Hey -- I keep saying..... (before she moved out his adolescent daughter was even worse -- she had to have it on all night....). Julie Krueger ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: Poetry and Madness Date: 10/22/2006 7:29:24 P.M. Central Standard Time From: _rpaul@xxxxxxxxx (mailto:rpaul@xxxxxxxx) To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on: Julie wrote: > It took me a long time to get used to this life-long > habit of his (I used to only turn the tv on if I wanted to see something > particular). But our household having the tv on doesn't necessarily or even > frequently mean someone's watching it. I wonder how many others just > leave it on as sort of white noise? As my fictitious uncle would say, 'Are you working for the electric company?' Robert Paul On the other hand, maybe the TV helps heat the house--? ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html