Can you live without a TV ?

[dodge man]

If I kiss my wife after she’s had coffee I can smell it otherwise no.

 

[MossRoad]

I do not like coffee. I like the smell of the beans, and ground beans, but don't like the taste or smell of brewed coffee. It was never consumed in our house growing up.

A few months after my mom passed away, I went to visit my dad and he was sitting at the breakfast bar drinking coffee and feeding toast to the fat dog. I said you don't drink coffee. He said yes I do. Your mom didn't like it, so I drank coffee at work every morning, but never at home. 24 years living with the guy and I never knew he liked coffee. I guess he liked my mom better.

 

[MossRoad]

Yes, it's true, people have coffee breath.

 

[Sprinkler Fitter]

If I kiss my wife after she’s had coffee I can smell it otherwise no.

I’ve never noticed it, I’ll pay attention next time.

 

[Cycledude]

About 10 years ago my tv quit working so my plan was to go 1 year before buying a new tv, well about 10 months later I actually got lucky and won a new tv at a home show.

 

[Jstpssng]

About 10 years ago my tv quit working so my plan was to go 1 year before buying a new tv, well about 10 months later I actually got lucky and won a new tv at a home show.

That's how I'm getting my next tractor... I just bought raffle tickets and the first prize is a restored Farmall M.

 

[MAX-24-Dean]

Caffeine is the Christian’s drug of choice.

Yes, and some are proud to participate! Others not.

I can remember my first cup of coffee, Finnish coffee as it was called. Coffee grounds in the bottom of a pot, when the coffee got weak just add more coffee grounds to the pot. Change the grounds out if it got bitter after 3 or 4 days.
Tasted terrible, but I did learn how to spit the grounds out that got caught in my teeth.

 

[MAX-24-Dean]

I owned a TV for a total of 6 years out of the last 45 years. Don't currently have one.
I do watch old war movies/shows on my computer. Currently going through a war series called "12 O'Clock High". Watch one or two episodes a week.

 

[dmccarty]

Could we live with out broadcast TV? yes, Yes we could.

The only broadcast TV we watch is The Big Bang Theory starting at 19:00. After it ends we might watch The Andy Griffith Show or Star Trek. In years past, we might watching something on PBS but they have less and less programming of interest.

Lately, we have been streaming The Goldbergs after The Big Bang Theory.

We watch very little broadcast TV, since there is really not anything we are interested being shown, and when it is interesting, it is often an old movie or TV series.

We both spend far more time streaming videos from YouTube than watching "TV."

Interestingly, we were in the Netherlands recently, and The Big Bang Theory was on in English with Dutch subtitles, AND at 19:00.

 

[bmg88201]

I’ve done it now for a little over 13 years. Don’t even own a tv. Got rid of them in May of 2010.

 

[Braniac778]

Well, That' something. I could live without a T.V for like 8-10 months, i think. I really love to watch movies and shows on T.V.

 

[ultrarunner]

In the last 9 months maybe 2 hours of TV… mostly to make sure the old Zenith console with rabbit ears still works.

The shock is just how little content compared to advertisements.

I believe daily viewers become numb to advertising…

 

[Jchonline]

I eliminated TV’s from my home in 2010, it’s now been 13 years without a television set in my house. Guess what, life is pretty good without that appliance around. I just find other things to do. And now days it’s mostly all crap anyway. I glance at local news and weather online. Plus it has saved me a ton of money and I absolutely refuse to pay for tv service. What am I missing but politicians lying to me, the media lying to me, etc.

Right you can just let the internet lie to you lol! If you are on a computer on the internet I really see no difference. You choose what websites to visit, but you are force fed information such as ads, etc. No different than a TV. iPhones, iPads, TV, internet….lets be honest all the same.

 

[2manyrocks]

We didn't have a TV for years after they switched to digital broadcast. Now that we can get TV via the internet, we have one again mostly watching entertainment. No news/politics. The most often used button on the remote is the mute as soon as any ads appear.

 

[Hay Dude]

I think I can live without TV. I have become very comfortable with radio. Radio hosts are much more talented. They have to be. TV hosts, for the most part, just have to be attractive and usually less talented. Now there’s so much live streaming on cell phones (don’t know if that counts as TV)

I like baseball and football on the radio, too. Allows the imagination to be more active. TV good for just a few things for me.

We have 50+” TV’s in 3 rooms in our house and they are rarely used.

 

[MossRoad]

In the last 9 months maybe 2 hours of TV… mostly to make sure the old Zenith console with rabbit ears still works.

The shock is just how little content compared to advertisements.

I believe daily viewers become numb to advertising…

Commercials are a good time to get a snack!

With that said, I can't see my feet!

 

[MossRoad]

Nothing better than listening to college football on the radio while raking leaves on a nice crisp fall day!

 

[Yander]

I do not like coffee. I like the smell of the beans, and ground beans, but don't like the taste or smell of brewed coffee. It was never consumed in our house growing up.

A few months after my mom passed away, I went to visit my dad and he was sitting at the breakfast bar drinking coffee and feeding toast to the fat dog. I said you don't drink coffee. He said yes I do. Your mom didn't like it, so I drank coffee at work every morning, but never at home. 24 years living with the guy and I never knew he liked coffee. I guess he liked my mom better.

LOL, I don't know why but that cracks me up!

 

[MossRoad]

LOL, I don't know why but that cracks me up!

Yeah! Her name was Pookie and she was mostly border collie. Had a perfect half white half black face, with a black Egyptian eye like mascara on the white side. Beautiful dog. Dumb as a box of rocks, but lovable.

She was 90 pounds! Supposed to be 45#. My wife and I took her to live with us when my old dog that was also living with my dad passed away because my dad wanted to travel.

She had a bad leg joint. The vet recommended a weight loss program, we followed it, and she lost 45# in about 6 months. When we got her she could not walk up the three steps into the house. After the weight loss, she stopped limping and ran around with our cairn terrier and cat.

Lived another 3 years to the ripe old age of 14 and had a pretty good life.... but no more toast!

 

[Sprinkler Fitter]

In the last 9 months maybe 2 hours of TV… mostly to make sure the old Zenith console with rabbit ears still works.

The shock is just how little content compared to advertisements.

I believe daily viewers become numb to advertising…

I probably watch some TV daily, most of it M*A*S*H or matlock but no commercials, we dvr everything we watch