Ternaugh Posted August 3, 2022 Report Share Posted August 3, 2022 I subscribed to HBOmax under a discounted plan for the first year. So far, there's enough stuff on it for me to keep the subscription. From the articles that I've read, the parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery would like to switch more productions to the cheaper reality show format (like the Discovery products), and away from more expensive scripted productions. A shift like that will result in me canceling the service. I gave up on cable TV over 10 years ago, back when so many of the channels started switching almost exclusively to reality shows. I'm in a grandfathered plan with an employee discount with my current cell phone provider, and I'm often stopped entering the local Sam's Club by the AT&T reps to try to get me to switch over to their service. About a week ago, the rep asked me how much I paid, and he calculated a price for service that was $5 more per month than what I'm paying now. That would be $25 more in a few months, when the current phone is paid off. When I asked why I would want to switch just so I could pay more, he gave a sheepish grin, and shrugged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 3, 2022 Report Share Posted August 3, 2022 18 minutes ago, Ternaugh said: I subscribed to HBOmax under a discounted plan for the first year. So far, there's enough stuff on it for me to keep the subscription. From the articles that I've read, the parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery would like to switch more productions to the cheaper reality show format (like the Discovery products), and away from more expensive scripted productions. A shift like that will result in me canceling the service. I gave up on cable TV over 10 years ago, back when so many of the channels started switching almost exclusively to reality shows. I stopped watching Food Network because they went overwhelmingly to reality shows, so...yeah, if that's their move, I hear ya. In other news: https://news.yahoo.com/jackie-walorski-indiana-congresswoman-killed-car-crash-201126441.html The story is just coming out so there's no details about the accident itself, but still...complete tragedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted August 3, 2022 Report Share Posted August 3, 2022 2 hours ago, L. Marcus said: How many stoats to a White House? I don;t know, I didn't vote for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted August 3, 2022 Report Share Posted August 3, 2022 3 hours ago, L. Marcus said: How many stoats to a White House? 40 minutes ago, dmjalund said: I don;t know, I didn't vote for them I believe that the alternate term for a stoat here in America would be a weasel. I leave the number of weasels that can fit in the White House as an exercise for the reader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted August 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2022 We've already established ferrets as a unit of measure. I think that's a stoat in Canadian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 4, 2022 Report Share Posted August 4, 2022 It's a really easy conversion, too. 100,000 ferrets to the farad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted August 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2022 That would be dead ferrets. Totally different measurement. I can see how that would be confusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted August 4, 2022 Report Share Posted August 4, 2022 2 hours ago, Logan.1179 said: That would be dead ferrets. Totally different measurement. I can see how that would be confusing. Dead Ferrets reminded me of this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted August 4, 2022 Report Share Posted August 4, 2022 Cleveland, New Home of Deshuan Watson, Is Hosting the National Massage Therapists Convention This Month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted August 4, 2022 Report Share Posted August 4, 2022 16 hours ago, Pariah said: You mean, like Prince Humperdinck if he were to find that Princess Buttercup is no longer alive? I've heard he can track a disingenuous internet service telemarketer on a cloudy day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted August 4, 2022 Report Share Posted August 4, 2022 18 minutes ago, Cygnia said: Cleveland, New Home of Deshuan Watson, Is Hosting the National Massage Therapists Convention This Month Wow, this could have been a story from The Onion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted August 4, 2022 Report Share Posted August 4, 2022 53 minutes ago, Starlord said: Wow, this could have been a story from The Onion. Yeah. But the Onion wouldn't have misspelled Watson's first name in the headline. 😛 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 4, 2022 Report Share Posted August 4, 2022 In Germany a blast at a bomb storage site sparks wildfire https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62426412 And this one might be better in the Politics thread if all the background stuff is true. Brittney Garnier, US basketball star, jailed for nine years in Russia https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62427635 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 4, 2022 Report Share Posted August 4, 2022 Former Australian Featherweight boxing World Champion dies aged 77 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/62418383 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted August 4, 2022 Report Share Posted August 4, 2022 22 minutes ago, death tribble said: In Germany a blast at a bomb storage site sparks wildfire https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62426412 And this one might be better in the Politics thread if all the background stuff is true. Brittney Garnier, US basketball star, jailed for nine years in Russia https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62427635 For the sake of thread longevity (this is the second and final attempt at a non-political news thread), if there's any question about whether a given story would be better in the politics thread, put it in the politics thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted August 5, 2022 Report Share Posted August 5, 2022 On 8/3/2022 at 10:40 AM, Logan.1179 said: A Giant Sinkhole Just Opened Up in Chile The sinkhole, 650 feet deep and roughly the width of the White House, appeared on land owned and operated by a Canadian mining company. On behalf of Canada, sorry. 😔 On the plus side, you almost never get them that round. 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 5, 2022 Report Share Posted August 5, 2022 Chile is closer to the Equator than Canada. A little more fine-tuning on the placement, then we can set up an equatorial sequence of the things, and, well, details to come at a later time and venue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 6, 2022 Report Share Posted August 6, 2022 Judith Durham former lead singer of the Seekers dies aged 79 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-62447650 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted August 6, 2022 Report Share Posted August 6, 2022 3 hours ago, death tribble said: Judith Durham former lead singer of the Seekers dies aged 79 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-62447650 RIP Judith Durham She had a pure, beautiful voice that was very hard to forget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted August 7, 2022 Report Share Posted August 7, 2022 https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/pearson-textbooks-nft-blockchain-digital Pearson, one of the world's largest publishers of academic textbooks, wants to turn e-book textbook into NFTs, so it can make money every time they are resold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted August 7, 2022 Report Share Posted August 7, 2022 2 hours ago, Sociotard said: https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/pearson-textbooks-nft-blockchain-digital Pearson, one of the world's largest publishers of academic textbooks, wants to turn e-book textbook into NFTs, so it can make money every time they are resold. NFTS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY!!! Ternaugh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 7, 2022 Report Share Posted August 7, 2022 I have commented before about that publisher's predatory practices (here, for example). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted August 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2022 Roger E. Mosley, T.C. from the original Magnum P.I., dies at 83 rravenwood 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 8, 2022 Report Share Posted August 8, 2022 Sad to hear about that. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 8, 2022 Report Share Posted August 8, 2022 The BBC's take on the same thing. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62462141 This has to make Tom Selleck nervous. John Hillerman who played Higgins died at age 84. Moseley was 83. Selleck has at least six years but still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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