Larry Jaques on Fri, 13 Sep 2013
16:26:30 -0700 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

I figure I've saved over nine grand since I gave up TV about 8 years
ago. That's nothing to sneeze at. I have lots more time to read and
finish some other projects, too. Now, when I walk into an area with a
TV, I'm shocked at how farkin' LAME it all is. I think "Jayzuss, I
used to listen to that crap? Gag me with a spoon, valley girl."

My housemates had cable, and during one stretch I was home all
day. Even leaving it on the "news" channels, "lieber Gott, how many
times can you say "we have nothing new to report"?"

Hell, they never say that. They blither on for days with nothing.

I remember seeing Peter Jennings reporting hours after 9/11 in NYC. He
sat there for over half an hour with absolutely nothing to add to the
tiny bits of data he had been given. They had pre-empted all
programming to put him on with nothing to say. I should have turned
off the set for good right then, but it took me a couple more years.

I do miss the news, but that was only 10% (Max!) of what they had on
at any given time. I still don't miss the total bull**** which fills
23.9 hours of any news day. Hell, they're airing some four year old's
dreams nowadays, not doing even basic checking of their news sources,
etc. And only what the PTBs say even gets on teevee, complete with
their own slant to it. Fuggit! There is no truth in TV any more, so
just turn it off.

I'm told that they've changed the way that TV is broadcast, so
that the older TVs no longer will pick up the signals. Some day I'll
have to check that out.

Maybe. Some day. When I find a need to do so. After I move into
The Home.
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pyotr filipivich
"With Age comes Wisdom. Although more often, Age travels alone."