Norm's new season

I get it on PBS also but I don't miss one. I have no idea where the feed
comes from but I get it by satilite. Screw the locals.

"leonard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> here in Baltimore/Washington they be begging for weeks also. no shows at
all
>
>
> len
>
>

WHYY in Philadelphia has been begging for three weeks also. IIRC WHYY
also has the highest paid executive director for a PBS station.
Connection here?

Lew Hodgett wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
>
> > As Norm's new season is heading into it's final shows (only 3 remain on
> > my local channel), curious to know what the general consensus is about
> > what people thought of it.
>
> Consider yourself lucky.
>
> Here in SoCal, KOCE is much too busy begging to have time to show NYW.
>
> May have seen 2-3 episodes of this years series.
>
>
> Lew

Joe Tylicki wrote:
> Can you tell me more about the shed? I'll be building a 240 ft2 garage this

Joe: more info can be found at the New Yankee website,but
what would you like to know? I can't remember the dimensions, but
I think it was either 8 x 10 or 10 x 12. He used MDO for the sides,
and vinyl (yes VINYL) moldings and corner boards.

MJ Wallace

"PVC (yes, PVC)."

Extruded PVC, yes. I've been looking for that stuff for a while now.
I'd like to know how it would be for jigs etc. I've written the show
asking for vendor contacts but no luck so far.

Thanks guys, I don't think that episode will help me much. Mine has to
pretty much match my house to pass muster in this subdivision.



"LRod" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 19 Mar 2006 22:46:47 -0800, [email protected] wrote:
>
>>
>>Joe Tylicki wrote:
>>> Can you tell me more about the shed? I'll be building a 240 ft2 garage
>>> this
>>
>>Joe: more info can be found at the New Yankee website,but
>>what would you like to know? I can't remember the dimensions, but
>>I think it was either 8 x 10 or 10 x 12.
>
> 8'x12'.
>
>>He used MDO for the sides,
>>and vinyl (yes VINYL) moldings and corner boards.
>
> PVC (yes, PVC).
>
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Mark & Juanita wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 02:23:50 GMT, "CW" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>I get it. Direct TV. Had it with Primestar before Direct bought them.
>>
>
>
> Thanks for that tidbit -- I'll have to look for it. What channel is it on
> DTV?
>
>
>
>
>>"Mark & Juanita" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>
>>>On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:52:28 GMT, "CW" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I get it on PBS also but I don't miss one. I have no idea where the feed
>>>>comes from but I get it by satilite. Screw the locals.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thought they had shut that down? IIRC, several years ago, the local PBS
>>>stations were up in arms demanding that PBS satellite feeds be stopped
>>>because it was impacting their local ratings. (Gosh, wonder why that might
>>>be?)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>"leonard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>>news:[email protected]...
>>>>
>>>>>here in Baltimore/Washington they be begging for weeks also. no shows
>>
>>at
>>
>>>>all
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>len
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> If you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough
>>>
>>>
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PBS channel 249. I have had it for years but you have to subscribe as
an add-on. I think it costs $1.00 or $1.50 per month.

"leonard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> here in Baltimore/Washington they be begging for weeks also. no shows at
> all
>
>
> len
>
Begging here in North Texas as well. In fact, the begging has gone on for
at least two weeks. I might prefer ads to the infernal begging.
Jim

Ya, me too. Over the past month when I've gone to watch Roy Underhill or
Norm, all I get is some cook's marathon and begging for dollars. don't know
how they expect to raise dollars by ticking off their viewers by pulling
garbage like that.

God how I hate PBS for that. I would much rather have commercials.
Besides, when Norm is "brought to you by" Porter Cable, Delta, Minwax, and a
hardwood floor, I think they've got it both ways.

Brian


"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> [email protected] wrote:
>
> > As Norm's new season is heading into it's final shows (only 3 remain on
> > my local channel), curious to know what the general consensus is about
> > what people thought of it.
>
> Consider yourself lucky.
>
> Here in SoCal, KOCE is much too busy begging to have time to show NYW.
>
> May have seen 2-3 episodes of this years series.
>
>
> Lew

<<Think of us poor mites in the UK! I think we're stuck on repeats from the
90s!!! (just saw coffee table made from recycled pallet bits)>>

I have the same problem on this side of the pond with Time Team. These
days, they're not even showing them but the last one I saw was from 2001 or
maybe 2002.

Lee
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<<I don't understand why there aren't any Brit shows in America. It seems
like half the woodworking books I buy are by Brits. BBC America is a
standard fare cable channel in America. Norm, David and Roy have proved
that woodworking can attract an audience.>>

When was the last time they showed Mark Evans building a new vehicle? He
must have done something more recent than the motorcycles but I haven't
seen anything lately.

