Why Are There TV's EVERYWHERE?

Marion, speaking of TV's on busses, my son's 4th grade class took a field trip to Washington, DC, which is about a 2 1/2 hour drive. The school charted a bus (which had a TV) and the first thing one of the chaperoning mothers did after the bus left the school was stick in some lame Disney movie that they've all seen a billion times. No "100 Bottles of Beer on the Wall." No other songs, games or riotous conversation! I couldn't believe I was the only one who complained! That's what gets me! I live in an area that has so many highly educated, nice, thoughtful people, but hardly anyone seems to think this is a problem. Our family doctor is a friend of mine and when he told me he was going to put a TV in his waiting room, I begged him not to. He eventually did, but only shows educational videos. Still...

Briee, I think it's great you only have a FEW TV's in your house. You're right how it helps eliminate boredom in the bathroom. Everything in moderation, you know...:p I'm afraid Rocky's not too impressed with your 24" step. As you know, he does step workouts in the uppermost branches of our indoor oak tree, stepping (jumping, really) from lower branches to higher ones.
 
Groucho Marx said " I think t.v is very educational....every time the t.v. comes on, I leave the room and go read a book."

We lived without t.v. for four years and then moved to another state. We decided to give satellite a try. We had it for two years. Last week we finally cut the cord and I couldn't be happier.

I always watch t.v. with my boy to make sure i know what he's seeing. Even on the kids channels, you couldn't help but get exposed to questionable material.

Forget religion, t.v. is the great opiate of the masses now.

Danna
 
Susan I DO hope you realize I was joking (I know I rarely do that), we don't get a single channel in where we live and I don't want any. Our children have to do things like "play legos (on rainy days) and climb trees when it's nice out. (and do LOTS of pushups) We have 44 acres and they know every inch of it. My oldest is writing a book and our 11 year old dd recently saw a book that was from Sesame Street and she pronounced it SEE SUM street with the accent on the SEE. I had to giggle. We are REALLY cruel parents!!

Briee
 
We have satelite and DVD's and video's and my kids will watch maybe one movie a week if that. There can care less for TV, they rather be outside playing or reading a book or doing other things in the house. And as for TV's in the doctor's office's and other places I don't know why they have them there, because I never see a child watching it. I think they need to add more toys to the waiting room's instead of TV's.
 
Hark! I hear my name being called!

Sooooooooooooosan and Brie - Rocky and Buckingham will be peeved to know that Fiona got out of the workhouse finally, managed to bypass the Cathe preorder queue and get the entire 11-disc HardCore series, and has been in show-off mode the past two weeks by doing all 11 discs EVERY DAY. You should see how she does levitation holds with her tail (which someone braided for her while she was in stir) and 4-pawed plie jacks. And those jacks on and off the step in Interval 7 in I-Max 3? Okay, okay, she has to use an old Pall Mall box as a step, but that's ingenuity, right?

A-Jock
 
SO THERE Mr. Rocky....Fiona's putting you to shame. She's one resilient little rodent eh. You've gotta have some respect for the old girl....40 some odd offspring and still tight, defined, abs and a tail to die for...is it true that she waxes just to show off that ripped midsection?

I for one am quite impressed

Quit drooling Rocky

Briee
 
A-Jock and Briee, I'm trying very hard to keep Rocky from reading this thread. He's still not over Fiona yet and if he reads about her workouts, he'll be a goner. (Nothing turns Rocky on more than a female who can outdo him in the exercise department.)

And Briee, I knew you were joking about TV's in every room. I just responded in kind.;-) Lucky family to have 44 acres!
 
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