Comments on: Reformed addict http://www.primalsneeze.com/2007/12/11/reformed-addict/ Noli nothis permittere te terere Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:24:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Primal Sneeze http://www.primalsneeze.com/2007/12/11/reformed-addict/comment-page-1/#comment-3231 Primal Sneeze Wed, 19 Dec 2007 05:24:15 +0000 http://www.primalsneeze.com/2007/12/11/reformed-addict/#comment-3231 Sam - You know, you may have hit the other end of the pointy metal thing with the heavy noise-making thing - the Internet has replaced the TV. But that said, the Internet is where I work (it's handy, the buses are frequent) so I can claim it isn't an addiction like telly is. Gayé - I love documentaries. Without fail, I get given a box set or two for the Feathers. Can't wait for that part. I remember watching the Pink Panther in B&W too. Which reminds me, I was mad about Harold Lloyd. And even with colour he's still in B&W. Medbh - Yeah that's it! It's all coming back to me now (as sailor said, pissing into the wind). Blogging I could forego, reading other blogs would be the problem.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3231','Primal Sneeze'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> Sam – You know, you may have hit the other end of the pointy metal thing with the heavy noise-making thing – the Internet has replaced the TV. But that said, the Internet is where I work (it’s handy, the buses are frequent) so I can claim it isn’t an addiction like telly is.

Gayé – I love documentaries. Without fail, I get given a box set or two for the Feathers. Can’t wait for that part.
I remember watching the Pink Panther in B&W too. Which reminds me, I was mad about Harold Lloyd. And even with colour he’s still in B&W.

Medbh – Yeah that’s it! It’s all coming back to me now (as sailor said, pissing into the wind). Blogging I could forego, reading other blogs would be the problem.

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]]> By: Medbh http://www.primalsneeze.com/2007/12/11/reformed-addict/comment-page-1/#comment-3224 Medbh Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:49:35 +0000 http://www.primalsneeze.com/2007/12/11/reformed-addict/#comment-3224 I've seen "Mother Goose." It's good. Cary Grant plays a cranky older drunkard who has to host a school teacher and her fair charges on an island during WWII. I lived without a tv for 2 years. I could give up that easier than blogging and internet access.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3224','Medbh'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> I’ve seen “Mother Goose.” It’s good. Cary Grant plays a cranky older drunkard who has to host a school teacher and her fair charges on an island during WWII.

I lived without a tv for 2 years. I could give up that easier than blogging and internet access.

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]]> By: Gaye http://www.primalsneeze.com/2007/12/11/reformed-addict/comment-page-1/#comment-3113 Gaye Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:13:28 +0000 http://www.primalsneeze.com/2007/12/11/reformed-addict/#comment-3113 I don't know another country where people have to pay an annual fee to have a TV. Outrageous!!!!! If the government tried to do that in Australia there'd be mass protests. If the government in Turkey did it, there'd be mass murders as TV is the only entertainment for the poor people who can't go out and enjoy movies, pubs, meals out etc. And there ARE a lot of poor people. Taxing TV... Then of course you have to have Setanta or Sky or whatever else there is out there, only to watch English TV anyways. I do like the nature, art, history related documentaries though you can find most on DVD these days. Well, if you can make TV go away from your home, my already high level of respect for you would tri-fold Primal. :) Oh by the way, I don't remember Tarzan but at my house it was Pink Panther for me, all the way on the little old black and white.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3113','Gaye'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> I don’t know another country where people have to pay an annual fee to have a TV. Outrageous!!!!! If the government tried to do that in Australia there’d be mass protests. If the government in Turkey did it, there’d be mass murders as TV is the only entertainment for the poor people who can’t go out and enjoy movies, pubs, meals out etc. And there ARE a lot of poor people.
Taxing TV… Then of course you have to have Setanta or Sky or whatever else there is out there, only to watch English TV anyways. I do like the nature, art, history related documentaries though you can find most on DVD these days.
Well, if you can make TV go away from your home, my already high level of respect for you would tri-fold Primal. :)
Oh by the way, I don’t remember Tarzan but at my house it was Pink Panther for me, all the way on the little old black and white.
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]]> By: problemchildbride http://www.primalsneeze.com/2007/12/11/reformed-addict/comment-page-1/#comment-3111 problemchildbride Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:46:19 +0000 http://www.primalsneeze.com/2007/12/11/reformed-addict/#comment-3111 I hardly watch any more either because I've more or less replaced telly with the internet. We can quibble about which is worse, I guess, but at least the internet is interactive and you don't get sucked into that beta brain state they say you switch to in front of the box.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3111','problemchildbride'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> I hardly watch any more either because I’ve more or less replaced telly with the internet. We can quibble about which is worse, I guess, but at least the internet is interactive and you don’t get sucked into that beta brain state they say you switch to in front of the box.
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]]> By: Primal Sneeze http://www.primalsneeze.com/2007/12/11/reformed-addict/comment-page-1/#comment-3074 Primal Sneeze Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:24:29 +0000 http://www.primalsneeze.com/2007/12/11/reformed-addict/#comment-3074 Caro - You could be right- that makes sense. I've heard so many conflicting reports from <i>experts</i> on the radio this year I don't know what to believe. Grannymar - 1998! Just like Eolaí. Was there an anti-TV revolution that year that passed me by? Sugar - See, that's the difference - you have choice when you use the net and are not bombarded with crap that you have no interest in, yet still view out of brainwashed laziness.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3074','Primal Sneeze'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> Caro – You could be right- that makes sense. I’ve heard so many conflicting reports from experts on the radio this year I don’t know what to believe.

