Anyone else not got a Telly?

[21QUEST]

Sort of random question I guess. At the moment I haven't and can't say I've missed it that much to be honest.

I had cable TV but since the last MOTO GP race last season, I think I had only switched it on ooh..maybe five times.Two weeks ago I thought "no point..."and terminated my cable service and also gave my telly away :shock::rolleyes:

Am I just weird or what? - don't answer that now :)


Ben

[kwak zzr]

WHAT no telly:shock: ? i could manage without but my wife defo could not.

[Rocket]

I don't have a telly, just a tuner card in my PC.

[Stu]

So that's why we've got to put up with you posting all the time :p


Weirdo :lol:

[the white rabbit]

Does it make you feel socially superior? Does it?

[tigersaw]

We only use the telly to play xbox and watch DVD's really, but I have to buy a licence because we do watch top gear each week.

I got rid of the TV and video completely a few years back as a new year resolution, didn't get another for over a year, never really warmed to it since, and certainly have never watched itv for years, just bbc.

[DarrenSV650S]

When we have power cuts I go nuts with boredom. I just end up going for a blast on the bike or in the car, at least there is music in the car :lol:
Last time we had one I was on the laptop until the battery ran out then went out in the car
What do you do when you are in the house?

[tigersaw]

What do you do when you are in the house?

Me personally?

lets see; cooking, cleaning, laundry, phone people up, repair things, write reports, write training documents and other work I ought to be paid for...

TV would be a distraction, but often have a cd or the wireless on.

[Ed]

Yes we have a telly but daughter pretty well has a monopoly on it for kids' programmes. I hate all those rubbish soaps. Occasionally watch ClassicFM TV:D but that's about it.

I deffo feel socially superior:smt045

[21QUEST]

So that's why we've got to put up with you posting all the time :p


Weirdo :lol:

:smt098 ;)

Rich, maybe just a wee bit smug :wink:

What do I do? Sleeping, cooking, house work, surfing the net, more music, thinking, more reading.


Ben

[21QUEST]

When we have power cuts I go nuts .............

Power cuts? That just sounds totally alien considering we are in the UK :smile:


Ben

[northwind]

Mine never really gets used as a TV, I've got rubbish reception anyway... But I use it all the time for films, TV series on dvd, and games.

[BILLY]

Does this mean that you might fix one of your bikes then Ben, Now you don't have a TV to distract you:smt040

[Skip]

thinking

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[Jdubya]

What a stupid question...you obviously have no kids! Besides, games are better on the xbox than on the pc and where would you watch your DVD's while relaxing on the sofa? The office chair is not that comfy...
Right time for a cuppa and the world supersport race on eurosport:mrgreen:

[DoubleD]

now that your TV has gone, what do you point all your chairs at now???

[northwind]

A painting of the Queen, obviously. Or a heap of SV thou parts :mrgreen:

[BILLY]

A painting of the Queen, obviously. Or a heap of SV thou parts :mrgreen:
:winner: :smt005

[Alpinestarhero]

I watch telly maybe...2 hours a day. It dosnt come on between 9am and 6pm, and is on for half hour in the morning before lectures and a couple of hours at night IF there is something worth watching.

Otherwise, I have guitar and PS2 to entertain myself

Matt

[RobWireless]

I haven't watched television since I was a teenager....never owned a television either.

Partly never had time - travel too much and prefer going out/reading/ working/socialising. TV just became irrelevant in my life so I've had to muster up a lot of energy just to respond to this thread ;)

I have enough attention span to watch a You Tube clip btw.

[northwind]

I'd watch it a lot more, if it wasn't for the fact that my TV's sort of behind me and to my right when I'm at my PC :rolleyes: I like to have it on as a background, but not literally in the background

[jonboy99]

I've jsut got rid of my TV too - felt good to be honest.

































And then I replaced it with a 42" LCD toshiba - felt even better :mrgreen:

[lynw]

Not had a tv for nearly 2 1/2 years now. Not really missed.

Currently watching the Rugby thanks to live streaming :D :D :D

Ive always read a lot of books anyway, have music on in the background and browsing t'internet keeps me amused most of the time. :D

[Iansv]

I can pretty much download episodes of anything that I do actually watch so maybe a cost saver there... don't have to have a tv licence to watch dvd's on it do ya ? :?

