It's the eve of Christmas Eve, so Christmas Eve to all. Be safe.

On Wed, 23 Dec 2020 18:49:21 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>It's the eve of Christmas Eve, so Christmas Eve to all.

Que?

Master Bruce wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Dec 2020 18:49:21 -0500, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> It's the eve of Christmas Eve, so Christmas Eve to all.
>
> Que?
>

Qué!

Dave Smith wrote:
> It's the eve of Christmas Eve, so Christmas Eve to all. Be safe.

ditto!


songbird

On Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at 7:29:15 PM UTC-6, songbird wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
> > It's the eve of Christmas Eve, so Christmas Eve to all. Be safe.
> ditto!
>
Why is Christmas *merry*, and all the other holidays, *happy*? WTF
is up with that? Can we have a *jubilant* Groundhog Day?
>
> songbird

--Bryan

On Wed, 23 Dec 2020 17:33:46 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
> wrote:

>On Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at 7:29:15 PM UTC-6, songbird wrote:
>> Dave Smith wrote:
>> > It's the eve of Christmas Eve, so Christmas Eve to all. Be safe.
>> ditto!
>>
>Why is Christmas *merry*, and all the other holidays, *happy*? WTF
>is up with that? Can we have a *jubilant* Groundhog Day?

I hate when Australians start wishing each other Merry Christmas late
October. One week in advance, max. Or better yet: not at all!

I just spoke to our neighbour and she didn't wish me Merry Christmas
and neither did I. We're so cool.

On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 12:40:08 +1100, Master Bruce wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Dec 2020 17:33:46 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
> > wrote:
>
>>On Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at 7:29:15 PM UTC-6, songbird wrote:
>>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>> > It's the eve of Christmas Eve, so Christmas Eve to all. Be safe.
>>> ditto!
>>>
>>Why is Christmas *merry*, and all the other holidays, *happy*? WTF
>>is up with that? Can we have a *jubilant* Groundhog Day?
>
> I hate when Australians start wishing each other Merry Christmas late
> October. One week in advance, max. Or better yet: not at all!
>
> I just spoke to our neighbour and she didn't wish me Merry Christmas
> and neither did I. We're so cool.

When I worked in Perth, the coffee lady told me that she always started
getting the xmas spirit when the temperature started to go up!!!
I remember walking past shops when the temperature was in the high 30s
Celsius hearing "In the deep midwinter" blasting from their loudspeakers.

On Wed, 23 Dec 2020 18:49:53 -0700, Graham > wrote:

>On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 12:40:08 +1100, Master Bruce wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 23 Dec 2020 17:33:46 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>On Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at 7:29:15 PM UTC-6, songbird wrote:
>>>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> > It's the eve of Christmas Eve, so Christmas Eve to all. Be safe.
>>>> ditto!
>>>>
>>>Why is Christmas *merry*, and all the other holidays, *happy*? WTF
>>>is up with that? Can we have a *jubilant* Groundhog Day?
>>
>> I hate when Australians start wishing each other Merry Christmas late
>> October. One week in advance, max. Or better yet: not at all!
>>
>> I just spoke to our neighbour and she didn't wish me Merry Christmas
>> and neither did I. We're so cool.
>
>When I worked in Perth, the coffee lady told me that she always started
>getting the xmas spirit when the temperature started to go up!!!
>I remember walking past shops when the temperature was in the high 30s
>Celsius hearing "In the deep midwinter" blasting from their loudspeakers.

Yes

It's a cool Christmas this year, here. Only 27C/80F.

Bryan Simmons wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at 7:29:15 PM UTC-6, songbird wrote:
>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>> It's the eve of Christmas Eve, so Christmas Eve to all. Be safe.
>> ditto!
>>
> Why is Christmas *merry*, and all the other holidays, *happy*? WTF
> is up with that? Can we have a *jubilant* Groundhog Day?
>>
>> songbird
>
> --Bryan
>

In olden times, merry was another word for drunken.

Making merry = getting drunk.

On 2020-12-23 8:33 p.m., Bryan Simmons wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at 7:29:15 PM UTC-6, songbird wrote:
>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>> It's the eve of Christmas Eve, so Christmas Eve to all. Be safe.
>> ditto!
>>
> Why is Christmas *merry*, and all the other holidays, *happy*? WTF
> is up with that? Can we have a *jubilant* Groundhog Day?
>

I could gopher that.

On 12/23/2020 10:00 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2020-12-23 8:33 p.m., Bryan Simmons wrote:
>> On Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at 7:29:15 PM UTC-6, songbird wrote:
>>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> It's the eve of Christmas Eve, so Christmas Eve to all. Be safe.
>>> ditto!
>>>
>> Why is Christmas *merry*, and all the other holidays, *happy*? WTF
>> is up with that? Can we have a *jubilant* Groundhog Day?
>>
>
> I could gopher that.


