Twin Tours TV show

[MDNick]

For those interested in how the towers collapsed, there is a show on tonight (2/6) about the collapse. Anatomy of the collapse or some such. Discovery channel (or TLC, never can keep them straight). Problem is, 10:00. Heck I can barely stay awake past 8 at times.

I'm sure it will be sad, infuriating, etc., but also interesting. The engineer in me is interested in the how and why. I just hope it doesn't give some other sick SOB an idea.

Nick

 

[njrqs]

Twin Towers ??

Hey nick, can't tape it on a VHS tape and pop it in the post for me ??

I'd love to see that show. Being the building type too.

Cheers

 

[MDNick]

Neil,

Surprised that the chanels aren't available in OZ. Heck, I guess I know why. A goodly number of the shows are about OZ, and you all already know about your wonderful country.

Alas, I don't believe Muhammad has incorporated that option yet . Sorry.

Nick

 

[njrqs]

We have Discovery Channel on pay TV, but alas I don't have pay TV. Is your Discovery Channel pay TV or free to air??

I'll have to suss out someone here with Pay TV but I doubt they'd be on the same nights !!

Cheers

 

[Bird]

It turns out that it is TLC (The Learning Channel); channel 280 on DirecTV. And Neil, those are both "free" channels on DirecTV.

No way I'm going to stay up to watch it tonight, and I haven't set the timer on the VCR in several years (hope I remembered how) and have never set the timer on the satellite receiver until a few minutes ago (so I hope I did that right, too).

So, if I do get a good tape, Neil, and you want to send me a private message with a mailing address, I'll send it to you after I look at it tomorrow.

 

[DaveNH]

http://tlc.discovery.com/schedule/episode.jsp?episode=553937000

It's going to replay this Sunday (2/10) at 6PM

 

[njrqs]

Yes I scoured through our TV guide here (For Pay TV even though I don't have it) and saw nothing.

No wonder.

Bird that would really be great but we'd have to look at postage costs. I am not sure if you could send it COD or something, but I might end up with a rude shock when I collect it!!!!

Hang on, do you still have mates in the Postal Service ???

Hey when I get it I'll have to be careful, we had full-on Anthrax scares everywhere when you had yours, everytime someone got a parcel from the US !!

I'll open mine with a dust mask on.

On a serious note, let me know how the VCR goes and what postage may cost?

Cheers

PS - I am only 30 but recently bought a DVD player. Well, I used to be Mr. Gadget, but it almost had me buggered how to set the thing up properly. Well did I feel old then???

Cheers

 

[Bird]

<font color=blue>do you still have mates in the Postal Service ???</font color=blue>

Nope, they're all retired./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif Can't even remember when I sent anything out of the USA, but had a look at <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.usps.com>http://www.usps.com</A> at the International rates and looks like it would be somewhere between $5 and $45, depending on whether I wanted it to get there in 4-6 days or 4-6 weeks./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Anyway, as it turned out, I did stay up and watch the program as it was recording (I even had the timers set right)./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif So, if you want me to send the tape, just send me an address and I think it'll get there eventually./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

 

[Harv]

<font color=blue>I did stay up and watch the program</font color=blue>

Me too, Bird. What did you think of it?

Personally, it was less than I was hoping for. As with many such "specials", the actual new information I got out of the thing could have been condensed down to about 5 minutes. Didn't care for the dramatic music, either.

Have to admit, though, some of the footage brought back emotions of September 11th.

 

[Bird]

I agree, Harv, that it sure could have been condensed a lot, but there was, of course, a lot of information about how the building was constructed, how the elevators had to be arranged to avoid using too much floor space, etc. that I sure didn't know, as well as why they collapsed as they did (assuming their theory is correct, and it sounded good to me). I do remember thinking that the elevator I rode there was the fastest one I was ever in./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

<font color=blue>Didn't care for the dramatic music</font color=blue>

When you get as hard of hearing as I am, you cuss all that blasted music that seems to accompany almost every film made.