Weird and interesting TV facts

[Farseer]

I haven't heard of Klondike... does it involve gold?

Sure does ! I think there is a more modern game that goes by the same name (for younger kids, involving an actual gold pan and even marbles, I think) but the one I used to play was a boardgame similar to Monopoly. Just found one on eBay...how about that?!
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/VINTAGE-RARE-KLON...d=ViewItem&pt=AU_Toys_Hobbies_Vintage_Antique_Toys&hash=item1c12919e4b
(I don't even know how to create a proper link thingy in the forum let alone help with the wiki!)

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I've lost interest in cricket these days, BUT I'm Soooooooo looking forward to the World Cup (go us!!!!!!)

Yes, go us ..I am not at all a fan of soccer but even I sat up and watched all of our games during the last World Cup (the one in which we were robbed!), and can't wait for our next chance at it!

You don't get any TV when it rains!?? I am going to sound like a doofus here, but do you get TV from a transmitter via the regular method ?

If there's drama with the TV/video/DVD or reception, tuning or other such things in our house, it is most often up to me to fix it, which I do with little trouble, BUT I wouldn't have a clue what I'd be talking about with regard to the actual process of transmitting and receiving so I'm not even going to try and respond to your question...let's just be doofuses together!

We have a rural satelitte dish and a black box...how they work in the whole scheme of things is beyond me, but I would expect that it would be similar to how other satelitte television works eg Austar (which we don't get but could if we wanted to)? Then again, I don't know anyone with Austar or Foxtel who have a problem with rainy weather so I'm probably way off the mark! Someone jump in and enlighten us both, if you know!