I'm probably the only one still alive who recalls that, with the advent
of television, we were cautioned that the day would come when we'd have to
"pay for view." However, we were also told that there would be no
interruptions for commercials because our payments would finance the TV industry.
Instead, we are now paying to watch anything above the level of reruns and
we are also paying for the service. What really irks me is thaf for each hour
of viewing, 20 minutes are devoted to advertisements - I've counted the number
of commercials and the minutes they consume within the hour. It's due cause
for resentment to have to pay to watch advertisements!
Good O' Geezer Mollie, El Paso, TX
Geezer Mollie is not the only one alive who remembers television
when television was an evenings adventure in real entertainment. Our first
set was bought back in 1950 and was a "large" 14 inch B&W Admiral
console. But I too have watched TV slowely descend into a very high priced
moving picture shoppers guide. But along with all the gripes that Mollie brought
forth, the salt in the wound now is that my fairly big 36 inch TV is shrunk
down in size at least four inches from the bottom due to assinine scrolling,
pop-up notices, and other garbage. Of course when the president or some other
notable speaks, we the public are too damned stupid to know who this is so
the networks decide that we don't have the brains to know who this is by ourselves!
So they give us a scroll telling us who and what they are saying, etc. Then
when our networks decide that we should all watch these wide angle formatted
images, my screen now shrinks down another four inches from the top. .................
I might add, I am 76 years old now and I don't watch TV much at all anymore.
-- Geezer Grandpa Bill, Waukesha, WI
When I got on the No call list I thought it would be a good
thing- Well noooooo such luck. I get calls from all the telemarketers still
but anyone who tells me I'll call you right back never seems to be able to
get ahold of me until three days later if at all. Go Figure!
Good Ol' Geezer Pamela, Merrimack, NH
#1 - When driving my car, I find it impossible to go fast enough
for the guy behind me. 9 times out of 10, I pull over and let the a. .hole
go by.
#2 - Anytime there is a problem with my cable TV, internet service or telephone
(I have cable telephone), I end up in India with someone I can barely understand.
I must add that they are very polite, try to be helpful and fix the problem
. . . . but are usually impossible to understand and I end up hanging up,
still with the problem, and trying again thru the interminable process of
pushing various buttons and listening to musak while I wait, wait, wait for
yet another person I can't understand.