Fast Forward

On vacation, we’re staying in a condo, the same size as our home, layout about the
same, comfortable bed, comfortable furniture.  The kitchen is more than
adequate--important to me because I do most of the cooking when we are on vacation.

But there is a downside.  We watch a fair amount of television.  We mostly watch
separately. I watch a lot of sports, movies and science/history programs.  Aloma
has her special programs. While we watch different programs, we do have
something in common.  Ninety percent of the programs we watch have been
recorded. We are both masters at fast-forwarding through commercials, always
stopping at just the right time.  I can start a recorded football game thirty minutes
after it has started and watch it and a two-hour movie and finish both as the football
game ends.

Our vacation condo doesn’t have a DVR.  Everything we watch is live with
commercials that take forever.  Aloma mutes the TV during commercials.
My strategy is to have a book or writing pad so I’ll have something to do during
commercials.  Another issue is we have to watch the shows that are broadcast
live. I’m okay after lunch when I watch CNBC or Fox Business. But in the evening,
nothing is ever scheduled that I want to watch.  After all, watching the Weather
Channel for four hours is kinda boring.

We have a Netflix account but we discovered the wi-fi here doesn’t support it.

I read this blog to Aloma before I posted it. She said, “Stop whining and go
watch the Weather Channel.”

Seasoned Man

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