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I have been watching the Gold Rush show. Anyone would have to be an idiot to believe anything that Dakota Fred has to say. I think he enjoyed telling the Hoffmans to hit the road. He is arrogant on a level very few people manage to get to.

I wouldn't get too upset about anything on that trumped up, staged for TV show- It's about as real as pro wrestling!

Seriously, with all the amazing shows on right now, how does anyone have the time or inclination to watch these "reality" shows?

Amazing shows? All I'm seeing these days on the tube is total crap.
Paul B.

Mad Men
Breaking Bad
Justified
Walking Dead
SOA
Boardwalk Empire
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Louie
Wilfred
Shameless
The Borgias
Game of Thrones


Total crap? Like I said, this is the golden age of television right now, all people need to do is look for it.

I am a huge Justified fan.

I was on a reality documentary type show once. Way, way too much of it is staged to take any of it seriously.

Parks & Rec though, is my new favorite.

All those guys are silly. Can you believe the Hoffmans didn't make their lease payment, who the heck would buy a high track D-8 for the kind of work they are doing, why put the shaker far far away from the material, why are they trying to rip permafrost when they have an excavator, and why do they always stand so close to machinery when there is strain on chains and cables.

A bunch of dorks.

I tried watching that show a couple of times during the first season. From what I've seen that crew would have a hard time finding gold in a rapper's mouth.

There all a bunch of morons !!!!!! i have been involved with and run heavy equipment over 40 plus years , i watched two segments of the show and it pissed me off so bad i wont watch another one !!! Don

Why?

Have you seen the show? It reminds me of a bunch of goofs that I grew up around and it makes me laugh.

I like laughing.

They'd make more money if they just panned the creeks.

in the old days ya just shot claim jumpers -

enough said!

hoffmans are just LAME

i have to say i like the kid across the creek i bet he finds more then all the rest do

i thought he showed a 3 oz nugget - if the old tailins ahd that kinda stuff left behind - yeah he'll do well

only thing people will want to see - hes the show now!

It was 1/3 of an ounce

Too much TV will addle the head. There's only one show on the list I watch - Boardwalk Empire - the rest may as well not exist. Also enjoy Blue Bloods, but don't really know why, kind of tired of cop shows. Yep, it's total crap.

I thought the offer of 80K for all that equipment seemed very low. Kind of aroused my suspicions a bit. Does that seem like a realistic offer for all that stuff?

I came to the conclusion that the Hoffmans are Oregon hicks out chasing dreams of sugarplum fairies. My wife and I find their antics close to performance art, theater of the absurd, Keystone Cops of the Klondike. I sit in my comfy La-Z-boy chair and offer running commentary to my wife who laughs along with me. They lack every required bit of knowledge, skill and ability. Having planned and managed much larger projects, I'm sure they are scripted by someone who is making it all up - no one could be that stupid and live to tell about it. Having supervised salvage logging operations I was continually watching dummies like them standing too close to winch cables and chains. I almost lost my voice shouting when a dummy started to step over a cable from a D-7 when it stalled pulling a 9 foot diameter redwood log out of a creek. I sent him back to the correctional facility before he was killed.

The entire series could be used for a educational program on construction and project management, show a segment and discuss what they did wrong. Just one more unreal reality show.