Grannymar – 1998! Just like Eolaí. Was there an anti-TV revolution that year that passed me by?

Sugar – See, that’s the difference – you have choice when you use the net and are not bombarded with crap that you have no interest in, yet still view out of brainwashed laziness.

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]]> By: Sugar Britches http://www.primalsneeze.com/2007/12/11/reformed-addict/comment-page-1/#comment-3063 Sugar Britches Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:34:11 +0000 http://www.primalsneeze.com/2007/12/11/reformed-addict/#comment-3063 I cheat. I don't watch a lot of TV per se, but I watch the shows I want to see online. Most networks offer them on their websites the day or so after initial airing. It's free (for now)and there are fewer commercials. This way when I have some spare time,(right)I can catch up on Lost.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3063','Sugar Britches'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> I cheat. I don’t watch a lot of TV per se, but I watch the shows I want to see online. Most networks offer them on their websites the day or so after initial airing. It’s free (for now)and there are fewer commercials. This way when I have some spare time,(right)I can catch up on Lost.
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]]> By: Grannymar http://www.primalsneeze.com/2007/12/11/reformed-addict/comment-page-1/#comment-3062 Grannymar Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:52:08 +0000 http://www.primalsneeze.com/2007/12/11/reformed-addict/#comment-3062 Welcome to the Club Primal! My house is a TV free zone. It has been since 1998. I never miss it. I smile to myself when I visit or stay over with friends and watch them frantically button hop to persuade me that there is something worth watching.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3062','Grannymar'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> Welcome to the Club Primal! My house is a TV free zone. It has been since 1998. I never miss it. I smile to myself when I visit or stay over with friends and watch them frantically button hop to persuade me that there is something worth watching.
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]]> By: Caro http://www.primalsneeze.com/2007/12/11/reformed-addict/comment-page-1/#comment-3060 Caro Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:56:09 +0000 http://www.primalsneeze.com/2007/12/11/reformed-addict/#comment-3060 I think a computer only counts if it has a TV card you can plug the aerial into...<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3060','Caro'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> I think a computer only counts if it has a TV card you can plug the aerial into…
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]]> By: Primal Sneeze http://www.primalsneeze.com/2007/12/11/reformed-addict/comment-page-1/#comment-3058 Primal Sneeze Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:17:19 +0000 http://www.primalsneeze.com/2007/12/11/reformed-addict/#comment-3058 Caro - I might look into those suggestions - yeah, there'd be a row for sure though. I'd relish that! Mr. Trousers - You're back! Sorry, I hadn't noticed. I shall sacrifice a fatted calf for the prodigal son. Eolaí - Nope, radio is free of licensing. Unless you play it in a public place in which case you pay royalties to IMRO. 10 years is quite some time. I suppose the first seven were the hardest. Spot on with the computer bit - It is talked about every so often. Apparently, the wording of the law actually applies to any apparatus that can receive TV signals, but they (Leinster House) never seem able to make a call on whether to enforce it.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3058','Primal Sneeze'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> Caro – I might look into those suggestions – yeah, there’d be a row for sure though. I’d relish that!

Mr. Trousers – You’re back! Sorry, I hadn’t noticed. I shall sacrifice a fatted calf for the prodigal son.

Eolaí – Nope, radio is free of licensing. Unless you play it in a public place in which case you pay royalties to IMRO.

10 years is quite some time. I suppose the first seven were the hardest.

Spot on with the computer bit – It is talked about every so often. Apparently, the wording of the law actually applies to any apparatus that can receive TV signals, but they (Leinster House) never seem able to make a call on whether to enforce it.

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]]> By: Eolaí http://www.primalsneeze.com/2007/12/11/reformed-addict/comment-page-1/#comment-3057 Eolaí Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:34:25 +0000 http://www.primalsneeze.com/2007/12/11/reformed-addict/#comment-3057 Don't you have to pay for the drugs anyway - if you have a radio that is - albeit at a reduced rate? I turned off in '98 and to kick start it I did it in extreme fashion by way of refusing to even look at a screen from the moment 1998 started to the end of the year. It meant being a bit rude at times, even anti-social, but the payback was great. Once the first year was out of the way I was then happy to allow my eyes to see television screens from time to time just so long as I didn't own the screen. It's been an interesting 10 years but that 1st year was hilarious at times and I've long planned a post on it. I fear that even if you go without a radio as well as a TV that the government will begin to charge you a license fee anyway because a computer can be used to watch and listen to RTE television and radio.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3057','Eolaí'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> Don’t you have to pay for the drugs anyway – if you have a radio that is – albeit at a reduced rate?

I turned off in ‘98 and to kick start it I did it in extreme fashion by way of refusing to even look at a screen from the moment 1998 started to the end of the year. It meant being a bit rude at times, even anti-social, but the payback was great.

Once the first year was out of the way I was then happy to allow my eyes to see television screens from time to time just so long as I didn’t own the screen. It’s been an interesting 10 years but that 1st year was hilarious at times and I’ve long planned a post on it.

I fear that even if you go without a radio as well as a TV that the government will begin to charge you a license fee anyway because a computer can be used to watch and listen to RTE television and radio.

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