OT: TV (was: OT: Dvorak)

Den 27. jul. 2008 kl. 17.52 skreiv ROGER MILLS:

> That can't be my problem; TV barely existed in my childhood, and
> didn't reach my hometown in the provinces until the mid-50s, but I
> was away at school and TV was forbidden there; plus other things
> kept one occupied.......Aside from sporadic watching chez parents
> or friends, I didn't see much TV until 1977 (my mid-40s), when I
> finally broke down and bought a set, to watch "Roots". That was in
> Ann Arbor MI, which depended on the Detroit channels 40 miles away,
> always snowy. Cable arrived in the early 80s, addiction set in, and
> it's been all downhill since then. :-((((
At least you held out for longer than most, which can be applauded.
Myself I was perhaps a TV addict when I was a kid. I remember being
very unpleasant when I was dragged away from my favourite TV show
("The Monkees") to go sailing in the Oslo Fjord with a family friend
who had invited us. But now I have a time-consuming job, a time-
consuming house and garden, and time-consuming hobbies, like
conlanging, so I don't watch much. I still have a couple of
favourites, and I do sit down to relax from time to time. But the
best advice I think is to avoid serialised entertainment as much as
possible. I guess TV really is invented in order to steal people's
time away from them.

BTW, Ann Arbor, isn't that Eric Heiden' hometown?

LEF

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