I suppose I could pull the plug and go ahead an do this ... but I want to watch the Masters this April. Tickets to the event at Augusta are difficult to obtain.
It is a real struggle.
I must really be the exception to the rule here, but for most of my life I haven’t had a TV. I had one from about 1990 - 1996 or so, but seldom watched it. One thing I can say is that after going over a decade without one, when I did buy one in 1990 I was surprised by how STRONG the images were the first time I watched it — I was actually so frightened and upset by what I saw on the news and other programs that I had trouble sleeping. AND, I noticed how the next day my system had adjusted and I no longer had that reaction. That experience made a profound impression on me, and made me even more reluctant to get into the television viewing habit.
I can’t think of one of my good friends who has a TV in the living room — the living room has always been for entertaining, which means eating, drinking, talking and otherwise interacting with each other. I consider watching television while people are visiting to be rude, unless everyone was specifically invited to watch something (and then discuss it afterward).
I just don’t like vicarious living. I like to read, cook, garden, sew, study, learn new things, DO new things, build stuff, go places, meet and talk to people, walk, and lots of other things. Where would I ever find the time to do all those fun things if I were watching TV? But I do confess to spending more time than I probably should on FR! LOL!