I Could Live Without Cable Tv

I read an article some years ago titled, "I killed that savage beast!" I cannot remember who wrote it since it was so long ago.
I was about a family man who, after being fed up with the time TV robbed from his family that he unplugged the thing and carried it to the trash heap. Then, he wanted to put it out of his family's misery, so took his double barrel shot gut and shot the thing to bits so no one else would fall victim to its evil influence.
From that point on, the family enjoyed the rest of their family time together. They always found other wonderful things to do together. Their changed their "favorite TV night" into eating their "TV dinners" by the radio.
TV is so consuming, people talk about shows as if they were reality TV. One Christian lady got so infatuated by a certain soap opera that she went to church one night and requested prayer for a character who was facing some form of surgery the next day (episode)!
I have not had TV for almost five years now and I don't miss it at all. I do watch youtube to help me sleep for a couple hours a day. I watch classic TV shows such a "The Andy Griffith Show" and other good moral shows and movies from the 70's (my era) and before. I am happier and more fulfilled without "that savage beast" in my life! The only thing I miss about it is keeping up with the news, even though most of it is "bad" news.

Sueisright · 31-35, F

I so rarely watch tv that the one in my room last time had such a shock it blew a fuse and never worked again lol.downstairs mum will watch tv now and again but it's never like the thing that's turned on just because we are in. The only one in our house on regularly is my sisters but she's very dull boring girl with little interests so I guess suits her.
The last time I watched any tv been truthfull was 15 mins of the England Wales game the other day however that was only because a friend was here wanting to see the result.previous to that it was just after Christmas I watched a movie with mum and sister one evening.
For me I'd never bother if it stopped broadcasting tomorrow

UncleJlovesbrazil · 61-69, M

Good for him, gunner71! I only had TV in 1969 and 1974, then not until I married in 1985. I still don't need it in my life. In 1974, my aunt (we lived in their basement that year) criticized me for having "my face GLUED to the TV," which was true mostly due to the fact I only had tv those two years so it was a novelty for me. She just lived to criticize those under her authority; even family. She was my mom's baby sister so much of this stemmed from her childhood.
Tell me about the "music" side of your family. For me, personally, it started in my early teens. I always enjoyed "fiddling" around on a piano but never thought much of a "gift" I had until I took up the accordion. From then on, I enjoyed anything with a keyboard. I discovered I had an ear for it (though I played with my fingers-haha!). I play mostly in three keys plus all black keys as a key itself. I have two accordions, a Yamaha-300 keyboard and a Hohner melodica-mouth keyboard. I use them mostly for personal enjoyment but do play in church. I am overseas at the moment where I have more opportunities to play.

ArishMell · 70-79, M

I choose not to have a television of any sort; cable, wireless or internet.

Yes, I know I can watch on-line but I don't want to be caught, as I choose to buy have no TV Licence (essentially the subscription to the BBC - and remarkably cheap at about the cost of a pint of ale a week, considering the range and quality of TV and radio programmes it supports).

Our family had no TV until I was in my twenties, and then I used to watch it, but very selectively. Over time I watched it less and less, and when finally I bought my own home, had no great wish to buy a TV. I rely on the radio - one advantage being you can listen while doing something else - but again, quite selectively from a great range of programmes available. (Usually, I buy the [i]Radio Times[/i] to guide me - as far as I know it's the only listings magazine that gives any useful information on British radio programmes.)