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March 2, 2008
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Thanks to xFinity, I have access to a LOT of channels/programs on TV, my 
is constantly crabbing at me about my tendency to channel surf until I find what I want to watch. More often than not, the surfing stops at American Pickers. I know it's scripted/staged to some extent, I just like seeing the cool, interesting old stuff.
Where does your "Surfing Wave" crest?
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Pickers is good, Mike & Frank a little annoying, but love cool finds esp. MCs & Vehicles.
Lot of History & AHC (Military channel). And Andy Griffith show. 
Used to watch on metv (till canceled) Combat & 12 0'Clock High. Old stuff better than a lot of new.
Wife & I like Vikings & Hell On Wheels also, anyone else? Vikings is intence.
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March 2, 2008
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I'd watch Combat and 12 O'clock High anytime, and Tour of Duty (War in Vietnam) as well.
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February 22, 2009
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Watched a few hours of American Restoration last night and then while waiting on the better half for bed, flipped to the Military Channel and watched a story on Navy air defenses of WWII.
Technically, the glass is always full; half liquid, half air....
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March 2, 2008
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rwsem said
Watched a few hours of American Restoration last night and then while waiting on the better half for bed, flipped to the Military Channel and watched a story on Navy air defenses of WWII.
American Restoration is fun to watch.
The ones that really turn me off lately are most of the car restoration.auction/buying selling cars, and the Pawn Shop programs.
I do enjoy "Chasing Classic Cars", F40 Motorsports is about two miles away, and they are pretty OK with you walking through the lot and showroom, even if you are never going to be able to afford one.
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman "Were is the Self Help Section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
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February 1, 2016
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Lest I forget. When I can't find a show of interest. I end up on Fox News. Esp.O'Reilly Factor. Good info.otherwise, but repetition every half hour gets old quick. And left thinks FNC is Satanism 
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July 2, 2011
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I wish someone would replay the Victory at Sea series.
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February 1, 2016
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All the old WWII shows/Movies amaze me. The technology and guts of all was unmatched.
And my Father was in So. Pacific in a PBY Sea plane during Okinawa invasion !! 
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February 20, 2008
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I used to watch Pickers, until I noticed a trend...they would drive 1,200 miles on a tip, get there, spend two days and find an old gas station sign from 1932, buy it for $300 so they could sell it for $450 and claim a whopping profit...
If you're going to drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.
October 1, 2012
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I have met Mike from Pickers a few times. I bought my mountain bike from him years ago when he had his shop in Moline IL....I know, there are no mountains in north IL...... His step-son played football with my Grrrlfriends nephew and was at the wedding couple years ago. I have been in the store in LeClaire, Iowa a couple times. Mikes a good, hard working guy that came up with an interesting idea for a "reality.?"show. . Its entertaining and portrays America a whole lot better than shows like "16 and pregnant", Kardashians, etc. IMHO
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brucertx said
I wish someone would replay the Victory at Sea series.
I bought Victory at Sea the DVD set and a lot of the WWII stuff. I like to watch that and anything that is actually "History or learning". I can't stand reality "drama queen" TV and most of the stuff made today is just fake. I'm by nature a geek but CGI has ruined movies and TV for me. And commercials have become so pervasive on TV that I lose interest in a show before the plot develops. I'll take a 70's sitcom, drama, suspense, over anything made today. Thank God I have a good DVD collection. I'll take a good pre 80's war movie or western over almost all of the current creations. Guess I getting old or I don't recognize creative talent anymore. Perhaps both.
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CaptDanDD said
brucertx said
I wish someone would replay the Victory at Sea series.I'll take a good pre 80's war movie or western over almost all of the current creations. Guess I getting old or I don't recognize creative talent anymore. Perhaps both.
