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Wargod

Monday, October 06, 2003 - 03:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sweetpea, Joe Schmoe is a reality show where everyone is an actor following a script except for one guy. And he has no clue, I think that's right.

Hi ya'll, my name is Sandy. I have two kids, ages 5 and 7, and am ready to celebrate my 7th anniversary with hubby.

I'm a stay at home mom after working 13 years in a retirement home. I volunteer at the kids school twice a week, and still after over a year visit my elderly people often. I'm almost compulsive about cleaning though I hate to cook and am horrible at it!

I've been posting since BB2 though I found chat long before I found the board, lol. I'm around all the time, though usually in the members folders and general discussions. I'm also very excited to see so many people sticking around this year after Big Brother!

My favorite shows are Amazing Race, Survivor, American Choppers (Lorry I left you a message in your folder,) CSI, Nip/Tuck, Angel, and still a big Buffy fan!

Catfat

Monday, October 06, 2003 - 08:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Shewho--Poldark is on video tape, and possibly your library has copies. The Port Townsend library has it, maybe you could get in on interlibrary loan.

Chandler

Monday, October 06, 2003 - 08:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi all!
My name is Nancy and I live in a small town of 800 people in northern Wisconsin. The leaves are in full color here and we are enjoying a fantastic Indian Summer with temps up in the high 70's this week (last week everything froze!)

I own an insurance agency and have offices in two different towns, so it keeps me running between both places. Our 25 year old son and 23 year old daughter are both out of college and working on their own (and now paying their own rent, car payments, etc!!) Yahoo!! Never did experience the "empty nest syndrome" that I hear about. I absolutely love to have them come home for the weekend, but I don't hate it when they get ready to leave when the weekend is over! Then it is just my husband, myself, and our two full-grown Samoyeds at home again.

This year I am really enjoying Survivor - only wish we could get live feeds! I feel a little letdown once Big Brother ends each year, but I am getting a lot more work done now that it is over. I like most reality shows, and find that what makes them the most interesting is coming to these boards to take part in the discussion with everyone else.

Finally, I just have to say it....GO PACKERS!!!

Watching2

Monday, October 06, 2003 - 10:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sweatpea,

Joe Schmoe is on "Spike TV" which they now call "Television for men" and I believe it used to be called TNN? I've missed some of it myself, since I didn't know about it until I read about it on this board. It is really funny and I'm anxious to see how it's going to play out when "Joe" finds out he's been duped. Hopefully, it won't be too painful for him, since as stated above, he really is a nice guy. :)

Reader234

Tuesday, October 07, 2003 - 07:09 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Joe Schmo, it works because the "Joe" (Matt is his name") is so sincere! Come over to this thread at TVclubhouse:

Joe Schmoe
Also if you want to get caught up they are running a marathon of the show on that Spike TV channel, ALSO, the producers of this show have also been part of big brother... (ashes to ashes dust to dust, you are dead to us, as the evict a player/actor.. too funny!!) This truly has been a word of mouth hit, one person telling another, getting another hooked on it!! I truly didnt think I would like it AT ALL, but the humor is sincere, it works.

From Futon Critic...

THE JOE SCHMO SHOW (Spike TV) - The cable network will air a marathon of all nine episodes of the series on Sunday, October 26 from 2:00-7:00 p.m. and 8:00-12:00 a.m. eastern time. Viewers can then look for the two-hour series finale on Tuesday, October 28 at 9:00/8:00c.

PS: I love to continue to learn about other posters!! AND there parts of the country (even if they have a disease - ie Packer fans!! --j/k! *g couldnt resist!! I do admire the Packers - the town that owns the team of Favre, but I have to stick with the losers!! ie da Bears) I miss traveling up to Michigan, that is so beautiful, we always used to camp up along that coast, now we head up to Wisconsin... All the way NORTH!! (well not ALL the way, just 6 hours - actually we take a left at Green Bay!! It just feels north!! Pearson WI)

Shewho

Tuesday, October 07, 2003 - 08:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
CATFAT: Appreciate the heads up on Poldark video.
I shall pursue that with my library.

Sweetpea1994

Tuesday, October 07, 2003 - 08:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks to all who responded to my question about Joe Schmoe, I will have to check it out. :)

Jeep

Tuesday, October 07, 2003 - 09:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hello to everyone! I've been here since BB1, but mostly in lurke mode. I've been more active this year than ever. Survivor is my absolute favorite show. This year I have limited time to spoil since my home puter died (getting new one VERY soon), I work full time and take care of my elderly mom in my spare(?) time. Married 25 years in December, no kids (by choice).

