Comments on: The Wire: 100% Finished http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/04/20/the-wire-100-finished/ Daily posts of Excel tips…and other stuff Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:42:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dennis Wallentin http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/04/20/the-wire-100-finished/#comment-39091 Dennis Wallentin Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:30:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=2361#comment-39091 <p>21 stages nowadays have much more TV time then in the past due to the increasing interest in the race. Let's say that each stage in average has 1.5 hour then 20 x 21 x 1.5 = 630 hours. For the last couple of years it gets more and more TV time and now we can watch some stages from the start to the finish, especially some mountain stages. With commercial breaks included it's about 6.5 hours per stage. And if I add my own preparations in terms of stage analysis, status in the teams etc I would say 8 hours per stage.</p> <p>I have also DVDs from Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a Espana and some classic races like Paris - Roubaix if anyone is interested ;)</p> <p>Kind regards,<br> Dennis</p> 21 stages nowadays have much more TV time then in the past due to the increasing interest in the race. Let’s say that each stage in average has 1.5 hour then 20 x 21 x 1.5 = 630 hours. For the last couple of years it gets more and more TV time and now we can watch some stages from the start to the finish, especially some mountain stages. With commercial breaks included it’s about 6.5 hours per stage. And if I add my own preparations in terms of stage analysis, status in the teams etc I would say 8 hours per stage.

I have also DVDs from Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a Espana and some classic races like Paris – Roubaix if anyone is interested ;)

Kind regards,
Dennis

]]> By: Casey http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/04/20/the-wire-100-finished/#comment-39083 Casey Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:52:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=2361#comment-39083 <p>I'll swap you the [i]Northern Exposure: The Complete Series Giftset (DVD, 2007, 26-Disc Box Set)[/i] for [i]The Wire[/i]. </p> <p>J-Walk might be more interested in this since it was supposedly set in Talkeetna.. or at least loosely modeled on Talkeetna, but I have no interest in [i]Arrested Development[/i].</p> I’ll swap you the [i]Northern Exposure: The Complete Series Giftset (DVD, 2007, 26-Disc Box Set)[/i] for [i]The Wire[/i].

J-Walk might be more interested in this since it was supposedly set in Talkeetna.. or at least loosely modeled on Talkeetna, but I have no interest in [i]Arrested Development[/i].

]]> By: J-Walk http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/04/20/the-wire-100-finished/#comment-39076 J-Walk Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:19:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=2361#comment-39076 <p>20 years of bicycle racing? </p> <p>If you watched it all, one after the other, how long would it take to view the entire collection?</p> 20 years of bicycle racing?

If you watched it all, one after the other, how long would it take to view the entire collection?

]]> By: Dennis Wallentin http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/04/20/the-wire-100-finished/#comment-39064 Dennis Wallentin Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:54:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=2361#comment-39064 <p>I have all the races of Tour de France from 1989 on DVDs.</p> <p>Kind regards,<br> Dennis</p> I have all the races of Tour de France from 1989 on DVDs.

Kind regards,
Dennis

]]> By: Doug Glancy http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/04/20/the-wire-100-finished/#comment-39047 Doug Glancy Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:13:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=2361#comment-39047 <p>I just finished the last season as well. What a great show! I get most of my DVD's from the library, so have no trade offers. If I did, I suppose it would be Six Feet Under, possibly the best filmed drama I've ever seen, or Curb Your Enthusiasm. Got to love that HBO.</p> I just finished the last season as well. What a great show! I get most of my DVD’s from the library, so have no trade offers. If I did, I suppose it would be Six Feet Under, possibly the best filmed drama I’ve ever seen, or Curb Your Enthusiasm. Got to love that HBO.

]]> By: Dick Kusleika http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/04/20/the-wire-100-finished/#comment-39032 Dick Kusleika Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:29:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=2361#comment-39032 <p>What? That shows only 1/12000 as good! I thought you were making a deal for Seinfeld.</p> What? That shows only 1/12000 as good! I thought you were making a deal for Seinfeld.

]]> By: J-Walk http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/04/20/the-wire-100-finished/#comment-39030 J-Walk Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:07:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=2361#comment-39030 <p>Can I interest you in three seasons of Arrested Development?</p> Can I interest you in three seasons of Arrested Development?

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