Can brain damaged Canadians design electronics?
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From: D Yuniskis on 14 Apr 2010 20:33 Hi Michael, Michael A. Terrell wrote: > D Yuniskis wrote: >> I don't watch "TV" (CATV or broadcast) so I'm at the mercy of >> whatever I stumble across... :> > > I have less than 20 channels, mostly local network and independants. Ha! I think we may have *4*? :> > Mostly for the news & weather reports, but I mave it on some eveinings > for an hour or two while at the computer. I listen, more than watch. I bring home DVDs from the library and set them playing while I work. As you, I listen more than watch -- unless something sounds particularly interesting. OTOH, things like SOAP make it very hard for me to get any work done (so I rarely drag it out!) as I can too easily key in on a scene that I know to have been funny, etc. The Lost Room was one of those that "annoyed me" by distracting me too much while I was trying to work ;-) Many others (e.g., The 4400) I just wanted to get *through* and be done with (so *cursed* the fact that there were so many episodes). Another "unavoidable distractor" is Road Runner cartoons. Brought some home a few weeks ago and spent the evening laughing out loud. (sigh) I feel sorry for today's kids as what they have to watch looks like total drivel. (I plan on bringing several RR episodes with me on my next visit home to turn my niece and nephew on to this. And *quiz* them as to what they *think* will "happen next" -- and watch their reactions when they are surprised by the defiance of logic that ensues)
From: Michael A. Terrell on 14 Apr 2010 22:39 "krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" wrote: > > On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:20:22 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" > <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > >AZ Nomad wrote: > >> > >> On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:57:46 -0400, Michael A. Terrell <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >> > >> >Can someone who left their brain outside on too many sub zero nights > >> >still function well enough to design electronics, or are they doomed to > >> >drool and post nonsense till they die? > >> > >> What an idiotic post. > > > > > > Sounds like you miss Canada. > > No, he sounds like Miss Canada. I wonder if he can hold up the strapless dress for the contest? -- Lead free solder is Belgium's version of 'Hold my beer and watch this!'
From: Michael A. Terrell on 14 Apr 2010 22:43 D Yuniskis wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > Michael A. Terrell wrote: > > D Yuniskis wrote: > >> I don't watch "TV" (CATV or broadcast) so I'm at the mercy of > >> whatever I stumble across... :> > > > > I have less than 20 channels, mostly local network and independants. > > Ha! I think we may have *4*? :> > > > Mostly for the news & weather reports, but I mave it on some eveinings > > for an hour or two while at the computer. I listen, more than watch. > > I bring home DVDs from the library and set them playing while I > work. As you, I listen more than watch -- unless something > sounds particularly interesting. > > OTOH, things like SOAP make it very hard for me to get any > work done (so I rarely drag it out!) as I can too easily key > in on a scene that I know to have been funny, etc. > > The Lost Room was one of those that "annoyed me" by distracting > me too much while I was trying to work ;-) > > Many others (e.g., The 4400) I just wanted to get *through* > and be done with (so *cursed* the fact that there were so many > episodes). > > Another "unavoidable distractor" is Road Runner cartoons. > Brought some home a few weeks ago and spent the evening > laughing out loud. Did you ever see the 'Road Runner Movie'? They took the classic chase seens from lots of Road Runner cartoons and splced them together with new footage. > (sigh) I feel sorry for today's kids as what they have to > watch looks like total drivel. (I plan on bringing several > RR episodes with me on my next visit home to turn my niece > and nephew on to this. And *quiz* them as to what they *think* > will "happen next" -- and watch their reactions when they > are surprised by the defiance of logic that ensues) Give them a real treat and show them all the 'Three Stooges' shorts. :) -- Lead free solder is Belgium's version of 'Hold my beer and watch this!'
From: D Yuniskis on 15 Apr 2010 14:29 Hi Michael, Michael A. Terrell wrote: >> Another "unavoidable distractor" is Road Runner cartoons. >> Brought some home a few weeks ago and spent the evening >> laughing out loud. > > Did you ever see the 'Road Runner Movie'? They took the classic > chase seens from lots of Road Runner cartoons and splced them together > with new footage. Ah, no, I don't think so. I have been searching for a particular episode, though, which is basically *one* long "Coyote on his way to the inevitable SPLAT". Not quite as funny as some of the episodes full of "shorts" (I particularly enjoy the catapult scenes), but good because you never are quite sure when the end (and The End) will come. >> (sigh) I feel sorry for today's kids as what they have to >> watch looks like total drivel. (I plan on bringing several >> RR episodes with me on my next visit home to turn my niece >> and nephew on to this. And *quiz* them as to what they *think* >> will "happen next" -- and watch their reactions when they >> are surprised by the defiance of logic that ensues) > > Give them a real treat and show them all the 'Three Stooges' shorts. > :) Yeah, but there;s no real thinking involved, there. RR was good because it got you expecting one thing -- then twisted the rules of the universe and came up with something *different* (e.g., when a mountain falls away instead of the cliff that "broke off" from it). Hopefully, forces (encourages) them to think, "OK, so *that's* how the coyote got screwed. *Could* that be possible? Why not?" (i.e., encourage thinking outside the box instead of the conformal thinking that the cartoon spoofs) Besides, after a while, face slapping and eye poking gets to be pretty "old". :-/
From: legg on 15 Apr 2010 18:22
On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:57:46 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >Can someone who left their brain outside on too many sub zero nights >still function well enough to design electronics, or are they doomed to >drool and post nonsense till they die? Has heat brought on a stroke? RL |