Chandler, I work in the insurance industry as well. 30 years now. It's a real challenge and never boring. We'll have to compare notes sometime.

Chill_Town

Tuesday, October 07, 2003 - 11:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hello everyone, let me just start by saying I love it here, people are so fun and that's what this is really about...
My name is Tanya and I live in Burnsvile Minnesota, we moved back from Las Vegas, NV right after we got married to be closer with our family and friends back here. I live with my hubby of 4 years Mike and my daughter Alicia who is 10 ( but thinks she's 16 ). We have a Golden Retriever named Thunder and 2 cats named Wyatt & Doc ( named after Wyatt Earp & Doc Holliday bet ya'd never guessed that without me telling you eh' ).
I work fulltime at a Freight Brokerage so I have lots of time to sit at my desk and lurk here all day usually. My hubby is a Surveillance Manager at a Casino Card Club here in town. My daughter is busy with 5th grade, Girl Scouts and staying up on the latest fashions and hair styles.
My favorite shows would be in order...
Survivor
Big Brother
The Bachelor
Joe Millionaire
Amazing Race

Meowmix

Tuesday, October 07, 2003 - 02:42 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey People- A guy in San Diego here who likes to come out of lurk mode once in a while and say ya'll are the best- missing BB- loving survivor- and joe millionaire? bring it aaaaawwwwwnnnnnnn(ica)

Enigma2

Tuesday, October 07, 2003 - 03:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ah, at last: another male. (meowmix). That now makes an overwhelming total (with Chuck, in Canada) of three of us.

Twiggyish

Tuesday, October 07, 2003 - 03:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hiya everyone!! Welcome out of lurkdom!! We see you all now =)

Auntiemike

Tuesday, October 07, 2003 - 03:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Enigma: don't forget to count Lancecrossfire, a fellow poster from my town. Also male. ;-)

Enigma2

Wednesday, October 08, 2003 - 02:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks, Autiemike. Four! Wow! (Lancecrossfire's post in this thread did not mention gender –so I missed him in my count....sorry....)(We're now only one-short to be an all-male challenge to the Morganites!

Neetka

Wednesday, October 08, 2003 - 09:06 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm a dedicated lurker and occasional poster who has been enjoying these boards for a couple of years now. I'm 54 and live in a small town (blink and you'll miss it) outside of Buffalo NY, and (sorry Enigma) I'm yet another female. I'm a computer programmer, which lets me get away with net surfing at work while I wait for tests to run or programs to oompile. I'm happily single (one might even say I thank God every day that I'm single!) and I get my children-fix from being the favorite aunt to my neices and nephews (I'm the relative who gives them the drum set or 10,000-little-tiny-pieces games for Christmas, it makes me very popular with my siblings.)

Amazing Race is my all time favorite reality show, if I was only in shape I'd love to be a contestant on that! Big Brother is my 2nd favorite due to the 24/7 feeds, I like knowing what people are really like rather than what the editors allow me to see (although I detested the contestants this year and had a hard time seeing the show through to the end). I confess that I have never been a big Survivor fan because the contestants are usually such an annoying bunch of spoiled whining people, but I'm loving it this year! After enduring Heidi and Jenna last year I swore 'never again' but I'm very glad I gave it another chance, this is the first cast I've liked since Survivor I!

Chandler

Wednesday, October 08, 2003 - 09:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Reader 234, when you are "up north" in Pearson, WI, you are about 100 miles straight east of me! What a small world! Agreed about Favre's team aka the Packers -- it seems even the sportscasters think the same thing!

Jeep, I've been the insurance business for about 30 years too. If nothing else, we are loyal, aren't we?

Jeep

Wednesday, October 08, 2003 - 09:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Chandler, loyal? Of course. And not interested in learning a whole new occupation, I like what I'm doing (most days), although the general public can be trying at times.

Sodenec

Wednesday, October 08, 2003 - 09:58 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey Badabing !

I'm from St-Hilaire, Glad to know I'm not the only Canadian surfing TVCH. I work as an administrative assitant with scientists in Saint-Hubert.

Au plaisir !

Djgirl

Wednesday, October 08, 2003 - 10:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Excuse-moi, Sodenec, tu n'es pas seulment Canadian dans TVCH, moi aussi. (Okay, I took french in grade school, and that was my best effort. I'm in Toronto though, so, so far I'm the only Ontarian checking out Survivor!)

:)

Jami

Wednesday, October 08, 2003 - 10:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi Everyone,
I posted a few times at the BB board this year. But this lost my password so I have just been reading here for the past few weeks.