And there's a new (to us) show with Handy Andy leading a crew of bickering
carpenters which promises to "Increase Your House Price by Ten Grand."
How's that for an unwieldy show title? The show basically sucks because
they seem to focus more on the personality clashes among the tradesmen
rather than on the work they are doing. Its one saving grace is the young
blonde painter has purchased herself a rather impressive pair of accessories
which she seems quite anxious to show off at every opportunity.

And the "woodworking" on shows like House Invaders makes Norm look like
Thomas Chippendale.

Lee

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In many ways, I prefer the episodes you're getting. He's been on for 16 or
17 seasons and I really think they're running out of ideas. Now, they seem
to be focused on what he needs to finish off his house - his home renovation
projects are becoming NYW projects - virtually 100% stuff that I will never
need to make. That said, the technique is always worth watching.

I would love to see some of the stuff from seasons 1-10 again. For some
reason, the idea of NYW "Classics" has never come to Russ Morash. I would
love to buy a DVD collection of those older shows (COLLECTION - not some $30
per episode nonsense).


Brian

"Andy Jeffries" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 05:39:21 +0000, Lew Hodgett wrote:
>> > As Norm's new season is heading into it's final shows (only 3 remain
>> on
>> > my local channel), curious to know what the general consensus is about
>> > what people thought of it.
>>
>> Consider yourself lucky.
>>
>> Here in SoCal, KOCE is much too busy begging to have time to show NYW.
>>
>> May have seen 2-3 episodes of this years series.
>
> Think of us poor mites in the UK! I think we're stuck on repeats from the
> 90s!!! (just saw coffee table made from recycled pallet bits)
>
> If only someone would encode them and bung them up on the newsgroups.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Andy
>
>
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I get it. Direct TV. Had it with Primestar before Direct bought them.

"Mark & Juanita" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:52:28 GMT, "CW" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >I get it on PBS also but I don't miss one. I have no idea where the feed
> >comes from but I get it by satilite. Screw the locals.
> >
>
> Thought they had shut that down? IIRC, several years ago, the local PBS
> stations were up in arms demanding that PBS satellite feeds be stopped
> because it was impacting their local ratings. (Gosh, wonder why that might
> be?)
>
>
>
> >"leonard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]...
> >> here in Baltimore/Washington they be begging for weeks also. no shows
at
> >all
> >>
> >>
> >> len
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
>
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>
> If you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough
>
>
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Can you tell me more about the shed? I'll be building a 240 ft2 garage this
summer (having a pro pour the slab, but will try to do everything else)
which I am attempting to match the house as much as possible. I plan on
ordering premade trusses and already have a reasonable quote.


<<<<I thought the shed, the shop aids and the new storage shed
> were the highlights. >>>>

<<Begging here in North Texas as well. In fact, the begging has gone on for
at least two weeks. I might prefer ads to the infernal begging.>>

It just got worse here in CT. Usually they beg during prime time but late
at night (after the stations sign off the air) they feed the normal PBS
programming to the cable company so despite the fact that locally This Old
House is still wrapping up the Cambridge project during it's normal time
slot -- whenever they finally get back to showing it in its regular
timeslot -- I have been following the Washington DC project in proper
sequence by watching at 1 AM. Last night they blew that all to hell because
both local PBS stations ran their fundraising crap late into the night. We
had some guy yapping about finances on the CT station and Wayne Dyer
blathering about whatever BS he specializes in on the MA station.

I'm sure that next Thursday, if they are not still running the begging, when
I tune in at 1 AM they will have skipped this week's episode and moved on to
the next one. It will probably be about 3 months before I can catch it
during some rare non-begging time.

Lee

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here in Baltimore/Washington they be begging for weeks also. no shows at all


len

[email protected] wrote:

> As Norm's new season is heading into it's final shows (only 3 remain on
> my local channel), curious to know what the general consensus is about
> what people thought of it.

Consider yourself lucky.

Here in SoCal, KOCE is much too busy begging to have time to show NYW.

May have seen 2-3 episodes of this years series.


Lew

Amused wrote:
> "Lee Gordon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> <<Think of us poor mites in the UK! I think we're stuck on repeats from
>> the
>> 90s!!! (just saw coffee table made from recycled pallet bits)>>
>>
>> I have the same problem on this side of the pond with Time Team. These
>> days, they're not even showing them but the last one I saw was from 2001
>> or maybe 2002.
>>
> I don't understand why there aren't any Brit shows in America. It seems
> like half the woodworking books I buy are by Brits. BBC America is a
> standard fare cable channel in America. Norm, David and Roy have proved
> that woodworking can attract an audience.
>
> Is anyone listening???

I don't know. Are you telling them what you told us?

-jav

On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 02:23:50 GMT, "CW" <[email protected]> wrote:

>I get it. Direct TV. Had it with Primestar before Direct bought them.
>

Thanks for that tidbit -- I'll have to look for it. What channel is it on
DTV?



