Tommy Mac - rough exit from 'Rough Cut'?

[Casper]

Nah.

Yup.

Been a bad week. MiL got robbed while sitting in her car. Purse, phone, money, meds, all gone. During that Gma taken to hospital.

[krw]

What, you upset that they didn't take her too?

[swttea525]

I found Tommy one afternoon on PBS and was hooked from that episode on. I l oved hearing about his family, his life, how he came across like he was the guy next door just shooting the breeze. Very natural. I thought his projec ts were interesting, useful and just possibly doable. I didnt take shop cla ss in school but my grandpa was a carpenter. Tommy made it make sense. Im s ad things turned sour. Im not surprised at PBS. They are not nice people. T he PBS reporter is always race baiting the president. Goes with the liberal media. I hope someone steps forward and gives Tommy another chance. The ne w guy just isnt my cup of tea.

[Leon]

New guy?? What new guy? Is Rough cut still on? FWIW I did not care for Tommy, that's just me. On the flip side, I liked Bob Vila. Hated the one after Bob and really like Kevin.

[DerbyDad03]

I loved hearing about his family, his life, how he came across like he was the guy next door just shooting the breeze. Very natural. I thought his pr ojects were interesting, useful and just possibly doable. I didnt take shop class in school but my grandpa was a carpenter. Tommy made it make sense. Im sad things turned sour. Im not surprised at PBS. They are not nice peopl e. The PBS reporter is always race baiting the president. Goes with the lib eral media. I hope someone steps forward and gives Tommy another chance. Th e new guy just isnt my cup of tea.

I have a Samsung Smart TV. It comes with some sort of "free TV" app. Actual ly called "TV". A couple dozen channels of DIY, cooking, home design, etc.

1209 is the "This Old House" channel. 24 hours of TOH and ATOH. Mostly old stuff, but all after Kevin took over. "Modern" up until just after Roge r got sick. So you have episodes with a healthy Roger, a slowing Roger with Jenn, and sometimes just Jenn.

Unfortunately there's no DVR feature, Pause, FF, etc. In addition, they apparently only bought a few series (maybe a dozen?) of this TOH so I think I've seen them all already. The same goes for ATOH.

They also haven't sold too many commercials, so sometimes you get the same commercial 2-3 times in row - during one commercial break. Other times they show the same 2 or 3 Apprentice Diaries or time-lapse building project.

[Leon]

Me too. I'll have to look into that. I too actually use a Roku along with Tablo. I get about 65 local channels many of which are the subsets like 2, 2.1, 2.3, 2.4 etc. Our PBS channel 8.1 IIRC gets TOH, American Woodshop, WoodSmith, TOH TradeSchool. Untill I went back to over the air with the TABLO I was only getting current TOH, AND Ask TOH.

Looks like Rodger is showing up more recently.

Tablo does have DVR and the ability to record 4 channels at once. The DVR records to a separate 2 TB WD HD.

[DerbyDad03]

...Snip...

Not sure what you've been seeing, but I haven't been watching any live TOH or ATOH recently.

The latest I heard was that on June 7, 2020, the TOH crew announced Roger's Retirement on the Jimmy Fallon show:

Are you saying that he's back, barely a month later?

[Leon]

On TOH I have seen him more just before the new stuff a couple of months stopped. It just seemed that he had not been on for several months.

Wow that guy is rich! :~) So have you heard what his illness is? I would have to guess back issues as he seemed to not be as flexible as in the past.

NO! I was talking about this past Spring.

[DerbyDad03]

I learned a few years ago that money isn't all that important. I was always always envious of one of the other guys that raced Soap Box Derby with us. (my kids/his kids, obviously) We hung out a lot. He had a big house, lots of land, cars, a bus he converted to a motor home, motorcycles, etc. He was a crane operator for many years, then became a safety rep for a well-known automotive parts manufacturer. The money was good, he was always throwing parties and had all the cool tools and toys.

Then the driver crossed the center line while texting and hit him head-on. Was he driving his big ole, jacked up truck? Nope, he was driving a one of his little beater cars.

As they were trying to free his busted up left leg from under the crushed dash board, he said to the paramedic (who he knew) "Wait, let me push with my right foot and get some leverage." The paramedic said "Steve, take a look at your right foot." That's when he realized that his right foot was pointing backwards.

He was hospitalized/laid up for over a year and when he finally emerged he was a shadow of his former self. No more tough guy act, no more climbing ladders for work and projects, no more helping build the log cabin on the family land. He has resigned himself to the fact the he'll lose the foot in a few years.

Sure, he still has his money, but he doesn't get to play with his toys quite as much as he used to. That's when I realized that I wasted a lot of time and brain power being envious of him. I'll never have the material possessions that he has, but at least for now I'm healthy, active and pretty darn happy.

I feel the same way about Roger's $11MM. It probably won't help him get healthy. He also lost his first wife to cancer some time back. I've still got mine and I'm thankful for that.

I have been unable to find any info on his illness. The rumors range from Parkinsons to a stroke to a heart attack.

I think it's more than just a bad back/flexibility thing. His hands are stiff, his gait is off, but there doesn't seemed to be any indication of pain. You can see it as he walks across the lawn in this video - and this was uploaded 2 years ago. It's only gotten worse since then.

[Leon]

Yes money is not everything and my wife and I are pretty much set. BUT I would be willing to bet your buddy is happy he has the money rather than not. Further, him having money had nothing to do with the accident. It is always better to no have to worry about money, healthy or not.