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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 11:43 PM Original message |
Idea # 1 for a more peaceful and happy, fulfilled life: KILL YOUR TV! |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. I have not had TV in 5+ years. |
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DerekJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Same here, almost, I have not had a TV since 2005. All online. N/T |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. I am addicted to it. |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
4. But then how would I watch baseball? |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 01:01 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. how about watch classic games on DVD and watch the really good ones at a sports bar or other venue? |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Well, classic games I already know the outcome to |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. meh. I watch it so little now that it would be hard to justify. |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 07:47 AM Response to Reply #20 |
41. I'm with you |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. On your computer -- like I do |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
5. I'm with you |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
6. not really |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 01:03 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I'm just saying there's more to life than those things. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
7. Give up movies? Never. |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 01:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. that's why I have NPR on all the time when I'm alone. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
8. No thanks... You all are welcome to do so, as long as you buy my books instead. |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 02:25 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Mine too! |
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TTUBatfan2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
12. No, I will not kill my TV... |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 01:14 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. actually, that's what I was suggesting if you had read further. |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 01:33 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I Told My Newly 8 Year Old Mom's Wallet Can't Afford Cable TV Anymore |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. bahahah. that's pretty insightful for 8 yrs old. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 07:43 AM Response to Reply #14 |
39. Goddess, it is so hard when they say something so honest and we have |
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TTUBatfan2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 01:46 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Oops... |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 07:46 AM Response to Reply #15 |
40. Yeah, my addiction to the internetz keeps me from feeling holier than thou |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 07:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
38. We have a TV, we just don't have it connected to an outside feed |
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HopeOverFear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
17. It would seem that with High Speed Internet, you don't need television |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
18. K & R |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
19. I enjoy my TV! |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
21. Lol, for us it would have to be a mass murder! |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. I know! We have something like 4 or 5 working TV's in our house |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
22. Too many games to watch... Phillies, NFL, WVU, NBA, Tennis |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
23. nah, just give up the talking heads on the 24/7 news channels |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
27. I'm considering proposing this to my husband |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
28. But I want a salesman sitting in my house 24 hours a day! |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
29. Going on 20 years for this family. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
30. I killed the part of tv you're talkin' about |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
32. Yes, I have known this truth for decades |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
33. Nah, I've got sports, Star Trek, and cartoons to enjoy |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
34. I only use mine to watch DVDs and videos...no cable teevee since 2001 |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 07:53 AM Response to Reply #34 |
42. One time I do remember, about three years after I got off the teat, |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
35. Or, use it in moderation |
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windoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
36. TV free since 2003 |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
37. I get so amused when cable companies call or come by to try to get me to take cable |
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