I always say, "Happy Christmas." It's a tribute to my all-time favorite
musician, John Lennon.

From his song of the same name.

Dave Smith wrote:

> It's the eve of Christmas Eve, so Christmas Eve to all. Be safe.

Thanks! Ours is kicking off with a new TV. The old one had been flaky
for a few years and finally gave out last night.

Off to BJ's this morning to get a new one. Living room TV is fine,
this one is for the family room.

On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 07:37:39 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:

>Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> It's the eve of Christmas Eve, so Christmas Eve to all. Be safe.
>
>Thanks! Ours is kicking off with a new TV. The old one had been flaky
>for a few years and finally gave out last night.
>
>Off to BJ's this morning to get a new one. Living room TV is fine,
>this one is for the family room.

Normally people get a TV with a larger screen for a larger room.
Nowadays people are cheapskates and buy a TV too small for the room...
then they need to rearrange their furniture so they can sit closer.
There are web sites with formulas for what size TV to get for
different size rooms and viewing distance.

On 12/24/2020 1:15 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 07:37:39 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>> It's the eve of Christmas Eve, so Christmas Eve to all. Be safe.
>>
>> Thanks! Ours is kicking off with a new TV. The old one had been flaky
>> for a few years and finally gave out last night.
>>
>> Off to BJ's this morning to get a new one. Living room TV is fine,
>> this one is for the family room.
>
> Normally people get a TV with a larger screen for a larger room.
> Nowadays people are cheapskates and buy a TV too small for the room...
> then they need to rearrange their furniture so they can sit closer.
> There are web sites with formulas for what size TV to get for
> different size rooms and viewing distance.
>

No excuses now. Prices for even very big ones are very reasonable now.
My living room is 55" but if it dies, new one will be 65".

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 12/24/2020 1:15 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>> On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 07:37:39 -0600, "cshenk" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>> It's the* eve of Christmas Eve, so Christmas Eve to all. Be safe.
>>>
>>> Thanks!* Ours is kicking off with a new TV.* The old one had
>>> been flaky
>>> for a few years and finally gave out last night.
>>>
>>> Off to BJ's this morning to get a new one.* Living room TV is fine,
>>> this one is for the family room.
>>
>> Normally people get a TV with a larger screen for a larger room.
>> Nowadays people are cheapskates and buy a TV too small for the
>> room...
>> then they need to rearrange their furniture so they can sit closer.
>> There are web sites with formulas for what size TV to get for
>> different size rooms and viewing distance.
>>
>
> No excuses now.* Prices for even very big ones are very reasonable
> now. *My living room is 55" but if it dies, new one will be 65".

But Popeye's will still be bigger (and better).

On 2020-12-24 1:30 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
is one is for the family room.
>>
>> Normally people get a TV with a larger screen for a larger room.
>> Nowadays people are cheapskates and buy a TV too small for the room...
>> then they need to rearrange their furniture so they can sit closer.
>> There are web sites with formulas for what size TV to get for
>> different size rooms and viewing distance.
>>
>
> No excuses now.Â* Prices for even very big ones are very reasonable now.
> Â*My living room is 55" but if it dies, new one will be 65".

Back when this pandemic started I bought a new TV for our TV room and
moved the old (45") to the family room. I had bought the 45" 10 years
ago and with taxes it was just under $1,000... many thanks to the
extended health/home care insurance benefit it got. I was looking at the
newer ones and could get a much bigger one in the same price range.
Then the salesman told me about the sale on an Insignia 55" smart TV
for $479. We are very happy with it. We don't have any secondary sound
system or auxiliary speakers, but you would swear there are extra stereo
speakers.

On 2020-12-24 1:15 p.m., Sheldon Martin wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 07:37:39 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>> It's the eve of Christmas Eve, so Christmas Eve to all. Be safe.
>>
>> Thanks! Ours is kicking off with a new TV. The old one had been flaky
>> for a few years and finally gave out last night.
>>
>> Off to BJ's this morning to get a new one. Living room TV is fine,
>> this one is for the family room.
>
> Normally people get a TV with a larger screen for a larger room.
> Nowadays people are cheapskates and buy a TV too small for the room...
> then they need to rearrange their furniture so they can sit closer.
> There are web sites with formulas for what size TV to get for
> different size rooms and viewing distance.
>


Maybe it has more to do with some people not wanting to make the
television the major item in a room. My wife grew up without a
television, and it certainly was not a matter of money. Her father
thought TV was a waste of time. We had a TV in the living room when we
were newly wed and living in apartments and had nowhere else to put it.
We had our only TV in a room upstairs. Somewhere along the line we got
a second one and put it in the family room. The room could easily
handle a 55" or bigger, but this 44 is more than adequate for our needs.

