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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Official Television Thread
« on: February 3, 2011, 02:46 PM »
Lovin' me some Shameless. "No, no, no, no. Bats are for killing, not taking to school. I don't want anymore notes from you teacher".
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Official Television Thread
« on: January 18, 2011, 02:06 PM »
With the help of Netflix and a great deal with our cable provider on HBO and Showtime, I have now gotten caught up and/or addicted to True Blood, Big Love, Dexter and the Big C. Caught the premiere of Shamless last week and this week's episode lived up to expectations too - it is awesome and irreverent and totally shameless. Lurve it!
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: How's the weather?
« on: January 17, 2011, 07:15 PM »
sorry Brent - but all that comes to mind is the South Park Movie: "**** Canada" (or at least her weather) 
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: How's the weather?
« on: January 17, 2011, 08:33 AM »
We got around 5 inches of snow on Monday followed by some sleet and freezing rain Monday night. It managed to close the schools just north of Charlotte all week 
. They had originally scheduled Saturday as a 1/2 to be a make-up day - but that was cancelled too because apparently there were still a few areas that had pockets of ice on the roads. I say get the trucks back out and clear those few patches out. The majority of the roads in the county were all clear by Wednesday. With the MLK holiday today the kids have been home for 10 days straight .
. They had originally scheduled Saturday as a 1/2 to be a make-up day - but that was cancelled too because apparently there were still a few areas that had pockets of ice on the roads. I say get the trucks back out and clear those few patches out. The majority of the roads in the county were all clear by Wednesday. With the MLK holiday today the kids have been home for 10 days straight .
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Home Improvement Projects
« on: January 11, 2011, 08:57 AM »Starting up a new project this weekend. The wife has tasked me with putting down hardwood flooring (which I have never done) and re-doing the base boards in one of our rooms. Going to re-paint the room first though since everything is out of it. Makes for a much easier time painting when there's no carpet to worry about spilling on and no base boards to tape.
We did that in our Master BR over the Christmas break. Tore up the carpet, baseboards, repainted, new furniture, laminated wood floor planks, put in wider baseboards, added molding to the walls. I will post before and after pics when I get a chance. Good luck!
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: The Walking Dead
« on: December 5, 2010, 01:15 PM »
If I were a survivor I would be concerned about how the virus was spread. If you had to be bit or scratched then I would think it would be blood or saliva/fluid borne. I would be quite hesitant to wallow in the bloody body of someone who was bit, even if it was my beloved family member.
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Netflix
« on: November 24, 2010, 01:38 PM »
We lurve our Netflix. The kids stream stuff on the Wii. The youngest is into dinosaurers - so she loves the PBS and Discovery Series on them. My son loves to pull up stuff on Discovery, History Channel and NatGeo.
I like being able to get caught up on previous seasons of shows that I just now am getting turned on to like True Blood, Dexter and Big Love.
Plus I was able to get caught up on Lost before the final season.
Sucks though b/c now I had to go get HBO/Showtime (w/a deal through the cable co.) because I can't stand to wait for Netflix to catch up on my shows
I like being able to get caught up on previous seasons of shows that I just now am getting turned on to like True Blood, Dexter and Big Love.
Plus I was able to get caught up on Lost before the final season.
Sucks though b/c now I had to go get HBO/Showtime (w/a deal through the cable co.) because I can't stand to wait for Netflix to catch up on my shows
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: The Walking Dead
« on: November 24, 2010, 09:00 AM »
I guess I just figured two arm bones weren't so easy to saw through either - especially at the joint. 
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: The Walking Dead
« on: November 20, 2010, 02:38 PM »How the hell is Merle not dead after hacksawing his hand off?
I like to think that he had a lighter on him and cauterized his own wound. That's what I want to see.
Why the hell didn't he just hack through the (realtively) small chain on the handcuffs instead of his hand?
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: The Walking Dead
« on: November 13, 2010, 06:15 PM »
Second, I hate to get on a high horse, no pun intended, but did they really have to make the wife such a callow b*tch? First, you cruise out of town with your kid but don't even stop by the hospital to pick up your injured husband, and worse you start banging his best friend after what, 2 weeks? Wow, don't let any moss grow on that thing lady.
After watching the 2nd episode last night, it seems like maybe they were banging each other well before the viral outbreak (if that is what this is considered) began. Possible she felt some remorse and decency and wanted to get her husband from the hospital - but lover boy gave her a laundry list of why that wouldn't be a smart idea. Might be that it is classic foreshadowing, but I wish they would just stick to the "average good guy is trying to get back to his average wife" story line. I think the other stories are more than compelling to keep people interested.
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: The Walking Dead
« on: November 12, 2010, 03:43 PM »
Second, I hate to get on a high horse, no pun intended, but did they really have to make the wife such a callow b*tch? First, you cruise out of town with your kid but don't even stop by the hospital to pick up your injured husband, and worse you start banging his best friend after what, 2 weeks? Wow, don't let any moss grow on that thing lady.
It sort of turns the whole thing into an absurd farce, like some twisted play on the Odyssey, where the husband defies all manner of obstacles to reunite with his "loyal wife" only to find she started nailing his best friend 5 minutes after he was out of the picture.Not exactly epic.
About now I am just hoping she and her dumbass lover get ripped apart and eaten, leaving the kid and hid Dad to ride off into the sunset.
More zombies, less love triangle...
I thought the same thing. I just finished watching it ON Demand and thought it was well done - until it took a sharp turn with the scene with his cheating wife and best friend. I thought it was totally pedestrian and uncalled for. Throw them to the zombies, I say.....
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: The Walking Dead
« on: November 2, 2010, 01:37 PM »
How could she boycott Mad Men?
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Halloween Costumes!
« on: November 2, 2010, 01:36 PM »
Sir Peter, ready to defend Narnia -
This was the first year since he was 4 that he wanted me to make something other than a Star Wars costume
This was the first year since he was 4 that he wanted me to make something other than a Star Wars costume
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Halloween Costumes!
« on: November 2, 2010, 09:48 AM »
My little Barbarian, er Viking...............
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Holy Crap I'm a Dad!!!!
« on: October 7, 2010, 08:10 AM »
By the third or fourth kid, the dogs will be begging to be placed in the Doggy Witness Protection Program!