Am I the only man in Ireland

MonkeyTennis

who doesnt have a TV?

Join me brothers and sisters:-)

I havent had a TV for 3 years. Ive read a good 150 books in its stead . Join me !

Firstly .. Im not paying for that ****e that is subsidised with adds anyway and secondly it leads to a richer life.

Could you live with out it?

The_B_Man

no TV makes people go crazy and spit on your oranges. FACT!

also, i cant afford books but i can afford free internet, thus free episodes of stuff.

When I'm a millionaire who can afford 150 books, then i'll buy a TV!

DazMarz

And no football?! No Sky Sports, no ESPN, no Setanta, no Eurosports??!?! Not a chance... Apart from that, I could tho. Once I could have my sports. Everything else on telly at the minute is craptacular.

poindexter

right after i've watched season 5 of The Wire, season 2 of Breaking Bad and the lot of Fringe, Entourage and the Inbetweeners. oh and just now, Summer Heights High on RTE2 just now

Teferi

As somebody who has a TV and reads quite a bit - 150 books in 3 years is pretty rubbish.

smk89

MonkeyTennis wrote: »

Firstly .. Im not paying for that ****e that is subsidised with adds anyway and secondly it leads to a richer life.

Who pays.

bronte

I'm in london, but don't have a TV. Does that count?
Don't miss it at all!

MonkeyTennis

7eu to join your county library.?? books galore.

to answer your question. nope. And I LOVE sports.

NO TV. anyone else?? !!

GLaDOS

DazMarz wrote: »

And no football?!

I watch it through this weird media called a stadium

I could live without tv no bother really. Books, movies and internet are better than modern tv

Redzer7

Stupid hippies :pac:.

Joe Cool

What's all your furniture pointed at?!

c0rk3r

Thanks to computers and the internet i dont need a tv to watch my favourite tv programs

MonkeyTennis

Teferi wrote: »

As somebody who has a TV and reads quite a bit - 150 books in 3 years is pretty rubbish.

alright smartarse .. they are big books with long words. Despite reading so much you still havent grasped the question

briany

Well I would say that there's lots of repeats of good progs on Dave but if I wanted to see those and I mean really wanted to, could just download them, so I say down with TV! Well actually not really but I think the internet is really knocking on the door as far as being a stuff yer face smorgasboard of free entertainment. Remember when the internet was like a cool novelty you experienced after getting an Oceanfree CD through the door and discovering that your '96 dell pc had an inbuilt modem. 'Member when we thought Encarta encyclopedia was the be all and end all of knowledge?? Maybe that was just me. Good times.:o

MonkeyTennis

Joe Cool wrote: »

What's all your furniture pointed at?!

the abyss !!

asdfgh86

poindexter wrote: »

oh and just now, Summer Heights High on RTE2 just now

Great show.

SV

MonkeyTennis wrote: »

alright smartarse .. they are big books with long words. Despite reading so much you stil havent grasped the question

Despite reading so much your grammar is still terrible!

MizzLolly

I rarely watch TV, I mean sometimes I'd see something, like maybe an hour of TV in a whole week but it's very, very rare.

MonkeyTennis

SV wrote: »

Despite reading so much your grammar is still terrible!

i never said i read grammar books.

rafared

Joe Cool wrote: »

What's all your furniture pointed at?!

HeHe......:D

The_B_Man

"Dear Penthouse..."

Liam Byrne

MizzLolly wrote: »

I rarely watch TV, I mean sometimes I'd see something, like maybe an hour of TV in a whole week but it's very, very rare.

Same here.....apart from the odd occasion, you'd be lucky to come across something decent that wasn't a repeat.

Dave can be good, but they repeat stuff AT LEAST 3 times a day, and I've given up watching CSI or Scrubs or The Simpsons because chances are I've seen it at least 5 times already.

I reckon I could live without it alright.

Blush_01

I watch loads of really rubbish tv (I love Home & Away), and I spend far too much time online, or out with friends (particularly when I should be sleeping), but I've read over 50 books so far this year, and I don't read particularly quickly. 150 books in 3 years is pretty rubbish.

citizen_p

well i got a pc with a good internet speed...so who needs a tv. and the waiting for stuff to start, ads etc....

i had a teacher who had no tv...he was a bit of a freak though

rafared

I enjoy a bit of TV in the evenings but agree much of what is on currently is crap. How anybody can watch any reality TV show is beyond me.

