{"id":10217,"date":"2006-06-24T01:07:25","date_gmt":"2006-06-23T22:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2006\/06\/24\/deja-vu\/"},"modified":"2007-12-05T15:55:42","modified_gmt":"2007-12-05T12:55:42","slug":"deja-vu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2006\/06\/24\/deja-vu\/","title":{"rendered":"Deja Vu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve mentioned the professional level of Cyprus television in a very recent post<\/a>, and here I am, got hit with a deja vu. It’s Friday night, and I am at home, after taking a long walk, trying to avoid all pubs and restaurants. Watching Capital channel, which has a 1984 classic – “Starman<\/a>” with Jeff Bridges.<\/p>\n

About 40 minutes into the film, it suddenly restarts. No advertising, no breaking news. Just starts showing from the very beginning all over again. Instant rewind to the opening credits. It’s been going now for at least 15 minutes…<\/p>\n

I am not going to watch it once again. Especially when there are no guarantees that they won’t rewind it again a couple of times.<\/p>\n

Off to bed.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve mentioned the professional level of Cyprus television in a very recent post, and here I am, got hit with a deja vu. It’s Friday night, and I am at home, after taking a long walk, trying to avoid all pubs and restaurants. 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