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GreatGazoo

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6. My cable was cut off for 5 days and it changed my life so much for the better that

Reply to fadedrose (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2015, 11:30 AM

Mar 2015

I gave the box back to Time Warner about 10 years ago. I started a home business, took up farming on the side and got 2 happy dogs.

I feel 10x more alive without TV.

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Doncha hate to wake up and put on the news? [View all] fadedrose Mar 2015 OP

My daughters refuse to watch televised news liberal N proud Mar 2015 #1

They are very wise Sherman A1 Mar 2015 #17

Yes. lovemydog Mar 2015 #2

I don't look at the news until I'm at work magical thyme Mar 2015 #3

Yes, but most days I do it anyway. In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #4

I used to be a regular TV newswatcher, but after a while LeftinOH Mar 2015 #5

You nailed it Art_from_Ark Mar 2015 #18

My cable was cut off for 5 days and it changed my life so much for the better that GreatGazoo Mar 2015 #6

I've stopped watching TV news. What I learn on the Internet is enough The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2015 #7

+1 Populist_Prole Mar 2015 #14

Yes. sinkingfeeling Mar 2015 #8

Sums up my feelings on the subject sarge43 Mar 2015 #9

The news IS depressing ailsagirl Mar 2015 #10

It used to make me upset all day, so now I don't watch until 5pm, then only local news and weather. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #11

Good point-- and smart ailsagirl Mar 2015 #12

... Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #19

The news is on DU one or two days before the networks or the papers--usually panader0 Mar 2015 #13

i stopped paying attention to politics & news about 5 years ago orleans Mar 2015 #15

I don't wake up and put on the news Skittles Mar 2015 #16

I just watch local news. femmocrat Mar 2015 #20

That's why I don't put on the news in the morning. hunter Mar 2015 #21