How many hours of TV do you watch per day?

[jnday]

None.

A few years ago our tv tower snd antenna blew down in a storm and our tv got burned up by lightening and we decided not to replace it. I do kinda miss the Cowboys games though but not much. Other than the games I don't miss tv at all.

I spend lots of time on the internet but do not watch any TV shows. For a while I watched the games on streaming video but it was so jerky it wasn't worth watching and also picked up a lot of viruses that way so just quit watching streaming video.

Not having tv has greatly enhanced our appreciation of country life and allowed us to get a lot more accomplished.

I might consider buying a new tv if I could select only the channels I want but all satellite companies require a two year contract with dozens of channels we wouldn't want on our tv, much less watch.

Some family members gave us an old analog tube-type set so we could watch our old videotapes.

We can afford as many tvs as we want but we refuse to be forced to comply with the satellite companies' demands. Neither my wife nor I grew up with tv so it matters very little to us. My wife reads lots of books and has become quite erudite and I run an internet business from home and have become rather well-known among garlic lovers all over the world. Of course, I have been doing that for the last 15 years so it is nothing new.

Who knows, someday we may give in and get satellite but the games are not hardly worth watching right now anyway.

Life is good.

I think people would be surprised at how much more of a happy life they would lead by following your example. If not happy, they most certainly would be more productive. How much can Jersey Shore and Honey Boo Boo add to a person's life. I have limited my TV time and started studying more history and other things in an effort to improve myself. The programs that I do watch are more of an educational type. I do have a couple of exceptions though. The news has become too depressing to watch these days and I feel better when I skip it.

 

[Hoofbite]

Probably 9 hours per week.

Dallas game.

Rest of the time is spent half-watching the other games that are on during the weekend and the Thursday night game.

 

[notherbob]

I think people would be surprised at how much more of a happy life they would lead by following your example. If not happy, they most certainly would be more productive. How much can Jersey Shore and Honey Boo Boo add to a person's life. I have limited my TV time and started studying more history and other things in an effort to improve myself. The programs that I do watch are more of an educational type. I do have a couple of exceptions though. The news has become too depressing to watch these days and I feel better when I skip it.

People pursuing self-improvement are all too rare these days and you are to be commended. Since I was born into extreme poverty and most of the kids I knew in childhood wound up in prison, self-improvement seemed the only course for me since I didn't like how I grew up. I wanted to live a decent life and I knew it wasn't going to be just handed to me and if I didn't do it myself it wouldn't get done. Necessity is the mother of many children.

Life is good if you make it good.