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"cutting the cable"

DrLeftover

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We are moving in less than a month.

We will NOT be getting cable or satellite TV in our new old house.

Why, you may ask.

I point to this morning's TV guide listing as a fine example.

It is now 0800 EDT, I just checked out the listings from now until noon.

There is NOTHING on that I would sit and watch even given the over 150 channels that come with our basic service. Most of what was there was infomercials or reruns of shows I never saw to begin with.

The same thing happened Tuesday after my last knee shot. From about 1100 until late in the afternoon, there was nothing worth watching on.

I do not watch "reality" or game shows, sit-coms, or soaps. And I have no interest in most of the "talk" shows. And I refuse to watch any of the "celebrity" programing on general principles.

In short, I don't watch anything that will make me dumber than I already am. And I will not have the extra income to make it worth paying for a service that only shows two baseball or hockey games a week. No thank you.

My wife already watches most of the things she's interested in online, and she has promised to show me how to do it, once I get a laptop made sometime in the last decade that can do that.

So, we'll be fine.

And save approximately $60 a month in the process.
 
So... that means you will not be having a television in your new house then? If so, I can see your point.
 
Without cable or satellite, how will you get internet access?
 
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