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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 01:31 PM Original message |
It's nearly 6 years since I stopped routinely watching television. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. very nice, baby_mouse! |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. Great post!... |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. Great post. This really resonated with me, |
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Batgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. they way you describe it |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 03:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. Indeed. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 03:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. What other things? I collect household hints & tips. nt |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 03:46 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Salt cleans cookers. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 09:05 AM Response to Reply #39 |
58. Only chives. I'm in an apartment and space is at a premium. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 03:50 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Somewhat off topic; have you picked up the end of the year issue of |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 03:51 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Delete-darned double post. n/t |
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Dunvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. Beautifully Inparted Wisdom, Little_Mouse |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 03:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. mm. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. Kick and Recommend! |
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meganmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. TOTALLY nominated |
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Ksec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. I saw a teaser today on MSNBC |
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CrazyOrangeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
9. Beautifully written. |
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Batgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
10. kick nt |
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corkhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
11. Check out the book |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 07:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
50. Read his follow-up... |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
12. Does that mean you're not going to watch the Superbowl? |
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Ksec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 02:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Hey hey hey.. |
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400Years (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
13. recommended |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
14. Excellent! |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
16. Excellent |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
17. One day it just hits you..."There's not anything on worth watching". |
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RepublicanElephant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
18. i gotz to have my commercial-free turner classic movies! |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 03:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. If I had to pick only one network to watch the rest of my life, TCM is it! |
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laruemtt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
19. may i send this |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 03:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Please do! |
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laruemtt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 03:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. thanks mouse! |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 05:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
64. Thank you! |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
20. Television not only dumbs us down, |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
24. Ten years this July! |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 03:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. WAHEY! |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 03:22 PM Original message |
They had such a day in a small New England town about a decade ago |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
34. Don't tell any of the media schemers. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
27. Excellent! I'm beginning to really hate television, too! |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 03:56 PM Response to Reply #27 |
43. Some shows are good, but if they are, they'll be on DVD |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 08:17 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. Oh yeah, commercials are the fucking worst! |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 07:58 AM Response to Reply #43 |
56. Interestingly, TV commercials don't even work very well. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
28. Wonderful post. I can sympathize. One of the difficulties of not being |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 03:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Lorien, that sounds pretty awful. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 03:29 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. I actively participated-I was an animator at Disney |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 03:34 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Oh, OKay... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 03:42 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Care indeed-I have a few (late) friends who worked on Sleeping Beauty |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 07:35 PM Response to Reply #38 |
51. I know someone... |
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mom cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
30. I quit watching when the Supreme Court gave Bush the crown. |
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laruemtt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
32. my first husband in a brief foray into |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
33. K&R |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
42. TV=Satan's dreambox (Bill Hicks) |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 06:56 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Thank you, but... "Break Free"? |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 09:11 AM Response to Reply #49 |
59. Whether you want to recognize it or not, TV is a major cultural |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 02:53 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. I understand your position... |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 03:10 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. TV no longer reflects culture it creates it.... |
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byronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
44. I read. And listen to Air America. I'm much smarter and healthier now. |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
45. Go for a drive, walk on an unfamliar path - you can make your own magic |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
46. For some reason, this reminds me of something.. |
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TheUnspeakable (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 05:14 AM Response to Reply #46 |
54. that article is REALLY funny!! thanks n/t |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
47. Wish I had your willpower. TV is the opiate of the western masses. |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
48. I don't have a TV where I live during the week. |
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Nostradammit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 04:56 AM Response to Original message |
53. Well Said!!! TV Free for 14 years ! |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 07:56 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Well, I did take a few on that island a few months before... |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
57. Excellent post! And yet, I wonder if any of us could do that with our |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 08:09 AM Response to Reply #57 |
63. I don't think computers are really comparable, Mrs G. |
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Raydawg1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
61. I watch HBO but have largely given up on network TV |
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