I am a large, semi-muscular man. I can take it. Don't hide behind Mal 'cause you know he'll shoot it down for you. Tell me.

Wash ,'War Stories'


Natter 32 Flavors and Then Some  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Gus - Jan 27, 2005 8:44:02 am PST #1322 of 10002
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

ita comes out swinging!

Granted, PPV means pay-per-view. The license probably reads "don't record". Beats me, I never read it. The pricing of PPV, however, is above that $2 figure, which reflects that somebody ain't getting paid. Guess who?

On the other track in this thread: Yes! Dead-busted-broke is not all there is to "class" outside the States.


juliana - Jan 27, 2005 8:45:00 am PST #1323 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

What kind of person cold-calls someone asking if you can "help them out" by getting a hold of a neighbor that you may or may not even know?

Skip tracers.


Cashmere - Jan 27, 2005 8:46:18 am PST #1324 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.

That is like the call Jesse got!??!!? WEIRD!

Granted, mine was my land line--so they probably just picked me out of the phone book. I've had this happen once or twice since I lived here. Not nearly as weird as Jesse, I think. That was bizarre.

I guess I should call my PPV, Movies on Demand, as per Time Warner so as not to confuse.


Cashmere - Jan 27, 2005 8:48:04 am PST #1325 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.

Skip tracers.

Oh, if it was Dog the Bounty Hunter, I'd have offered my assistance. This smacked of bill collecting, though.


Maria - Jan 27, 2005 8:49:33 am PST #1326 of 10002
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

The best method is what Rio or Lee did, with a direct connection to the car stereo that doesn't use either FM (lowest quality) or cassette (higher quality).

Damn. I can't do that. No changes allowed to a company car. And no cassette deck either. So FM transmitter it is.

Thanks for the heads up, vortex.


juliana - Jan 27, 2005 8:50:16 am PST #1327 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

This smacked of bill collecting, though.

They have them for bill collecting, too. Or, at least, the level just prior to court was called skip-tracing. I skip-traced for a Big Bank for a while. As a temp. That was.... interesting.


Kat - Jan 27, 2005 8:50:35 am PST #1328 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I'm with msbelle! Look at all the options!


msbelle - Jan 27, 2005 8:51:15 am PST #1329 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Dog is scary, stay clear of scary leather-skin bad hair man.

I would very much for today to be Friday. I would very much like a nap.

I should just be happy that no one at work is bothering me, right? shrift, I am holding you up as my "there but for the grace of god" work example. A rescue squad really should be put together for you.


Jessica - Jan 27, 2005 8:52:31 am PST #1330 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

The pricing of PPV, however, is above that $2 figure, which reflects that somebody ain't getting paid. Guess who?

This argument is flawed. In both cases, your money is going to the rental facility, and not the studio. The studio has already been paid, whether by Netflix, Blockbuster, or Comcast. They get a license fee in exchange for providing the rental facility with the product in question and the right to distribute it in a certain market. How that rental facility charges the customer is entirely unrelated to the licence fee paid to the studio. The only difference between PPV and Netflix is that PPV delivers a digital file to your cable box, and Netflix delivers a physical DVD through the mail.


tommyrot - Jan 27, 2005 8:52:33 am PST #1331 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

So FM transmitter it is.

Don't get a cheap one.