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ecrabb · Last edited by ecrabb on Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:16 pm; edited 1 time in total

Just got this in my inbox awhile ago:

**Curt Palme** · Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:16 pm Post subject:

Hey, don't bitch! There's no Netflix here in Canada, and the local video store is $6.50 for a current rental-24 hours. !!!

ecrabb · Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:17 pm Post subject:

$6.50? Ouch. I thought Blockbuster in-store was bad at nearly $5.

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ecrabb · Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:27 pm Post subject:

Just went and put my account on hold. Selected my reactivation date as the latest date possible, and got this message:

Zebu Fellenz · Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 2567

emdawgz1 · Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 7949

It's strange. I havent rented a movie... it's been 7-8 years. I buy what movies i watch or i'm watching tv.

Once i got a DVR, movie rentals were dead. I watch.... a lot of series, Dexter, Sons of Anarchy, Entourage, United states of Tara, LAO Criminal Intent, Ugly Betty, TOH.

So between that and having MSNBC in the background , i dont watch a lot of movies.

I dont know i i'd do a netflix thing.....

MikeEby · Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Posts: 5237 Location: Osceola, Indiana

emdawgz1 · Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 7949

ecrabb · Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:20 pm Post subject:

Funny, John - I'm almost exactly the opposite. I let my wife monopolize night-time TV because A) I don't care for most of what's on TV, and B) With kids, I don't have that much time to get into series, and C) I'd rather surf HT, tech, etc. than watch the CRAP on TV.

I watch exactly one series that I keep up with religiously: Lost. Before that, we did Deadwood and before that, Sopranos. I just can't get that excited about stuff of on TV. I HATE commercials - even with the DVR. So, I much prefer movies. We use to buy a lot of movies, but then we had kids, so it's a big money saver to rent. I probably average buying one movie per month now instead of one/week like we used to.

OMG, you guys watch Olbermann and MSNBC religiously? You guys would give me SO much sh*t if I said I DVR'd Hannity and O'Reilly and had Fox News on "in the background" all the time... Yet, you guys do exactly that with the left-leaning network!

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**Curt Palme** · Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:39 pm Post subject:

emdawgz1 · Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 7949

ecrabb · Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:04 pm Post subject:

I was just giving you sh*t, John. Obelermann... Tiring? Naaaaahhhhh... Wink

I just saw a clip of Maddow on YouTube a week or so ago - I'd never even heard of her (I rarely watch PMSNBC Wink

)... Anyway - Man, is she Olbermann's fraternal twin or something? I don't watch either unless by accident, but if I had just heard Maddow's voice and not seen her, I might have wondered if either Olbermann had a sex change operation and the voice changed, or maybe they had Keith off-camera and ran his voice through a pitch box or something. I mean, man - their delivery is almost identical! She's like Olbermann with a vagina! Wink

Well, I assume she has a vagina.

I'll have to check out Sons of Anarchy. I just read a little about it, and it looks interesting.

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garyfritz · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 12088 Location: Fort Collins, CO

Clarence · Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:43 pm Post subject:

ecrabb · Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:48 pm Post subject:

garyfritz · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 12088 Location: Fort Collins, CO

Glad I'm not the only one who thinks spongebob is a waste of electrons. I used to forbid it in the house, but I eventually watched a few episodes and decided it was just stupid as opposed to unredeemably nasty, and relented. I don't know what it is about that show that attracts kids, but it seems nearly universal. I guess it's the tweener version of Barney...

Brian Hampton · Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Posts: 1173

I just changed my plan from 3 at a time to 2 at a time.

I was planning to do that anyway but now I don't have to save any money,... thanks Netflix.

I was thinking of just dropping the Blu Ray option but my Que has nothing but Blu Rays in it. It's about all I watch these days.

=Brian

Clarence · Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:55 pm Post subject:

I'm just disgusted to see spongebob as the top US earner on the cover of Parade's "What People Earn" issue...

http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2005/03/12/SpongeBob_SquarePants_top_US_earner/UPI-10261110640704/

SpongeBob makes $1.5 Billion per year

greg_mitch · Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 5320

I LOVE spongebob! You guys are old!!

Wink

Damn netflix is making me mad again! I need to check out our local family video and the local blockbuster instore deals.

greg_mitch · Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 5320

HA! Mine is only going up to $2 instead of $1 but I only get 1 at a time. Nothing to freak out about yet, but I am still going to check local rentals. We aren't using the streaming netflix as often as we were right when we signed up. Need something integrated into Vista Media Center to make it more seamless.