[lit-ideas] Re: Poetry and Madness
- From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 21:18:51 EDT
Yeah -- my kids, 13 & 15, keep lobbying for a tv, vcr, dvd, and computer of
their own, not to mention a cell phone. Considering that we are outside of
cable country that would mean 3 satellites unless everyone wanted to watch the
same thing at once (yeah, right). I am totally in support of positive use
of TV (History, Discovery Channels) and computers (research for school work),
but enough is enough....when they start IM'ing the same person they're
talking with on the phone.....
Julie Krueger
an old fogey at 45 I guess
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Electricity usage in the U.S. is up something like 30% since (if I recall
correctly) 1990, credited to increased demand from computers, printers, a
TV in every room and so on.
> [Original Message]
> From: Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 10/22/2006 8:29:06 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Poetry and Madness
>
> 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--?
>
>
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