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I'm pretty sure if I had no TV I wouldn't think "hey, I'll go for a run". I'd just do something else to relax like read or play video games, or play darts in the garage.
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It's been a little over a year since I got rid of the TV. I can still watch TV via a browser because the service is still there but I've found I never use it. This is partly because the streaming service is hopelessly unreliable but also because there is nothing worth watching. I really find it hard to understand how anyone can spend an entire in evening slumped in front of the box. I've got hundreds of channels from the UK, Germany, Switzerland and France and they're all equally devoid of entertainment and don't believe the smug "British TV is the best in the world" pumped out by the British media - the others are bad but Britain's is just as bad. Well, to be fair, perhaps not quite as bad as Germany's - that is pretty awful.
My box-set collection has grown a bit and I'm allowing myself to read crappier books than I used to so I'm not spending my newly liberated time on massively intellectual pursuits or exciting new health regimes. It's more about no longer plumbing the depths of moronity that is the average evening's TV schedule.
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Originally posted by Sands of Time View PostIt has now been two years since I dispensed with the TV...
Lost 3 stones.
Far happier.
Far healthier.
Just had an interview for a TV company, quite ironic.
Bought a house last year, they had a TV in EVERY ROOM, even imbedded in the wall in the bathroom.
I don't miss it.
Tone
What did you do? Put the TV down and get an iPad? Much lighter and more manageable that way those old CRT TVs were so heavy man....
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We have 1 TV, no satellite & I took the aerial down as pigeons were using for latrine duty.
We watch 1 episode of whatever series we are streaming at the time (currently Grimm, its good) & a movie on Friday.
I don’t think I have watched “live” TV in about 4 years.
Far too many other things to do with the time.
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Originally posted by Sands of Time View Post
Bought a house last year, they had a TV in EVERY ROOM, even imbedded in the wall in the bathroom.
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I have 3 TV's in my house - but that does not mean I have to watch tv
seems like a lack of willpower to me
also who's sockie are you?
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Originally posted by vetran View PostI bow to your great Experience I don't tend to go to such places.
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If I didn't have a TV I'd probably have to resort to leaving the house, talking to people or possibly even using my brain.
No thanks.
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