McRainy Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 1 minute ago, David said: Not having Netflix is like not having a Microwave in the house. Don’t have either. Or a television. Or a computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PistoldPete2 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 3 minutes ago, Lambchop said: Don’t have either. Or a television. Or a computer. Or a house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRainy Posted February 17, 2018 Author Share Posted February 17, 2018 4 minutes ago, PistoldPete2 said: Or a house. Getting the keys today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 9 minutes ago, Lambchop said: Don’t have either. Or a television. Or a computer. I hope you're not about to start bashing computers, without those this forum wouldn't exist to serve your entertainment needs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRainy Posted February 17, 2018 Author Share Posted February 17, 2018 5 minutes ago, David said: I hope you're not about to start bashing computers, without those this forum wouldn't exist to serve your entertainment needs Not bashing them at all, I just don’t feel the need to own one. TV though, as someone once said, is like having an open sewer running through your house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 3 minutes ago, Lambchop said: Not bashing them at all, I just don’t feel the need to own one. TV though, as someone once said, is like having an open sewer running through your house. That someone was watching too much Big Brother and X Factor, other shows are available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRainy Posted February 17, 2018 Author Share Posted February 17, 2018 8 minutes ago, David said: That someone was watching too much Big Brother and X Factor, other shows are available I’m sure there’s some good stuff, but it’s not something I want in my house, personally. There are other things I’d rather be doing and I actually like peace and quiet. The way some people have it on hour after hour drives me mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 32 minutes ago, Lambchop said: Don’t have either. Or a television. Or a computer. It’s like the dark ages- you live in Nottingham by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRainy Posted February 17, 2018 Author Share Posted February 17, 2018 2 minutes ago, Millenniumram said: It’s like the dark ages- you live in Nottingham by any chance? There’s nothing particularly enlightened about passively imbibing low level entertainment. It’s just a means of keeping you anaesthetised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 @Lambchop I've split these posts from @Paul71 topic so not to annoy the Trekkies by derailing their topic, I can see this going for a few pages especially when Stringer gets up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sith Happens Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 1 minute ago, David said: @Lambchop I've split these posts from @Paul71 topic so not to annoy the Trekkies by derailing their topic, I can see this going for a few pages especially when Stringer gets up. Good idea, after all the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRainy Posted February 17, 2018 Author Share Posted February 17, 2018 Yes, soz, it was going off topic and I’d be glad to see other people’s opinions on it. I usually get regarded as some kind of freakish luddite for not having a telly, but I haven’t had one since 1983 and I definitely think life is better without it. The only things I really want to watch are football, which I prefer to watch in the pub, and Game of Thrones, which I watch with friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoetheRam Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 I agree. I have a TV, but probably watch about an hour a day at most and that includes 15 minutes where it's just the news in the background whilst having breakfast - could easily replace that with music or silence. The only things I've watched live other than the news in the last year are football matches that are on terrestrial, about an hour of the Winter Olympics and a few old episodes of the Simpsons. All of which I could have watched online for free without paying the TV Tax. Netflix, on the other hand, gets at least an hour a day. Probably won't bother paying the licence fee next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearl Ram Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 21 minutes ago, JoetheRam said: I agree. I have a TV, but probably watch about an hour a day at most and that includes 15 minutes where it's just the news in the background whilst having breakfast - could easily replace that with music or silence. The only things I've watched live other than the news in the last year are football matches that are on terrestrial, about an hour of the Winter Olympics and a few old episodes of the Simpsons. All of which I could have watched online for free without paying the TV Tax. Netflix, on the other hand, gets at least an hour a day. Probably won't bother paying the licence fee next year. Pretty sure they’ve incorporated accessing the web into the television licence Joe, something I vehemently disagree with by the way. Is it illegal to watch or record TV on a laptop, computer, mobile phone or any other device without a TV Licence? If you use a laptop (or any other device) to watch or record television programmes as they are being shown on TV or live on an online TV service, or to download or watch BBC programmes on demand, including catch up TV, on BBC iPlayer, then, by law, you need to be covered by a TV Licence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRainy Posted February 17, 2018 Author Share Posted February 17, 2018 I can understand the ‘just for news, sport and films’ approach. Again, I’d be interested to know how many people restrict it to that, versus the watch whatever’s on brigade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ariotofmyown Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 55 minutes ago, Lambchop said: I’m sure there’s some good stuff, but it’s not something I want in my house, personally. There are other things I’d rather be doing and I actually like peace and quiet. The way some people have it on hour after hour drives me mad. I bet you spend 10 hours a day on Candy Crush! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 When I cast my mind back to what I've watched on TV this week, it's not actually that much. Sky Sports News on mute when Derby played to see the goals go in. Dragons Den on iPlayer Winter Olympics Couple of episodes of Homeland on Netflix. When I do watch TV I'm not "anaesthetised", in fact I'm most likely alert flicking through the forum making sure you lot are behaving. I'm in the house all day as well, the TV never goes on until after 6 and that's as the missus is home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketteringram Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 2 hours ago, Lambchop said: Don’t have either. Or a television. Or a computer. I have a television, but no Netflix, no microwave, no computer, and no toaster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Just now, ketteringram said: I have a television, but no Netflix, no microwave, no computer, and no toaster! Someone get this man a plate of beans on toast, he's in for a treat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRainy Posted February 17, 2018 Author Share Posted February 17, 2018 3 minutes ago, ketteringram said: I have no toaster! So are you an eye level grill person, or what? Toast is probably the single most essential thing in existence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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