The Longest Day
A Bridge Too Far
Patton
Battle of Britain
Bridge on the River Kwai
Tora Tora Tora
12 O'clock high
Sands of Iwo Jima
Flying Tigers
30 Seconds Over Tokyo
Run Silent Run Deep
Pork Chop Hill
Guadalcanal Diary
Just a sampling, need I continue? 
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February 1, 2016
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Seen all, bruce. At least twice and w/watch all again. Partial to the old B&Ws. Here's a few more,some color.
PT109
The Green Berets
Midway (lots of PBY Catalinas w/dad was in over So.P.)
A newer one is
Miracle at St. Anna. About a black platoon in Italy. Awesome . Must see (not for little ones)
And all the Eastwood spaghetti westerns !!!!
I remember my tough Navy vet dad had a tear or two watching The Sands of Iwo Jima w/I was a kid. I get it now
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February 16, 2016
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As a young kid, I had a pair of six-gun cap pistols in a rig, cowboy hat & boots and watched all the Westerns. Here are some of my favorites;
Alias Smith and Jones
The Big Valley
Bonanza
Bret Maverick
The Cisco Kid
Daniel Boone
Davy Crockett
Death Valley Days
F Troop
The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
Gunsmoke
Have Gun – Will Travel
The High Chaparral
Hondo
Hopalong Cassidy
Kung Fu
Laramie
Laredo
The Legend of Jesse James
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
The Lone Ranger
Man Without a Gun
Maverick
Outlaws
The Pony Express
Rawhide
The Rifleman
The Roy Rogers Show
Shane
Sky King
Tales of the Texas Rangers
Tales of Wells Fargo
Wagon Train
Wanted: Dead or Alive
The Wild Wild West
Zorro
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March 17, 2016
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brucertx said
CaptDanDD said
brucertx said
I wish someone would replay the Victory at Sea series.I'll take a good pre 80's war movie or western over almost all of the current creations. Guess I getting old or I don't recognize creative talent anymore. Perhaps both.
The Longest Day
A Bridge Too Far
Patton
Battle of Britain
Bridge on the River Kwai
Tora Tora Tora
12 O'clock high
Sands of Iwo Jima
Flying Tigers
30 Seconds Over Tokyo
Run Silent Run Deep
Pork Chop Hill
Guadalcanal Diary
Just a sampling, need I continue?
Got'em all, you missed some... In Harms Way, The Enemy Below, Mc Arthur, Desination Tokyo, Up Periscope, etc. say have you been through my collection?
April 25, 2008
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pete said
Used to watch on metv (till canceled) Combat & 12 0'Clock High. Old stuff better than a lot of new.
Don't forget The Rat Patrol and Baa Baa Black Sheep.
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February 1, 2016
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IHMSA80x80 said
pete said
Used to watch on metv (till canceled) Combat & 12 0'Clock High. Old stuff better than a lot of new.Don't forget The Rat Patrol and Baa Baa Black Sheep.
F4U Corsair. A beautiful bird. My favorite next to P51 Mustang.
Better shows than most of CRAP on now
Still watch Hogan's Heroes
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March 2, 2008
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Sorry to have put up a Topic that nobody would enjoy 
When I was "not working" for a while, I "On Demand"ed a lot
Magnum PI beginning to end
Crime Story, ditto
Lots of old movies on DVD from the local library
Every episode of Blue Bloods, (many times, and DVR'd for new episodes)
And a classic that has not been mentioned, This Old House
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I know this show was mentioned already, I was up pretty early and cruising the channels, AMC is running hours and hours of The Rifleman right now. Late 50's to early 60's, a few observations:
1) What rifle did The Rifleman use?
2) I think his rifle is a Bump Action?
3) The show ALWAYS opens with Chuck Connors shirtless and wet, and there is frequently a snappy lookin' babe involved in the plot somewhere along the line. The Rifleman was probably not lonely very often!
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Chuck used a 44-40 Winchester model 1892, w/modified trigger and lever.
Read HERE and learn all the cool stuff about the gun and show
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