A small whine

On Feb 20, 8:37*am, "Ellice K." wrote:

Lately we've been watching the hilarious "Harry's Law" - starring Kathy
Bates. *

I love this show! It's one of the few new ones that is really good.
I hope it stays for awhile. I also liked The Whole Truth with Maura
Tierney and Rob Morrow. I'm *so* bummed it got cancelled so fast. It
was a new twist on the legal shows, which was truly welcome.

We only get the 3 major networks, so we don't have a lot of choice in
programs to watch. I *hate* the so-called "reality" shows, with the
exception of Undercover Boss. The upcoming Undercover Millionaire (or
whatever its title is) might also be promising. Right now I watch "No
ordinary family", "The cape", "Chase" and "Big bang theory". Just
watch, now that I've said that, they'll cancel all but BB, since
that's rec'd quite a few awards. sigh.

Joan

"Joan E." wrote in message
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On Feb 20, 8:37 am, "Ellice K." wrote:

Lately we've been watching the hilarious "Harry's Law" - starring Kathy
Bates.

I love this show! It's one of the few new ones that is really good.
I hope it stays for awhile. I also liked The Whole Truth with Maura
Tierney and Rob Morrow. I'm *so* bummed it got cancelled so fast. It
was a new twist on the legal shows, which was truly welcome.

We only get the 3 major networks, so we don't have a lot of choice in
programs to watch. I *hate* the so-called "reality" shows, with the
exception of Undercover Boss. The upcoming Undercover Millionaire (or
whatever its title is) might also be promising. Right now I watch "No
ordinary family", "The cape", "Chase" and "Big bang theory". Just
watch, now that I've said that, they'll cancel all but BB, since
that's rec'd quite a few awards. sigh.

Joan


Harry's Law is definitely one of the better ones. IMHO anything with Kathy
Bates is a good thing.

Lucille

On Feb 22, 11:49*am, "Lucille" wrote:
"Joan E." wrote in message

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On Feb 20, 8:37 am, "Ellice K." wrote:

Lately we've been watching the hilarious "Harry's Law" - starring Kathy
Bates.

I love this show! *It's one of the few new ones that is really good.
I hope it stays for awhile. *I also liked The Whole Truth with Maura
Tierney and Rob Morrow. I'm *so* bummed it got cancelled so fast. *It
was a new twist on the legal shows, which was truly welcome.

We only get the 3 major networks, so we don't have a lot of choice in
programs to watch. *I *hate* the so-called "reality" shows, with the
exception of Undercover Boss. *The upcoming Undercover Millionaire (or
whatever its title is) might also be promising. *Right now I watch "No
ordinary family", "The cape", "Chase" and "Big bang theory". *Just
watch, now that I've said that, they'll cancel all but BB, since
that's rec'd quite a few awards. *sigh.

Joan

Harry's Law is definitely one of the better ones. *IMHO anything with Kathy
Bates is a good thing.

Lucille

I love anything Kathy Bates is in. I really like Harry's Law, too.
It's not getting
very good ratings; so I don't know how long it will stay on the air.

Janet

On 2/22/11 10:16 AM, in article ,
"Lucille" wrote:



"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message
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On 2/20/11 9:37 AM, in article , "Ellice
K." wrote:

On 2/19/11 7:44 AM, in article ,
"Cheryl Isaak" wrote:

On 2/18/11 7:58 PM, in article
,
"Kalmia"
wrote:

On Feb 15, 10:28 am, Cheryl Isaak wrote:
It is the prefect morning to sit and stitch. Trash is out, the laundry
is
caught up and frankly a heating pad is in order on my lower back.. And
I
have to wait for return calls

BUT THERE IS NOTHING BUT CRAP on TV.

Cheour painryl

I feel your pain. But, when stitching, I can't watch tv. If I'm home
alone and want to stitch, I load on my Mozart or just tune in a radio
stand.

At night, if I'm not reading, I first check out TCM - only
uninterrupted movie station I get. Then I check out HSN and QVC (not
too desperate, huh?, then maybe a peek at WE ( Hate Bridezilla).
I have never seen Jersey Shore or any of that ilk. Learning Channel
is OK. I never watch the major network prime time stuff either.
Joy Behar show borders on the seamy side, and Nancy G is just too
upsetting to go to bed on. I have even enjoyed Father Corapi's
sermons on EWTN.

Oh, for the return of HItchcock. I'll even watch old Sandford and Son
or Andy G.


