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devildeac wrote:

DukieInKansas wrote:
There is actually an explanation - I'm doing some things for my brother and this is a thank you gift. The result is that I have some nice wine to enjoy. I see a party in my future.

And 20-30 of us at CTN see a road trip in our future.

OZZIE4DUKE wrote:

RnVjaw== 01000110 01110101 01100011 01101011 46 75 63 6b 70 117 99 107

I was going to post that in the AL Playoffs thread on another site, but with 3 points already I didn't want to to get into more trouble. They just don't have a sense of humor...

OZZIE4DUKE wrote:

RnVjaw== 01000110 01110101 01100011 01101011 46 75 63 6b 70 117 99 107

I was going to post that in the AL Playoffs thread on another site, but with 3 points already I didn't want to to get into more trouble. They just don't have a sense of humor...

colchar wrote:

ArkieDukie wrote:

colchar wrote:I think the networks also had a major bidding war for this show when it was first conceived and the high cost paid for it was also factored into the per episode cost which, when added to the salaries, made the cost even higher.

Personally, I am pissed that A) they dumped J.J. (A.J. Cook) from Criminal Minds and seem to be squeezing Prentice (Paget Brewster) out a bit as she has been forced to accept a reduced role while all of this seems geared toward saving money on the original and putting it into the spinoff; B) that they got rid of the original Law & order in favour of the cheaper Law & Order: Los Angeles spinoff and have yet to cancel the abysmal Law & Order: Criminal Intent - if they had wanted to save money they should've canceled that one; and C) that Raising the Bar was canceled as I was really enjoying that show.

And yet, they continue to feed people an unending diet of crappy reality shows simply because they are cheaper to produce. If only people would refuse to be sucked in and stop watching them, maybe we could get some decent shows back on TV. I won't hold my breath though.

Colchar, I think we must have similar taste in television shows. The firing of A.J. Cook was disgraceful, as is the diminshed role of Paget Brewster. Especially when this is juxtaposed with the ridiculously high salary that Charlie Sheen is being paid. And I refuse to watch any of the reality TV shows.

I'm not so concerned about Sheen's salary as his show has consistently been one of the highest ranked comedies on television. What bugs me is that the network got rid of A.J. and is marginalizing Paget simply as a cost cutting measure. They are trying to cut costs on the original while putting out a spin-off that I don't think is going to be anywhere near as good. Despite the high salary that Whittaker will command for that show, the rest of the actors won't make much so they will be saving money. But that spin-off won't last long so they are kind of shooting themselves in the foot and are screwing up the entire franchise in the process. Criminal Minds is a great show but I am convinced they are going to screw it up entirely. I'm also hoping they don't bring back any 'super criminals who cannot be stopped' storylines (like the one involving Gideon and the other one about the guy who killed Hotch's ex-wife) as I find them to be ridiculously stupid. Personally, I think those storylines detract from an otherwise well written show.

They canned the more expensive original Law & Order in favour of the L.A. based one that is nowhere near as good (and that I don't think will last more than a season or two). To me, this was done as a cost cutting measure but, in doing so, they have messed up the franchise. I can see Criminal Minds heading down the exact same path.

OZZIE4DUKE wrote:

RnVjaw== 01000110 01110101 01100011 01101011 46 75 63 6b 70 117 99 107

I was going to post that in the AL Playoffs thread on another site, but with 3 points already I didn't want to to get into more trouble. They just don't have a sense of humor...

Quote Originally Posted by OZZIE4DUKE View Post
70 117 99 107 32 66 101 110 106 105 32 77 111 108 105 110 97

Ok, for the uninitiated, this sequence of numbers is.....?

OZZIE4DUKE wrote:

OZZIE4DUKE wrote:

RnVjaw== 01000110 01110101 01100011 01101011 46 75 63 6b 70 117 99 107

I was going to post that in the AL Playoffs thread on another site, but with 3 points already I didn't want to to get into more trouble. They just don't have a sense of humor...

Last night I did post

Quote Originally Posted by OZZIE4DUKE View Post
70 117 99 107 32 66 101 110 106 105 32 77 111 108 105 110 97

And a moderator asked:

Ok, for the uninitiated, this sequence of numbers is.....?

No, I'm not going to tell him/her.

devildeac wrote:

OZZIE4DUKE wrote:

RnVjaw== 01000110 01110101 01100011 01101011 46 75 63 6b 70 117 99 107

I was going to post that in the AL Playoffs thread on another site, but with 3 points already I didn't want to to get into more trouble. They just don't have a sense of humor...

Last night I did post

Quote Originally Posted by OZZIE4DUKE View Post
70 117 99 107 32 66 101 110 106 105 32 77 111 108 105 110 97

And a moderator asked:

Ok, for the uninitiated, this sequence of numbers is.....?
No, I'm not going to tell him/her.

Aww, go ahead and tell her/him and ask for your infraction points in binary or some other system.

CameronBornAndBred wrote:Photo I took at the chinese restaurant I ate at today.

CameronBornAndBred wrote:My friend Melanie works in the lemur center, she posted some pics today.

CameronBornAndBred wrote:Photo I took at the chinese restaurant I ate at today.

ArkieDukie wrote:An eye clinic in Fayetteville, AR (home of the U of A) is offering free lasik surgery for the referees from last weekend's Arkansas-Auburn football game.

captmojo wrote:

CameronBornAndBred wrote:Photo I took at the chinese restaurant I ate at today.

They should have written 'Men', backward in Mandarin.

It would make an interesting painting.

captmojo wrote:Was it reverse painted on the glass?