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Osprey
Ultra Nomad
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Registered: 5-23-2004
Location: Baja Ca. Sur
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What do Nomads want to see on TV?
Don't stop me now. This is not specifically a Baja thing but it is definetly a Baja Nomad thing. I have been watching more TV lately because the fish
will not bite. I am amazed at the current TV schedule with Bizarre Foods, a guy eating grubs and chicken snot crepes in Africa, an hour of people
being killed by their pets, Ex Divas who now do dumpster diving, musical animal sexual mistakes, etc. ad nauseum.
Through it all I never considered what my fellow Nomads watch or what they might prefer. I think I know some of their bents and biases but it would be
very interesting to hear from them about the kinds of TV programs not on the airwaves now, that they would find engaging.
I'm not asking what you watch now: NASCAR, Bill Maher or How to Stop Killing Innocent Children and build More Defined Abs.
I'm asking "WHAT NEW SHOWS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE?" Asked another way: What new or original forms of electronic entertainment can you envision,
concoct, find a market for that would be sure to please some of our members?
More Baja news and pictures is a given but the room for more has no boundaries I can imagine.
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longlegsinlapaz
Super Nomad
Posts: 1685
Registered: 11-18-2005
Location: La Paz
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Osprey, you need to develop a new hobby! Underwater basket weaving would have to be better than most "Reality TV"! How about seducing your wife?
Taking more pics of nature? Clean out the refrigerator? Start a local raffle to guess the # of grains of sand in a 5-gallon water bottle....of
course, you'd have to count then a couple times to come up with an accurate count!  
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dtbushpilot
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3294
Registered: 1-11-2007
Location: Buena Vista BCS
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Mood: Tranquilo
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Come on Jorge, how bad can the fishing be?.....dt
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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mulegemichael
Super Nomad
Posts: 2310
Registered: 12-24-2007
Location: sequim,wa. and mulege
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Mood: up on step
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tv, jorge?...tv?...what?...the only channel my tv is EVER on down here is 458 on starchoice...the "world fishing network"...it's on just about all the
time on mute...who needs sound?
dyslexia is never having to say you\'re yrros.
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DENNIS
Platinum Nomad
Posts: 29510
Registered: 9-2-2006
Location: Punta Banda
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I would like to spend my weekends watching executions of drug dealers and child molestors. What could be better.
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Timo1
Senior Nomad
Posts: 757
Registered: 11-2-2007
Location: Homeless
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Mood: Lovin every minute of it
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nature and fishing shows....what else is there ??
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Fred
Senior Nomad
Posts: 500
Registered: 3-15-2007
Location: Las Vegas
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Mood: Laid Back
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The reason I love Baja is NO TV and no newspaper. Don't have to worry about all the crap happening in the US and can remain stress free.
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bajabound2005
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 2762
Registered: 10-15-2005
Location: Punta Banda, BCN
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Mood: words cannot describe...
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yup! We are in Baja full-time and watch little to no TV...other than cooking shows on Food Network or PBS! Must come clean that we did TIVO the
Number One Ladies' Detective Agency (after reading many of the books) and just watched the pilot. It's a great show and we look forward to watching
the rest of the series!
Friends don't let friends drink white zinfandel.
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Paulina
Ultra Nomad
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Registered: 8-31-2002
Location: BCN
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
...Through it all I never considered what my fellow Nomads watch or what they might prefer. I think I know some of their bents and biases but it would
be very interesting to hear from them about the kinds of TV programs not on the airwaves now, that they would find engaging.
I'm not asking what you watch now: NASCAR, Bill Maher or How to Stop Killing Innocent Children and build More Defined Abs.
I'm asking "WHAT NEW SHOWS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE?" Asked another way: What new or original forms of electronic entertainment can you envision,
concoct, find a market for that would be sure to please some of our members?
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I'm glad you didn't ask what shows I'd like to see returned to general viewing because I would have to say "Mr. Ed." and "The Jackie Gleason Show".
