+1 We have cable right now courtesy of the landlord and it's one of the things I *don't* like about the house.
I know when we moved to a couple of places in the back of beyond whree thre was no TV reception the kids' first and loudest complaint was lack of television but they found other things to do and those two places are still the ones they boast to other kids about (and there was a creek and a rope swing and armadillos and I caught a scorpion!). I don't think a week goes by that I don't threaten to shoot/give away/trash the television and I definitely don't want one at the next house. Though to be fair, apart from some of the stupider MTV programming, I don't really have an issue with what the kids watch. Mostly Discovery Channel, matter of fact. Some HBO. Dana On 4/26/05, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know I sometimes have a hard time finding something for my 8 and 5 year > > olds > > to watch after lunch on a weekend. And it is going to be harder yet, once > > our > > cable goes away in a few days (we're cutting expenses). > > FWIW it isn't difficult for long. > > We went cold turkey from cable in November of 2002 (kids were 8 and 5 > at the time) and have never looked back. > You and the kiddies will adjust and very soon you'll have > conversations with the wife like, "when did we ever find time to watch > TV?" > > Books are better when they don't compete with TV. > > Christmas was not a nightmare of shattered expectations, no > commercials (the kiddies wanted mostly books) means less demand for > that "most ultimate toy ever!" > > Oh, and Netflix is killer. Everything we'd ever want to see is there > eventually, it's only a matter of time. Sprinkle in a few kiddie > oriented flix every once in a while (we've got a round-robin going of > X-Files, Wonder Woman (Season 2) and Curb Your Enthusiasm, right now) > > So you miss out on the phenomena that is "Denny Crane" and i do miss > CSI, but I think learning to play guitar and getting back into novel > reading on a regular basis has really compensated for the loss of > TV... > > YMMV, but it can be done. Take it from me, a former TV junkie. > > -- > will > > "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; > and that would just be unacceptable." > - Carrie Fisher > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:155505 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
