The Shoutbox
Re fire: I want to know what were they doing for renovation work? Did they douse the whole building in paint thinner?
Re cable: the only reason we still have it is TiVo. I'm able to network the whole house for 1/4 of what it would cost from the cable company. So yeah, it might be "expensive" but it's a cheap "expensive". If that's even such a thing.
Watching SOS Titanic (1979).

Seen a few Titanic movies... and James Cameron's Titanic contains scenes that mirror those movies... but SOS Titanic is almost shot for shot, exactly the same as Cameron's movie.
Hell, it even has a returning cast member in David Warner.
Originally Posted by John McClane
Most of the cost of cable goes to cover that stupid ESPN channel.
Live sports are the current golden goose of t.v. advertising.
Depending on how you look at it, Easter being six days from now is either particularly painful or completely appropriate. I hope/pray it's the latter. A reminder of rebirth is what a lot of people will need this week.
Doesn't sound like they have any idea of what caused it or how many people might have died yet.
Heartbreaking. So much history, so much art.
Sad to see Notre-Dame ablaze
Originally Posted by Sedai
Got rid of cable a while back, and have never looked back.

That reminds me, can I come over to watch GoT?
Got rid of cable a while back, and have never looked back.

That reminds me, can I come over to watch GoT?
Yeah, a big part is how many extra channels you have, those add up so quick. Cable's really expensive if you get more than a couple movie channels, or whatever.