"Well tonight / we are going / to sort - it - all - out..."


Is there heaven and hell?  Do we reincarnate?

Uh-oh, I took the bait.  I'm busted!
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Is there heaven and hell?  Do we reincarnate?


Is Maxwell evolving--


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--No, it is too late!

II watched a couple eps of a show about a family of repossessers. There was one ep where the guys went on a property and a dude started shooting.  The guys left the camera man behind to film the shooter chasing their suv off the property.  ::)

No way that happened. Am I to believe that the shooter let camera film him firing a gun at people ( a felony in California) and then he signed the release form to have his face shown on tv? 

Now if they called it a recreation from a previous incident I'd be more inclined to believe it.





Are you talking about Operation Repo on Tru TV?  If so, there is a disclaimer at the beginning that says "The stories that are portrayed in this program are based on real events. The names of the characters were changed in order to protect their identities . . . and some honor."  So, basically they're re-enactments.  ::)

Are you talking about Operation Repo on Tru TV?  If so, there is a disclaimer at the beginning that says "The stories that are portrayed in this program are based on real events. The names of the characters were changed in order to protect their identities . . . and some honor."  So, basically they're re-enactments.   ::)


I'm not sure if that was the show or not... I came in the middle of the ep so I never saw the disclaimer. My friend apparently neglected to read it because she thought that the incident was actually happening at the time of filming.  ::)


if that is the case tho then some of their re-enactments are pretty good because a couple of them I saw looked like actual Repos in progress.  But I knew there was no way that particular one she showed me was...

The old Marxist in me says we should celebrate the working man and woman...but let's face it, most jobs are not interesting enough to make a TV series. 

"Ax Men" is a perfect example.  A well-made documentary about lumberjacks (I know, I know, Monty Python, right) would be interesting, but let's not try and make a soap opera out of it! 

What's next? 

Isaac Rosenberg: Insurance Claims Adjuster

:D



;D

In a television series, viewers want a story line and character development.  The History Channel tried to do this with "Ice Road Truckers."  I remarked it became a gay soap opera (NTTAWT). 
8)

IRT did add a young female truck driver to the cast.  I have my doubts about whether the pretty young gal really is a big rig driver on the North Slope, but you never know!


Why do you have your doubts that a pretty young gal is really a big rig driver?

Why do you have your doubts that a pretty young gal is really a big rig driver?
I was curious about this as well  8)

I like Undercover boss, although it does seem weird that nobody questions a film crew there..  :-X :-X

I like Undercover boss, although it does seem weird that nobody questions a film crew there..   :-X :-X





that's because the workers are told that the person under cover is participating in a reality show about out of work people competing for a job with the company.

The one they did last week (NASCAR) the workers were told he was a NASCAR fan who won a dream week to work and experience behind the scenes at NASCAR...

Why do you have your doubts that a pretty young gal is really a big rig driver?


The North Slope is a dangerous place, especially for pretty, young women!
:o

The North Slope is a dangerous place, especially for pretty, young women!
:o


They don't want to mess up their pretty faces. ::)

They don't want to mess up their pretty faces. ::)


I'm not saying women couldn't or shouldn't drive big rigs or drive big rigs on the North Slope, nor am I pushing a stereotype of truck drivin' mamas as scary bulldykes. 

The thing is, it took a few seasons for a female trucker to appear on IRT and the one they got looked like an actress-model from Hollywood.  Questionable veracity.  I could certainly be wrong too.

I have long been fascinated with goings-on in far northern latitudes.  The accounts of the northern culture I read in decades before IRT was a brutal male chauvinist world in the trucking and mineral extraction industries of Alaska and Northern Canada.  Women were welcome as flight attendants, waitresses, medical personnel, and above all, hookers, but certainly not truck drivers, miners, or rig workers. 

Reality television is an oxymoron.  Things change when the cameras show up.  The producers of IRT needed to make the trucking community a palatable cast for the viewing public.  Thus, they had to temper the nasty aspects of the boreal trucking life.

My husband is addicted to swamp people and some wild hog hunters show - THese people are crazy.  IRT is coming back on too 8)

I'm not saying women couldn't or shouldn't drive big rigs or drive big rigs on the North Slope, nor am I pushing a stereotype of truck drivin' mamas as scary bulldykes. 

