From: invaliddmpyron@austin.rr.com   
      
   [Default] Thus spake "Artisan" :   
      
   >After the broadcast of a new installment of the current show, how much time   
   >generally needs to go by before any newsgroup discussion containing   
   >potential spoilers is acceptable?   
      
   In most of the NG I'm in where TV plays a role the general rule is 73   
   hours.   
      
   In rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated the rule IS 73 hours for all but   
   "pressing news."  "Pressing" means things like "heavy rain forecast   
   for tomorrow" or "Schumacher seriously hurt in 1st lap accident."  But   
   what you might see is "Congratulations xxx" where they really write   
   xxx.  The rule there is for folks like me who are a) following other   
   important threads and b) the race is at 6 am or midnight or something   
   and it's on my DVR until Sunday or Monday evening.   
      
   I still have Tuesday's show on tap, but I'm off today (sigh) and will   
   catch it this afternoon.  But NCIS and NCI:LA will get watched tongiht   
   since Carol watches those two.   
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   - dillon  I am not invalid   
      
   Toby (Tri-Umph That's the Sweet Truth)   
   March 1998 - June 2010   
   What a dog.  What a dog!   
      
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