Speedvision petition

Dear Friends, I have just read and signed the online petition: "Speedvision & NASCAR programming" hosted on the web by PetitionOnline.com, the free online petition service, at: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/svsn/ I personally agree with what this petition says, and I think you might agree, too. If you can spare a moment, please take a look, and consider signing yourself. Best wishes, Neale Dudley Stoffberg "Curiousity killed the cat, but for awhile there I was a suspect."

I wish you luck, but there is a petition to stop the sale of puppies and kittens in pet stores on there with almost 10,000 signatures. What do you suppose the result of that will be? Nothing is my prediction. If we really want to make a run at this, we need to address Congress and the FCC regarding Fox's buying up of all sports related channels and broadcast rights, not some hokey website. Oval racing puts me to sleep, but even if I liked it I'd say its reaching the point of saturation with the combined coverage of TNN, TBS, ESPN, ESPN2, Fox, and ABC (or whatever network its on this week). Tim On Sat, 30 Jun 2001 06:18:58 GMT, "Shaddow" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Dear Friends, > >I have just read and signed the online petition: > > "Speedvision & NASCAR programming" > >hosted on the web by PetitionOnline.com, the free online petition >service, at: > > http://www.PetitionOnline.com/svsn/ > >I personally agree with what this petition says, and I think you might >agree, too. If you can spare a moment, please take a look, and consider >signing yourself. > >Best wishes, > >Neale Dudley Stoffberg > >"Curiousity killed the cat, but for awhile there I was a suspect." > >

I'm in an interesting situation. As a BIG F1 fan (as well as many other types of racing) I was extremely dissappointed when I found out the cable company in the area where I am moving next month does not have Speedvision. They have every other channel... I am going to go through some serious F1 withdrawals (as well as GP500, Rally and of course Legends of Motorsport). If FOX screws up Speedvision by removing all that and replacing with NASCAR I won't miss it a bit. NASCAR is GREAT on Sunday's and sometimes Saturday's, but not every day. Heck I don't even watch FOX's daily NASCAR talk show. They run out of things to talk about fairly quickly IMHO. Back to my dilemma - All I can afford is a condominium since I give the ex-wife $1000/month in child support and consequently I cannot put a satellite dish on the outside if my unit. Will a dish work from a screened lanai? David Cook "Tim O" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> > I wish you luck, but there is a petition to stop the sale of puppies > and kittens in pet stores on there with almost 10,000 signatures. > What do you suppose the result of that will be? > > Nothing is my prediction. > > If we really want to make a run at this, we need to address Congress > and the FCC regarding Fox's buying up of all sports related channels > and broadcast rights, not some hokey website. > > Oval racing puts me to sleep, but even if I liked it I'd say its > reaching the point of saturation with the combined coverage of TNN, > TBS, ESPN, ESPN2, Fox, and ABC (or whatever network its on this week). > > Tim > > On Sat, 30 Jun 2001 06:18:58 GMT, "Shaddow" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >Dear Friends, > > > >I have just read and signed the online petition: > > > > "Speedvision & NASCAR programming" > > > >hosted on the web by PetitionOnline.com, the free online petition > >service, at: > > > > http://www.PetitionOnline.com/svsn/ > > > >I personally agree with what this petition says, and I think you might > >agree, too. If you can spare a moment, please take a look, and consider > >signing yourself. > > > >Best wishes, > > > >Neale Dudley Stoffberg > > > >"Curiousity killed the cat, but for awhile there I was a suspect." > > > > >

It should if it faces south. You might check with the condo people, I know one guy that was allowed to place his on the roof. What about the roof of the porch? "David L. Cook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8lk%6.162754$[email hidden]... > I'm in an interesting situation. As a BIG F1 fan (as well as many other > types of racing) I was extremely dissappointed when I found out the cable > company in the area where I am moving next month does not haveSpeedvision. > They have every other channel... > > I am going to go through some serious F1 withdrawals (as well as GP500, > Rally and of course Legends of Motorsport). If FOX screws up Speedvisionby

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> removing all that and replacing with NASCAR I won't miss it a bit. NASCAR > is GREAT on Sunday's and sometimes Saturday's, but not every day. Heck I > don't even watch FOX's daily NASCAR talk show. They run out of things to > talk about fairly quickly IMHO. > > Back to my dilemma - All I can afford is a condominium since I give the > ex-wife $1000/month in child support and consequently I cannot put a > satellite dish on the outside if my unit. Will a dish work from a

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> lanai? > > David Cook > > "Tim O" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > > > I wish you luck, but there is a petition to stop the sale of puppies > > and kittens in pet stores on there with almost 10,000 signatures. > > What do you suppose the result of that will be? > > > > Nothing is my prediction. > > > > If we really want to make a run at this, we need to address Congress > > and the FCC regarding Fox's buying up of all sports related channels > > and broadcast rights, not some hokey website. > > > > Oval racing puts me to sleep, but even if I liked it I'd say its > > reaching the point of saturation with the combined coverage of TNN, > > TBS, ESPN, ESPN2, Fox, and ABC (or whatever network its on this week). > > > > Tim > > > > On Sat, 30 Jun 2001 06:18:58 GMT, "Shaddow" <[email hidden]> > > wrote: > > > > >Dear Friends, > > > > > >I have just read and signed the online petition: > > > > > > "Speedvision & NASCAR programming" > > > > > >hosted on the web by PetitionOnline.com, the free online petition > > >service, at: > > > > > > http://www.PetitionOnline.com/svsn/ > > > > > >I personally agree with what this petition says, and I think you might > > >agree, too. If you can spare a moment, please take a look, and

