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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:41 PM Original message |
How many of you are going to be without TV after tomorrow (June 12)? |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. We are trying to decide on that right now. We are thinking of cutting the cable for gym |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. Been without a TV for a long time. |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. Me. I'd let it go altogether but have a 13 y.o. who MUST have it. nt |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. I had forgotten that tomorrow was the day. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm in a tv house now |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. Don't own one, don't watch it, |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. I am. The translator and the mega anteanna are no good as my windows face away from antennae. nt |
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The_Commonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. I will be without TV... |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
8. I just went a week without TV. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Can I come over tomorrow night and watch the Red Wings beat the Penguins??? |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 07:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Yeah, if you can get to Philly. |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
9. Did so for a few years.. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 07:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Yeah, I get ya. I will probably use the formerly wasted tv time to take up |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
11. ME! But then I've been without it for decades anyway.... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 07:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:14 AM Response to Reply #11 |
35. Teevee is my surrogate for noisy teenagers. |
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greendog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. I've been without TV since 1975 and will continue to be without TV after tomorrow. |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 08:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. You've got me beat by ten years. I refuse to have TV ever again. Mindless pap. |
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deoxyribonuclease (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
13. TV-free since 2007 |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
14. Probably me. I got a coupon and bought a "converter box" but |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. It took me a month to get it to work. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 07:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. My "set up screen" doesn't display what they say it's supposed to - says |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. The dreaded no signal. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. I don't HAVE a DVD player (it died). Do you need a DVD player for the converter |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:43 AM Response to Reply #24 |
37. I *might* be able to help you get it to at least get a signal |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I have rabbit ears for an antenna. I will try rotating them around. |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. It's the rabbit ears...that's the problem. I don't know all of the details, but I do |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. I've been ready for years. I have an old 19" in the bedroom that I use with a converter box. |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
17. One of my "jobs" is writing about television |
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konnichi wa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
19. We upgraded all our sets to HD a year ago. Have satellite and a dozen off-air channels. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
21. no idea |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. The one channel we could pick up switched in Feb., and the converter |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
23. Its really nice not to have a TV |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
26. radio is still free |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
27. same here |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
30. Me. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
32. I will be without a working television |
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create.peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
33. same as it ever was nt |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
36. I could probably live with just PBS, if I had to. |
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yy4me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. I'd pay for one PBS, MSNBC and the weather channel, not much |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
40. my box gets 10-12 channels |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
41. except for baseball games, its all online anyways |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
43. Don't know yet... |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
45. Yeah, I've done without TV for years at a stretch -- but -- |
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