I kinda feel bad for Dar
 

On 09-18-2007 @ 09:34AM (CST) in the "What was the most recent movie you watched on TV?" thread , dar512 said:

As a TV addict, hearing/seeing this pains me. D, your missing a lot of good stuff, not only purely entertainment shows, but some edutainment shows too. (and I don't mean on PBS).

Granted most of 'em are annoying, but some are actually informative, and even entertaining.

Hey, more channels means more commercials to pay for the TV shows and movies on those networks.

Ok, I'm missing The Lost Book Of Nostradamus.

I don't watch TV, either. I haven't for a long time now. I read books and honestly don't feel the loss.

I don't watch much TV.

Sometimes something will catch my attention: Rome, The Long Way 'Round. Starting last night at 9, I'm actually watching an hour of TV per week now. The Long Way Down started, and I'll probably watch it. The good thing is that BBC 2 doesn't really have commercials.

If I had to pay anything to see this stuff, I wouldn't.

I watch TV, lots of it. Mostly in this order of preference:

News
Discovery, History, A&E
Comedy Channel
PBS
National Geographic Channel
Travel Channel
Spike TV and AMC
Sports
HBO and some other no commercial channels
The Weather Channel

Hmmm....I watch:

News,
Comedy shows
News
Dramas
News
Current affairs
News
Documentaries.....
and news.:P

I am a parliamentary junkie. I like to know what's going on in Westminster, so all the QuestionTime type programmes, news and analysis, behind the scenes stuff and the Parliament channel if there's nothing else on :P

I don't watch TV...occasionally we will watch a DVD movie, but no cable. And we can't get any local stations here. Doesn't bother me, at all. Too many other things I want to do.

I watch TV all the time. Usually with the sound turned off and the caption on; and with the stereo on and a book in my hand.

I think kids' tv time should be strictly limited, however. I've already got the "book habit"--they do not.

I don't watch TV. I don't have time to feel sorry for those who do, either.

Perry, no commercials on BBC, but you are supposed to pay your TV license.....

We don't have cable and can't get reception on any local stations, either, so we haven't watched tv in years.
But we do subscribe to Blockbuster online.

As a TV addict, I am highly envious of Dar. I'm trying my hardest to cut back, but I'm having a tough time breaking the habit of switching the TV on for background noise.

Thankfully, the program lineup kind of sucks right now, so it hasn't proven as difficult as in the past.

At the end of the day, after we get the kids in bed, I'm so damn tired. I just have to plop down on the couch. And the remote it right there.

a. you get paid to watch tv

b. you never sleep

c. you're exaggerating a tad

d. you live on a planet that has 36 hour days.

[quote=lumberjim;401109]a. you get paid to watch tv. No, I get to watch TV while being paid, big difference. Yea I sit in a call room in a hospital.

b. you never sleep Sure I do, in my call room

c. you're exaggerating a tadNot really.

d. you live on a planet that has 36 hour days.No, 24 hour days. I am on a 48 hour shift now, where when I am not working I can watch tv, post here, or sleep. And work when there is work to be done. :D

I figured it was something like that. getting paid to be ready to work kicks ass.

Alright, ya' know what, I shouldn't have started this thread. My bad. If you're not a TV fan, that's you're decision (even if you're missing some good stuff, like 4 certain History Channel shows and a thing on the Travel Channel I saw over the weekend). Just don't let me know, otherwise, I might be tempted to try to change your opinion, which I have no wish to do.

If you're a TV fan, that's your decision (even if you're missing some good stuff like making live music, and creating useful, beautiful things with your own hands that I did over the weekend). Just don't let me know, otherwise I might be tempted to change your opinion, which I have no wish to do.

Then don't. :p

I've always wondered about that. Why do you need a license just to own a TV in England?

So it's OK for you to say this:

But not OK for me to say this:

:3_eyes:

Simply because you're being an ass.

Me, I kinda feel bad for dar because, well, clearly he's just not as cool as I am. ;)

Yea, like a fireman, sort of. Plus it's by the hour. And when I finish at 7 am on Wed I leave this one and go to another one for 8 or 9 hours, go home, eat with the family and come back on Thurs am for another 48 hours. What a joy. But hey, I am off Sat! then back for another 24 on Sunday.

