I'd even use the Turkish toilet at Robert & Louise, one of his favorite restaurants.

logos999,

The slow speed "chase" in LA was a joke for sure. Have you seen "Do Not Disturb" with William Hurt racing through the streets of Amsterdam. Good action and background.

It looked so real and it was on Fox, you think everything on Fox is fake? Nah, that was a real report. :-) Took about 30 min.
Didn't see "Do not disturb". Should I rent the DVD?

Maybe we are talking about different LA chases. There is only one "slow chase" that I am aware of. Citizens were standing on overpasses cheering for the criminal as if he was running for a touchdown.

If you like Amsterdam rent it. You'll like the scenery.

>Citizens were standing on overpasses cheering for the criminal as if he was running for a touchdown
That was it :-)

Time Warner took away the Travel Channel in my area about a year ago. I called and complained. I doubt they care. When they took over Adelphia they said nothing would change. They also took away the Home Shopping Network. I want to keep cable, but Time Warner has a monopoly here.

Jonespacelink was bought by Adelphia and Adelphia was bought by Time Warner. I hope someone comes along and buys out Time Warner.

To top it off, they've called me a few times trying to get me to switch to their internet service. I give them a piece of my mind every time.

luvtotravel, I'm also in a former Adelphia area so perhaps that is the common thread.

I am obviously looking at the TC at the wrong times; all I ever see showing is haunted places, poker or Las Vegas. Boring, so I never watch them, ciao TC.

Clea

I am not a troll. I love to travel and whenever I turned it on the 10 Best roller coasters, 10 best this or that, reducing the world to a list. I guess I missed the show on Istanbul. I just found the Station disappointing.

Aduchamps1: I would postulate that the last time you tuned into the Travel Channel was about 2 years ago, when it was much as you have described. It has totally refocused itself on (mostly) travel, and NOT to pedestrian places.

I suggest you check it out before you continue with the blanket condemnations. It may not be your cup of tea, but it's been a long time since it's been all about theme parks and poker.

Have Directv installed...they'll do it for free, in up to 4 or 5 rooms. It's head & shoulders above cable, both in quality and programming.

Local channels are now available in most markets, and that includes Public TV stations.

Storm outages are rare and very brief...usually only a few seconds. And it has to be a killer storm to even affect it. If you're having longer outages, your dish isn't pointed properly.

I've had my satellite for about 2 months, and haven't had any outages - maybe once for about 5 minutes. And I live in Miami where we have rain and/or storms most summer afternoons.

Comcast took over from Adelphia and gets constant complaints. What FINALLY got me to switch to satellite was when they switched HBO to a higher channel which required the box. I repeat, satellite is terrific.

> rain and/or storms
Possible reasons for outages are.
- Misaligned (both the dish and the LNB at the dish have to be proplerly aligned
- Dish is to small for the area (A "footprint" with the needed sized is published by the satellite company.
- LNB (LNC) outdoor unit old (high noise level)
- trees (leaves) or other obstacles in the line of sight
- Since most channels went "digital", misalignments due to improper installation are harder to spot for the customer, picture degradation isn't gradually anymore, but it's either on or off.
- Clouds weaken the signal this has to be compensated (bigger dish, better LNB)
- Sun transit outage in spring/autumn (You'll lose the signal for about half an hour twice a year when the sun is "behind" the satellite.
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