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TB
Sounds like someone is a prime candidate for a TiVo. ;)
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Oh good, another argument with the wife. I'll stick with the toilet seat/lid one thank you.

The only way I am getting some kind of DVR is if we decide to switch to Dish and it comes free.
 
Toronado
What does "Knocked for six" mean?
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ExigeEvan
It's a cricket term. If you hit the ball out of the field of play (passed the boundary rope) without it bouncing you are awarded 6 runs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket
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Is correct, but I believe in the context Tornado has heard it the meaning is used differently slightly differently. Being knocked for six the context Tornado means is being completely and utterly surprised/stunned by something

For example, 'My girlfriend completely knocked me for six in her prom dress'

essentially saying she looked stunning.

or 'I was knocked for six when I saw Usain Bolt smash the 100m sprint world record by such a margine'

Essentiallu stating the complete surprise of such an acheivement.

the first example says 'knocked me for six' rather than 'Knocked for six' but still carries the same meaning.

At least thats the way I have heard the term used. I hope that clears things up a bit.
 
FoolKiller
Oh good, another argument with the wife. I'll stick with the toilet seat/lid one thank you.

The only way I am getting some kind of DVR is if we decide to switch to Dish and it comes free.
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Dude... that's awful.

Perhaps if you told her you'd never screw up the seat anymore because you wouldn't be rushing to get back to the game - everyone wins. : )

Gawd, I honestly can't imagine what life was like before the DVR. Does your wife not watch TV? Because she should want one as badly as you do.
 
It revolutionized TV for us. Before, I'd have to set up the VCR carefully to time it just right, and set timers to remind me to switch the channels. One wrong button along the way, and a whole day's TV was gone. Now, one click and I've got the F1 race recorded, and I can watch it in good quality, whenever I want.
 
Danoff
Dude... that's awful.

Perhaps if you told her you'd never screw up the seat anymore because you wouldn't be rushing to get back to the game - everyone wins. : )

Gawd, I honestly can't imagine what life was like before the DVR. Does your wife not watch TV? Because she should want one as badly as you do.
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Well, I have a tuner card on my PC, so I can record TV shows digitally and then stream them to my PS3 for later viewing.

However, that does not give the live viewing ability.

But I also have standard cable so my choices are limited. I honestly only watch a handful of shows regularly. If it weren't for Heroes, Lost, and The Office I probably wouldn't regularly watch any shows. Most of my TV viewing comes from flipping until something looks interesting.
 
FoolKiller
But I also have standard cable so my choices are limited. I honestly only watch a handful of shows regularly.
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What? No. You watch football. That's reason enough. Football without commercials, times-out, etc. is a beautiful thing. I start the game about 30-50 minutes late and am caught up by the end of the game.

Edit: Not to mention the "I've got to see that again" factor.
 
Danoff
Gawd, I honestly can't imagine what life was like before the DVR. Does your wife not watch TV? Because she should want one as badly as you do.
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When I bought our first one from a co-worker (it was hacked and didn't need a subscription for guide data), my wife said "Fine, you can have it" and rolled her eyes. Fast forward a year when it stopped working, she begged me to buy a new one. Fast forward a few more years and I asked about a Series 3 HD. Again, I got a "Whatever" and an eye roll. The first thing she watched on it was CSI. During the fly-in on Vegas she says "Wow! That looks really good!" My turn for an eye roll.

Once you have one, you'll never be without. Especially with kids.
 
Well, it is coming. Once I got an HDTV and she flipped between HD channels and and the SD counterpart she suddenly noticed the mosquito noise. First she accused the TV, then when I showed her the same channel on a different SD TV she realized it had always been there. About 30 minutes later she said, "So, do you want to get digital cable?" A little price checking showed Dish to be cheaper, and it has a free DVR.

But for right now I will be running to the bathroom and back in close games.

Or better yet Sony could get that DVR thing for the PS3 out.
 
On the subject of the toilet lid: Why can't women look before sitting? If they can yell at us for forgetting to put it down, we should be able to yell at them for forgetting to look before sitting. But what do I know, the male gender is always wrong.
 
SolidSnake15
On the subject of the toilet lid: Why can't women look before sitting? If they can yell at us for forgetting to put it down, we should be able to yell at them for forgetting to look before sitting. But what do I know, the male gender is always wrong.
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FoolKiller
The only way I am getting some kind of DVR is if we decide to switch to Dish and it comes free.
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FoolKiller
Well, I have a tuner card on my PC, so I can record TV shows digitally and then stream them to my PS3 for later viewing.
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There is good software that makes a very usable DVR out of your PC and tuner card. I use BeyondTV from Snapstream. I can stream it from the PC to the TV via my MediaMVP, but I'm limited by that to standard-def, no better than S-Video. Which is fine, because I only have standard cable. (HD still costs too damn much.)

WAF (wife acceptance factor) is very low, she can't use it (but she couldn't use the VCR, either,) but the 16-year-old drama queen has no problem with it. (Switch the TV to Vid1, turn on the MVP, use its menus to find the recorded show on the PC, hit Play.)

