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MOXOMUMD

MOXOMUMD

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:D Gosh I thought about all you guys while I was gone. We got in just before 3 a.m. last night and after being awake for almost 24 hours we have both slept almost 15 today. Wow, 83 pages to get caught up on. (And it was me teasing @Cesar R M we would have 50 for him after his trip. :joyfull:)

I probably won't get to much tonight but I promise to read every post and wow I've got some stories to share. And pictures if I can figure out how to get them off my camera and onto my tablet. (So glad I have a techie sister!) Right now I'm trying to get used to being on land again. :)
 
ajrwdwgirl

ajrwdwgirl

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MOXOMUMD said:
:D Gosh I thought about all you guys while I was gone. We got in just before 3 a.m. last night and after being awake for almost 24 hours we have both slept almost 15 today. Wow, 83 pages to get caught up on. (And it was me teasing @Cesar R M we would have 50 for him after his trip. :joyfull:)

I probably won't get to much tonight but I promise to read every post and wow I've got some stories to share. And pictures if I can figure out how to get them off my camera and onto my tablet. (So glad I have a techie sister!) Right now I'm trying to get used to being on land again. :)
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Glad you are back looking forward to reading and seeing pictures of the cruise!
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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Eric1955 said:
The CBC is payed for through a combination of government funding and advertising revenue. Though CBC wastes a lot of money I also believe it is completely underfunded. I find it sad that they need advertising revenue to survive. CBC should be the Canadian equivalent of BBC, but unfortunately it just doesn't have enough money to rise to the level of the BBC. In my opinion the CBC needs to be completely restructured and given a new source of revenue similar to the model used in Britain and most European countries. I also wouldn't mind if the US did the same thing with PBS.
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I don't know much at all about the CBC, but I think that if they have some gov't. money to help them out, plus regular advertising revenue, that really doesn't sound all that bad to me. I mean, here in the U.S., it's all from advertising, etc. for our TV systems. (However, I don't know if the NASA channel is funded by the gov't. here.) @JenniferS , do you enjoy the CBC? I'd love to hear your review.

The BBC's model is fascinating, and (maybe?) because Britain is so much smaller than the U.S., their system works well on a smaller scale. I read in another one of your posts today that the British residents who own a TV pay an amount each year into the tax system, so that everyone can enjoy TV without commercials, etc. It's always interesting to learn about how other countries handle their business.

I suppose because I've always watched TV with commercials, I'm sort of used to it (even though they drive me nutty most of the time). If we never got gov't. funding here for TV, it probably wouldn't affect me that much. Regardless, I appreciate what you shared about the BBC and CBC here today. It was very informative, and food for thought.
 
Gabe1

Gabe1

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ajrwdwgirl said:
It is kind of a bummer that they only have 5 day passes, we are contemplating getting an annual pass. I have been to the San Diego Zoo, it is a pretty zoo. I loved seeing the pandas there. I don't think my husband is that thrilled about going to San Diego, he doesn't want to do Knott's either which is fine with me. We will probably drive to some beaches, which sounds fabulous to me.
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Sea World San Diego is a fantastic park. I love the zoo too but not everyone enjoys the zoo.

Don't know how you land with Universal but it is their 50th anniversary celebration in Cali We have had a lot of fun there too.
 

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