[Spontaneo]

Over Christmas, I stayed with friends. I barely watch television. Their television stays on for hours.

Last year, when at their place, I watched Beauty and The Beast there. Guess what I watched again this past Christmas? Yep. Beauty and The Beast! I am a total romantic.

Then, I have never been a lover of Country Music. Over the past few years, I have grown to a liking. I watched the Country Music Awards there at my friends' place and liked! I could not believe how Keith Urban stood on a platform that went up sky-high in the air while he sang and played guitar.

I just might make a ritual of watching television when I go to my friends' place.

[OldGuy]

I used to watch TV. I had a few favorite shows, but the main thing I watched it for was news updates. I worked a full time job, 60 hours/6 days a week and only watched a few hours in the evenings after work. Since it was hard to get any signal without cable, I was subscribed to a local broadcast service that only included a dozen nearby stations and paid a minimum rate.

After many years of being perfectly happy with that service, I suddenly got a notice from the cable service telling me they were discontinuing that minimum local service and I would have to upgrade to the next level. Problem was, that upgrade was nearly 4 times the price I had been paying.

I decided there was nothing being broadcast that was worth that increase cost. I cancelled the service and carried my TV out to the roadside curb as trash. I have not watched any TV since then and never missed it. That was in August 1995.The original monthly rate was $3.00 and the increase was $11.50 per month. I've heard that some are now paying well over $100 a month now for hundreds of channels you never end up watching.

I started with a phone line dial up connection to the Internet at that time and could access text display news online. There were pictures but no video with a dial up service. There were lots of forum type rooms to join but none of them offered any pay to post feature. I was active on a few of them. They went by a different name back then but I can't recall was that was. I finally switched to a high speed cable connection to cable (again) in 2005 and discovered video services.

Now when I decide to watch something, I can catch all the news and weather reports I want and can even catch various movies from time to time. I even found a forum that really paid well. I was earning well above $300 a month and some members were regularly earning well beyond $1000 a month. That whole thing crashed and burned around 2010-2011 and is no more.

Yes, I now watch online videos from time to time but I don't miss TV at all. I dabble on ForumCoin but no other type of social media. I don't have a lot of time to sit and watch the great national babysitter because I still enjoy my work. TV can become an addiction. I far prefer going outside and doing something. My primary entertainment is my recorded music in my own downloaded playlist on my phone and computer. I don't subscribe to any service other than access to the Internet.

[King Belieal]

The television in my apartment has not been turned on for a very long time. I don't even have time for all the tasks I have. Not to talk of the time to watch television. I sometimes stream shows and awards I am interested in.

[Spontaneo]

I used to watch TV. I had a few favorite shows, but the main thing I watched it for was news updates. I worked a full time job, 60 hours/6 days a week and only watched a few hours in the evenings after work. Since it was hard to get any signal without cable, I was subscribed to a local broadcast service that only included a dozen nearby stations and paid a minimum rate.

After many years of being perfectly happy with that service, I suddenly got a notice from the cable service telling me they were discontinuing that minimum local service and I would have to upgrade to the next level. Problem was, that upgrade was nearly 4 times the price I had been paying.

I decided there was nothing being broadcast that was worth that increase cost. I cancelled the service and carried my TV out to the roadside curb as trash. I have not watched any TV since then and never missed it. That was in August 1995.The original monthly rate was $3.00 and the increase was $11.50 per month. I've heard that some are now paying well over $100 a month now for hundreds of channels you never end up watching.

I started with a phone line dial up connection to the Internet at that time and could access text display news online. There were pictures but no video with a dial up service. There were lots of forum type rooms to join but none of them offered any pay to post feature. I was active on a few of them. They went by a different name back then but I can't recall was that was. I finally switched to a high speed cable connection to cable (again) in 2005 and discovered video services.

Now when I decide to watch something, I can catch all the news and weather reports I want and can even catch various movies from time to time. I even found a forum that really paid well. I was earning well above $300 a month and some members were regularly earning well beyond $1000 a month. That whole thing crashed and burned around 2010-2011 and is no more.

Yes, I now watch online videos from time to time but I don't miss TV at all. I dabble on ForumCoin but no other type of social media. I don't have a lot of time to sit and watch the great national babysitter because I still enjoy my work. TV can become an addiction. I far prefer going outside and doing something. My primary entertainment is my recorded music in my own downloaded playlist on my phone and computer. I don't subscribe to any service other than access to the Internet.

Quite a hassle if you ask me, all for simply wanting to watch a few shows?

Our living room has a hook-up. My roommate has a hook-up. I have a hook-up. However, she is never home. I never watch television. The other roommate uses the living room.

The 2 of we roommates with a hook-up split the cost. The roommate with the living room does not pay, which I do not think is right. What do you think? She uses the living room almost 24 hours.

A few hours ago was good though. I watched the ball drop with her. She hugged me. I cried.

[Jem Smith]

Over Christmas, I stayed with friends. I barely watch television. Their television stays on for hours.

Last year, when at their place, I watched Beauty and The Beast there. Guess what I watched again this past Christmas? Yep. Beauty and The Beast! I am a total romantic.

The Disney cartoon, or the live action movie? There was a TV show called Beauty and the Beast from the 90s too that I liked when I was a kid. It had Ron Perlman.

There are lots of ways to watch TV shows for free if you like. You can borrow DVD box sets of TV series from the library. There are also free streaming services, like Tubi and Crunchyroll (you can watch for free with ads, it only costs if you want to watch without ads).

I don't know what else might be available where you are. In Australia we have iView (there is a national broadcaster, funded by Taxes here, called the ABC, that makes free to air tv and radio, and the TV shows also go a free streaming service called iView) and SBS (Special Broadcasting Corporation, also partly taxpayer funded, they cater to various ethnic communities so there are shows and movies in different languages with subtitles, and there is a free streaming service called SBS On Demand). I can watch these on my TV rather than my computer for the bigger screen. We still have free to air tv here as well, although I don't really like the commercial channels.