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Do you have the TV on while working on planes?
01-09-2004, 11:38 PM
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Do you have the TV on while working on planes?
My lovely wife got me one of those small 9" TV's for Christmas two years ago 'for your workshop'. Well, I can't concentrate on either the TV OR the plane when the TV is 'on'......how many of you can?
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01-09-2004, 11:49 PM
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RE: Do you have the TV on while working on planes?
I utterly refuse to have a stupid tube in my shop!!! there isn't a darn thing on that I want to watch and I am there to work on a plane, just give me my tunes in the background thank you very much!
01-10-2004, 03:37 AM
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If the TV gets turned on I think it takes me a 100 hours to assemble an ARF or months to build something.
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01-10-2004, 08:59 AM
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RE: Do you have the TV on while working on planes?
when I built my garage, i did wire it for cable. But so far, no tv out there. I listen to public radio a lot out there, cause I like listening to jazz and classical music. Sure is a nice change from some doorknob singing " I love this bar" a million times a day at work.
01-10-2004, 01:07 PM
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RE: Do you have the TV on while working on planes?
I am afflicted by two TV's on satellite, one with Tivo. In my shop, no bloody way. I have a
5 CD changer with remote and listen to Dixieland jazz, swing, guitar instumentals and classical from Beethoven on down. Sang Barbershop for 25 years so I play that and sing along. TV - what on earth do I need that for ?
5 CD changer with remote and listen to Dixieland jazz, swing, guitar instumentals and classical from Beethoven on down. Sang Barbershop for 25 years so I play that and sing along. TV - what on earth do I need that for ?
01-10-2004, 06:36 PM
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used to have a tv and all the cable and satellite channels that were available but gave all the crap to my ex-girlfriend when we broke up...GOOD RIDDANCE!!!
now i just use the computer and k-lite or e-mule to see stuff that i want...the old (original) star trek series makes great background noise for building. i also made an edited version of "the blue max" (flight scenes only) for when i start on my DR1 project
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now i just use the computer and k-lite or e-mule to see stuff that i want...the old (original) star trek series makes great background noise for building. i also made an edited version of "the blue max" (flight scenes only) for when i start on my DR1 project
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01-10-2004, 07:11 PM
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RE: Do you have the TV on while working on planes?
I have it on for noise but don't really watch it. Helps me keep track of what time it is when I get going on a project 
01-10-2004, 07:24 PM
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RE: Do you have the TV on while working on planes?
I dont watch TV much anymore, maybe..... 4 hours at the most a week. Usually my 5 yr. old & 3 yr old are watching the Nickelodian channel. Theres only so much Dora the Explorer, Spungbob, Rugrates I can take. Im usually on the Sim or down working in the shop on a plane.
When Im in the shop I usually have the radio going listening to the oldies. Only time I watch TV is when (DIY,Radio Control Hobbies is on or Outdoor Channel, Inside RC ) is on. So when the kids turn 18 and I get the TV back, then I will start watching it.
I almost fogot to mention...I spend long hours into the night here on RCU
Thank you for allowing me to voice my RC addictions. I am a RC aholic. and this is my story.
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When Im in the shop I usually have the radio going listening to the oldies. Only time I watch TV is when (DIY,Radio Control Hobbies is on or Outdoor Channel, Inside RC ) is on. So when the kids turn 18 and I get the TV back, then I will start watching it.
I almost fogot to mention...I spend long hours into the night here on RCU
Thank you for allowing me to voice my RC addictions. I am a RC aholic. and this is my story.
NEDYOB
01-10-2004, 07:34 PM
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My shop TV is always on and tuned to E! channel. How else am I going to keep up on the latest Paris Hilton developments?
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01-10-2004, 09:39 PM
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RE: Do you have the TV on while working on planes?
no TV in the work shop or a beer frige (mom wont let me get one
) but i have a radio only use it when i'm building kits though.
) but i have a radio only use it when i'm building kits though.
01-10-2004, 09:46 PM
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RE: Do you have the TV on while working on planes?
Wow! I thought I would be the only one that listened to NPR in the shop. I think I have just joined the normal people club.
01-10-2004, 11:49 PM
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RE: Do you have the TV on while working on planes?
No TV. Tried it once during Wimbleton.....can't build and watch at the same time. I listen (kinda) to radio.....news, talk radio, sports at times, music, but if I am really into the project I'm on, I hardly hear it. My neighbor used to come over to visit, and I learned to quit building while he was there, or I'd end up re-doing it the next day. Tunnel vision, maybe?
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01-11-2004, 12:18 AM
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I bought a nice 19" TV for my shop cause I kept running into the rec room to see something and it would interupt my building. Now I'm considering unplugging the thing because I spend too much time flipping through channels trying to find something to build to.
01-11-2004, 01:30 AM
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RE: Do you have the TV on while working on planes?
For 19 years I had no tv in the shop, just a radio. Always got alot done. Now I have cable tv, computer (so I can be online) and a tv in the shop, because wy let $100 go to waist if I dont watch cable. But now I notice I don't seam to get much building done.
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01-11-2004, 09:19 AM
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Well, I don't have much room since I work in the garage, so I have just a radio. I voted I would like to have one, but after reading many of posts here, I may just stick with a radio. I am build slow enough already, I don't need something slowing me down.