A few days ago, I found the "RetroTV" station. OMG, back to back was
"Emergency!", "Adam 12" and "Dragnet". Amazingly, they all stand up
pretty
well. Don't know about a steady diet, but as the odd "spice", it was
fun.

Aack - you're channeling my husband.....It's become his new fallback.
Lately we've been watching the hilarious "Harry's Law" - starring Kathy
Bates. It's semi-ridiculous, but if you're a David Kelley fan, then the
quirkiness works. Besides the retro channel, he's found that the HDNet
channel (for those with cable and HD) has a lot of older shows, and also
uninterrupted movies. DH likes to watch....Hogan's Heroes in the early
morning when eating breakfast - split with the ever thrilling traffic
(yeah
DC - worst in the country, again). Go figure.

I still like Hogan's Heroes too.

I'm annoyed at HGTV and DIY - there used to be craft shows on early in the
AM, now there is nothing on a regular basis.


I've never been good at listening to music while reading or stitching.
Just
doesn't work for me. But for some reason, science shows work well.

Cheryl

I'm good with you. I love to do music while painting - but not when
stitching. Who knows why. Maybe 'cause the tempo gets me pulling
stitches,
or falling asleep - don't know ;^)

Ellice

I love to turn up the volume while doing housework. But need TV to fold
laundry and sort socks (I hate sorting socks)

Off to eat breakie and do more laundry.


Cheryl

All that talk about laundry is making me itch all over. My dirty laundry
was sitting quietly and just waiting for me until it heard all this and
decided to come and pull me to the machine. It's all your fault.

Now I guess I'll have to do it just to get rid of this itch.
scritch,scratch


Snicker - I had all the hockey stuff to wash.

Cheryl

On 2/22/11 11:37 AM, in article
, "Joan E."
wrote:

On Feb 20, 8:37*am, "Ellice K." wrote:

Lately we've been watching the hilarious "Harry's Law" - starring Kathy
Bates. *

I love this show! It's one of the few new ones that is really good.
I hope it stays for awhile. I also liked The Whole Truth with Maura
Tierney and Rob Morrow. I'm *so* bummed it got cancelled so fast. It
was a new twist on the legal shows, which was truly welcome.

It is pretty darn quirky - and bares much resemblance to Boston Legal -
which we loved. Especially the added Chris MacDonald character of "Tommy
Jefferson" who repeats his name ala "Denny Craine" - too funny, and good
addition. Given the abundance of lawyers around here - not sure how it's
doing.

We only get the 3 major networks, so we don't have a lot of choice in
programs to watch. I *hate* the so-called "reality" shows, with the
exception of Undercover Boss. The upcoming Undercover Millionaire (or
whatever its title is) might also be promising. Right now I watch "No
ordinary family", "The cape", "Chase" and "Big bang theory". Just
watch, now that I've said that, they'll cancel all but BB, since
that's rec'd quite a few awards. sigh.

Joan

Hmm - watched "The Cape" for the first time the other night - not sure.
Will have to go back and see the first couple of episodes. Do you do
Netflix so you have something else? - plus, I think a lot of shows are now
downloadable or viewable on-line from some of the cable networks, or on
iTunes.

Since our HOA includes our FIOS with a premium line-up, (everything except
the movie channels) we do get a lot of the educational/arts stuff. And watch
a lot of Smithsonian, Nat Geo, History type stuff. But don't watch as much
as it likely sounds. DH likes to watch at night - so then I'm usually
stitching while he watches. Thankfully, although he would watch more junk
than me, for the most part we agree. He only nods off at the look/sound of
period historical drama (can you say Jane Austen/Bronte, and their ilk).
But will watch Mystery, Poirot, and some others without protesting. Our
nominees for worst ever are Raising Hope & Parks & Rec - both of which make
me sad at the stupidity - they're just not campy like the old Beverly
Hillbillies, and kind of frighten me with the demise of civilisation.

Well, back to the morning laundry shift. I'm trying to convince myself to
fully clean (floors, etc) the master bathroom - but still feeling crappy,
and missing my EGA meeting, so not sure if that's happening. At least I'm
getting thru the laundry.

Ellice

On 2/22/11 12:34 PM, in article , "Karen C in
Calif" wrote:

Joan E. wrote:

On Feb 20, 8:37 am, "Ellice K." wrote:


Lately we've been watching the hilarious "Harry's Law" - starring Kathy
Bates.


I love this show! It's one of the few new ones that is really good.


Agreed.

"Off the Map" isn't half-bad, either.

Ah, haven't seen that one yet - will look for it.

