> I know it's unpatriotic of me, but I didn't watch the netball. Are you Australian?

Yes.

> Congratulations, we southern hemisphere-ers must stick together.

Where are you from, then?
Presumably not New Zealand, or you wouldn't be being this polite.

> You may be interested to learn that there's a handy invention called a VCR.

Ah, well. The only reason I was actually watching the netball was because I was staying with my cousins, and they insisted on watching it.
And they were recording it as well, for the benefit of various family members who were out.

> So you see, if there's one programme on at the same time as another programme,
> you can say "The hell with it", go out and hire a good movie, and not watch either.

Heh heh.

I remember reading somewhere that when there's a movie on TV, rentals of that movie actually go *up*, because people decide the movie sounds interesting but don't want to put up with the ads.

Paul