Bob, at 09:25 on 1995-06-25, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BL> I always tape the news so I can edit the commercials and the
BL> crap, and I usually play it back in 10 minutes, which leaves me
BL> plenty of time to watch the ABC.

BG> You can always watch the ABC news at 1900 instead...

BL>   Not unless I want to end up eating the carpet. The ABC are
BL> self-satisfied wankers, and they don't even have tits. I am sick to
BL> bloody death of Bosnia, Osnia, Herbia, Yugosobbovia, Checkthisoutnya,
BL> and death and destructionya. I am sick of daily Medical Breakthroughs.

Sure beats the un-newsworthy crap being shown on the commercials though. 
Anyway, if you want proper news, buy a paper, don't waste your time TV.

BL> I don't give a stuff about furry animals trapped up trees and "huge"
BL> demonstrations any idiot can see have no more than 6 people in them
BL> (and five of those policemen and a dog). It's bad enough n Channel 9,
BL> where I can watch the Lawrence-revised Fast Forward News in 10
BL> minutes. On the ABC it reaches zero, so I don't bother.

Could be worse though - you might watch ACA or TT instead.  Urk!

Regards, Bill
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