tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post5338206450635646689..comments2024-03-26T17:55:50.539-04:00Comments on Cranky old man: TV With Mrs. Crankyjoehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-52524225409639779052018-04-21T18:03:20.989-04:002018-04-21T18:03:20.989-04:00I think your version is more realistic.I think your version is more realistic.Pixel Peeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553862902461169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-24848966325624868692018-04-21T08:20:35.402-04:002018-04-21T08:20:35.402-04:00You should take up photography Joe. Not digital p...You should take up photography Joe. Not digital photography, but film photography. You could install a darkroom down in the basement, develop your own film, and cuss the paper when your print doesn’t come out right..<br />It’s much more fulfilling than cussing a TV set:)Rick Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01005727239466916086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-23100409117146448792018-04-20T23:12:43.898-04:002018-04-20T23:12:43.898-04:00Now you understand why i gave up TV except when at...Now you understand why i gave up TV except when at someone else's home and they turn it on. This is stuff i don't want to waste time being angry about.messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-57269129633995452472018-04-20T19:11:28.926-04:002018-04-20T19:11:28.926-04:00With 4 boys, Hick's car-buying policy was to f...With 4 boys, Hick's car-buying policy was to find a cheap vehicle that ran good. "Because you know they're gonna wreck it."<br /><br />I see that commercial several times a day, without thinking much about it. Now I'm gonna hate it. But not as much as the one with the Statue of Liberty in the background.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-8380259979157784732018-04-20T15:15:58.844-04:002018-04-20T15:15:58.844-04:00So....not a true reflection of life as you know it...So....not a true reflection of life as you know it? You know, I've seen that commercial and it didn't even register with me...how sad is that? You are quite right.only slightly confusedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08165115156889904978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-14444578688573499032018-04-20T15:15:53.418-04:002018-04-20T15:15:53.418-04:00I think there was supposed to be a bit of black hu...I think there was supposed to be a bit of black humor in there: Imagining the kid weave his story he had no doubt practiced all evening, then being so relieved to get it over with that he accepts his grounding and heads to his room double-time to exhale. In real life, yeah, that would have been pretty harsh and cold.Lowandslowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08608734222483888884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-49653308587739100552018-04-20T12:21:09.068-04:002018-04-20T12:21:09.068-04:00It's just a commercial, Joe. Take a deep brea...It's just a commercial, Joe. Take a deep breath.<br /><br />Have a fabulous day and weekend. ☺Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06785788498697004273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-78101895508378962492018-04-20T12:18:39.887-04:002018-04-20T12:18:39.887-04:00 He is the kid we all would love to have raised. H... He is the kid we all would love to have raised. He fessed up, did his homework on the insurance and accepted punishment. Think you might be right on how it really would have gone. Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-31199871075452603092018-04-20T10:33:37.920-04:002018-04-20T10:33:37.920-04:00We've tried, but T.C. and I cannot watch TV t...We've tried, but T.C. and I cannot watch TV together. She gets frustrated with me, as I tend to channel hop way too much for her. I'll even channel hop when Jeopardy is on, and it's the only program I will faithfully watch each and every evening.<br />If I've seen a commercial once, that's enough. I'll go to another channel and see what's on there. It's all mindless drivel anyway, and the plot isn't going to change whether I'm watching or not. Plus, I have some sort of internal clock that tells me when to flip back to the program I'm actually interested in. She just goes off to watch Netflix, muttering under her breath.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523653271715366168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-51721419737694423662018-04-20T10:26:35.028-04:002018-04-20T10:26:35.028-04:00Never grounded for the minor accident ~ we've ...Never grounded for the minor accident ~ we've all been there, eh? But sitting at a light & watch said son cruise by with his buddy before school was out? You betcha.It's.a.crazy.worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01097206219065815316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-68019687157889613782018-04-20T08:38:53.032-04:002018-04-20T08:38:53.032-04:00This kind of parenting only works on TV with write...This kind of parenting only works on TV with writers who have no children and no idea how to parent.joehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-89275806133929614522018-04-20T08:30:42.805-04:002018-04-20T08:30:42.805-04:00On the other hand, this parenting stye presumably ...On the other hand, this parenting stye presumably raised this this straight arrow, high achieving kid who is obviously going to go places.Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692441479616299920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-66118117392627902082018-04-20T06:44:43.746-04:002018-04-20T06:44:43.746-04:00I know exactly what commercial you are talking abo...I know exactly what commercial you are talking about! When I had my one and only accident at age 19, the insurance company contacted my parents way before I managed to get home!Bijouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05788630004051883635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-140618802063105742018-04-20T03:43:48.097-04:002018-04-20T03:43:48.097-04:00Youngsters in my day were lucky to have five minut...Youngsters in my day were lucky to have five minutes let alone four weeks. I can't keep up with changing times....Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099030819314552958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-45852052213512011422018-04-20T02:08:05.714-04:002018-04-20T02:08:05.714-04:001. clearly this kid is okay because he was able to...1. clearly this kid is okay because he was able to walk unaided into his parents bedroom<br />2. he did declare it to be a minor fender bender<br />3. if I was that mum, I would have jumped out of bed and asked was he sure he was okay, then gone to check the car while hubby gave the kid a lecture before declaring repairs are coming out of your allowance son.<br />4. THIS is why I ignore commercials.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-60194739286436351412018-04-20T00:41:20.195-04:002018-04-20T00:41:20.195-04:00Now I realize why this commercial bothered me!!Now I realize why this commercial bothered me!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-35856830996610916722018-04-19T21:54:41.521-04:002018-04-19T21:54:41.521-04:00We raised 4 boys. I can remember each and every &q...We raised 4 boys. I can remember each and every "fender bender". Not once did we ground them. An accident is just that..an accident. Thankfully no teenagers were hurt in the raising of them. Just like when I had a few "fender benders" as a teen. No grounding..want to know why..I sure as heck wasn't going to drive them all over hell's green acres for 4 weeks! yayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12047536332780197024noreply@blogger.com