The thing is, it took a few seasons for a female trucker to appear on IRT and the one they got looked like an actress-model from Hollywood.  Questionable veracity.  I could certainly be wrong too.

I have long been fascinated with goings-on in far northern latitudes.  The accounts of the northern culture I read in decades before IRT was a brutal male chauvinist world in the trucking and mineral extraction industries of Alaska and Northern Canada.  Women were welcome as flight attendants, waitresses, medical personnel, and above all, hookers, but certainly not truck drivers, miners, or rig workers. 

Reality television is an oxymoron.  Things change when the cameras show up.  The producers of IRT needed to make the trucking community a palatable cast for the viewing public.  Thus, they had to temper the nasty aspects of the boreal trucking life.


Every good reality show also has a flaming, flamboyant-style gay dude.  Do they have one on IRT yet? ???  (I have never watched IRT as I work for a trucking company alreadyt and, no, we don't have any flamers working at our place although there are likely a couple of gay dudes who keep a low key.).

I'm not saying women couldn't or shouldn't drive big rigs or drive big rigs on the North Slope, nor am I pushing a stereotype of truck drivin' mamas as scary bulldykes. 

The thing is, it took a few seasons for a female trucker to appear on IRT and the one they got looked like an actress-model from Hollywood.  Questionable veracity.  I could certainly be wrong too.

I have long been fascinated with goings-on in far northern latitudes.  The accounts of the northern culture I read in decades before IRT was a brutal male chauvinist world in the trucking and mineral extraction industries of Alaska and Northern Canada.  Women were welcome as flight attendants, waitresses, medical personnel, and above all, hookers, but certainly not truck drivers, miners, or rig workers. 

Reality television is an oxymoron.  Things change when the cameras show up.  The producers of IRT needed to make the trucking community a palatable cast for the viewing public.  Thus, they had to temper the nasty aspects of the boreal trucking life.


When my dad worked for a coal mining company, he would come home with stories of what the guys would do to one another as jokes.  Horrible!  For awhile, there was a woman coal miner, but at the very least they would do, is watch her while she showered.  I'm sure other stuff happened that was never mentioned by my dad.  She wasn't there very long (as I recall). 
I'm not saying couldn't or shouldn't do traditionally male-oriented jobs, I'm just saying the environment could be so hostile that it isn't worth it to try to break through the gender stereotype.

I often watch 'All Worked Up', a show that follows several people on the job:  Process server, repo men. meter maid, security at Ring of Honor Wrestling and a code enforcer.

The Repo guys are the best.  This episode was quite scary ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0cG26_aS9E

I often watch 'All Worked Up', a show that follows several people on the job:  Process server, repo men. meter maid, security at Ring of Honor Wrestling and a code enforcer.

The Repo guys are the best.  This episode was quite scary ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0cG26_aS9E
Have you watched the show "Repo men" yet???? That show is incredible as well!

Have you watched the show "Repo men" yet???? That show is incredible as well!


I have yes.  It is good

I have entered the permanent underclass.  I've fallen and I can't get up.  Hand me a video camera and a couple of mics, and I'll make the move that could Michael Moore wanna blow his own head off!  only you could see what I have seen with your eyes!
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What kind of video would it be? ???

I have entered the permanent underclass.  I've fallen and I can't get up.  Hand me a video camera and a couple of mics, and I'll make the move that could Michael Moore wanna blow his own head off!  only you could see what I have seen with your eyes!
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I am sorry you mock it. 

I really admire these shows.  Not only do they show us cultures in the United States that most of us know little about, in my opinion they Honor the working class.  Something that needs to be done in this country.  We can live as well as we do today without garbage men, sewer people, rodent control, farmers, plumbers, truckers, or any of the numerous other blue collar jobs out there.  Too often kids are told to go to college and get a degree.  Well our country has a overwhelming shortage of Skilled trades people.  We need people to fill these jobs, or our country is going to have nothing left here to export.  Point blank.  But I am a CTE teacher, and my father was a truck driver, so I guess I am partial to this way of thinking. 

I am sorry you mock it. 

