On Mon, 10 Jun 2013, Mike Roberts wrote to All:   
      
    MR> Just curious if anyone is still out there.   
      
   i and my systems are still "out there" ;)   
      
    MR> If so, those of You who live up north there. ;-)   
      
   yeah... no... not us over here O:)   
      
    MR> I was wondering what You thought of all these new shows on    
    MR> Television about Alaska, The Yukon etc. Having never been up    
    MR> there, I find them interesting and fascinating.   
      
   i used to watch a few of them quite a bit but then between seasons when they   
   repeat the episodes, i lost interest and never looked back... i'd rather watch   
   old episodes of Dr.Who, Top Gear, How do they do it?, and similar with   
   numerous forays to the military channel for some of their informational shows   
   over there...   
      
   Deadliest Catch was good until Captain Phil died... i just can't get into it   
   any more and it was getting rather boring before then, too...   
      
   Ice Road Truckers was also interesting but the first season or two had two   
   drivers that i just got to where i couldn't stand them... they moved on to   
   other areas and the show got better... then a couple of female drivers joined   
   in and the show was a bit more decent to watch... but like the others, between   
   seasons, they just get boring and loose the attention...   
      
   i've watched the flying show(s) a couple of times... they were alright for   
   what they were...   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
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