GB-PVR is an excellent free package that I used to use, even had built-in support for the MediaMVP, but BeyondTV had one feature that I really discovered that I liked: I can log in to their web site to schedule shows by putting them in a queue, and the PC checks the queue every 15 minutes or so for updates. I have worldwide access to my PVR without having to remember my PC's public IP.

BeyondTV can record DVD quality mpeg if your tuner has hardware encoding, and can afterwards convert to Divx or WMV, if desired. Mpeg is about 2Gb/hr.
 
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Metar
How many homes have you seen with both? :odd:
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If you've got the money, why not? I've been to several homes... it's a life-saver (and a money/water saver) if you've got a big family.

And for the life of me, I can't imagine running into the bathroom and not looking to see if the toilet seat is down or not... seriously... you might sit on pee (especially if you share the house with kids). I've never heard of anyone in this country complaining about the seat.

of course, out here in the boonies, you're lucky if your toilet even has a seat. Ah... that must be why. :lol:
 
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How do you pronounce Ford Ka? Is it "Kay" "Kah" or "Kay ay"?

It's a question that's been bugging me since I first knew what a Ka was.
 
CDailey
How do you pronounce Ford Ka? Is it "Kay" "Kah" or "Kay ay"?

It's a question that's been bugging me since I first knew what a Ka was.
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Wiki says:
The Ford Ka is a city car from the Ford Motor Company marketed in Europe and elsewhere. The name is officially pronounced as /kɑː/ (that is, like "car" in non-rhotic dialects of English).
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However, citation is needed. But, I believe one of our members answered your question with the same answer.
 
niky
If you've got the money, why not? I've been to several homes... it's a life-saver (and a money/water saver) if you've got a big family.
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A urinal? That discriminated half the family. :p

We've just got two toilets.. Granted, we only need both rarely, but when we do, it's indeed a life-saver.
 
CDailey
How do you pronounce Ford Ka? Is it "Kay" "Kah" or "Kay ay"?

It's a question that's been bugging me since I first knew what a Ka was.
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I never heard it pronounced anything other then 'car'
 
It's pronounced Kah over here too. But that's the only way to read it in Portuguese.
 
Famine
"Marco!"
"Polo!"

What?
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:confused:

Are we starting an internet game of Marco Polo?

If you're asking what that is, in the States, it's a kid's game. The 'It' kid has to catch the others while keeping his eyes closed, and periodically he shouts "Marco!" The other players are obliged by sportsmanship to reply "Polo!" so he can get a bearing on their voices and tag one of them. They are allowed to move out of his way, but they have to answer when he calls.

I don't know if it is also played on dry land, we always played in swimming pools - I assume to restrict the speed with which the 'not-its' could move away.
 
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Here is one for the Top Gear fans:

I'm in need of some new Karting gear and I couldn't help but to go for the full white Stig outfit. I am aware his helmet is a white Simpson Diamondback, but does anybody know the type of suit he wears?
 
Duke
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Are we starting an internet game of Marco Polo?

If you're asking what that is, in the States, it's a kid's game. The 'It' kid has to catch the others while keeping his eyes closed, and periodically he shouts "Marco!" The other players are obliged by sportsmanship to reply "Polo!" so he can get a bearing on their voices and tag one of them. They are allowed to move out of his way, but they have to answer when he calls.

I don't know if it is also played on dry land, we always played in swimming pools - I assume to restrict the speed with which the 'not-its' could move away.
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It has always baffled me. It's in so very many recent US films and I have no clue what it is.

So... why "Marco Polo" and how did this game originate?
 
Famine
So... why "Marco Polo" and how did this game originate?
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That I can't tell you. We played with a rule called "fish out of water" where the not-its could get out and move along the edge, but if It called "fish out of water" while you were not in the pool, you were It.
 
Famine
It has always baffled me. It's in so very many recent US films and I have no clue what it is.

So... why "Marco Polo" and how did this game originate?
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It is basically blind tag in the pool.

No clue how it originated, but I can only guess that the Marco Polo naming stemmed from some kid thinking that Water Polo and Marco Polo were related somehow.
 
GT Pro
Here is one for the Top Gear fans:

I'm in need of some new Karting gear and I couldn't help but to go for the full white Stig outfit. I am aware his helmet is a white Simpson Diamondback, but does anybody know the type of suit he wears?
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I think his suit was an Alpinestar GP Tech suit, with some Alpinestar gloves and boot. But I think it is not worth buying since it could be quite expensive and also, the stig got his suit custom made by Alpinestar.......

Also, try searching at Final Gear. They might have your answer..... 👍
http://forums.finalgear.com/top-gear/stigs-clothes-12287/
 
Famine
So... why "Marco Polo" and how did this game originate?
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What's commonly known is that the name comes from the famous explorer. Why it was chosen I'm not sure, but the concept of sea voyages lends itself to the swimming pool aspect, and this website claims that Marco Polo was chosen because he didn't know where he was going on his journeys.
 
Water is Marco's lesser known, younger brother.
 
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