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Posted on 04/10/2013 5:28:06 AM PDT by Quickgun
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posted on
04/10/2013 5:28:06 AM PDT
by
Quickgun
To: Quickgun
Great! I gave up TV about three years ago and never missed it. Still rent movies though.
I’m now giving up Google and going to startpage.com. It’s just as good and 100% private. In fact they get their search results through Google.
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posted on
04/10/2013 5:31:36 AM PDT
by
MNDude
(Have you ever noticed how many hate filled atheists there are on the Internet?)
To: Quickgun
Good for you. Do you have kids? It will pay benefits beyond your understanding to not allow the world to pollute their minds.
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posted on
04/10/2013 5:32:32 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: Quickgun
I too gave up a long time ago. I miss the History channel though. The History of Toilets was fascinating. Flushing ...
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posted on
04/10/2013 5:34:12 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: Quickgun
Good idea, I’d like to, but the kids like watching Netflix and I also like the documentaries and occasional sporting event. Some day I hope to blow thw damned thing up though. Already took a couple old TV out and shot them up with shotguns. Pretty fun, but big mess to clean up afterwards.
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posted on
04/10/2013 5:34:30 AM PDT
by
refermech
To: Quickgun
Darn.....my kids always say we are the only people on the planet without cable. I hate to have to disappoint them.
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posted on
04/10/2013 5:34:34 AM PDT
by
Mygirlsmom
(Shall not be infringed. Period.)
To: no-to-illegals
Find any History channel stuff on youtube.com.
To: Quickgun
Threw out the TV during the OJ trial. Discovered something called “reading.”
To: Quickgun
I gave up TV completely ten years ago. Haven’t missed it. I have more than enough other ways to waste time.
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posted on
04/10/2013 5:37:29 AM PDT
by
TalonDJ
To: Gen.Blather
Thanks ... forgot about that. I'll have to re-re-re-review the History of Toilets. Fascinating how it swirls. I get mesmerized.
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posted on
04/10/2013 5:38:36 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: Quickgun
I don’t get much news from TV.
TV here is primarily entertainment.
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posted on
04/10/2013 5:39:10 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: Quickgun
I admire you; I could never do it as I’m too weak and in the business.
Now, I think the hardest part for most Freepers, who give up television, is the inability to resist going out of their way to jump on “TV related” threads and post to the rest of us that “they no longer watch TV”. Please NEVER do that! :)
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posted on
04/10/2013 5:39:56 AM PDT
by
LittleBillyInfidel
(This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
To: Quickgun
Gave up TV long since. Even here in Norway, it’s like having a direct feed to the right brain of Obama and the left brain of Stalin, with HAMAS and Al Quaida as the daily guests.
I watch movies. On tape and dvd. Non-agitprop movies. No “Little Mosque on the Prairie” either.
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posted on
04/10/2013 5:39:57 AM PDT
by
Hardraade
(http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Vendetta))
To: MrB
My children are grown, and have moved away, but I would have given it up anyway. I had some problems with one of them, and i really believe TV was part of it.
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posted on
04/10/2013 5:40:03 AM PDT
by
Quickgun
(I got here kicking,screaming and covered in someone else's blood. I can go out that way if I have to)
To: Quickgun
Same thing here - I mostly didn’t watch TV anyway, so it didn’t really bother me to pull the plug on cable. I would much rather read, and I can buy a ton of used books for the $100/month I’m saving...
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posted on
04/10/2013 5:40:48 AM PDT
by
Hegemony Cricket
(The emperor < still > has no pedigree.)
To: Quickgun
Gave up TV in 1975, haven't missed it at all. From then until about 2000 my wife and I did stuff together, raised a wonderful daughter (who likewise isn't interested in TV), read books and magazines. The past decade I get news and entertainment from the internet (mainly FR and a few other select sites).
I watch a little of FoxNews at other people's houses if they have it on and refuse to turn it off while they have guests.
Mostly, TV bores me, or grosses me out. The little bit that is of value is completely swamped by the overwhelming amount of bull$#it.
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posted on
04/10/2013 5:41:20 AM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: Quickgun
I gave up watching television in the late nineties. FR is my springboard.
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posted on
04/10/2013 5:41:22 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(1793 French Jacobins and 2012 American Liberals have a lot in common.)
To: Quickgun
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posted on
04/10/2013 5:41:54 AM PDT
by
dangerdoc
(see post #6)
To: Mygirlsmom
My wife and I have never had cable. But I do have Netflix
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posted on
04/10/2013 5:42:43 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(1793 French Jacobins and 2012 American Liberals have a lot in common.)
To: Quickgun
Wow, I had no idea so many others have given it up!
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posted on
04/10/2013 5:42:52 AM PDT
by
Quickgun
(I got here kicking,screaming and covered in someone else's blood. I can go out that way if I have to)
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