I used to go away camping quite a lot, and I always missed the TV. I think 'vegging out' is a bit like meditation, and should be recognised as beneficial for the same reason. The only difference is that in meditation, you don't the ads.
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There are 6 televisions in my house, but I don't spend much time in front of the tube. There are several shows I watch religiously, but I doubt it all adds up to more than 5-7 hours per week at most. I got rid of cable service and haven't got around to putting the antenna back on the roof, so everything I watch is downloaded from the Internet.
Quote: DaButt @ October 7 2009, 4:21 PM BSTThere are 6 televisions in my house, but I don't spend much time in front of the tube. There are several shows I watch religiously, but I doubt it all adds up to more than 5-7 hours per week at most. I got rid of cable service and haven't got around to putting the antenna back on the roof, so everything I watch is downloaded from the Internet.
Have you ever shot a telly? I imagine America as the telly-shooting capital of the world.
Quote: DaButt @ October 7 2009, 4:21 PM BSTThere are several shows I watch religiously,
Songs of Praise?
Quote: chipolata @ October 7 2009, 4:22 PM BSTHave you ever shot a telly? I imagine America as the telly-shooting capital of the world.
Sadly, no. But it's on my "to do" list.
About 15 years ago I went shooting in the woods with some friends and we found a discarded microwave oven in a pile of trash. We took a one-pound can of black powder, dumped a whole bag of shotgun shell primers into it, placed it in the oven and then shot it with AK-47s from about 100 yards away. It made a satisfying BOOM and when we examined our handiwork all that remained was the bottom of the oven.
Quote: DaButt @ October 7 2009, 4:33 PM BSTAbout 15 years ago I went shooting in the woods with some friends and we found a discarded microwave oven in a pile of trash. We took a one-pound can of black powder, dumped a whole bag of shotgun shell primers into it, placed it in the oven and then shot it with AK-47s from about 100 yards away. It made a satisfying BOOM and when we examined our handiwork all that remained was the bottom of the oven.
Is that in the constitution?
Quote: Leevil @ October 7 2009, 4:34 PM BSTIs that in the constitution?
The 74th Amendment granted Americans the right to blow up small household appliances.
The only non-DVD stuff I watch is the news and weather. The rest is rubbish.
Quote: DaButt @ October 7 2009, 4:37 PM BSTThe 74th Amendment granted Americans the right to blow up small household appliances.
I now have a very strange relationship with telly (not like that Chip) and don't watch it as much as I used to.
This probably has to due with my new found addiction / dependence on the Internet and Emails. I think I could probably go several days without watching the television, but if my broadband goes down for even a couple of hours, I'm totally lost.
Back when I had a job, I would sometimes have to go away for a few days at a time and there was nothing better then getting home and switching on the box to watch several hours of stuff that I'd digitally recorded.
However, television addiction is at it's worst when someone lends you a box set of DVDs for a great show you've never seen before. I remember when I was lent Series Two of Lost and watched television for 18 straight hours - that can't be good for you.
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ October 7 2009, 4:42 PM BSTI remember when I was lent Series Two of Lost and watched television for 18 straight hours - that can't be good for you.
How many Hatches was that?
Quote: Leevil @ October 7 2009, 4:54 PM BSTHow many Hatches was that?
I have fond memories of Lost when we knew even less than we know now, and half the episodes ended up with them working together on the beach to build a shack out of coconuts.
I did get excited by the...
Spoiler warning!
Colossus statue, I love shit like that.
Quote: Leevil @ October 7 2009, 4:54 PM BSTHow many Hatches was that?
I think at least 3. That's also the problem with modern telly, whenever I see the message 'The smash hit show from the States that will keep you hooked', I give out a sigh and wonder if I can commit to something for the next 22-26 weeks.
24 is a great / terrible example of a television show that slowly takes over my life.