E

On 2/22/11 12:49 PM, in article ,
"Lucille" wrote:



"Joan E." wrote in message
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On Feb 20, 8:37 am, "Ellice K." wrote:

Lately we've been watching the hilarious "Harry's Law" - starring Kathy
Bates.

I love this show! It's one of the few new ones that is really good.
I hope it stays for awhile. I also liked The Whole Truth with Maura
Tierney and Rob Morrow. I'm *so* bummed it got cancelled so fast. It
was a new twist on the legal shows, which was truly welcome.

We only get the 3 major networks, so we don't have a lot of choice in
programs to watch. I *hate* the so-called "reality" shows, with the
exception of Undercover Boss. The upcoming Undercover Millionaire (or
whatever its title is) might also be promising. Right now I watch "No
ordinary family", "The cape", "Chase" and "Big bang theory". Just
watch, now that I've said that, they'll cancel all but BB, since
that's rec'd quite a few awards. sigh.

Joan


Harry's Law is definitely one of the better ones. IMHO anything with Kathy
Bates is a good thing.

Lucille

Yup - she is so talented.

E

On 2/22/11 2:53 PM, in article
, "Janet"
wrote:

On Feb 22, 11:49*am, "Lucille" wrote:
"Joan E." wrote in message

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On Feb 20, 8:37 am, "Ellice K." wrote:

Lately we've been watching the hilarious "Harry's Law" - starring Kathy
Bates.

I love this show! *It's one of the few new ones that is really good.
I hope it stays for awhile. *I also liked The Whole Truth with Maura
Tierney and Rob Morrow. I'm *so* bummed it got cancelled so fast. *It
was a new twist on the legal shows, which was truly welcome.

We only get the 3 major networks, so we don't have a lot of choice in
programs to watch. *I *hate* the so-called "reality" shows, with the
exception of Undercover Boss. *The upcoming Undercover Millionaire (or
whatever its title is) might also be promising. *Right now I watch "No
ordinary family", "The cape", "Chase" and "Big bang theory". *Just
watch, now that I've said that, they'll cancel all but BB, since
that's rec'd quite a few awards. *sigh.

Joan

Harry's Law is definitely one of the better ones. *IMHO anything with Kathy
Bates is a good thing.

Lucille

I love anything Kathy Bates is in. I really like Harry's Law, too.
It's not getting
very good ratings; so I don't know how long it will stay on the air.

Janet

I think the ratings thing has us a little concerned. The thing with the
David E. Kelley shows is they're always kind of off-beat, and that audience
has to find the show. Boston Legal lasted for several seasons. I think that
part of making the "Tommy Jefferson" character appear more may be to add
more recognition to the ensemble, and give another story line. We'll see -
hope it lasts.

E

On 2/22/11 5:46 PM, in article ,
"Cheryl Isaak" wrote:

On 2/22/11 10:16 AM, in article ,
"Lucille" wrote:



"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message
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*snip*

I love to turn up the volume while doing housework. But need TV to fold
laundry and sort socks (I hate sorting socks)

Off to eat breakie and do more laundry.


Cheryl

All that talk about laundry is making me itch all over. My dirty laundry
was sitting quietly and just waiting for me until it heard all this and
decided to come and pull me to the machine. It's all your fault.

Now I guess I'll have to do it just to get rid of this itch.
scritch,scratch


Snicker - I had all the hockey stuff to wash.

Cheryl

Hey - I feel that snicker. Just got the hockey load in ...Plus DH is all
sad that he didn't get a high school semi or final - but, oh well. He got
the "middle school Finals" - on the other sheet at Kettler, while the High
School final is on the CAPS sheet. And then tells me that he might want
the hem shifted on the new pants. Normally, I would adjust them prior to
washing, but, well, it's hockey gear and I couldn't stand the thought of
sitting with that in my lap for 45 min while being taken down and rehemmed.
Ugh. Hoping he's wrong.

Thinking the bathroom rugs are going in next...might actually get me to mop
the floors....

Ellice

On 2/23/2011 10:26 AM, Ellice K. wrote:


Thinking the bathroom rugs are going in next...might actually get me to mop
the floors....

Ellice


Two weekends ago I set aside a Saturday for much-needed cleaning. When I
spoke to DM on the phone to say I was busy and wouldn't be over to
visit, she asked what I was doing. "Cleaning bathrooms, then I have to
vacuum."

"Are you having company?" she asked.

"No," I said. "Why?"

"I didn't know you vacuumed if you weren't expecting someone."

AAARRRGGHH!


sue

--
Susan Hartman