The Allure of TV

I have never been much of a TV watcher.  I like to watch movies on TV, but John likes sports and political talk shows. I like the political talk shows too, but eventually they depress me and bore me with their rehashing.  John usually is the one who turns the tv on, so he has clicker control and like most men uses the clicker irresponsibly meaning very, very often.

While I was sick, John gave over possession of the clicker and I found out that although we get 100 channels or more, nothing much is worth watching....until I found all the auction shows. What fun.

I have been watching Auction Kings. 

People bring their treasures into the gallery and talk about where they found them and what they want to get at auction. It is always a surprise.  Sometimes there is no interest and sometimes the items go for far more than they are worth. It is a fun show with likable regulars.

Then there is Storage Wars.

Storage units that have been abandoned or are in arrears on payments get auctioned off.  They are opened, but nothing can be moved, just looked at.  They go for quite a bit of money and funny thing, everyone seems to find some rare treasure hidden in the storage unit. I don't like the characters on this show so I only watched it a few times. Also it seemed really staged and phony.

American Pickers is fun to watch.  Two guys go off looking for old stuff to resell.  They run into lots of great people with hoards of stuff in old barns, empty fields and yards. Sometimes the people are happy to sell to them, sometimes not, but it is always interesting.

The only thing about American Pickers is that they give you the price they paid and the value, but not what they actually sold it for.  Still a fun show.

John and I have gone to a few auctions and we have really enjoyed them.  It is as much fun to watch the people as it is to buy.  We have had good and bad luck, but of course, I really only remember the good buys.  Love big swap meets, too, but it is too cold right now to attend any of them.

I forgot to mention in my last post, that our Costco had the Stampington big magazines for $10.49 instead of $14.99. They didn't have all the titles, but a few of the current ones.

Comments

[Mary M.]

My 12 yr. old daughter Grace and I are big History Channel watches. We have'nt had a chance to catch Auction Kings or Storage Wars yet. American Pickers is good but the show we like to watch the most is Pawn Stars. It's very interesting. You learn alot about history and they give multiple choice questions and tell you the answer after the break. Plus, Grace and I think it's hilarious. It's a family run business, three generations of men and sidekick, Chumlee. We love Chumlee.

[cindy c]

i agree with your comments about the characters on storage wars-- their mean spiritedness makes me ill-

[andrea]

You would like Antiques Road Show both the American and Brit version. It's on PBS.

[Sharon Bennett]

Love American Picker's and like you didn't care for Storage Wars. New one called, Cash & Cari, about a Estate Sale broker. Kinda cool.

[jane]

LOVE Pawn Stars!!! The "Old Man" is really funny....on one clip, Chumlee was trying to light an old school Zippo lighter. The Old Man watched him until he couldn't stand it anymore, finally said "It needs a flint, you dumba**" He's funny without even trying

[Lucy Harrison]

Ginny - took some classes from a woman in North Canton - she calls them "cartonagge".... she lived in France for several years when her husband worked for Timken and that's where she took classes. Very different - not so "arty" but functional. One class we made passport holders and wallets with credit card slots out of a paper called skivertex. Another class was a small box with a pin cushion top. She's teaching in February on all four Thursday mornings and Wednesday evenings. I'm not sure what the classes will consist of this time.
She's not an experienced teacher but really wants to learn how to teach. I'm happy to learn the basics because you can always add to or decorate the basic item. She charges $100. for all four classes. If you're bored and have any interest let me know and I'll send her name and email.

[Maureen]

TV = movies and cooking shows for me. Only network one I watch is House, but then I also have all 5? seasons on dvd. My birthday treat to myself.

[Cynthia]

thanks for the tip on Costco! We're going this week to get work supplies, so I'll have to check this out.

[Gayle Pritchard]

Thanks for turning me on to American Pickers. I know watch it in between my tolerance for politics on MSNBC.