[Captain Nemo]

got a telly but just cancelled SKy, been paying 40 odd quid for years and now we dont watch it enough to justify it, most of the stuff the missus watches is on terrestrial or freeview anyway, goes mid march, so lets hop i dont get withdrawal, getting to light nights soon anyway and we only seemed to watch it in the winter, paying for mivies and sport that i never watch, only ever watched british superbikes and theyre on bbc

[wyrdness]

I haven't had a TV for years, which still doesn't stop me from getting nasty letters from the TV licensing nazis.

I've got a home cinema system with projector which I use for watching DVDs and playing on the Wii.

Since I work for Sky, I see plenty of TV during the day, though it's mostly the customer channel or BBC1 with the sound off :(

[Skip]

Idon't have to have a tv licence to watch dvd's on it do ya ? :?

Yup you do if it is capable of receiving a signal - our training TV here at work had to have its receiver disabled and a certificate sent to the licencing people to prove it couldnt...

[Filipe M.]

Yup you do if it is capable of receiving a signal - our training TV here at work had to have its receiver disabled and a certificate sent to the licencing people to prove it couldnt...

:shock: I think they should start prosecuting everybody for driving vehicles capable of exceeding the speed limit, then... :roll:

[Skip]

:shock: I think they should start prosecuting everybody for driving vehicles capable of exceeding the speed limit, then... :roll:
Its a fair point! :lol:

[lynw]

I haven't had a TV for years, which still doesn't stop me from getting nasty letters from the TV licensing nazis.

I had that. They stopped after I relented and let the license inspector in to the house. I know people say you shouldnt but as he said, Id keep getting letters if I didnt prove it so... And he was right, since he left with the knowledge I have no TV Ive never had another letter from them since. :D

[carrickman]

I got rid of SKY as it was repeat after repeat. They where still showing christmas movies the following September. I only watch free view now
and even though there is not must on I still feel better becuse I am not helping finance Rupert Murdochs next visit to a casino. In the last couple of years I watch much less telly, it must be something to do with there being more channels which are full of cr*p

[Iansv]

Yup you do if it is capable of receiving a signal - our training TV here at work had to have its receiver disabled and a certificate sent to the licencing people to prove it couldnt...

eeek, won't bloomin bother then :cry:

[Baph]

I barely watch TV, but like northy, it's on as background noise a lot of the time.

The kids watch a fair bit, but that's limited viewing.

I have been thinking of getting Sky, but that's more for the 16mbps broadband without limits & the phone calls, not the TV (except HD channels).

[Luckypants]

I have been thinking of getting Sky, but that's more for the 16mbps broadband without limits

How you gonna get 16Mbps in your neck of the woods then? No unbundled exchanges in Anglesey, so limited to BT ADSL max (8Mbps). I know you are clever with electronic trickery, so you got something you want to share? :D

[Baph]

How you gonna get 16Mbps in your neck of the woods then? No unbundled exchanges in Anglesey, so limited to BT ADSL max (8Mbps). I know you are clever with electronic trickery, so you got something you want to share? :D
I don't think that BT would allow me to scan & upload the letter saying I have permssion to tinker with their exchange :silent:

Advantage of having a large pharmaceutical company requiring urgent work done on their network. It's time limited though, so I'd have to get my skates on.

(easiest way would just to feed 2 lines via a sync down the copper pair, but not as fast, and prone to further issues, or I could just play with WiMax & bounce the signal over to a remote exchange & pretend I'm connecting from there....)

[TT Dee]

now that your TV has gone, what do you point all your chairs at now???


The Dragon !!!!!

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s182/Dee_63/drago.jpg


He has an extensive wardrobe.....

Here he is in a nifty witches hat and is holding a bugle....

Last month he was wearing a black open face helmet, goggles, and clutched a very fetching handbag

He also does a Blues Brothers thing with a pork pie hat, sun glasses and a white scarf

[redbouy]

Got a tv at home but cant understand it. its gone all french. must learn it one day. Have 15 sky box's at work and have to keep them all running and a dish pointing system and :smt093 oh and the tinternet dish and the 2 phones dishes. boat looks like its got the pox.:cry:

[Well Oiled]

WHAT no telly:shock: ? i could manage without my wife but defo not TV.

Agreed