My name is Jami. I am a 40 year old stay at home, homeschooling mom that is also a music director. I live in NC with mt husband and 3 children ages 14, 13 and 10.

We are loving Survivor this year, especially Rupert.

This board is a blast.

Enigma2

Wednesday, October 08, 2003 - 12:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Neetka: sorry, my comments are all tougue-in-cheek. I think that this is a great group of people. My only previous experience with chat rooms was the CBS Big Brother effort. And that was a bit crazy at times. I am very grateful to be here in the presence of (relatively) sane people...

Woofy

Wednesday, October 08, 2003 - 05:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm Woofy aka Dave ... 56 years old, partnered (he's put up with me for 34 years), and make my living as both a children's theatre playwright and an XXXX-rated adult website designer/owner.

We live in Long Beach, CA about three miles from the Queen Mary. We didn't vote for Arnold and didn't vote for Gary Coleman.

Favorite shows? Survivor, West Wing, and all the Law and Order triplets.

Sunshyne4u

Wednesday, October 08, 2003 - 07:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ha ha Enigma2 (relatively?) sane people....So on that note, let me post a little about myself!

I am Louise from the West Coast of Canada, Vancouver Island. This is located about half way up the big Island just north of the San Juan Island chain, Washington state. I have a excellent Ski mountain behind me and amazing fishing in the beautiful Georgia Strait infront of me. The tall snowy mountains of the Mainland British Columbia are clearly visible across the waters. Cruise Ships go by on their way to Alaska.

I am just turned 40 and share my house with a mellow personalitied fat brown shorthair tabby named BooBoo and a crazy aggressive skinny silver tabby named Whiskers(who actually attacked a pitbull once!). Both animals were 'give aways', Boo from the SPCA Animal shelter 1991 and Whiskers from a home 1997 as the owners didnt want him anymore, he was beating up their dog!

I am trained in the Medical Field and used to work in the Hospital setting until I developed allergies/ chemical sensitivity to the strong chemicals used to clean and polish. This took its toll on me as I tried to continue to work as it got worse and worse during the last few years. I am now off disabled. :-((

What has kept me sane being at home so much? (I have worked all of my life!) The TVCH site!! I was a huge BB1 fan and have lurked here since then. Since I was off of work this year I decided it was time to start Posting! BB4 was such a disappointment but the redeeming factor were all the interesting people who voiced their opinions on this site. Favourite TV shows....Joe Schmo, Enterprise(and all the Star Treks), THE AMAZING RACE!! love it, all of the Ancient History Tuesday shows on the HISTORY channel, Survivor, American Idol and Canadian Idol.

I must say I am surprised though.....quite a few people I thought were men and actually women! It is funny how we try to fit gender into the posting style of individuals eh??

Spitfire

Wednesday, October 08, 2003 - 07:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Another Canadian here eh!!

I'm Darcie from a small Southern Ontario town. Right now I am boarding with the inlaws because we are in the process of building our house. I live in the country and we did have a house on our property in April but tore it down to build the new one. I love old homes but this one needed way to much work and we decided that it would be benifical to build new. When all is said an done I will be living in my dream house with a wonderful view (the farm is called Pleasant View Farms)with my DH and my dog. Oh yea....29 years old and no kids.....yet.

I work for a company that manufactures water treatment chemicals for drinking water. I am the receptionist/customer service/slave driver/go to gal/spitfire.

I love most reality shows but have not had much time for TV lately. I love the Amazing Race, it is by far my most favorite. I am enjoying this years Survivor and am happy that it seems like there is finally some life back in it.

My job gets quite boring sometimes and I am so thankful that I found TVCH during last years BB. What's funny is that this year I did not pay much attention to the BB threads because there is way to much fun to be had everywhere else here.

Glad to meet all of you!! :)

Enigma2

Thursday, October 09, 2003 - 05:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Darcie: I'm envious of you-and-your husband's new house. (I keep thinking of "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" –the 1940s movie w. Cary Grant and Myrna Loy.) May it bring you much contentment and peace.

Jacqueline and Darcie: Please adopt me. Your part of the world sounds wonderful. (I keep looking for a retirement location and the northwest has the two things I want: mountains and an ocean. But I keep reading about the high humidity...) (And you can grow delphiniums –which I have to treat as annuals at my weekend hovel-in-the-woods.) Most of my friends are slowly leaving NY. Most are going to Europe, which is great, but I feel sort-of attached to my native soil...)

I have now watched part of my first 'Joe Schmoo' due to you people.