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Post by Kimby on Mar 4, 2017 17:32:00 GMT
It's all digital here, too. If you have a newer TV, it can get digital signals off the air. If you are in a narrow valley, or there's a high-rise between you and the transmitter, however, the signal may not be strong enough to give you a picture. But if you get a signal, it's just as good as cable. AND it was high-def even before most stations broadcasting on cable were.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2017 17:46:47 GMT
Yes, Patrick, I would be much more interested on "On Demand" tv, which is what it's called here, but at almost $200 a month, is not going to happen for Mr. Faire and me. That's a sapling tree, or some new water lines!
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Post by onlyMark on Mar 4, 2017 17:59:58 GMT
Mrs M has 'on-demand' TV here at home.
There often comes a time when she demands the remote.
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Post by bjd on Mar 4, 2017 18:06:45 GMT
I grew up in Canada with a TV but haven't had one since I came to France. For a while when we moved here, neighbours would say, "Oh yes, you are the people with no TV", I guess because of the lack of an antenna on the roof. Or it would just get about when someone would talk about something they had watched and I had to say, "No, I didn't see it. We don't have a TV." In any case, French TV was really terrible before, so we didn't miss it, the kids grew up reading and none of them have TVs either.
With my computer connection, there are programmes available for free, but I don't pay extra for anything. I watch France 24 for news and some information programmes and that's it. I waste enough time looking at a screen without watching shows. Already I read much less than I used to.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2017 18:26:32 GMT
French TV went all digital several years ago, but there are still 27 free channels available with an antenna and the proper equipment (télévision numérique terrestre - TNT). Some people will never have cable, and that is perfectly fine, but I love going for a ride through Armenia, Vietnam, Dubai, China and Côte d'Ivoire from time to time with my remote. Ever since I was a child, the rest of the world has fascinated me and I use every tool available to me to see as much as I can of the planet.
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Post by lagatta on Mar 4, 2017 21:03:46 GMT
Peeve (forgot number): spending a long time untangling my hair and having it retangle in spots without even having moved about... At least I have it in a braid now. Yes, it is too long, but have to do this thoroughly before having it cut... My hair is very curly, kinky in spots.
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Post by Kimby on Mar 4, 2017 21:20:52 GMT
(That would be 2770, I believe.)
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Post by patricklondon on Mar 5, 2017 14:22:10 GMT
Yes, Patrick, I would be much more interested on "On Demand" tv, which is what it's called here, but at almost $200 a month, is not going to happen for Mr. Faire and me. That's a sapling tree, or some new water lines! Ouch! The main TV companies here make a fair number of their shows available on catch-up for a month or so after broadcast, plus every smart TV manufacturer has a different range of on-demand apps, of varying value (beyond the initial curiosity value - English language documentaries from Korea, anyone? - but I was lucky to find one that can offer TV news apps from France and Germany and the culture channel Arte) if you don't want to subscribe to Netflix and Amazon Prime and the like (which I don't). My blog | My photos | My video clips"too literate to be spam"
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Post by tod2 on Mar 6, 2017 11:34:22 GMT
2271 - My husband can watch TV on his iPhone because they let you to download the App. but only give one download opportunity to each subscriber. So I can't watch anything!
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Post by Kimby on Mar 6, 2017 21:13:32 GMT
2772. Windows 10's data-hogging ways.
We pay Verizon for 8 Gb of data per month, never download or stream music, movies or TV shows, rarely watch YouTube videos, and basically only do email, Facebook and web shopping, yet still blow through our data allowance and then some, if we aren't cautious. I don't play online games with my sisters anymore, and I've almost totally stopped posting photos. So where is the data going?
Both the desktop PC and our laptop were upgraded recently to models running Windows 10. We turned off Automatic Updates, and I've changed settings on my "device" (an older iPhone that is not used as a phone) so that videos on Facebook do not play automatically. Still using tons of data.
Mr. Kimby recently read about AdBlocker, and applied it to both PC & laptop. Our data use went down a lot. If this keeps up, I may be able to start posting photos again!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2017 21:21:27 GMT
It seems amazing to me that companies in the US still have policies that limit usage. I think that all internet in France (and probably most of the EU) is now unlimited, just as unlimited phone calls are free to 110 countries. Technology is now so advanced on these things that making people pay is just highway robbery greed. In June, there will be no more roaming fees for mobile phones anywhere in the EU (right now I think we have to pay something like 0.05 euros per minute and something like 0.02 euros for an SMS when we are in another EU country).
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Post by Kimby on Mar 6, 2017 21:32:27 GMT
We COULD have unlimited data, if we were willing to pay for it. But we aren't.
