Comments on: TV http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/tv-552 Stumbling self sufficiency in a small space Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:05:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Danny http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/tv-552/comment-page-1#comment-65300 Danny Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:29:02 +0000 http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/?p=552#comment-65300 It’s hard to believe that we have been a TV-free household for over three years and also that we really do not miss it. Occasionally we decide to eat supper from our laps in front of it as a special treat. That is enjoyable, I must admit. I watch rugby internationals and Match Of The Day (we do not have satellite). This holiday season we decided to chill out by watching the three back-to-back CSI shows on Ch 5 on Saturday and Monday. We now feel fulfilled! The scariest aspect was watching the commercials and realising that many of the products being advertised were things we had never heard of. But, reading through the schedules, I see that there is so much pap being presented that I am glad we kicked the habit. On the night of the 25th I was snared by the final of Strictly Come Dancing when I surfed the BBC web site on my laptop. I think it was almost two hours long but I was hooked and watched through to the end. That is good. X Factor leaves me cold, though. Must be a generation gap thing. It’s hard to believe that we have been a TV-free household for over three years and also that we really do not miss it. Occasionally we decide to eat supper from our laps in front of it as a special treat. That is enjoyable, I must admit. I watch rugby internationals and Match Of The Day (we do not have satellite).
This holiday season we decided to chill out by watching the three back-to-back CSI shows on Ch 5 on Saturday and Monday. We now feel fulfilled! The scariest aspect was watching the commercials and realising that many of the products being advertised were things we had never heard of. But, reading through the schedules, I see that there is so much pap being presented that I am glad we kicked the habit.
On the night of the 25th I was snared by the final of Strictly Come Dancing when I surfed the BBC web site on my laptop. I think it was almost two hours long but I was hooked and watched through to the end. That is good. X Factor leaves me cold, though. Must be a generation gap thing.

]]> By: fn http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/tv-552/comment-page-1#comment-18171 fn Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:51:04 +0000 http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/?p=552#comment-18171 Hi Martyn, What a canny and generous move buying Moby a DVD recorder! Hi Martyn,

What a canny and generous move buying Moby a DVD recorder!

]]> By: Martyn http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/tv-552/comment-page-1#comment-18128 Martyn Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:30:06 +0000 http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/?p=552#comment-18128 I lost custody of both our tellies when I got divorced (mine was the hi-fi - hurrah!). That was fourteen years ago and I never felt the need, what with DAB radio and dvd's on the pc. However, when the new (Christopher Ecclestone) series of Doctor Who was announced, I very kindly bought my girlfriend Moby a dvd recorder. Risky - it could have been rubbish... I lost custody of both our tellies when I got divorced (mine was the hi-fi – hurrah!). That was fourteen years ago and I never felt the need, what with DAB radio and dvd’s on the pc. However, when the new (Christopher Ecclestone) series of Doctor Who was announced, I very kindly bought my girlfriend Moby a dvd recorder. Risky – it could have been rubbish…

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