Killing TV to save money
We just disconnected our cable television.access lighting at Lighting by Lux. Authorized Dealer. No longer does the value we receive justify the expense. We simply do not watch enough television to justify the expense, which we figure is between $80 and $90 an hour for each hour we watch. We simply do not think about watching TV.mysfyh - A performer for every occasion. Unlike many folks, we do not see this as an essential utility like electricity.
By pulling the plug, we will save enough money for almost a month of groceries. We can rent more than 300 movies from the Redbox. We can add $100 to the amount we put in each grandchild's savings each year. We can take a nice weekend trip.
Beyond that,The Warriors,mp4sales, who are four points adrift of second place with two games remaining. the quality of television programming has gone down in direct proportion to the number of channels added. From time to time, in a hotel room, I will watch for a while, just to be sure I'm not missing anything. Each time, I'm reassured that most programming is drivel and most of the ads are patronizing and/or insulting. Election season is the very worst.
There are certainly exceptions. Each year the Peabody Awards, housed at the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication,Trailer wheel hubs play an essential role in towing anything. recognize outstanding broadcast programs. Sadly, many of those programs were aired on local stations or on channels that, at least in Athens, do not come with a basic cable subscription.
I see Facebook posts with comments like, "More than 300 channels and nothing to watch." Or " 'Dancing with the Stars' was a disappointment last night." Where is the rule that says we must sit in front of the TV and watch something, anything, each evening? None of us is forced to watch. Maybe people have forgotten that.
Watching TV seems to me a waste of time, energy and money. Author Chuck Gallozzi, on the website personal-development.com, hit the nail on the head when he wrote, "TV also decreases one's attention span and weakens one's imagination. It weakens our attention span because we grow used to quick, short bursts of information. As a result,accent lighting is lighting that emphasizes an area of or an object in a room. we grow impatient if it takes a while to make a point. TV weakens our imagination because everything is portrayed for us. All we have to do is sit back and observe someone else's imagination. Books are just the opposite. They increase our attention span and help to develop our imagination. We need to be more like Groucho Marx who said, 'I find television very educational. Every time someone switches it on, I go into another room and read a good book.' "
We just disconnected our cable television.access lighting at Lighting by Lux. Authorized Dealer. No longer does the value we receive justify the expense. We simply do not watch enough television to justify the expense, which we figure is between $80 and $90 an hour for each hour we watch. We simply do not think about watching TV.mysfyh - A performer for every occasion. Unlike many folks, we do not see this as an essential utility like electricity.
By pulling the plug, we will save enough money for almost a month of groceries. We can rent more than 300 movies from the Redbox. We can add $100 to the amount we put in each grandchild's savings each year. We can take a nice weekend trip.
Beyond that,The Warriors,mp4sales, who are four points adrift of second place with two games remaining. the quality of television programming has gone down in direct proportion to the number of channels added. From time to time, in a hotel room, I will watch for a while, just to be sure I'm not missing anything. Each time, I'm reassured that most programming is drivel and most of the ads are patronizing and/or insulting. Election season is the very worst.
There are certainly exceptions. Each year the Peabody Awards, housed at the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication,Trailer wheel hubs play an essential role in towing anything. recognize outstanding broadcast programs. Sadly, many of those programs were aired on local stations or on channels that, at least in Athens, do not come with a basic cable subscription.
I see Facebook posts with comments like, "More than 300 channels and nothing to watch." Or " 'Dancing with the Stars' was a disappointment last night." Where is the rule that says we must sit in front of the TV and watch something, anything, each evening? None of us is forced to watch. Maybe people have forgotten that.
Watching TV seems to me a waste of time, energy and money. Author Chuck Gallozzi, on the website personal-development.com, hit the nail on the head when he wrote, "TV also decreases one's attention span and weakens one's imagination. It weakens our attention span because we grow used to quick, short bursts of information. As a result,accent lighting is lighting that emphasizes an area of or an object in a room. we grow impatient if it takes a while to make a point. TV weakens our imagination because everything is portrayed for us. All we have to do is sit back and observe someone else's imagination. Books are just the opposite. They increase our attention span and help to develop our imagination. We need to be more like Groucho Marx who said, 'I find television very educational. Every time someone switches it on, I go into another room and read a good book.' "
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