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|    Ed Vance to Mike Powell    |
|    I watched a movie the oth    |
|    05 Sep 25 19:12:01    |
      TZUTC: -0500       MSGID: 904.canada@1:2320/105 2d20b5d9       REPLY: 901.canada@1:2320/105 2d2048f9       PID: Synchronet 3.21a-Linux master/123f2d28a Jul 12 2025 GCC 12.2.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.28-Linux master/123f2d28a Jul 12 2025 GCC 12.2.0       BBSID: CAPCITY2       CHRS: ASCII 1       FORMAT: flowed                            > Not sure about now, but the TV station/network used to have to cut out the       > scenes that gave it an R theatre rating in order to show them.              > Same. ;)              > Mike              > * SLMR 2.1a * Exxon - greasing the coastline for smoother boating!                     The stations might do that, I notice many of those PG-13 and R shows leave foul       language alone during the movie broadxast.              In the 1950's I visted a AM Radio Station and noticed a Bug (Ham Radio       Telegraph Key) n the right side of the Disk Jockeys desk.       I asked the man why it was n the desk by the microphone.       He said it was used to mute the audio if someone calling in cursed durning the       interview show.       All conversations were recorded on tape and a seperate head was used to delay       sending the audio to the transmitter.       The D.J. pressed the Key if the person who called the radio station cursed,       which kept that from being heard by the people who tuned in to listen to that       radio show.       I thought that was a neat idea so the station wouldn't be getting a Citation       from the F.C.C. because of the caller saying something offensive to listeners.       Ed       --- SBBSecho 3.28-Linux        * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105)       SEEN-BY: 105/81 106/201 128/187 129/14 305 153/7715 154/110 218/700       SEEN-BY: 226/30 227/114 229/110 275 300 307 317 426 428 470 664 700       SEEN-BY: 229/705 291/111 292/854 320/219 322/757 396/45 460/58 712/848       SEEN-BY: 902/26 2320/0 105 304 5020/400 5075/35       PATH: 2320/105 229/426           |
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