OK, I have the most shallow DVR question ever. The president is apparently going to be on TV at 9 tonight. Do I need to do anything to make sure I get all of my shows?
You know, I've saved lives. Dozens. Maybe hundreds. I reattached a girl's leg. Her whole leg. She named her hamster after me. I got a hamster. He drops a box of money, he gets a town.
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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.
Jesse - Sep 13, 2005 7:18:39 am PDT #7037 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Sheryl - Sep 13, 2005 7:23:27 am PDT #7038 of 10002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Happy Birthday billytea!
Persistant salespeople aren't just part of telemarketing. The other day the doorbell rang and there was this guy there trying to sell me new windows and doors(he claimed he had just finished a job in our neighborhood, but I dunno about that). Took a couple of times of me saying "We're not interested" for him to go away.
shrift - Sep 13, 2005 7:24:29 am PDT #7039 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
The president is apparently going to be on TV at 9 tonight.
Aw, man. New episodes of House start tonight, too!
Frankenbuddha - Sep 13, 2005 7:24:52 am PDT #7040 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
OK, I have the most shallow DVR question ever. The president is apparently going to be on TV at 9 tonight. Do I need to do anything to make sure I get all of my shows?
Oh feh. That means the new shows on Fox are going to get delayed. Frells up the plans for a W&P quite nicely.
sarameg - Sep 13, 2005 7:25:14 am PDT #7041 of 10002
Aw, man. New episodes of House start tonight, too!
That's just what I was thinking.
Jesse - Sep 13, 2005 7:25:35 am PDT #7042 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I am glad it is not just me having an issue with this. But seriously, will the TiFaux know what to do?
Jessica - Sep 13, 2005 7:29:19 am PDT #7043 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I always tell customer service people when they've been great. I don't talk to telemarketers at all -- when I was working in telemarketing, the only acceptable reason for not making a sale was if the person hung up on you. So saying "I do not accept telephone solicitation" and hanging up the phone is really the most polite thing you can do. Telling them no any other way is a waste of their time and yours.
Betsy HP - Sep 13, 2005 7:30:15 am PDT #7044 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
FRELL. I'd much rather watch Hugh Laurie.
Emily - Sep 13, 2005 7:32:46 am PDT #7045 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Who watches these things? Because I will actually turn off the TV or radio when that... man comes on. There must be someone out there saying, "Oh thank goodness, let's hear what the President has to say about this," but I don't know them.
While I was visiting my father, NPR delayed the beginning of "Wait, Wait" to bring us Bush's opening remarks on Rehnquist's passing (which turned out to be a quick overview of the man's CV, with a sideways slap to O'Connor) -- neither of us thought there was really any point to it.
I haven't ever found anything this man has done to be real breaking news except declaring war.
Emily - Sep 13, 2005 7:36:02 am PDT #7046 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
So saying "I do not accept telephone solicitation" and hanging up the phone is really the most polite thing you can do.
I know, but I hate to interrupt them. Which, again, is why the script consists of a solid five minutes of talking before they ever ask you anything -- and often they just ask to "confirm some information," as though they were just checking your address, rather than getting your permission to bill you $39.95 a year.