[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

Many time my wife and I will watch a tv commercial and one of us ask "what the hell was that about"?

Also, those Super Bowl commercials, remember when they were worth watching, funny and entertaining.
And that half time entertainment..........my god I'm I getting old.

After watching Saturday Night Live last weekend with my wife, we both said to each other, did that show go totally downhill or are we just getting old. We concluded the show, as well as the guest musician, totally sucked. Comedy and political correctness simply don’t mix.

[Luggage]

If I had Acne _ I would NOT take those drugs - Especially since DEATH is a side effect

Originally Posted by Michael G.

Especially when they babble about all the side effects of those drugs.
We have a doctor in our family and said by law, they have to tell you those side effects.

[tsmall22204]

What else would people in the Villages have to do if they weren't complaining?

[DaleDivine]

Originally Posted by jdulej

I agree with you. I used to do some exploring in and around Death Valley with a 4WD - you absolutely do not go fast, more like 1 or 2 MPH in the tricky parts, 10 to 15 elsewhere, if that. And you stay on established road/trails. Doing otherwise is irresponsible and reinforces the bad rap 4WDing has gotten.

Soooo, someone must have gone off an established road to make these trails at some point...

[Blackbird45]

I was part of a crew who work on a ton of commercials and it's just a busines like everything else. I work on one job that was an in house commercial that threw me for a surprise. I was using a product that I brought with me that to accomplish what was needed as the 12 hour day wore on I was running out. When I mentioned it to the PA they asked me what I was going to do. I told them I was going to use the product they were selling, That is when I was told that there was no product, that they were shooting this for this large well know company and if they like what they saw they would create a product for the jar. This was a first for me. It show what they really think of the public.

[Blackbird45]

I worked on a commercial for one of the many kitchen cleaners. They were using a curry mix on a range hood to simulate grease, after a number of takes the curry started to stain the hood and there was no way this product was going to remove that. We broke for lunch and when we returned the hood was as white as snow and you could also smell the paint spay in the air. This is illegal, but that how it goes.

[Driller703]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

People still watch commercials? Who knew.

Ever since we got a DVR commercials have been a thing of the past for us.

A little off the subject, but what really bothers me is when the sound track of the commercial includes a loud car horn or siren, especially on just one channel of the speakers. Very distracting and possibly dangerous.

[Luggage]

You have to wonder at the sheer stupidity also at the boards of these large oil corporations allowing them to spend money an advertising when there is nothing to sell as you said. Yes I know certain contracts are yearly

[Petersweeney]

Geez that sad lady turning the corner b/c she has some blood issues makes me want to throw my beer at the tv…..

[BlkBlt6]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

I feel I need to vent here and wonder a "What the hell is going on out there in my old age?"

Why do we need to watch all those trucks and cars tear up our National Landscape in those TV commercials????

I'm sure there are animals/insects/birds that are near extinction out there and they take
$40,000 to $90,000 vehicles kicking up the dust and tearing through our rivers and water sheds.

Let me ask this: "When you look for a new replacement vehicle do those commercials
impress you to buy one"?

I'm be taking my meds now.

Air time for commercials is purchased way in advance…probably last year. Who would have known there would be such a vehicle crunch. What a waste of money but again who would have known.

[jerry van]

I've always wondered, watching car commercials, what the insurance companies are thinking?

[Blackbird45]

Back to the original topic of these large off the road cars and trucks ripping up the country side in commercials. They do this because they know that is what is going to sell their product. At the end of the day a large portion of these vehicles are bought by people who believe roughing it is staying at a 2 star hotel. We all at lease once have seen a person with a handicap sticker in the window spending 15 minutes trying to park one of these things at the super market just to purchase a container of milk.

[Burgy]

Humor

[jdulej]

Originally Posted by DaleDivine

Soooo, someone must have gone off an established road to make these trails at some point...

You're right - nothing's perfect, although many have a purpose other than just being a 4WD trail (fire road, etc.). But no right-thinking 4WDer would do all the wheel spinning, skidding nonsense. Most of those truck would break down if you did that for more than 10 or 15 minutes. They really are not that tough unless you add 3 or 4K of after market stuff to them

[Marine1974]

On the other hand vegetation on our earth filters out carbon monoxide we breathe out . In the winter , less vegetation and more
illness .