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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
2552 Posts
Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
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 Posted - Apr 16 2008 : 4:24:39 PM
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I managed to convince Rob of the benefit to getting rid of our television!!!! So out it went this afternoon! HUZZAH!!!!!!!
we had no intention of converting it for the digital turnover next year and we only get one channel so really it's a space and time waster. Now I've more room for ANOTHER bookshelf!! And an out of the traffic path spot for our Solstice Tree next year!
Do you still have your tv? whats the hold up in getting rid of it if you still have one?
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Tasha-Rose
Farmgirl Sister #88
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"Joyful chaos, working in tune with the seasons, telling itme by the sun, variety, change and self-direction; all this wwas replaced with a brutal, standardized work culture, the effects of which we are still suffering from today." - Tom Hodgkinson in 'How To Be Idle' |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Apr 16 2008 : 4:38:40 PM
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oh lordy chile .. we LOVE our TV ... i adore watching 'movies' while i'm sewing dollies .. and hank keeps up with the 'world news' (CITY BOY!) and nature programs .. and his beloved RED SOX! .. and political programs .. and i do still get my 'funny bone' tickled with a 'silly sitcom' from time to time .. i also love the HISTORY channel and our very own Kentucky tv station .. i learn lots about areas and events that i might not otherwise know about .. or might miss! (our local paper comes but once a week .. and then it has to be mailed to us (no delivery out here) .. and it is only county-wide local at that.
we jus' got two big flat screen HD tv's.
hurrah for you gurlfren if you jus' don't enjoy them and if it was inded a time waster for you (with only ONE channel?)
now we do make lots of time in our lives for reading (hank especially is a HUGE reader) .. and lots of outdoor time and runnin' the roads .. and i'm pretty creative .. but when i want to see sumpthin' on tv .. i'm thankful it's there.
i see the tv as i see the 'computer' .. you have to 'balance' your life .. and both of these 'new-fangled' contraptions .. i dooooo enjoy!
True Friends * Frannie
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Farmtopia
True Blue Farmgirl
1465 Posts
Zan
New York
New York
USA
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Apr 16 2008 : 5:26:05 PM
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I would love to do away with ours..but husband protests every time I bring it up. The kids only watch limited tv...much less than any of their friends I hear..haha. We use the tv for movies alot and I play CDs on the DVD player..that was a happy day when I figured that one out!! But I rarely sit down and watch a show. Besides..I lose track of when things come on anyhow. But...getting it out of the house would be like world war III here. dang it. Good for you Tasha!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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CountryBorn
True Blue Farmgirl
1545 Posts
Mary Jane
New York
USA
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Posted - Apr 16 2008 : 6:16:29 PM
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Tasha good for you for doing what you felt was best!! If you don't like it why keep it right? I do confess I like my TV. Not every show on it that's for sure. But, I just watch what I like. I really wouldn't want to get rid of it. But, that's just my opinion!
MJ
There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. Freya Stark |
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chessie
True Blue Farmgirl
403 Posts
Karen
Vista
CA
USA
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Apr 16 2008 : 7:52:15 PM
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| I like to watch the tv once in a while. Sometimes it's nice to check in and see what the rest of the world is up to. I get 5 channels, and if there's nothing that appeals to me on any of them I just turn it off. And our computer is not adequate for watching movies. So I'm digging in and trying to keep the old thing once analog broadcasting goes away. My husband is definitely on your side, Tasha. |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Apr 16 2008 : 7:57:39 PM
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Amie, we only get 3 channels (and I confess, that's enough)...we actually use Netflix and watch PBS a lot more than regular television, though every now and again I need a Law and Order fix.
I applaud Tasha for getting rid of it...what's right for her family is right :). Sometimes I simply don't turn it on, but I also don't turn on my phone, either....Maybe I'll get rid of my phone!
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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