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05-21-2020, 11:43 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Champaign
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Originally Posted by MichaelB
We just finished “Beforeigners” on HBO. It’s a Norwegian production with English subtitles, takes place in Oslo, when people from the past suddenly begin appearing, in substantial numbers. The name means “foreigners from before”. It’s not sci-fi but drama with a novel approach. Season 1 was 6 one hour episodes, and it was entertaining.
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Do you mean "dead" people? Or ghosts from the past?
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05-21-2020, 11:51 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Chicagoland
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Originally Posted by Rianne
Do you mean "dead" people? Or ghosts from the past?
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People, alive in the past, suddenly appearing in the present. Some type of unexplained time portal. They lived primarily in three ages, Stone Age, Viking, and
Victoria, offering a nice contrast.
The show is not about time travel and makes no attempt to the explain the phenomenon. It is more a police drama with multiple storylines, one being the cultural and social shock.
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05-21-2020, 11:58 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Texas: No Country for Old Men
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Originally Posted by MichaelB
People, alive in the past, suddenly appearing in the present.
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Phffft. That's happened several times on this forum...
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05-21-2020, 12:03 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Champaign
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Originally Posted by MichaelB
People, alive in the past, suddenly appearing in the present. Some type of unexplained time portal. They lived primarily in three ages, Stone Age, Viking, and
Victoria, offering a nice contrast.
The show is not about time travel and makes no attempt to the explain the phenomenon. It is more a police drama with multiple storylines, one being the cultural and social shock.
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Oh, a bit like Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. Kidding. I'll tune in, I like that kind of story line.
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05-21-2020, 02:32 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
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Originally Posted by Sunset
You might want to log in and check your account.
CBS has a habit of removing your second free month, and reportedly even charging your CC a few days before the billing date they list on free trials.
I checked my and sure enough, they removed the 2nd free month, so I have to binge watch big time  |
They lied.
They removed the 2nd month on me. My credit card was charged $10.71 on May 6.
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05-22-2020, 01:25 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 3,504
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Originally Posted by MichaelB
We just finished “Beforeigners” on HBO. It’s a Norwegian production with English subtitles, takes place in Oslo, when people from the past suddenly begin appearing, in substantial numbers. The name means “foreigners from before”. It’s not sci-fi but drama with a novel approach. Season 1 was 6 one hour episodes, and it was entertaining.
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Sounds interesting.
Along these same lines, there was a show on ABC a couple of years ago called "The Crossing" where about a hundred people washed up on shore near a small town in Oregon, some of them dead, some alive. The government put the survivors in a campground for observation and it turns out they are from 180 years in the future.
Started strong and lost some steam, but it kept me intrigued so I watched the whole thing.
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05-22-2020, 01:47 PM
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Location: Chicagoland
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Originally Posted by Qs Laptop
Sounds interesting.
Along these same lines, there was a show on ABC a couple of years ago called "The Crossing" where about a hundred people washed up on shore near a small town in Oregon, some of them dead, some alive. The government put the survivors in a campground for observation and it turns out they are from 180 years in the future.
Started strong and lost some steam, but it kept me intrigued so I watched the whole thing.
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Thanks, I’ll keep that show on my prospect list.
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05-22-2020, 02:26 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Central MS/Orange Beach, AL
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Just finished season 5 of Outlander on Starz. Really enjoyed the series. Suppose to be a 6th season but who knows when they or anything series can start filming again.....
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Investing style: Full time wuss.
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05-22-2020, 02:56 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: DuPage County IL
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thru the first four episodes of The Plot Against America on HBO.
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Ham Radio, Sport Pilot, RVer
FIRE: 8/11/2005, age 55y,1d
Dispatcher, then shift supv, then administrator for a regional 9-1-1 call center
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05-22-2020, 06:39 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Denver, Colorado
Posts: 6,258
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Originally Posted by folivier
Started watching Hart of Dixie on netflix. Kinda silly but fun to watch. Helps to be from the south.
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Yeah, that was a show that should have never been canceled.
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"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is." ~(perhaps by) Yogi Berra
"Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge."~ Lau tzu
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05-22-2020, 06:40 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Denver, Colorado
Posts: 6,258
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"It's tough to make predictions, especially when it involves the future." ~Attributed to many
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is." ~(perhaps by) Yogi Berra
"Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge."~ Lau tzu
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05-22-2020, 06:46 PM
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Dryer sheet wannabe
Join Date: Jul 2014
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I had a 2 month trial with CBS and had the same issue ... they charged my card a few days before one month was over. If you call them and tell them that this is an error, they will refund the charge. I did that and got a 10.81 refund.
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05-22-2020, 07:03 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 6,173
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I am enjoying "The Last Dance" documentary on Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. I did not watch it when broadcast, but waited until all episodes were available to stream before I started. I enjoy how they have edited it, going not purely linear, and the interviews/commentary by participants that span 35+ years. Youngest DS, for whom Kobe Bryant and LeBron James are more current memories, is fascinated by seeing how good Jordan was during those years.
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05-23-2020, 05:41 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
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Originally Posted by fromtx
I had a 2 month trial with CBS and had the same issue ... they charged my card a few days before one month was over. If you call them and tell them that this is an error, they will refund the charge. I did that and got a 10.81 refund.
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It cost me 7 1/2 minutes, but I was waiting for a zoom meeting to start, so no big deal.
The rep said "our system didn't accept the additional 30 day promo code" (that I typed into the account field after signing up).
But the rep agreed to the refund "as a one-time courtesy".
Then, by alluding to the fact that "so many of you guys" run into this, she basically admitted that this is pretty much how it's designed to work. In other words, they designed it so you think you get 60 and you really get 30. Makes me really want to do more business with them 
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05-23-2020, 06:36 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Chandler, AZ
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Originally Posted by jollystomper
I am enjoying "The Last Dance" documentary on Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. I did not watch it when broadcast, but waited until all episodes were available to stream before I started. I enjoy how they have edited it, going not purely linear, and the interviews/commentary by participants that span 35+ years. Youngest DS, for whom Kobe Bryant and LeBron James are more current memories, is fascinated by seeing how good Jordan was during those years.
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I love it too. Am all caught up except for Episode 10. Only thing I don't like is the skipping around, but everything else is great. Jordan was a self-driven, take-no-prisoners beast. I gotta admire that, even if he left some relationship carnage in his wake.
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05-23-2020, 08:38 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Posts: 7,436
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Sunday ESPN will do a two-part 4 hour documentary on Lance Armstrong.
Sounds like he will try to tell his side of the doping.
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05-23-2020, 08:47 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: DuPage County IL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by explanade
Sunday ESPN will do a two-part 4 hour documentary on Lance Armstrong.
Sounds like he will try to tell his side of the doping.
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i’ll sum it up...not his fault. pass.
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05-24-2020, 08:29 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Champaign
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Medici on Netflix. We started with Season 1 back in 2017. Just found season 2 and 3. It's quite impressive to see how the Vatican literally ruled half the world in the 14-1500's. I realize how grateful I am for the Medici influence and what it took to manipulate power, money, religion to make the world a better place centuries into the future.
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05-25-2020, 08:16 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Chandler, AZ
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DW pulled me into Dead To Me on Netflix. Dark comedy about two grieving women who meet up under strange circumstances. Season 1 kept my attention; starting Season 2 now. Filled a void after Ozark.
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05-25-2020, 08:57 AM
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#1340
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: San Antonio
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Really enjoying The Good Fight, Bosch and All Rise. All LA based.
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