I did apply to, and send an audition video to Survivor... Baja gals are too tough, I guess. I never heard back.
What new shows would I like to see? I can't think of anything that hasn't been previously viewed. I like to watch the weather site on Mia's board.
Does that count?
I'd love a camera perched on the top of a cactus to catch a day in the life of a cardon. Maybe it could be fashioned to look like an Osprey so it
would go incognito.
When we open the door to our trailer in Bahia we call it "The Dolphin Channel". It's a morning tradition to open the door, grab a cup of coffee, jump
back in bed and watch the dolphin cruise by, watch the bay wake up.
I'd like to be able to turn on the flat screen here in the states and sit back in my office chair and watch Baja life pass by, to see what I'm missing
by not being there. The pesky Seagull that squacks on the neighbor's roof would be a refreshing sound compared to the sound of our teenager's radio
station.
I agree with Fred, but to a degree, with an "however"; Baja USED to be no TV, no newspaper, no internet. No worries unless that mushroom cloud
developed over the Sea of Cortez.
There wasn't any news unless you had a fresh battery to put in your AM radio, that only worked when you sat at that certain place at the end of the
launch ramp. When someone new came into town they would tell you the latest, fill you in. Maybe they would have a newspaper, it wouldn't matter if it
was a week or two late, it was new news.
"WHAT NEW SHOWS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE?"
Pay per view Baja.
The film crew has to be made up of crusty old baja farts who know what baja used to be, and have come to terms/accepted the changes, and are trying to
keep it all in today's perspective without loosing any of the romance that put Baja in our hearts in the first place.
I'd pay for it.
P<*)))>{
[Edited on 6-6-2009 by Paulina]
\"Well behaved women rarely make history.\" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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Paula
Super Nomad
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Registered: 1-5-2006
Location: Loreto
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Boy, Osprey, what a dumb question! No offense meant, but TV really sukks, and I can't believe you are even asking such a question
OK, with that out of the way I will answer the question as I choose to hear it, not as asked. I confess to being occasionally pulled toward Bill
Maher and Jon Stewart (I prefer JS-- much more relevant). That said, I would never turn on the evil appliance, but my husband, who you all know, does
watch from time to time.
Personally, I might be inclined to check in on the food network or HGTV--- oh, maybe 2 or 3 times a year, say if I have the flu. We have Star Choice
now, we used to have Sky. I really miss Bandamax.
OK, now on to the question as asked: NOTHING!!!!!. Well, maybe one big explosion. But I don't want it to harm my lovely kelly
green wall behind the TV.
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Howard
Super Nomad
Posts: 2353
Registered: 11-13-2007
Location: Loreto/Manhattan Beach/Kona
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Mood: I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.
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Lets see, a bad day fishing or a good day watching Oprah? Let me think for a nano second. I chose a bad day fishing unless:
Beverly Hillbillies with Ellie Mae, Mr Ed and Wilbur, Penny and The Adventures of Sky King, Dragnet and Sgt. (?) Gannon, Roy Rogers and Bullet or my
all time favorite, Engineer Bill with red light green light.
For these I MIGHT give up a bad day fishing
Happy trails to you.
We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing
George Bernard Shaw
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Sharksbaja
Elite Nomad
Posts: 5814
Registered: 9-7-2004
Location: Newport, Mulege B.C.S.
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George uh....... I'm speechless! What's a TV?
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
Viva Mulege!
Nomads\' Sunsets
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Packoderm
Super Nomad
Posts: 2116
Registered: 11-7-2002
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I would like to watch some new episodes of Lost.
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Skipjack Joe
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8088
Registered: 7-12-2004
Location: Bahia Asuncion
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Thirty Something.
Dawson's Creek.
Sea Hunt.
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mike odell
Nomad
Posts: 267
Registered: 12-17-2002
Location: La Ribera BCS
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Gorgie my friend'
I'd really like to see some new programin two,, maybe sompin like the followin, kinda foody reelated;
Dorado Masters; Ya'll take a gander at this here Hogg, watchee whilst
me and and Rosco kills an eats it raw.
