Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 8/31/03 9:27 AM, Feli di Giorgio at feli2@earthlink.net wrote: > > On Sunday, Aug 31, 2003, at 08:46 US/Pacific, Jon wrote: >> Reaffirms the commitment I made as a pre-teen in 1963 to "never, >> ever" own a tv. > > Same here. As I kid I didn't watch a lot of TV. About 10 years ago my > big Trinitron XBR died and somehow I never got around to replacing it. > I have a small 9 inch job in the closet that I fire up when all hell > breaks loose. I watch DVD's on my big 20 computer monitor or laptop and > listen to the news on the radio or read the BBC, Spiegel and Washington > Post etc. on the internet or a newspaper (although the US press is > pretty lousy). > There's just not a whole lot worth watching on TV, but who needs it > when you can just go outside and see things "live". ;-) > > > > feli > I've never owned a TV either; like feli, I don't see much point in sitting on my arse watching someone else's adventures when I could go outside and make my own. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html