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Old Apr 14, 2009 | 08:24 PM
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What irks me is the idiots who have watched the "Fast and Furious" movies and now believe they are world's most educated mechanic.

There's one kid at my school who thinks he is going to rebuild a 60s Mustang from the ground up.

He can't even explain the basics of an internal combustion engine and he doesn't even have a 1/2" drive ratchet set.

I was talking to someone about a diesel we couldn't get started. He must have been listening because he told me I should check the spark plugs...
 
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Old Apr 14, 2009 | 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by 7.3 Rocket
What irks me is the idiots who have watched the "Fast and Furious" movies and now believe they are world's most educated mechanic.

There's one kid at my school who thinks he is going to rebuild a 60s Mustang from the ground up.

He can't even explain the basics of an internal combustion engine and he doesn't even have a 1/2" drive ratchet set.

I was talking to someone about a diesel we couldn't get started. He must have been listening because he told me I should check the spark plugs...
Wow, ...just wow.....This kid better get good at bumming rides.
 
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Old Apr 15, 2009 | 10:03 PM
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I am getting too fed up with crap tv. I used to love travel channels but most shows are about food..that belongs on food channel. Bridgetts beaches isnt about travel it is about a dumb I mean dumb insult to smart women everywhere blond who tries to be sexy and fails drastically. She is not even entertaining unless you are a guy with an intense need to build up your arm muscle out of desperation and lonliness, I just watched my new fave show repo and now find out a bunch of it is all re enactments. WTF? I guess I should have known and I watched the new episodes and they make no sense. On one episode they go into detail about why they cannot break a lock or an ebtering of any kind etc etc tec then in the next episode where the guy is boinking the bosses wife in a car in the closed shop they break in and pull her out of car for all the world to see. No what is breaking the law? Breaking a lock? Entering a secure area? physically grabbing a woman out and throwing her into a counter? and it is all on tape for the courts to see? Bullsnot. Even the episode where mister badass get "whipped" by pool hall bullies. It was so fake I was actually mad. Now I have no good shows to watch..unless of course barret jackson auction is on and then I am glued. Sad part is we have to pay for tv and cannot even get a good show anymore.
 
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Old Apr 15, 2009 | 11:56 PM
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OK Moose, that about says it all! I'm with you, tv's everywhere and not a channel worth watching!

Even speed channel sucks most of the time.
 
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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 06:18 AM
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Originally Posted by hoosierbaby64
I am getting too fed up with crap tv. I used to love travel channels but most shows are about food..that belongs on food channel. Bridgetts beaches isnt about travel it is about a dumb I mean dumb insult to smart women everywhere blond who tries to be sexy and fails drastically. She is not even entertaining unless you are a guy with an intense need to build up your arm muscle out of desperation and lonliness, I just watched my new fave show repo and now find out a bunch of it is all re enactments. WTF? I guess I should have known and I watched the new episodes and they make no sense. On one episode they go into detail about why they cannot break a lock or an ebtering of any kind etc etc tec then in the next episode where the guy is boinking the bosses wife in a car in the closed shop they break in and pull her out of car for all the world to see. No what is breaking the law? Breaking a lock? Entering a secure area? physically grabbing a woman out and throwing her into a counter? and it is all on tape for the courts to see? Bullsnot. Even the episode where mister badass get "whipped" by pool hall bullies. It was so fake I was actually mad. Now I have no good shows to watch..unless of course barret jackson auction is on and then I am glued. Sad part is we have to pay for tv and cannot even get a good show anymore.
I so agree with you."Reality" TV has gotten way out of hand. I have just basic basic cable (meaning that I pay just for reception) and and happy with that. If I could I would get just Disney and Nickelodeon for Jaymi-Lyn, but that is part of a a package deal with a bunch of useless channels along with them.
 
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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 11:40 AM
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Any "American Chopper" viewers here? if so did you watch last night, you think Paul Jr. is fired for good or was it just fabricated to make good television? i personally think it was the latter but then again i'm a cynic so what do i know...
The show died when Vinnie left. Although oddly I watched it last Thursday for some reason. With all the people in here that don't watch it I'm surprise that the show is even still on the air.
 
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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by ddrumman2004
Still waiting for an octo-mom show to show up on TLC.
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I saw on the news its coming......
 
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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 05:54 PM
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I missed the "firing" episode; but wasn't there one episode where they said Paul Jr. had something like a 20% interest in the company?
 
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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 06:07 PM
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I missed the "firing" episode; but wasn't there one episode where they said Paul Jr. had something like a 20% interest in the company?
I think I remember seeing that long ago as well.
 
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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 07:33 PM
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Can't really say that's true. I was using the word "sick" the same way going back to the early 90's.
agreed....
 
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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 08:09 PM
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I always get a little excited when they announce these shows.......... "building bikes" gotta be a cool show..... but no, it always ends up being about some screwed up personalities and time deadlines and little or no substance about the bikes. So far, Monster garage has show more substance than other shows, but they still spend WAY too much time focusing on sorry personalities.
 
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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 09:30 AM
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Do y'all remember Junk Yard Wars? That was a great show at first and then they started "planting" things in the junkyard for the people to find and use. It was great when they had to just find things on their own.
When Big Brother started it was pretty good. (i crushed on the one legged guy) and then it got weird. It became a trash show.
Survivor...could have been great but I was hoping to see people who really had to be survivors and get put in middle of jungle and have to come out the other side. I f they get sucked down by a croc or french kissed by a snake so be it, they are clearly not survivors always wondered how their teeth stayed so pearly white. and no one complained about butt smell.
My show idea. Picture an island...no way to leave it as it is surrounded by sharks. child molesters are placed on island. Meanwhile back in "insert state name here" a raffle is held for hunters. Winner gets to go on all inclusive small island hunt. They get to hunt and kill pervert. Come back with molesters pecker, present it to victim and family and they get to feed it to a pit bull. (no I must say in honesty that I would rather the pit bull get to chew it off and eat it while molester is still alive but I have learned we do not get everything we want) I think it could be called "No Way Out" Lets start emptying out our prisons of habitual offenders from all crime bases and let hunters get some practice in before elk (notice I did not say moose) opens.
 
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