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> > >signing yourself. > > > > > >Best wishes, > > > > > >Neale Dudley Stoffberg > > > > > >"Curiousity killed the cat, but for awhile there I was a suspect." > > > > > > > > > > >

I'm gonna pull out the stack of condo doc's and see what I can find about it. The roof of the porch might be an option. "Eddie Pettit" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > It should if it faces south. You might check with the condo people, Iknow

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> one guy that was allowed to place his on the roof. What about the roof of > the porch? > > "David L. Cook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:8lk%6.162754$[email hidden]... > > Back to my dilemma - All I can afford is a condominium since I give the > > ex-wife $1000/month in child support and consequently I cannot put a > > satellite dish on the outside if my unit. Will a dish work from a > > screened lanai? > > > > David Cook

"Tim O" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> > I wish you luck, but there is a petition to stop the sale of puppies > and kittens in pet stores on there with almost 10,000 signatures. > What do you suppose the result of that will be? > > Nothing is my prediction. >

Hate to agree, but I went to the site and left without signing because I do. If FOX does destroy the format that has most of us here watching, then sadly IMO, about the only thing we can do is hope someone fills the void. I hope they're smart enough not to do that, though. The real question to me is, since F1 seems to be the concern of a lot of us, would F1 even continue to sell broadcast rights to a network that would obviously have another racing form as its primary concern? After all, as it now stands F1 is evidently Speedvision's crown jewel. Jerry Morelock

"David L. Cook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:YTk%6.163718$[email hidden]... : I'm gonna pull out the stack of condo doc's and see what I can find about : it. The roof of the porch might be an option. : Dunno what a lanai is... is that like a deck/porch area? If so, maybe hang it from the underside of the roof (that is, between your window and the porch railing). It's now in your porch area but not sticking out. As far as screens you're going to have to try your luck and maybe get the larger dish size to allow for signal loss. Seat-of-the-pants thinking tells me that metal screens would be bad but plastic/fibreglass would be good. I've seen fabric rain/weather covers for the dishes in Canada that claim to not block the signal. Good luck. We're moving in September and the Municipal regs say I have to ask all five or six neighbours in the subdivision before I put up a dish, flagpole, etc. Screw that, the dish is going up and I doubt anyone will notice or care. Dale.

I had to point out my dish to my neighbors, even the ones on that side of the house... They hide really well. "Dale Green" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > "David L. Cook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:YTk%6.163718$[email hidden]... > : I'm gonna pull out the stack of condo doc's and see what I can findabout

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> : it. The roof of the porch might be an option. > : > > Dunno what a lanai is... is that like a deck/porch area? > > If so, maybe hang it from the underside of the roof (that is, between your > window and the porch railing). It's now in your porch area but not

sticking > out. As far as screens you're going to have to try your luck and maybeget > the larger dish size to allow for signal loss. > > Seat-of-the-pants thinking tells me that metal screens would be bad but > plastic/fibreglass would be good. I've seen fabric rain/weather coversfor

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> the dishes in Canada that claim to not block the signal. > > Good luck. We're moving in September and the Municipal regs say I have to > ask all five or six neighbours in the subdivision before I put up a dish, > flagpole, etc. Screw that, the dish is going up and I doubt anyone will > notice or care. > > Dale. > > > >

Surely you don't think your congressman gives two shits about whether or not Speedvision shows anything but NASCAR do you? Go ahead and write him/her -- they probably appreciate a good laugh just as much as the next guy... Todd Walker GPLRank: +81.60 twalker at jam dot rr dot com http://twalker.d2g.com/gpl On Sat, 30 Jun 2001 07:19:56 -0400, Tim O <[email hidden]> wrote: >If we really want to make a run at this, we need to address Congress >and the FCC regarding Fox's buying up of all sports related channels >and broadcast rights, not some hokey website.

On Sun, 01 Jul 2001 05:20:58 GMT, [email hidden] (Todd Walker) wrote: >Surely you don't think your congressman gives two shits about whether >or not Speedvision shows anything but NASCAR do you? Go ahead and >write him/her -- they probably appreciate a good laugh just as much as >the next guy... Probably not, but I know they'd have to take it more seriously than some goofy website petition. The operative word here would be "monopoly", which is what Fox is attempting to create by buying up every sports related franchise and station. Did you ever dream the government would "give two shits" about Microsoft? I actually don't like the government involving itself in such matters, just stating what I thought would work, if ANYTHING would work. Tim

I understand Tim. When I typed that, I think I was in a bad mood after trying without success to improve my Ring time. My new policy is no Usenet postings for at least an hour after an unsuccessful GPL session ;-) Todd Walker GPLRank: +81.60 twalker at jam dot rr dot com http://twalker.d2g.com/gpl On Sun, 01 Jul 2001 06:09:24 -0400, Tim O <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Probably not, but I know they'd have to take it more seriously than >some goofy website petition. >The operative word here would be "monopoly", which is what Fox is >attempting to create by buying up every sports related franchise and >station. Did you ever dream the government would "give two shits" >about Microsoft? > >I actually don't like the government involving itself in such matters, >just stating what I thought would work, if ANYTHING would work. > >Tim