>"Mark & Juanita" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:52:28 GMT, "CW" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >I get it on PBS also but I don't miss one. I have no idea where the feed
>> >comes from but I get it by satilite. Screw the locals.
>> >
>>
>> Thought they had shut that down? IIRC, several years ago, the local PBS
>> stations were up in arms demanding that PBS satellite feeds be stopped
>> because it was impacting their local ratings. (Gosh, wonder why that might
>> be?)
>>
>>
>>
>> >"leonard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> >news:[email protected]...
>> >> here in Baltimore/Washington they be begging for weeks also. no shows
>at
>> >all
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> len
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>-----+
>>
>> If you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough
>>
>>
>+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>-----+
>


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"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> [email protected] wrote:
>
> > As Norm's new season is heading into it's final shows (only 3 remain on
> > my local channel), curious to know what the general consensus is about
> > what people thought of it.
>
> Consider yourself lucky.
>
> Here in SoCal, KOCE is much too busy begging to have time to show NYW.
>
> May have seen 2-3 episodes of this years series.

You will have 2 or 3 more opportunities to see the repeats before next
season. :~)

On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 03:44:38 -0600, Ole <[email protected]> wrote:

>Mark & Juanita wrote:
>> On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 02:23:50 GMT, "CW" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I get it. Direct TV. Had it with Primestar before Direct bought them.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for that tidbit -- I'll have to look for it. What channel is it on
>> DTV?
... snip
>PBS channel 249. I have had it for years but you have to subscribe as
>an add-on. I think it costs $1.00 or $1.50 per month.

Thanks; I went to look for it, but that's Comedy Central on my Direct TV.
I did find PBSE on a higher channel (in the 400's I think), but it's not
active. I wouldn't watch it enough for the additional cost.



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Well, not being a big TV watcher, I never knew the details. I just told the
wife to get it on the TiVo. Turns out, it is a local PBS station but comes
over the satalite. She says the have been doing their fundraisers but not at
that time.

"Mark & Juanita" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 02:23:50 GMT, "CW" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >I get it. Direct TV. Had it with Primestar before Direct bought them.
> >
>
> Thanks for that tidbit -- I'll have to look for it. What channel is it
on
> DTV?
>
>

On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:14:36 GMT, "Leon" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> [email protected] wrote:
>>
>> > As Norm's new season is heading into it's final shows (only 3 remain on
>> > my local channel), curious to know what the general consensus is about
>> > what people thought of it.
>>
>> Consider yourself lucky.
>>
>> Here in SoCal, KOCE is much too busy begging to have time to show NYW.
>>
>> May have seen 2-3 episodes of this years series.
>
>You will have 2 or 3 more opportunities to see the repeats before next
>season. :~)
>

The way the bega-thons go, he'll probably get to see the same 2-3
episodes repeated. :-(



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On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:52:28 GMT, "CW" <[email protected]> wrote:

>I get it on PBS also but I don't miss one. I have no idea where the feed
>comes from but I get it by satilite. Screw the locals.
>

Thought they had shut that down? IIRC, several years ago, the local PBS
stations were up in arms demanding that PBS satellite feeds be stopped
because it was impacting their local ratings. (Gosh, wonder why that might
be?)



>"leonard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> here in Baltimore/Washington they be begging for weeks also. no shows at
>all
>>
>>
>> len
>>
>>
>


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"Lee Gordon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> <<Think of us poor mites in the UK! I think we're stuck on repeats from
> the
> 90s!!! (just saw coffee table made from recycled pallet bits)>>
>
> I have the same problem on this side of the pond with Time Team. These
> days, they're not even showing them but the last one I saw was from 2001
> or maybe 2002.
>
I don't understand why there aren't any Brit shows in America. It seems
like half the woodworking books I buy are by Brits. BBC America is a
standard fare cable channel in America. Norm, David and Roy have proved
that woodworking can attract an audience.

Is anyone listening???

On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 05:39:21 +0000, Lew Hodgett wrote:
> > As Norm's new season is heading into it's final shows (only 3 remain on
> > my local channel), curious to know what the general consensus is about
> > what people thought of it.
>
> Consider yourself lucky.
>
> Here in SoCal, KOCE is much too busy begging to have time to show NYW.
>
> May have seen 2-3 episodes of this years series.

Think of us poor mites in the UK! I think we're stuck on repeats from the
90s!!! (just saw coffee table made from recycled pallet bits)

If only someone would encode them and bung them up on the newsgroups.

Cheers,


Andy


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On 19 Mar 2006 22:46:47 -0800, [email protected] wrote:

>
>Joe Tylicki wrote:
>> Can you tell me more about the shed? I'll be building a 240 ft2 garage this
>
>Joe: more info can be found at the New Yankee website,but
>what would you like to know? I can't remember the dimensions, but
>I think it was either 8 x 10 or 10 x 12.

8'x12'.

>He used MDO for the sides,
>and vinyl (yes VINYL) moldings and corner boards.

PVC (yes, PVC).

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Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999

http://www.woodbutcher.net

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