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Originally Posted by MelloYello

Robin, was this the one?
American Pickers 1937 Harley Davidson Knucklehead - YouTube

yup,,thats it..

Yes,Roger,,wasnt sure exactly where it was,but I saw a road sign on the highway that mentioned Kansas City,so I didnt think it was too far away..

Gee,Don,,are things getting that hard up there on tv??I think it must be time to start a few good reruns of shows gone by that need to be seen again..

I've watched a few American Pickers shows and have just about given up hope that this staged show like so many of the DIY home or reality shows would get better. It hasn't - just gotten more ridiculous in what they seem to be paying. The fact that a 'seller' has a camera (or three, four or more) in his face just makes it stupid and unbelievable. I grew up with a mother and grandmother who were antiquers and was forced to wander the aisles and shops for too many hours so have a feel for what's good and its value. The junk they buy is beyond the top of anyone's price. The unfortunate part of this is that it has caused so many interesting things to be Barrett-Jacksoned - that is, just because it's old or been shined to perfection, it has to be worth lots of money and has killed any reasonable market. I don't watch this stupidity for the masses any longer!!

I like american pickers, because the guys seem nice, I agree they tend to spend too much, and not make nearly enough, but the show is fun to watch. Storage wars is also fun to watch, but I noticed the other night they came to an auction and only had 1000 bucks to spend, because of loses on other units. Most of these shows, the folks own junk stores, or second hand shops, antique stores, etc..., I like the one older grey haired guy with a Hollywood look about him, who never seems to make any money on any storage locker that he buys, but still is there buying stuff. It is entertaining, but I wouldn't want to try and make a living by it!

Steve, that guy is Barry Weiss, who is pretty well known in the LA car culture. He has a bunch of collector cars, including the Cowboy Cadillac and a really neat COE truck. Here is a link with a cool video that tells you more.

Barry Weiss Car Collection Pictures Cowboy Cadillac | Blog Certified

Don

Cool link Don. Yep that's the same guy, and he is pretty funny. Nice car collection.

Robin...what channel is this on and when?
I've seen a couple of shows in the past and enjoyed them, and at the moment there's only thugby and cooking shows to watch.

(We've been buying dvds...watched a lot of 'MASH', 'Last of the Summer Wine', and "Rumpole' lately!)

Originally Posted by johnboy

Robin...what channel is this on and when?
I've seen a couple of shows in the past and enjoyed them, and at the moment there's only thugby and cooking shows to watch.

(We've been buying dvds...watched a lot of 'MASH', 'Last of the Summer Wine', and "Rumpole' lately!)

John,,its on Sky,,ch73,,History channel..7.30 Friday night..

Last of summer wine is a great series!

Originally Posted by lamin8r

John,,its on Sky,,ch73,,History channel..7.30 Friday night..

Oh!
That explains why we don't see it.
We got rid of Sky, we worked out it was costing us around $1500 per year, and we can buy a lot of dvds for that, so we went 'Free to Air', its got Coronation St, and now search the 'Under $10' bins at The Warehouse for the good dvds.
As stovens says; The Last of the Summer Wine is one of many great series, and for under $10 we get four nights of watching pleasure.

Originally Posted by johnboy

Oh!
That explains why we don't see it.
We got rid of Sky, we worked out it was costing us around $1500 per year, and we can buy a lot of dvds for that, so we went 'Free to Air', its got Coronation St, and now search the 'Under $10' bins at The Warehouse for the good dvds.
As stovens says; The Last of the Summer Wine is one of many great series, and for under $10 we get four nights of watching pleasure.

We got basic package,sports channel for motorsport,,,no movie package,cos,as you say,costs too much..

Sounds like you folks there in the really deep South have the same problem we have - you can't pick and choose what you really want to watch. For me to get SPEED Channel, I need to subscribe to the "sports tier" which includes golf, tennis, basketball, rasslin' and hockey - none of which I want nor will watch.

We have been borrowing DVD series from our excellent library. We are up to date on MI5, Bones through season 4, 24, Monarch of the Glen and now we are watching the Mentalist. The @#$%ing commercials drive me to drink on most programs so after watching a couple of DVD episodes, off to either read or wander the internet for a couple hours before bed - and then we can start all over

Yeah,Dave,,we get three sports channels,which are full of football,rugby,anything else that resembles sport,,,and the motorsport,,NASCAR,,WRC,local events,,highlites,,etc,,plus we have ESPN,,which has a lot of dragracing,tractor pulls,etc..which is all I really want to watch,sportwise..
We got lotsa DVDs we havent seen yet,,and haunt the cheap bins,scouring for all the old car related movies we can find..then they usually sit around for several weeks till we get a chance to watch them...

I agree with Stovens, while some of the plots seem made up, I enjoy the pickers show and the guys seem friendly. I feel like I learn a bit about some of the items they find (or are planted there depending at how you look at it).
If you look at it for entertainment value it seems to deliver.

Pops, did not know that about Barry Weiss. Cool fact I had no clue on.

Originally Posted by IC2

Sounds like you folks there in the really deep South have the same problem we have - you can't pick and choose what you really want to watch. For me to get SPEED Channel, I need to subscribe to the "sports tier" which includes golf, tennis, basketball, rasslin' and hockey - none of which I want nor will watch.

We have been borrowing DVD series from our excellent library. We are up to date on MI5, Bones through season 4, 24, Monarch of the Glen and now we are watching the Mentalist. The @#$%ing commercials drive me to drink on most programs so after watching a couple of DVD episodes, off to either read or wander the internet for a couple hours before bed - and then we can start all over

Dave you are scaring me, I'm doing the same series on Netflix. Monarch of the Glen was one of our favorites. You might try McClouds Daughters.

Originally Posted by stovens

Dave you are scaring me, I'm doing the same series on Netflix. Monarch of the Glen was one of our favorites. You might try McClouds Daughters.

Steve - we will still watch an episode of Monarch if it comes on PBS. I even took pictures of the estate from across the lake a few years ago when we were in Scotland.

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