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oldognewtrick
In memory of
to House Repair Talk Sparky.I went to Technical School while in HS to become an electrician. I haven't earned a living at it but I can still find my way around a circuit breaker panel or wire a 3 way circuit a couple of different ways.
glock26USMC
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Welcome to the forum!
nealtw
Contractor retired
Great fresh meat.. Welcome.
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Chris
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Not that kinda meat Neal.
Welcome to the site.
Welcome to the site.
nealtw
Contractor retired
Oh well, glad to meet you.
The officially shut it down a few days late from their November 4th announced end. It is shut down and the posts are gone, 7700 posts of excellence by me all gone except in the Internet way-back machine archive.
DIY is still going, and they are paying better attention to the spammers. But I suspect they'll pull the plug on that before too long.
oldognewtrick
In memory of
Spam is a problem, we've had great support from our members reporting spam and do our best to keep it out. Feel free to report any post that violates the rules we all agreed to when we joined.
At DIY Networks boards they will get spammers hitting every board with non-sense posts. Can't figure out what their game is because most of them just have jibberish and no links to entice you with click bate. So what benefit the spammers are getting out of this is beyond my understanding of the web.
The thing that kept me coming back to their boards is the opportunity to guide a noob. Some boards tend to be mainly occupied by the regulars and not much in the way of real questions. Sometimes a question will prompt me to do a little websearch to find an answer for the OP and I learn something new in the process or from other posters answering the question.
The thing that kept me coming back to their boards is the opportunity to guide a noob. Some boards tend to be mainly occupied by the regulars and not much in the way of real questions. Sometimes a question will prompt me to do a little websearch to find an answer for the OP and I learn something new in the process or from other posters answering the question.
inspectorD
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Well..some of us here keep our yaps shut until we have something to say... thats why I like it here, we all get along, and nobody puts anyone else down that comes in for the most part, otherwise, we send the Dog after em.;-)
Welcome to the site, good to have another helping hand around.:beer:
slownsteady
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Not sure about their forums, but HGTV - TV just drives me crazy. Used to be that you could pick up a little info there, but now it's all about yuppie couples buying houses.
Anyways...welcome Sparky.
Anyways...welcome Sparky.
The network has certainly moved beyond their core viewers. There was a lot of complaining on the boards about the quality of the shows. It has essentially become House Hunters TV with a side of Love it or list it. Gardening and real home improvement shows are non-existent on the network.
oldognewtrick
In memory of
TV has moved beyond information to drama entertainment. A show can't be just informative, it somehow has to have conflict. There's enough drama in my life to watch stuff that I have interest in. But I guess drama sells and that's what pays the bills.
If it's not drama, it's half hour commercials. For instance, I use to like the show My Classic Car, it's now a commercial for collector car insurance, floor tile or car polish with a hint of a car here and there.
Oh well...,
If it's not drama, it's half hour commercials. For instance, I use to like the show My Classic Car, it's now a commercial for collector car insurance, floor tile or car polish with a hint of a car here and there.
Oh well...,
Remember when TLC stood for The Learning Channel and the History Channel had actual shows about... History?
oldognewtrick
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I remember when MTV had music videos.
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Chris
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I still watch PBS with my daughter. It hasn't changed much.
