# Trading Spaces 10/11- Reminder **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 11, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-spaces-10-11-reminder/206866 "2003-10-11T17:43:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-spaces-10-11-reminder/206866/21 "2003-10-13T15:07:19Z")
> [@](#): > > Doug was his usual snide self, with not explaining anything all the way through. I hated that plaster treatment… at first. It was the color of mustard. Bright screaming yellow mustard. And of course, he just did that snotty “Trust me” bit. I hate that. I wish he would just explain stuff all the way through, rather than just give them one step at a time, especially when one step looks weird. But if he explains it all the way through, where’s the _drama_? > [@](#): > > I mean, come on, we know about putting stuff on the “Protected List” and that he can’t touch it. We’re not stupid. I’m not stupid but I am ignorant. I didn’t know there was a “protected list” until someone mentioned it specifically in last week’s thread, or maybe it was the “hated it” show thread. Does anyone in the area know who that drag queen was? Is she known in the area or just some random guy in a dress the women hired to deliver the drag-o-gram? Either way, I was expecting a little bit better of a read. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-spaces-10-11-reminder/206866/22 "2003-10-13T15:45:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by js\_africanus \* > \*\* > > I can do nothing but rave about Doug’s plaster job in this episode. \*\* Same here: I HATE IT! I HATE IT! I HATE IT! It looks like someone urinated all over the wall, and then smeared crap on it. :mad: I can’t believe the way they slobber all over his technique on that show, then when there’s a room with orangepeel texture they bitch about how tacky it is. What’s the differnce? A crappily textured wall is a crappily textured wall. Ugly, ugly, ugly. I think the toille joke would’ve been funnier if they’d made a really nice throw with toille on the back and not shown the toille. Later that day when the homeowners were sitting down with a stiff drink saying “thank god that’s over!” then: “AAAAH! TOILLE!!!” ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-spaces-10-11-reminder/206866/23 "2003-10-13T15:59:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BiblioCat \* > \*\*Why can’t you do that? My husband has talked about getting a dish, and I’ve hesitated, based partly on your comments about not being about to record off of it. He didn’t believe me, till a co-worker with a Dish comfirmed it. \*\* That’s also a problem with digital cable. You can only record the channel you’re watching. I don’t have as many channels with my analog cable, but I’m sticking to it since the only tv watching I do is from shows I’ve taped. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-spaces-10-11-reminder/206866/24 "2003-10-13T16:00:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Otto \* > \*\*I’m not stupid but I am ignorant. I didn’t know there was a “protected list” until someone mentioned it specifically in last week’s thread, or maybe it was the “hated it” show thread. > \*\* Oh, sorry. My mistake. I thought pretty much everyone knew that if the HOs protected something, then the designers coudn’t touch it. Like with Crying Pam and her fugly pink fireplace. It was “protected” so Doug going on and on (and on ad finitum) about wanting to paint it was just pointless. It’s not funny, it’s not dramatic; it’s just dumb, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-spaces-10-11-reminder/206866/25 "2003-10-13T16:08:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Grace \* > \*\*That’s also a problem with digital cable. You can only record the channel you’re watching. I don’t have as many channels with my analog cable, but I’m sticking to it since the only tv watching I do is from shows I’ve taped. \*\* :eek: That sucks, too. How can I watch one thing and record something else? WHAT THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO DO ON THURSDAY NIGHTS?!? We’ve held back on getting digital cable because of the hideously high cost, but now this is just one more reason. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-spaces-10-11-reminder/206866/26 "2003-10-13T16:23:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ivylass \* > 2) We have Dish, which means you can’t record one show while watching the other. I’ve got a dish with Tivo,m I can record 2 shows on 2 different channels. and with the tivo I can be recording 2 shows while watching a third from the tivo’s memory. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-spaces-10-11-reminder/206866/27 "2003-10-13T16:25:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by voguevixen \* > \*\*I think the toille joke would’ve been funnier if they’d made a really nice throw with toille on the back and not shown the toille. Later that day when the homeowners were sitting down with a stiff drink saying “thank god that’s over!” then: “AAAAH! TOILLE!!!” \*\* Now _that_ would have been **really** funny. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-spaces-10-11-reminder/206866/28 "2003-10-13T16:53:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by voguevixen \* > **Same here: I HATE IT! I HATE IT! I HATE IT!** No, no, no. _Rave_, not rant. Besides, what’s wrong with urine & poo? They’re organic. ---
**Author:** ![daere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@daere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/daere)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-spaces-10-11-reminder/206866/29 "2003-10-13T19:32:57Z")
[hijack] BurnMeUp beat me to it, but I also suggest DirecTV/TiVo. With DirecTV and the special DirecTV/TiVo receiver, you can record 2 different things, on different channels, at the same time. (My savior on Thurs nights.) And, ~hint~ they just dropped the price of the DirecTV/TiVo receiver from $250 to $99. [/hijack] About Christie’s wall treatment… Rather than insisting on trying to make it work, why didn’t she take a realistic look and give up the idea? Now the HO’s have to (at least) re-paint. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-spaces-10-11-reminder/206866.md?page=1)