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ACA have got a nerve running a story on landlords using hidden cameras to check if tenants are trashing their (the landlords) properties. Bloody hypocrites, they are the kings of the hidden camera, trying to catch people out. Journalism at its worst.
Trash TV is all they are
I stopped reading at ACA ;)
Kindergarten "journalism".
Yep, what he said. Stopped watching around 15 years ago.
They endlessly cycle between dodgy Landlords/tenants, dodgy tradies, hoon p platers, best dishwashing detergent (etc), the con man stealing ladies hearts and how to save $$$ on your shopping/bills/kids education. Did i miss any?
You pretty much summed it up mate.Quote:
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The rest of the show was devoted to to a Harvey Norman infomercial dressed up as techno info..
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I am always amused by all these people complaining about programs like ACA, seems to me they could easily avoid getting annoyed by not watching cr*p like that.
You forgot to mention how everything is giving us cancerQuote:
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Oh Yes, of course. Imagine what they're going to do with the recent WHO classification of bacon as carcinogenic
My days are so much happier since I started spending more time in the shed, reading some really good novels and only watching the good sporting coverage and some travel shows. Stopped watching all the news, current affairs and the rest of the drivel years ago.
Makes you a lot happier and far more positive.
Cheers, Fred
Wasn't watching it Fred, it was on in the background in the family room while I was cooking tea in the kitchen. One of the disadvantages of open plan houses. Just heard snippets, not the whole storyQuote:
Originally Posted by Big Shed
GJ. The only safe place is back in the shed with plenty of noisy activity.Quote:
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Calling it journalism is giving them too much credit.
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Off to Sheepyard Flat this morning for four days of 4wdriving. No phone reception, no TV reception,:hpydans:
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Half your luck, it'll be busy in the High Country as the tracks open this Melbourne Cup weekend. Enjoy.
We can't always control what we are exposed to. It may be on the TV at some venue (e.g. a pub) where we have no control.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Shed
For example, there are times when I visit the people next door and I might be exposed to the Bold and the Beautiful. In that case, at least the standard is so poor as to create a few laughs. I would also prefer not to be exposed to hideous bellowing radio adverts and DJs who think they are more important than the music, but that's not always possible. Again using next door as an example, they sometimes have the radio up plenty loud enough to penetrate my shed (I get far more volume than they do in the front of the house), but for me to complain about it would seem somewhat hypocritical, given that I make plenty of shed noise.
Actually, it's not too different to people dropping comments into a thread about how pointless the thread is - they could choose not to read it, or choose not to respond if they think it is such a waste of time.
Yes FF correct, but unfortunately moderators do not have the luxury of ignoring threads.:rolleyes:Quote:
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Agree that moderators need to look at threads to keep abreast of things, which is why the wording above was used.Quote:
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Agree with Dareen.
New York could be nuked and I'd only found out about it from the shouting of the neighbours.
For 2 full months now I've not seen a news article, watched the TV, listened to any radio* or seen ANY news on the internet. All those sites have been deleted from my bookmarks. Cancelled subscriptions to magazines (ALL of them) and eliminated any and ALL forms of paid "entertainment". All of it.
It created an O.C.D. fixation - facebook, internet news, email - aaaannnnnndddddd repeat....
I've created 5 more hours in the day. There are only 4 sites I now visit. Here, a futures monitoring site, a trading site and hangout for commodity/trading nutters. Thats it.
Im telling you, its amazing. Life is sweeter. The grass is greener. You hear the birds and you smell nature. Your senses come alive. It might sound like a nutter, but being a 100% internet dude for 20 years being saturated in marketing, media, advertising, hype and BS made me intensely cynical. Turning off has sharpened my senses and made me see the world.
Hit the Big Off Button and reclaim your lives. :)
Pure unadulterated reality!
Try it for 4 weeks. Just give it a go. What will you miss?
* ABC classic was on my good list until they started to interject news and other crap into the lineup. I now save 3 cents a day on electricity from having the radio off too!
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That is my situation too. I may own my own home, but this does not necessarily grant me any sovereign rights over the remote control :rolleyes:Quote:
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Me too....
You'll miss the ACA special on why 4wdriving is bad for your health :DQuote:
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The main reason that I have my ipod permanently hooked up to the car radio.Quote:
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While sitting around the campfire one night SWMBO happened to mention that she was missing The Block. She was loudly ridiculed by one of the women in our group, who eventually 'fessed up to watching Home And Away and was taping the shows she was missing. She was promptly awarded the "Black Kettle".
I find it interesting that some 'news' items on one of the popular channels relates to how contestants are going in one of their 'real tv' singalong or dancealong or whatever series
and the absolutely brilliant question outside a court 'why did you kill her?' or somesuch ... What?
It wasn't too bad Fred, the campsites were chockers Friday and Saturday but we pretty much had the tracks to ourselves. A lot of people went home Sunday as the weather wasn't the best.Quote:
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