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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 02:46 PM
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Am I the only person on the planet that hasn't watched any TV this week?
There's so many things in life that are not under my control...but leaving the idiot box OFF isn't one of them!
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 02:46 PM
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1. I don't own one - that's probably why I am so calm!
Fear not - reading is more rewarding anyway!
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 02:48 PM
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2. Nope
I have been avoiding the TV ON PURPOSE this week.
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el_gato Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 02:49 PM
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3. I never watch tv
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elfwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 02:51 PM
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4. Only The Daily Show...
Nothing else worth watching
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frank frankly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 02:52 PM
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5. you're not alone
i haven't seen one second of it.

not having a tv helps.
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 02:56 PM
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6. I went a few years without any TV
I watch it now. It's my mind sludge. I do a lot of other things in my life, so I don't feel it is wasting my time any longer. I don't know if I could go without the forensic shows either.
I watch reruns of "Who's line is it anyway" every night before I go to bed to read. It makes me laugh...and I dig laughing.
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Kenneth ken Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 02:56 PM
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7. no,
Like Chavezspeaksthetruth I don't own a tv either, so haven't watched any this week or last week, or the week before, or the week before that, or the. . . :D

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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 02:57 PM
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8. I am amazed
at how much better I feel this week! I have not even watched local news and turn off the radio in my truck when RR's name gets mentioned. It is amazing. As a news junkie this seems to have been the very best way to stop the habit. I certainly don't jones for Reagan news!
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RobinA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 02:57 PM
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9. You're Not Alone
I watch very little TV at all, and NO TV news of any kind. It's easier on the psyche.
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 02:59 PM
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10. Nope...
I don't watch television. It rots the brain.

And I have to say, hurrah for broadband internet...I've been listening to streaming radio from the UK and Germany, and NO REAGAN. It's great. They mentioned that he'd died, but it's not on every bloody news segment like it is in the States.
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info being Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 02:59 PM
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11. I know nothing about this Reagan shit.
Which means, of course, I've not been watching the idiot box. Its pure propaganda.
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specimenfred1984 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 03:00 PM
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12. Watched Deadwood and 4th Quarter of Laker Loss
TV is so full of sanctimonious, historical revisionist presswhores that the only reasons to watch would be to laugh at how stupid the mainstream is or to keep up with the current propaganda.

That takes me about 1 minute of viewing of any news or business channel. The propaganda never changes.
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 03:02 PM
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13. I've only watched the Ashcroft testimony so far this week
I love internet Radio :evilgrin:
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buddhamama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 03:07 PM
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14. i watched a movie yesterday
Suicide Kings- it was good.

I don't have cable or anything so i never watch regular tv
just movies. on occasion i'll asks friends to tape something off the tv for me, the 9/11 commission hearings for instance but those times are rare.
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 03:08 PM
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15. nope
me either
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Speck Tater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 03:11 PM
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16. I only watch DVDs. The rest is worthless. and
even the good sitcoms and series are better on DVD without the commercials.
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 03:14 PM
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17. Only the Pistons.
No Reagan crap whatsoever.
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catzies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 03:19 PM
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18. Nope. 100% no TV (except NBA Finals and The Daily Show)
I even gave up the Simpsons for the duration so I don't have to risk seeing even a moment of the Reagasm on Faux.

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Commendatori Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 03:21 PM
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19. My one slip: the Stanley Cup finals last night.
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Gildor Inglorion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 03:46 PM
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20. Haven't watched TV in almost 20 years...
don't miss it one bit. :-)
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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 03:47 PM
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21. Sopranos and a movie on pay-per view, is all
and that is about all I ever watch.
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Susang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 04:02 PM
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22. Nope
I am on a self imposed media blackout. I've watched old movies and last night I watched the Daily Show (couldn't help myself), but other than that, nothing.

Tomorrow I get major dental work. I'm actually looking forward to it.
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 04:04 PM
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23. Mee too. I'm watching some but not much.
I try and watch (or listen) at Crossfire while at work but when I am home, I usually watch the tape delay of Washington Journal.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 05:20 PM
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24. I watched some on Sunday, maybe 2 hours.
My temporary roommate doesn't have TV at his place. I'm a little lost, actually, but at least it wasn't all-Ronnie, all the time.
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