I just got rid of cable! I now have no TV at all!!!

martymar64

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Tue Jan-22-08 06:18 PM
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I just got rid of cable! I now have no TV at all!!!

I've been Television-free for about 4 days now. It still feels kind of strange, I don't really know what to think of it yet.
Anybody else out there TV-Free?

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LeftyMom

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Tue Jan-22-08 06:19 PM
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1. me

:hi:

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DS1

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Tue Jan-22-08 06:19 PM
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2. cable-free

but I download the good stuff, and this stops me from spending hours clicking through channels of crap like a zombie

no ads, either

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PeaceNikki

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Tue Jan-22-08 06:21 PM
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3. Just don't turn into this guy:

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28694

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martymar64

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Tue Jan-22-08 06:28 PM
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6. That's funny, I know him!

I miss Comedy Central and endless reruns of Futurama and Family Guy, but I have a shitload of DVDs and a Netflix subscription. I also have my internet connection to keep me up on news. I guess I'll be OK.

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Tue Jan-22-08 06:25 PM
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4. no TV for almost 10 years.

don't tell people, they'll think you're wierd.

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DarkTirade

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Tue Jan-22-08 06:25 PM
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5. Been TV free ever since I moved here...

beginning of November. Since the only show I watched before was Heroes and they let you watch that on the NBC website, I don't miss it. :)

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hippywife

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Tue Jan-22-08 06:28 PM
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7. For the most part.

We have a TV but no cable. I don't watch it unless there's a really good documentary on PBS. Even if there is, the TV is in the bedroom and when I go up to watch it, I'm out like a light in half an hour, tops!

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no name no slogan

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Tue Jan-22-08 06:29 PM
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8. Is this you?

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28694

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Manifestor_of_Light

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Tue Jan-22-08 06:33 PM
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9. Cable free since 1988.

Don't watch anything but the Sunday night Fox cartoon lineup and PuBieS. (that's PBS)

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MrCoffee

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Tue Jan-22-08 06:39 PM
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10. cable free

i've got the rabbit ears, but mostly just watch movies and DVD's of TV shows.

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zabet

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Tue Jan-22-08 08:17 PM
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19. Hooray for rabbit ears!

I lurve my country vision!
I can get PBS and the comics
on Fox on Sunday nites.

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Stuart G

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Tue Jan-22-08 10:03 PM
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29. I thought that I was the only one with rabbit ears...and

no cable...only show I really miss is Olbermann. and perhaps the History Channel.

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Ellen Forradalom

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Tue Jan-22-08 06:40 PM
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11. I just made my appointment to have the cable turned off

My roommate and I hardly ever watch it. I spend more time in pool than in front of the TV. I finally figured why bother having it at all?

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theredpen

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Tue Jan-22-08 06:50 PM
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12. Me, too!

Edited on Tue Jan-22-08 06:52 PM by theredpen

I've been cable-free for a while. I get all TV either via Internet or as DVD boxed sets.

It's been about 3 years. It's weird at first, definitely. It's also annoying not being able to watch TV shows that everyone's talking about. Although you can buy the episodes online at places like Amazon Unbox, I prefer to have the "hard copy" of something I pay to "own."

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sarge43

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Tue Jan-22-08 07:10 PM
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13. Yup. Dumped my cable about a year ago.

It's liberating and the extra money is nice, too.

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Donk Yore

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Tue Jan-22-08 07:12 PM
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14. I've gone back and forth through the years

I get hooked on a couple of stations, realize I'm paying through the nose for basically nothing, get rid of the cable/satellite, then start the cycle all over again.

I'm pathetic.

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Sugar Smack

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Tue Jan-22-08 07:33 PM
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15. For about a year, now.

I miss it.:cry:

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Breeze54

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Tue Jan-22-08 07:38 PM
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16. I've been cable/satellite free for 4 or 5 years now.

It feels great too! :D

I use rabbit ears and Murdoch doesn't get one dime from me! ;)

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laconicsax

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Tue Jan-22-08 08:03 PM
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17. Kinda

Do DVDs count? If not, then I have a TV-free house.

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harmonicon

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Tue Jan-22-08 08:13 PM
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18. I'm so sorry.

I hope this is only a short term set back, and you'll be back to TV watching real soon - maybe with cable and everything, but that doesn't matter. TV is what's important - not the programming. I know it's tough now, but this too will pass, and you'll find another TV to love.... in time.

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Jamastiene

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Tue Jan-22-08 08:19 PM
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20. Life becomes more fulfilling and the people around you begin

Edited on Tue Jan-22-08 08:19 PM by Jamastiene

to appear like pod people to you because they are so influenced by MSM and you no longer will be. It's eerie at first, but you get used to it and you begin to learn to live again. It's nice after a while. Serene. Peaceful. You even begin to read again. You love every minute of it too.

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Skittles

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Tue Jan-22-08 08:42 PM
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21. getting close

I don't watch anything regularly so I doubt I would miss it much

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Adsos Letter

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Tue Jan-22-08 08:57 PM
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22. Welcome to the dawn of real living...

you are about to develop a whole new perspective on life... :D

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Tuesday Afternoon

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Tue Jan-22-08 09:00 PM
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23. I went 4 years without it. Just tuned back in this May....

I don't know...trying to cut down on my computer addiction...working to some degree. If I cut it back off at this time, I don't think that would be a good idea.

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Prisoner_Number_Six

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Tue Jan-22-08 09:27 PM
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24. Welcome to the club.

It's been perhaps 3 years since I unplugged my set.

Of course, I DO occasionally download a program if it really interests me, but there is now no more phony news, no more forced comedy, no more canned laughter, and no more overbearing drama unnoticed in the background of the evening. At this moment I'm sitting in blessed silence, with a kitty asleep at my side. Ya just can't beat it.

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ThomCat

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Tue Jan-22-08 09:27 PM
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25. I did that back in April, and I never once missed the TV.

Edited on Tue Jan-22-08 09:28 PM by ThomCat

Now I have a roommate who lives in front of the TV, so we have cable again and it's always on. x(

Good for you! :appluase:

I hope you find a lot of great ways of using the time that's no longer wasted in front of the idiot box. :)

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2008

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Tue Jan-22-08 09:37 PM
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26. I use them to heat my home

So, um, I guess that's a no.
:blush:

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riderinthestorm

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Tue Jan-22-08 09:42 PM
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27. 25 years in this house without cable tv

I have an old tv with rabbit ears that gets two local channels and PBS, that's it. I don't miss it one bit.

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FloridaJudy

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Tue Jan-22-08 09:51 PM
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28. Cable-free for over 10 years

I get most of Olbermann on the web, and that's my TV fix for the day. I do have a TV, but haven't turned it on for at least a year. I probably need to figure out how to hook up the DVD player: watching movies on the computer gives me a headache.

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