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Subject: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: KKay on 04/02/08 at 8:33 pm

That's the line i heard tonight.  I come home, put on some tunes and get to work on a little project of mine.  the hubby comes home and is amazed.  why isn't the TV on?


I recall inmy youth never having the TV on until after 5 or 6 for family, and at about 3 for cartoons...and i guess  Saturday morning. 
As a teen I had it on all the time.

I listen to music often or at least have some quiet.
so....


is your TV on?

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: karen on 04/02/08 at 8:39 pm

Not at the moment. 

I don't put the tv on for background noise I usually put on the radio or maybe the CD player.  Until a couple of weeks ago we only had a radio so I keep forgetting I can listen to my CDs again!

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: Dagwood on 04/02/08 at 8:39 pm

My tv is always on.  I am a couch potato. :D

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: Tia on 04/02/08 at 8:42 pm

i play t.v. a lot but i usually have it on in the background, it just keeps me company. but now the t.v. is usually in the other room so i only watch it for a few minutes each night before i go to bed. (which is part of the reason it took me like 5 days to watch "this dream is ours.") now i play freaky youtube videos or listen to music to keep me company. maybe someday there will be a girl to fulfill that function.  :P

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: snozberries on 04/02/08 at 8:57 pm


i play t.v. a lot


that's my favorite game too.... ;D


as you might have guessed my TV is ALWAYS on.... well except when I am at work...

I watch everything. and I even have it on when I sleep....

I think its funny when I go into the other room and turn on that tv. I end up watching two different shows sometimes just going back and forth from room to room....

sometimes in the morning when I wake up I'll think I had a dream and then rewind the DVR and find out that what I thought was a dream was actually the plot of some show that was on so I guess I listen in my sleep too...


Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: whistledog on 04/02/08 at 10:07 pm

My TV is always on as well.  In my room where the computer is, I have a TV.  In my living room, I have a TV.  Even at work, I watch TV in the lunch room

Without TV, I would literally go crazy

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: Bobby on 04/02/08 at 10:28 pm

Interesting, Belle De Jour. :)

My telly is on possibly 1/4 of the day whether I am watching it, playing DVDs or my computer games.

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: Gis on 04/03/08 at 6:52 am

The T.V at home tends to be on when Himself is about. The first thing he does is put the T.V on! I don't tend to unless there is something I want to watch.

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: KKay on 04/03/08 at 7:44 am


The T.V at home tends to be on when Himself is about. The first thing he does is put the T.V on! I don't tend to unless there is something I want to watch.


yes, much like with children, you turn on the tv and its as good as having a babysitter! ;D

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/08 at 7:46 am

Due to the appaling state of daytime television, the television is not hardly on during the day.

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 04/03/08 at 10:56 am

I usually keep the TV on because I like background noise.

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: KKay on 04/03/08 at 2:20 pm

I find that there is little new and interesting on TV.  i used ot like the background noise, but it si'nt even interesting inough for that.  now i opt for music; i also like spoken word so...that's at least people talking.

i never mean to insult.  rock on, all you tv fans. i've had over 40 years of it.  i :)

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 04/03/08 at 3:48 pm

Am I the only person alive who doesn't have a TV?  I have a computer with internet access and a DVD player.  IS there a reason why I need a TV?

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/08 at 3:58 pm

The tv is on, but no one is watching it.

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: Tia on 04/03/08 at 4:09 pm

i watch DVDs exclusively on mine. we dont even have cable.

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: ninny on 04/03/08 at 5:02 pm

Our TV is on if hubby is home otherwise I don't watch anything till the evening

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: Davester on 04/03/08 at 9:17 pm

   As a kid the TV was on as much as I could get away with.  'Toons after school and weekends.  Never in the morning before school.  Pickins were pretty slim - not much variety with less than 13 channels...

   Teens - constantly...

   Now, much of the time (gf watches mucho TV).  Me, occasionally and mostly TV Land or news...

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/08 at 5:25 am

There is nothing on to watch.

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: midnite on 04/04/08 at 6:37 pm


That's the line i heard tonight.  I come home, put on some tunes and get to work on a little project of mine.  the hubby comes home and is amazed.  why isn't the TV on?
is your TV on?


I put music on and unwind. Meanwhile my DVR records the shows I like, then watch them when I have time.

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: gemini on 04/04/08 at 6:48 pm

We all have TVs in our rooms, but hardly ever watch anymore. I'd rather watch youtube clips or listen to music. When I was a kid, the TV was always on, and when I go visit my parents, the TV is on so loud I can't hear myself think!

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: Spirit of 76 on 04/04/08 at 10:24 pm

I generally have the TV on in the background while I work on the computer.

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/08 at 3:46 am


I generally have the TV on in the background while I work on the computer.
Some tv stations now provide online viewing.

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: GoodRedShirt on 04/05/08 at 3:57 am

TV is rarely on. I'm a mouse potato, not a couch potato.

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/08 at 4:06 am


TV is rarely on. I'm a mouse potato, not a couch potato.
We have all fallen into the caste, it is much better entertainment here.

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: woops on 04/05/08 at 7:53 pm

Nothing's ever good on basic cable anymore :P

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: KKay on 04/06/08 at 8:20 am

nope. myu tv is really just the vehicle for my dvds.

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: Tia on 04/06/08 at 8:28 am


nope. myu tv is really just the vehicle for my dvds.
dittos, rush!

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: La Roche on 04/06/08 at 8:48 pm

I never used to watch much.. then I decided that I wanted to be able to watch all the sports I wanted and part of the package was a DVR. It's the best invention ever. I watch whatever I want, whenever I want. Mainly sports obviously but I'll record 20 baseball games a week and just watch the bits I want to on a Sunday when I have nothing to do.. or at 3am on a thursday.. or at 7am on a monday morning, it's fantastic!

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/08 at 5:54 am

I am not bothering with the tv today.

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: Brigitte on 04/07/08 at 11:28 am

Right after I post this, the TV is gonna be turned off. No one is watching it!

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: KKay on 04/14/08 at 9:09 pm

I put it on tonight...i'm home alone and a little nervous.  When the dog gets nervous, I do.  The tv noise helps.

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/08 at 5:37 am

I did switch the tv on, but there was simply nothing was on.

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: shiroihikari on 04/23/08 at 2:47 pm

We don't subscribe to cable because it's a massive waste of money these days.  Our TV is a monitor to watch DVDs and play video games on. XD  If I need background noise, I either pop in a DVD or turn some music on.  Most TV shows irritate me, and commercials flat out piss me off, haha.

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: KKay on 04/23/08 at 8:40 pm

oh man.. ok, i'm watcihng UFO Hunters tonight.
other wise it will be off.


We don't subscribe to cable because it's a massive waste of money these days.  Our TV is a monitor to watch DVDs and play video games on.


three days in a row.  nothing on.
you're right. a big waste.

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: snozberries on 04/24/08 at 1:28 am


oh man.. ok, i'm watcihng UFO Hunters tonight.
other wise it will be off.

three days in a row.  nothing on.
you're right. a big waste.



that's funny I found plenty to watch in the last three days  ;D

Subject: Re: Why isn't the TV on!!!!!

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/08 at 1:39 am

It's early morning thats why.

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