[manimal]

um...after 6 years of marriage....................................


we're finally getting cable!!!!!! (tomorrow at noon) i don't know what to do with myself, it'll be weird having something other than WB and PBS. i'll get to watch all of those cool discovery channel/A&E/History channel shows that i try and watch while at the gym or normal people's houses.

we've had the basic...BASIC package for a long time and didn't see the justification for spending another $40 per month just for the other channels.....until the cable company's all-in-one package was dropped to only $15 more than what i'm paying now for broadband/phone/cable.

anyway...i may actually get some of the jokes on here about certain shows. perhaps i'll even make some friends!

 

[BurlyShirley]

Just say NO! Im trying like hell to get rid of cable, but need the internet broadband... it'll rotchee brain!

 

[LordOpie]

Oooh, the first thing you should watch is "Cops"!

 

[Changleen]

I just dropped the cable component of my media package. TV sucks. All I do now is DL Lost and Desperate Housewives for the wife.

 

[maxyedor]

Without the history channel I would have never passed a single highschool history class. Welcom to the world of education.

 

[SkaredShtles]

TV sucks.

'Nuff said.

 

[BurlyShirley]

'Nuff said.

You're just staring into a different idiot box now.

 

[SkaredShtles]

You're just staring into a different idiot box now.

You mean the BS box?

 

[Changleen]

You're just staring into a different idiot box now.

I engage brain to use this one. (Most of the time).

 

[SkaredShtles]

I engage brain to use this one. (Most of the time).

You do not.

Show me one instance of this purported brain engagement.

 

[S.K.C.]

... 6 years without cable... pffft... Try living until the age of 28 and THEN getting cable...

 

[douglas]

Just say NO! Im trying like hell to get rid of cable, but need the internet broadband... it'll rotchee brain!

1)call cable company
2)say "cancel my cable (tv)"


come on, I think you can handle it

 

[I Are Baboon]

HOORAY for TV!!!!

:dancing:

 

[stevew]

I just dropped the cable component of my media package. TV sucks. All I do now is DL Lost and Desperate Housewives for the wife.

Other than reality TV, that is the worst American TV has to offer.

 

[manimal]

1)call cable company
2)say "cancel my cable (tv)"


come on, I think you can handle it

you obviously don't have kids.

 

[SkaredShtles]

you obviously don't have kids.

I have 3. Get rid of cable for the kids' sake.

 

[tomacdaddy]

Oooh, the first thing you should watch is "Cops"!

:love: best show on the tube -- followed closely by anything with Brooke Burke

 

[Brian HCM#1]

Now you're paying more $ for more crap on TV.

 

[geargrrl]

I have 3. Get rid of cable for the kids' sake.

yes,

More channels is the last thing you need with kids. It rots thier brains, and gives them yet another reason to sit on thier asses. Say no to cable, say yes to reading, imaginary play, outside play and creativity.

gg

 

[SkaredShtles]

Now you're paying more $ for more crap on TV.

It'd probably make more sense to get a Netflix subscription, since I've heard most of the decent TV programs make it there anyways.

 

[SkaredShtles]

<snip> Say no to cable, say yes to reading, imaginary play

Oh good God - don't encourage Sharon.............

 

[JRB]

Oh good God - don't encourage Sharon.............

hahahaha

 

[dhbuilder]

welcome to the world of paying for hundreds of channels that aren't worth watching.

food channels.
home improvement channels.
shop at home garbage.
biased news channels.
speed vision channel that's all about those "pimp my rice burner" shows.
oln channel (castin and blastin at its best)
more religion channels than you could wave a serpent at.
movie channels that show the same films over and over.(how many friggin times can you watch crocodile dundee II ?)

the only good thing is that you wont have to wait long to catch an episode of andy griffith.

and you'll soon find out that carlos mencia is funny as sh...

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Shoot your TV.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Shoot your TV.

Nice one, Old Man.

 

[dhbuilder]

Shoot your TV.

gotta have it for gran turismo4 on rainy days.

 

[Ciaran]

Oh good God - don't encourage Sharon.............

hey now!

There are plenty of things worth watching on television. Like anything in life you need to make informed decisions about what you are watching and watch in moderation. If you can't do that then yeah, maybe you should get rid of your tele. Remember, there are trashy books out there too.

The many discovery and history channels make it worth it for me. Then you throw in all the auto racing I get to see, and I am really digging it. Do I watch reality shows or Desperate Housewives? Absolutely not. And neither should you. But I do watch Back To School with Rodney Dangerfield anytime it comes on.

 

[narlus]

welcome to the world of paying for hundreds of channels that aren't worth watching.

food channels.

wrong. alton brown is a superstar.

biased news channels.

and how many does that leave?

oln channel (castin and blastin at its best)

nhl

 

[jimmydean]

I watch a few shows, but you have to have cable to get any of the good channels.

I got the basic "extended" package that was cheap with my Internet service. Most everything I watch is on History, Discovery, TLC, and Comedy Central

 

[SkaredShtles]

<snip>
There are plenty of things worth watching on television. Like anything in life you need to make informed decisions about what you are watching and watch in moderation. If you can't do that then yeah, maybe you should get rid of your tele. Remember, there are trashy books out there too.

I guess I'll just take my chances with the books.

My main gripe with TV, besides their long track record of producing crap, is the commercials. I occasionally will watch something on PBS. I just find that, in general, I'd much rather do something *besides* watch TV.

And as far as cable: I'm too cheap and lazy to have cable.

 

[stinkyboy]

TV sucks, but if you only get Cox internet, the signal for basic cable automatically comes with...

 

[mud'n'sweat]

Hell, I cut my cable off 6 years ago and it was the best thing I have ever done. I get way more done and now I truely realize how much of a waste of time cable is!

 

[SkaredShtles]

TV sucks, but if you only get Cox internet, the signal for basic cable automatically comes with...

Apparently it's the same with Comcast internet (which I have) but the lazy part kicks in at that point.

 

[SkaredShtles]

So manimal - did you decide to nix the cable TV, or what?

Do it for the children.........

 

[manimal]

i soooo kept the cable the kids only get 30 min a day anyway, so who cares which educational show they watch...now they have more of a choice. me on the other hand, i now know how to be a REAL cop after watching some cool shows

 

[H8R]

Daily Show.
Cobert Report.
Modern Marvels.
Inside the Actors Studio.
Drawn Together.

Other than that, TV can suck a dick.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Daily Show.
Cobert Report.
Modern Marvels.
Inside the Actors Studio.
Drawn Together.

Other than that, TV can suck a dick.