I really admire these shows.  Not only do they show us cultures in the United States that most of us know little about, in my opinion they Honor the working class.  Something that needs to be done in this country.  We can live as well as we do today without garbage men, sewer people, rodent control, farmers, plumbers, truckers, or any of the numerous other blue collar jobs out there.  Too often kids are told to go to college and get a degree.  Well our country has a overwhelming shortage of Skilled trades people.  We need people to fill these jobs, or our country is going to have nothing left here to export.  Point blank.  But I am a CTE teacher, and my father was a truck driver, so I guess I am partial to this way of thinking. 


Sigh.  Remarks withdrawn.
::)

AND what is it 4 or 5 seasons later, I am still engrossed in Deadliest Catch 8)

There are quite a few of these types of shows on in the UK.  We have our own version of Undercover Boss (in fact it first started as Back to the Floor about 5 years ago) and there are at least two programmes following street cleaners/rat catchers and the like - one I know is called Grimefighters.  I have also watched programmes following police officers, air sea rescue and Eddie Stobart truckers

The one I really like is Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy_xOQhDZig

The one I really like is Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy_xOQhDZig


Love Dirty Jobs. 

Also like Holmes on Holmes which is a quite scary program showcasing hundreds of homes that got taken by the professional contractors they hired to fix their home problems and/or did shoddy work/took unsafe shortcuts and left the homes in worse shape then started in.  The show's premise is that they come in and fix the stuff.
Of course, not sure if I like it because the problems get fixed... or maybe because of the host, Mike Holmes  http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/05/hearts.gif
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There is a similar show in the UK called Cowboy Builders.  In this show they also go after the builders who did the shoddy work and try and get them taken to court.

There is a similar show in the UK called Cowboy Builders.  In this show they also go after the builders who did the shoddy work and try and get them taken to court.


They might advise them to do that behind the scenes of this program, but it isn't really discussed on camera.  I always wondered just how much money the clients had to put up in addition to what they already lost... or if they have a budget to work with and that's that. 

The one I really like is Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy_xOQhDZig
Who doesn't!  I have season 1, 2 and 4 on DVD - season 3 is on iTunes 8)

Also like Holmes on Holmes which is a quite scary program showcasing hundreds of homes that got taken by the professional contractors they hired to fix their home problems and/or did shoddy work/took unsafe shortcuts and left the homes in worse shape then started in.  The show's premise is that they come in and fix the stuff.
Of course, not sure if I like it because the problems get fixed... or maybe because of the host, Mike Holmes  http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/05/hearts.gif
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This man is one hot contractor!  One that I wouldn't mind showing a little crack 8)

Also like Holmes on Holmes which is a quite scary program showcasing hundreds of homes that got taken by the professional contractors they hired to fix their home problems and/or did shoddy work/took unsafe shortcuts and left the homes in worse shape then started in.  The show's premise is that they come in and fix the stuff.
Of course, not sure if I like it because the problems get fixed... or maybe because of the host, Mike Holmes  http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/05/hearts.gif
http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/thesouthern.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/b/68/c39/b68c39e6-8f77-11df-84ad-001cc4c002e0-revisions/4c3e055a1ab84.image.jpg


I had no idea Holmes on Homes aired outside of Canada.  It really is a good show. 

He is also a judge on another Canadian series called 'Handyman Superstar Challenge', where people vie to be the best handyman.

Also like Holmes on Holmes which is a quite scary program showcasing hundreds of homes that got taken by the professional contractors they hired to fix their home problems and/or did shoddy work/took unsafe shortcuts and left the homes in worse shape then started in.  The show's premise is that they come in and fix the stuff.
Of course, not sure if I like it because the problems get fixed... or maybe because of the host, Mike Holmes  http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/05/hearts.gif
http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/thesouthern.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/b/68/c39/b68c39e6-8f77-11df-84ad-001cc4c002e0-revisions/4c3e055a1ab84.image.jpg



We watch that all the time and Holmes Inspection.



Cat

I had no idea Holmes on Homes aired outside of Canada.  It really is a good show. 

He is also a judge on another Canadian series called 'Handyman Superstar Challenge', where people vie to be the best handyman.
I have watched that show too!  He is brutal on the Handymen who do "shoddy work" on the show - I LOVE IT

I like playing a drinking game-every time Mike Holmes says "Eh?" I take a drink.  ;) :D ;D ;D ;D



Cat

OK - Swamp Brothers is not a show I am enjoying... 

Ice road truckers is back though