On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 14:50:52 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:

> On 2020-12-24 1:15 p.m., Sheldon Martin wrote:
>> On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 07:37:39 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:
>>
>>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>> It's the eve of Christmas Eve, so Christmas Eve to all. Be safe.
>>>
>>> Thanks! Ours is kicking off with a new TV. The old one had been flaky
>>> for a few years and finally gave out last night.
>>>
>>> Off to BJ's this morning to get a new one. Living room TV is fine,
>>> this one is for the family room.
>>
>> Normally people get a TV with a larger screen for a larger room.
>> Nowadays people are cheapskates and buy a TV too small for the room...
>> then they need to rearrange their furniture so they can sit closer.
>> There are web sites with formulas for what size TV to get for
>> different size rooms and viewing distance.
>>
>
>
> Maybe it has more to do with some people not wanting to make the
> television the major item in a room. My wife grew up without a
> television, and it certainly was not a matter of money. Her father
> thought TV was a waste of time. We had a TV in the living room when we
> were newly wed and living in apartments and had nowhere else to put it.
> We had our only TV in a room upstairs. Somewhere along the line we got
> a second one and put it in the family room. The room could easily
> handle a 55" or bigger, but this 44 is more than adequate for our needs.

Mine is a 27" CRT set. I've thought about getting a big flat screen model
but there's so much crap on that it's not really worthwhile. If I do
weaken, no charity will take it - they all want flat screen models.

On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 15:07:56 -0700, Graham > wrote:

>On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 14:50:52 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> Maybe it has more to do with some people not wanting to make the
>> television the major item in a room. My wife grew up without a
>> television, and it certainly was not a matter of money. Her father
>> thought TV was a waste of time. We had a TV in the living room when we
>> were newly wed and living in apartments and had nowhere else to put it.
>> We had our only TV in a room upstairs. Somewhere along the line we got
>> a second one and put it in the family room. The room could easily
>> handle a 55" or bigger, but this 44 is more than adequate for our needs.
>
>Mine is a 27" CRT set. I've thought about getting a big flat screen model
>but there's so much crap on that it's not really worthwhile. If I do
>weaken, no charity will take it - they all want flat screen models.

There's lots of good stuff you can watch, whatever your taste is. But
what you shouldn't do, is sit in front of the TV and watch whatever
happens to be on. That's torture.

On 12/24/2020 5:07 PM, Graham wrote:

>
> Mine is a 27" CRT set. I've thought about getting a big flat screen model
> but there's so much crap on that it's not really worthwhile. If I do
> weaken, no charity will take it - they all want flat screen models.
>

I have a soundbar and speakers on mine. At night I will cast some
YouTube music videos to it. Hillary Hahn is easy on the eyes.

There are some really good shows on Smithsonian, History, Discovery if
you take time to sort through. I record to watch at my leisure.

Graham wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 14:50:52 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> On 2020-12-24 1:15 p.m., Sheldon Martin wrote:
>>> On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 07:37:39 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It's the eve of Christmas Eve, so Christmas Eve to all. Be safe.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks! Ours is kicking off with a new TV. The old one had been flaky
>>>> for a few years and finally gave out last night.
>>>>
>>>> Off to BJ's this morning to get a new one. Living room TV is fine,
>>>> this one is for the family room.
>>>
>>> Normally people get a TV with a larger screen for a larger room.
>>> Nowadays people are cheapskates and buy a TV too small for the room...
>>> then they need to rearrange their furniture so they can sit closer.
>>> There are web sites with formulas for what size TV to get for
>>> different size rooms and viewing distance.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Maybe it has more to do with some people not wanting to make the
>> television the major item in a room. My wife grew up without a
>> television, and it certainly was not a matter of money. Her father
>> thought TV was a waste of time. We had a TV in the living room when we
>> were newly wed and living in apartments and had nowhere else to put it.
>> We had our only TV in a room upstairs. Somewhere along the line we got
>> a second one and put it in the family room. The room could easily
>> handle a 55" or bigger, but this 44 is more than adequate for our needs.
>
> Mine is a 27" CRT set. I've thought about getting a big flat screen model
> but there's so much crap on that it's not really worthwhile. If I do
> weaken, no charity will take it - they all want flat screen models.
>

Boo Hoo


You canucks are really prissy ****s, but I'm used to your shrill
whining.

Until a few years ago, I only had a 25" TV. It had a crt Tube.

On 12/23/2020 6:49 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> It's theÂ* eve of Christmas Eve, so Christmas Eve to all. Be safe.

Same to you, Dave, and to everyone here.

Jill