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The point where "Everything is better with" jumps the shark

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(@mightymoe)
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"Everything is better with bacon"

Well, I'll admit that a lettuce and tomato sandwich is, but....

"Everything is better with Bluetooth"

put Bluetooth in the computer, in the surveying instruments, the DC, ear buds,,,,,,,,your watch,,,,,,,eyeglasses,,,,,Bluetooth salt shaker (it's called Smalt), piggybank, egg tray,?ÿ think of a product it needs Bluetooth.

In surveying it was scanners?ÿ

Had to get a scanner, I'm so glad I didn't cause it would have sat in the back room more than my 301B does, but that's been free for many years.?ÿ

Now can I please sit through a few shows on TV without some hemp product being sold to me. Hemp back braces, hemp oils, hemp toilet paper (not kidding).

Enough with the hemp, I get it, now I suppose I need a Hemp belt with Bluetooth that scans!!!

Capitalism sometimes gets carried away.?ÿ

 
Posted : May 4, 2020 6:29 am
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I agree wholeheartedly.

A side note on TV advertisement:?ÿ I have a tendency to record TV programs and then watch them at my leisure.?ÿ One of the benefits is that I can fast-forward through the ads.?ÿ I've become adept at predicting the end of an ad as it zips past by watching the time counter display.?ÿ Ad segments vary in length but most are between 3 and 4.5 minutes.?ÿ I've noticed in the last 2 months the program producers have been loading up the viewing audience with more ads.?ÿ?ÿ3 minutes has turned into 3.5 and others have been as long as 6 minutes.?ÿ I've even noticed a few programs truncated by a little bit so they can cram even more ads upon the viewing audience.

I guess it's a natural business thing.?ÿ More people are stuck indoors and probably watching TV...so the carriers capitalize on the larger audiences by shoving more commercials our way.

Hemp butt-wipe??ÿ Who knew??ÿ I guess I need to slow down and catch an ad or two so I can stay up on current trends.?ÿ 😉

 
Posted : May 4, 2020 7:13 am
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Posted by: @paden-cash

I can fast-forward through the ads

It seems to me, they put the popular ads at the end of the commercial break; so when you hit stop, just before the show starts back up, you might just watch Flo, sell you Insurance...

 
Posted : May 4, 2020 8:32 am
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Not a big TV guy, but because we're caretaking my FIL the TV is always on mostly to the cowboy channel for the old Texan. The commercials are Medicare supplements, step-in baths, reverse mortgages, copper fit compression socks and for some reason lots of hemp.

 
Posted : May 4, 2020 9:52 am
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Don't forget, "Do you wake up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night frequently?"

Damm straight I do.?ÿ Trying to do that in my sleep could be bad for me in several ways.

 
Posted : May 4, 2020 12:36 pm