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Skriven 2007-02-18 12:43:00 av GORDON HUFF
     Kommentar till en text av BJöRN FORSSTRöM
Ärende: Re: St-by ?
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-=> BJöRN FORSSTRöM wrote to TOM WALKER <=-

 JE>>Why FOUR VCRs????

 TW> Three for Recording and one to playback. I do not stay up very late and do
 TW> a lot of "Time Shifting" of my favorate shows. I just like the shows about
 TW> the Military, Law Enforcement, and Lawyers. Nothing serious just
 TW> relaxiation. Helps when Windows get's me down also. ---

 BF> Aren't you able to program at least 8 programs on one VCR? And then use
 BF> LongPlay.

Tom has an elaborate *pre-established* way of doing things and 
any *answer* has to fit his way.

Usually the cable interface limits what you can do. For example,
if you have one cable box and want to record two programs
encyphered by the cable company ... you can't. If your VCR
can't change channels on the cable box ... you can't record
two progams on different channels. If you need three antennas
for broadcast reception ... say Santa Barbara, Los Angeles
and San Diego for example ... how does your VCR change feed 
lines or rotate your antenna or whatever.

Tom must be a child of the Depression ... viz ...

 TW> WELL there is still a LARGE segment of hte populati on that cannot
 TW> either Afford or even have access ot Cable TV Service. And of course

et cetera... and ...

 TW> ////There is NO $15 per month cable option here. Plus 
 TW> even at $15 it ads up over the years as compaired to Off the Air.

I describe the community I live in as "Beverly Hills with parking." 
If I can get it for $15 here ... you should be able to get 
it lotsa places for $15.....

 GH> That's why alternative solutions are worth pursueing. If your only tool is
 GH> a hammer, you can't use screws! (Old Swedish joke, there!)

 BF> Never heard it before.

It's not a Swedish joke in Swedish or in Sweden. It's an ethnic slur
in English. Without explaining it - driving a screw by hand is
time consuming and a production carpenter sets a screw with a
"Swedish Screwdriver" (that is, a hammer) and only turns the 
last turn with a ("regular") screwdriver.

In the 1950's (IIRC) cartoonist Al Capp ("Dogpatch") had characters
called "schmoos" or "kick-mes" who loved to be kicked around
(by bullies and the like...)  Al Capp parodied a "Lucky Strike"
(cigarettes) advertsing slogan ..."Reach for a Lucky 
instead of a sweet" ... with "Reach for a Kick-Me instead
of a Swede."

Regards, Gordon



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