Because they don't have commercials and the government controls the airwaves.

Something like that. It's a licence to use not to own, but they are effectively the same. You only need one per household, though, regardless of how many TVs you have. The TV licence also pays for BBC Radio, which is also commericial free and excellent. You do not need a licence to listen to that. As for government control, well, yes and no. US TV is way more censored and channels have much more politicial bias.....

End result, no commercials on BBC, higher quality programming all round. There is commercial TV, but because it must compete with the govt funded commericial-free TV, not only are the programs good, the commercials are too.

Moving here is the reason I stopped watching TV. I took up the internet instead. But I only visit commercial-free sites. ;)

(TV licence is $270 per year, so comparable in price to basic cable. http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/index.jsp)

Um, no.

Thanks Monster. I never fully understood it even though we have visited the UK a few times and have friends who visit us here. Our TV must actually torture them. I love the BBC radio. I try to grab it off an internet stream when I think about it.

You're welcome. There are additional TV options, but that's the origin. I have heard that the quality of TV has deteriorated since I left (6.5 years ago), because of reduced funding, satellite TV competition and general lowering of standards, but now I'm out of the habit of watching,I don't really care any more. the good documentaries etc can be obtained on DVD or over the internet, the good discussion is here, we live near Detroit so not all radio is country.... :lol:

Um, yes. By essentially copying what I typed, changing a few key words, and throwing back in my face, limey's just making a pathetic attempt to mock me, like making reference to my lack of precise control over my hands ("creating useful, beautiful things with your own hands ").

Are you sure she knows about your hand issue?

Isn't limey a he?

And didn't we have this discussion a couple of weeks ago (with regard to datalyss disability), and anyone could be forgiven for not realizing it's the same person as Drax since there have been a number of name changes.

I think it's time for you to take a chill pill data.

wasn't it drax that had the hand issue? who is this datalyss person, and why do they seem so familiarly whiny?

damn you ali....you ruined my irony. damn you to hellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

you really should start to look up before you post. :)

cockblocker

no and yes

hey...being a cock blocker is definitely not something I would consider myself to be.

If he/she/it didn't see my original post on that, my bad. However it's out there for everybody too see.

Maybe cuz me, drax, and thanatos are all the same person. All 3 of us have quasi-CP. :p

Yes dear. ;)

Sorry about the hands issue - I did know but had forgotten when making my post. I am not in the habit of mocking people for their physical afflictions.
Please accept my apologies on that score.

I was, however, mocking your attitude to those that don't watch TV.

Limey is definitely a woman, we've seen her cleavage :)

Datalyss or whatever you are calling yourself this week - check your attitude. Limey didn't throw anything back in your face, she posted her opinion on a message board using your structure for effect.

Happily accepted.

Oh. My bad. But still, despite my "even if..." comments, I was trying to apologize for starting this thread...and my anti-non-TV watcher attitude.

No worries. I'm stickin' w/ Datalyss. Just don't shortin' it to Data. ;)

As I typed to Ali, yes dear. ;)

I used to be a hard core TV addict. Then one day I quit cold turkey. That was in 97.

Since then I've learned that it's not the TV that is addictive, it's the internet, digital cameras, and ipod devices. :blush:

When there is a TV around with cable I'm hyptnotized by the Discovery channel. So many interesting programs there now.

Then there's Fox news though their site is better IMO.

fox news for entertainment or fox news for news? lol

As far as the educational channels go, I've been leaning toward the History Channel lately.

have you got a thing for dead germans data?

Huh?

my husband usually watches shows about WW1 or 2 on the history channel. Sorry, didn't mean to confuse you. I thought that was all they had on there. ;)

I've never seen those shows.

Here's what I've seen recently on THC:

• The Real Dracula
• Vampire Secrets
• Cults: Dangerous Devotion
• The Lost Book Of Nostradamus
• The Haunted History Of Halloween

We do not have the History channel here in SE Asia. Maybe it's just not a channel in our cable package. If it were we'd probably be watching it.