We were told that a typical family of four uses about 10 Gb a month, so there's no way that the two of us should be blowing through 8 Gb without any streaming or Netflix-ing.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2017 21:52:51 GMT
Limited service doesn't exist here anymore. The cheapest company charges 12 euros a month.
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Post by whatagain on Mar 8, 2017 11:00:10 GMT
So Pet Peeves means something like 'les choes qui me mettent en rogne'. Can 2773 be the guys who make love (loudly) in bad insonorized hotels and then have a bath afterwards. When afterwads is past midnight. As for TV's, I have 2 tv's at home + 2 in France and I hardly watch it. I have paytv, but don't know how much it costs, since it is linked with my wife cellphone monthly fee. I like watching TV but I tend to watch silly things like 'the voice' that I don't like per se but brings 4 of the 5 of us on average together... And I'll watch what my wife is watching, with mmy laptop on my knees, jsut for the sake of being in the same room as her. Anyway whatever she chooses, she never sees the end, she falls asleep between 10 42 and 10 56. And jeez, 100 bucks a month for TV is a bloddyu rip-off in my mind. And I hardly ever watch anything other than french TV. I sometimes say that I saw a great thing on BBC, but it is mostly for showing off . My favorite US show is 'Americars' - you don't need a brain to follow this. www.discoverychannel.fr/americars4/americars-les-videos/
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Post by tod2 on Mar 8, 2017 12:40:46 GMT
2774 - A microwave that decides it has had enough by sending smoke pouring through the vents at the top - I switched that darn thing off so fast in case I had a fire. Then I remembered I do have a fire extinguisher in my kitchen. Anyway, it's been put in the garage with other junk and I installed a smaller one. I have to have two microwaves at all times. One simple to operate, because digital is no good for many people...like me Whatagain - that hotel room situation can be very embarrasing - especially if you are sharing a room with your mother and she starts giggling and you pretend you don't hear anything...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2017 12:47:38 GMT
I have only heard loud lovemaking in an adjacent hotel room once. But since I have spent plenty of time in hotels, I think it is because I fall asleep early when in a hotel and sleep deeply.
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Post by chexbres on Mar 8, 2017 19:59:45 GMT
2775. I was lucky enough to get my rental deposit back
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2017 20:08:21 GMT
And you didn't want to? Is that what makes it a peeve?
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Post by Kimby on Mar 8, 2017 20:41:50 GMT
(Good moderating, K2! ;-) )
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Post by rikita on Mar 9, 2017 12:43:08 GMT
2776. (or 2775. if the previous one doesn't count?) the news anchor at the biggest german news programme just spoke about yesterday's football match and kept saying Barcelona with a spanish c (th-sound) ... it sounds silly in German. not sure if he was at least consistent and pronounced Paris in French, too - as it was followed by "Saint-German", so it was difficult to hear ...
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Post by tod2 on Mar 9, 2017 13:51:38 GMT
2777. Finding out this morning that the plantain I so carefully selected and put on the window sill, waiting for an opportunity to cook it, has disappeared. I heard noises in the kitchen but was too engrossed on Anyport to take heed. So the monkeys struck again darn it! My gardener says they were all over the place.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 9, 2017 16:11:25 GMT
Sorry, but that big ole banana setting on the sill must have seemed meant for them!
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Post by tod2 on Mar 9, 2017 17:39:54 GMT
Wonder if they ate it or simply took a bite and went Urrrrgh!
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Post by Kimby on Mar 9, 2017 21:09:54 GMT
2778. Pets that don't live long enough...
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Post by whatagain on Mar 11, 2017 10:16:31 GMT
2779 boyfriends of your daughters.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2017 20:57:38 GMT
2780. Setting out somewhere and having your camera tell you "memory card full" after two photos when the other cards are back at the hotel.
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Post by Kimby on Mar 16, 2017 2:46:55 GMT
2781. Peeved that pets don't live as long as we need them to...
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Post by tod2 on Mar 16, 2017 7:08:34 GMT
Solution to #2780 - Rush into nearest store and purchase the cheapest card you can just to save time.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2017 4:29:36 GMT
2782. Parents who use fallacious arguments not to buy something for their child.
Case in point - over the weekend, I was at an event with lots of families, and there was a little girl, perhaps 4 years old, who wanted an Elsa balloon. Her father pointed to an Elsa balloon tied to a stroller and said, "See, those are only for babies, not a big girl like you!"
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Post by rikita on Apr 10, 2017 6:27:15 GMT
well, sometimes you are tired and you just want to say something that hopefully stops the arguing and begging ... (my argument is usually "we'll put it on your birthday list" - and i haven't even started that list yet, as by the time we get home, she has forgotten about telling me to put it on the list).
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