rental place.  Another thing you do is wait till they give you HBO free for a weekend and tape the shit out of ever remotely good movie.