The History channel

I am more into reading history than watching. I've got a history site in my favorites list. Also have tons of books that deal with the WWII era. Winston Churchill was a prolific author and some of his works are fascinating. I've lately become interested in Russian history and have some books that address the tsars, the revolution that brought Lenin into power and the subsequent Russian upheavals. I'm ready to start the last volume of Solzhenitsyn's Gulag series when I can work it into my reading schedule. I have watched the History Channel on occasion. It just seems better for me to read history though. One of the movie channels broadcast "Tora,Tora,Tora" last night and I watched that. I had seen it before but it was a good reminder for the July 4th holiday. I couldn't help but compare its theme of the US being caught with its pants down to the 9-11 surprise. If we don't heed the warnings of history, we are bound to repeat the same mistakes. It appears that nations too often have become complacent and pay the ultimate price for that neglect.

Really? LOL Omgosh! LOL I can't help but laugh!! That's just too funny! I love history too. I did really well in school but not these days. I guess what you don't use, you lose over time. Anyway, I haven't watched the history channel in quite some time but maybe I should get back into it again? But I also like real life stories and nature shows too so maybe I'm just stuck there? Who knows. LOL

I use to watch the history channel and lifetime alot. But i havent had cable for a year now. I do miss those channels.

I never watch that channel. i'm a creature of habit i guess. Watch the same old channels most every day.

I do watch the History Channel. I really enjoy it. They have an occasional doc on Egypt and I like the back history on the pharoahs. I don't watch much on the wars and famous battles. They do have alot of interesting programs and I watch it quite a bit. THis 'don't pull my chain' thing reminds me of a music festival I went to. The Fiddler's Contest over in Weiser. THird week end in June. Fiddlers and bango players from all over the world. So we are there one year and I have to use the bathroom. there is one of those mobile toilets out in the back but it is up in the back end of a trailer. I go to climb up and in and find it wobbling something terrible. If I didn't have to go so bad I would have waited. But I climbed carefully up in and did what needed to be done. All the time worrying that it was going to fall with me in it.

My husband and our oldest son watch the History Channel all the time. I do watch it at times, however, I am not a big t.v. watcher. I do have the t.v. on all the time, but I am usually reading, or doing something else. I have watched the show that tells how the states got their shapes. That was very interesting and I learned a lot of facts about various states that I never knew.

We do not get any paid channels, so I only get to watch it if I am visiting someone who gets it. I would not want to watch it all the time. I agree that it is stimulus to go online and search to learn more about stuff.

I do watch the History Channel, but our History Channel is the Canadian History Channel and many of the movies or documentaries I have already seen elsewhere. I have not watched it recently, but I love War movies, and historical movies and will watch them if it is on. I did like Enemy at the Gates which was about a Soviet sniper and Nazi sniper's war of wills against each other. I have also seen a few on the depression, but as I said, much was already on other channels, and when you watch on the History, you have to see the commercials as well. A good thing is that they usually have a preview or an aftermath where an expert like a commissioned officer or historian explains what really went on, whether the movie makers took poetic license, what characters were invented, etc. so we can get an idea of what really went on.

hi bunnybon oh are you kidding me get to watch the history channel when these old geezers have the remote control on the huge TV in the activities room? no they watch reruns of Bonanza and other westerns that have not been made for years and they seem to thrive on them I do occasionally get to see House and CSI which is my favorite the rest of the time I am on my computer.I wish that some of the rest of us cou ld get to watch real programs on the TV. I also wish I could afford to buy a computer.

I love the History channel too. My b/f watches stuff like that all the time and I get into most of what he is watching too. I have learned alot from that channel about history. That is funny where that saying comes from..I would've never thought it.

Hi Bunny When we had cable we watched it all the time. My boyfriend got me hooked on it then. Now we do go online and stream as much as we can. I was not really interested it in in the past but since knowing my boyfriend and how avid he is in watching it I have grown to be very interested. He was out most of the weekend therefore, we did not watch the ones you mentioned, but I can almost guarantee it will be on all week this week. lol, as he does stream it all the time and has an icon on his computer set.

Well, it sounds like it was an interesting weekend on History. I have watched it before, although I do not watch much TV. I am more of a computer person, I spend lots of time on the computer.

Hi Bunnybon I am also in the fan club of history channel. As I am an indian, I don't think same program is broadcasting here. I specially love to watch biography of famous personalty. Like Mahatma gandi, Brak obama, Mother tersa, Bill clinton, Hitler, sadam husan,osama bin laden, martin lother, etc.

Hi bunnybon7! Yeah, I also watched History channel. Actually, it was in the channel that i understand pretty well about the Battle in Okinawa. I don't remember when was it telecasted but it was months ago. The only problem with History channel is that, the graphics is not only so cloudy but the pictures isn't stable. Is it because the films are old, too?

I watch a history channel often. I like documentary channels and i think the history channel is one of the best available in Denmark where i live. But i still think discovery science is the best.

I'm from Oklahomna. What city does your friend live in?