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moonscape

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29. Yeah, but my Tivos are a

Reply to LearnedHand (Reply #28)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 11:06 PM

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library, holding my personal collection. Hard to explain how my memory (doesn’t) work and my viewing library and habits.

Also, with Tivo I am totally ad-free, either skipping or ff’ing right through them. And not everything I save can be found via streaming.

And, I’m old and love my familiar habits

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