Marlin Feesh; Damn ole biggin aint gonna make bizzaro food for a worldly
travelin pelon big boy, scaped gittin catched up, she did.
Grits an gravy with a side a bbq burra meat an taters, an sum greens rolled up a tortiila thang,
Outtakes uv good ole gals I ain't dainced necked wit yet on teevee.
Whar in hades is thuh neekid beeech? I got me a cooler a cold uns an a
6 pack uh codominiumms.
Ya'll watch this hear, goona bee a goodin ,Skeeter gonna smoke up sum whacky tobackie,an net up sum feesh fur supper, cuz by oz ,he gets a damm big
ole
net ful outta thuh cortez ,wit ever cast, cuz he bee nowin whar they bee, dont need him no hifalutin geepee ess nore uther electreecal deevizes
speriance is all ya needs an sum long inna tooth weesdom.
How two find yo lost ass in they boojums, an mayhap sum mision goold,
an yu welcome too all mi opinioninated ideeys free a charges, an i be sendin ya'll maps, stickkers uv baha an a autigraphed 8x10 glossey picktur of
my self wit my first dorada feesh when I was a younker.
Mahaps, sum rerunns uv Sea Hunt culd bee good two.ore mayhaps not.
How tu killum feesh wit out cumim up fur aire.
Here bee a goodin,
Ole Cabo Ronnie as they minnister a toristism fo baha
norh an south,
slowgan cud be
, ima failled huminbean ever whare i git to lite mi ole sorrie butt, an ya'll never did like me nowhow, I'm gonna et me up sum worms,I'll show ya"ll
how a sorrie ole skunk eats cabbage! Take that,I aint never gonna git back two baha, and ya'll miss me I betcha! ore mayhaps not.
Nite aunt bee, nite gramma
Travelin threw whats left a baja sur wurth seein,
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David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 65294
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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Mood: Have Baja Fever
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Bizarre Foods is a fun show... Catch it often when channel surfing.
We mostly like to watch movies... We have a growing DVD collection and rent new stuff we think we will like... and buy it when it is priced low.
Other than news, I enjoy the History Channel, Nat'l. Geographic Channel, and the only show we watch regular for entertainment is 'House'.
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DanO
Super Nomad
Posts: 1923
Registered: 8-26-2003
Location: Not far from the Pacific
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Three words: Mexican Star Trek
Try not to laugh. I dare you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJGvn5iOERM&feature=relat...
\"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.\" -- Frank Zappa
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DanO
Super Nomad
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Registered: 8-26-2003
Location: Not far from the Pacific
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Three more words: Australian Beer Commercials
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he4fBK3d8hk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4x9EVHhRwY&NR=1
\"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.\" -- Frank Zappa
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vandenberg
Elite Nomad
Posts: 5118
Registered: 6-21-2005
Location: Nopolo
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Mood: mellow
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Osprey,
News in the morning, then turn TV off and use the box for music for most of the day. Run the sound through my surroundsound system. Million choices
with no CD or record changes or running out of power MP3 players. 4.30pm. National news, followed by Jeopardy. Maybe Dateline, if it's interesting.
Wife may watch the occasional movie.
I like major sports, especially Soccer, which is abundant on Starchoice. Like reruns of Seinfeld and Mash, my kind of humor. Used to watch Leno at
times before turning in, but now that O'Brien took over, gave it a week and will turn in 1/2 hour earlier. The guy stinks.
For new shows, I would love for Seinfeld to make a comeback. Hard to have the same success as with the old crew, but would without doubt be
successful. Great writers.
[Edited on 6-6-2009 by vandenberg]
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Debra
Super Nomad
Posts: 2101
Registered: 10-31-2002
Location: Port Orchard Wa./Bahia de Los Angeles BC
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Paulina, we've already seen that "crusty old man show" remember? It was call.......... "Mike Humfreville and other old men around a Baja Campfire"
Sure miss it!
Mean people suck!
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