When I tell people that I don't have cable and only watch about 1/2 hour of TV per week, they often get the same look on their face. It sorta resembles a look as if I just told them I was dying of a terminal disease. Horror mixed with sympathy. It's usually followed with the same question....Why? I respond why not? It's a fair question why would I spend 4-5 hours every night engrossed in the television? Constantly filling my mind with images of things I should want or eat. Or even worse with images of sexual promisquety. Speaking of what is up with that??? Why do compaines think if they show me some half naked women wrapped in ribbons I will be more inclined to run out an purchase their chemical filled product to slather on my skin??? And where did we as a society lower our standards enough to accept the crap that is available out there? Things are getting more and more expensive yet they are less and less quality goods? Somehow we just seem to take it with a grain of salt and keep gobbling up this junk because the TV gods say we need it!!! Stand up say NO! Buy local buy handmade! Stop buying the junk!
Okay now that I got that outa my system :)!
So what does a family of 4 do whent he TV is not on?? Well we do lots of stuff... See the next few posts for details :)
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We haven't had television for 8 years now. The funniest thing we have found is that when we tell people this, they respond with "I don't really watch much TV". We aren't trying to be "above" anyone or making judgments; we just choose to not have it in our house. I find that we all read, do puzzles, and play games much more now. I don't plan to ever go back.
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