MonkeyTennis

some people saying that they would.. but I have to ask .. would you actually go ahead with it? (ditching the tv)

So far Im a minority of 1

MizzLolly

Nope I'm with you Monkey Tennis. I could easily live without TV.

oppenheimer1

You might be the only one without a TV round here but you're certainly not the only one without a TV licence!

brendansmith

This thread sucks.

It is really the pits.

briany

This kind of talk has really gathered momentum since broadband hit it seems. It's interesting that people who own a comp don't have to pay a TV licence because you can see pretty much all the TV you want on one.....without ads! You can even watch RTE live but again......without ads!!! Aren't they shooting themselves in the foot? But of course I don't watch RTE except for the occasional doc or episode of father ted/simpsons.

blubloblu

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28694

Borneo Fnctn

By the time I'm able to afford to throw a telly out the window of a hotel, old style tellys will be totally obsolete and rare. I can't imagine getting the same satisfaction from tossing a skinny lightweight lcd tv .

Anna Molly

havent had a tv for two years, couldn't care less

Gyalist

I've never ever owned a TV and have no interest in doing so.

Sharpshooter

Joe Cool wrote: »

What's all your furniture pointed at?!

His bookshelves?:pac:

kowloon

Teferi wrote: »

As somebody who has a TV and reads quite a bit - 150 books in 3 years is pretty rubbish.

Not necessarily: if someone who watched 1 hour of TV a day substituted that time for reading, and was reading anything substantial, I doubt they would get through very much.
On the other hand if it's celebrity biographies...

Mars Bar

I watch a good bit of TV, spend way too much time on the 'net and still get through about 2 books a week! With my books averaging 350 - 450 pages each I'd say...

I could live without a TV, but I chose not to...

DazMarz

ScienceNerd wrote: »

I watch it through this weird media called a stadium

I get over to see my Beloved Blues playing live as often as I can, but obviously there are some matches I cannot get to (time or financial constraints). Hence, my television is the best (only?!) means of watching games I cannot get to...

Lia_lia

I don't really watch tv. Could do without one. But if I wasn't addicted to the internet I'd be addicted to the tv, so, you know..

kumate_champ07

I have no tv or radio and I live on my own. It can get very quiet
sometimes I sit in the corner and cry

Xavi6

Joe Cool wrote: »

What's all your furniture pointed at?!

The writers of Friends called. They want their joke back.

ElaElaElano

I have one for watching DVDs on but haven't watched 'TV' in a couple of years now. The thoughts of paying €50 a month or whatever it is to spend one third of your time being sold things isn't very appealing to me.

OutlawPete

Joe Cool wrote: »

What's all your furniture pointed at?!

His cell door?

Executive Steve

Haven't had a TV in six years, best move i ever made.

I *do* cheat by watching the occasional series on the computer, but i haven't been forcd to sit through an advertisment in my own home for over half a decade.

shqipshume

briany wrote: »

This kind of talk has really gathered momentum since broadband hit it seems. It's interesting that people who own a comp don't have to pay a TV licence because you can see pretty much all the TV you want on one.....without ads! You can even watch RTE live but again......without ads!!! Aren't they shooting themselves in the foot? But of course I don't watch RTE except for the occasional doc or episode of father ted/simpsons.

Give them a reason and new idea about licencing computer screens for been in your house :rolleyes:

shqipshume

OutlawPete wrote: »

His cell door?

They have better access and dont have to pay for it there :mad:

Marvinthefish

Teferi wrote: »

As somebody who has a TV and reads quite a bit - 150 books in 3 years is pretty rubbish.

Anyone else think 150 books in 3 years is really good? That's about a book a week! I'm doing really well if I read one a fortnight (normal books that is, 300-500 pages general fiction, biographies, what-have-you) Also, I've been making my way through one book since June 2009, although it is 1500 pages of advanced organic chemistry...

That_Guy

How can you not have a TV when 24 is coming back?

shqipshume

That_Guy wrote: »

How can you not have a TV when 24 is coming back?

He is saved from the mundane trap of sequels

mink_man

yes i do...

koHd

I went without tv and internet for 6 weeks when I moved into my new appartment.

Wasn't so bad. Read some books. Played some video games.

But I was feckin delighted when I got them back. Made me realize how great they were.

But if I was to chose between internet or tv, the tv can go out the window.