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1. Philip
   

   I have explained many times that I saw my first TV when I was in the 3rd grade. We didn't even have electricity before that. And that as soon as our family could afford one, a TV replaced our fireplace. I did watch some TV UP UNTIL i moved out at 15. Since then, I've never owned a TV. Everyone and everywhere else has though, so TV IS KIND OF HARD TO MISS THESE DAYS.

   July 10, 2012 at 3:24 pm | Report abuse |
   • banasy©
     

     Relax, Philip, it was just a question.
     In other words, you watch it elsewhere.
     Well and good.

     July 10, 2012 at 3:29 pm | Report abuse |
   • Dee Dee
     

     This is what banasy asked: "I am curious, Philip, and I have wondered this for some time:
     You say you don't own a TV; do you watch things like this on your computer?" banasy didn't ask WHERE you watch it, jeez, lay off the crabapple stew!

     July 10, 2012 at 5:21 pm | Report abuse |
2. Obama Mama
   

   I enjoyed all the after posts. Great posts@saywhat, Mary, banasy, dazzle, and philip. coombyya.

   July 10, 2012 at 3:26 pm | Report abuse |
   • Mary
     

     Thanks Mamma, Haven't had a chance to read yours but will tonight. Have a great afternoon all.

     July 10, 2012 at 3:32 pm | Report abuse |
   • banasy©
     

     See you later, Mama.
     As bobcat would say, "embrace your inner calm"...
     Kumbaya works just as well...
     Ohhhhhhmmmmm...lol

     July 10, 2012 at 3:36 pm | Report abuse |
3. Philip
   

   Thanks @saywhat. And now, tell us a little about yourself since they only ask about me. 🙂 Really, I'd like to know more about you myself.

   July 10, 2012 at 3:28 pm | Report abuse |
4. Mary
   

   And really, what's on tv now, nothing as far as I can see but the same old boring programs with laugh tracks, not to mention repulsive violence, superficial HGTV, and S@x. It's much more exciting to read. It really is nothing.

   July 10, 2012 at 3:29 pm | Report abuse |
   • banasy©
     

     You're right; tv really has little to offer these days!
     I rarely watch it; too many "reality shows" that are scripted...
     I used to watch TV to *escape* reality...I *live* reality...lol!

     July 10, 2012 at 3:33 pm | Report abuse |
   • Dee Dee
     

     Yeah, TV generally stinks these days.

     July 10, 2012 at 5:23 pm | Report abuse |
5. Philip
   

   We already knew that I watched it elsewhere, knowing I never owned one. So, no. *you watched it elsewhere* is not the solicited response. As in, if I were to have simply replied "I watch TV elsewhere", my answer would be evasive and not forthcoming...certainly not an answer looked forward to.

   July 10, 2012 at 3:37 pm | Report abuse |
   • banasy©
     

     It was a question, nothing more and nothing less, one that saywhat also shared in curiosity.
     And no, I didn't know you watched it elsewhere, otherwise I wouldn't have asked the question.
     Relax.
     It was a harmless question.
     You answered it.

     July 10, 2012 at 3:52 pm | Report abuse |
6. Philip
   

   Chicago is real now? he he
   Where'd ya go @saywhat. Don't leave me in this sea of woman to be thrashed as a wave driven by seas of estrogen and hormone whipped-up with fists once clutching spatulas. 🙂

   July 10, 2012 at 3:45 pm | Report abuse |
   • banasy©
     

     Chicago is...something else, that's for sure!
     I can still wield a mean spatula, lol...

     July 10, 2012 at 3:56 pm | Report abuse |
   • Rascal Rabble
     

     lol...phillip i believe eggs beaters are much more efficient

     July 10, 2012 at 4:16 pm | Report abuse |
7. saywhat
   

   Don'worry@Philip had to pop out for a while. You are in the company of finest of them there ladies, tip your hat and enjoy the onslaught of wit , humor and some finely honed feminine intellect.
   As for me, as I said earlier just an ordinary American, rather given to the ways of the old, craving for a more livable world for all.
   Good day all.

   July 10, 2012 at 4:56 pm | Report abuse |
   • banasy©
     

     Saywhat:
     You are the consummate diplomat!
     It is always a pleasure to read your posts.
     I,too, long for a simpler time...and a better world.
     Have a great afternoon and evening, sir.

     July 10, 2012 at 5:09 pm | Report abuse |
8. Obama Mama
   

   By Coombyya- I meant we all got along today..........and then comes the night.............................Is it a full moon? lol

   July 10, 2012 at 7:44 pm | Report abuse |
   • banasy©
     

     I know what you meant, Mama...lol...

     July 10, 2012 at 9:06 pm | Report abuse |
   • Mary
     

     I like that word "coombyya, has a feeling of unity when a whole bunch of people shout it out, doesn't it ? LOl

     July 10, 2012 at 9:17 pm | Report abuse |
   • Obama Mama
     

     Have you ever sat around a fire and sang the song, coombyya, my lord, coombyya.....................Fires are mesmerizing....

     July 10, 2012 at 9:20 pm | Report abuse |
   • Obama Mama
     

     Have you ever sat around a fire and sang the song, coombyya, my lord, coombyya...Come by here lord, come by here.
     Someones crying lord, someones laughing lord, someones praying lord, someones sleeping lord,
     It is a black spritual song.

     July 10, 2012 at 9:37 pm | Report abuse |
   • banasy©
     

     I've sang that song many times with friends around a bonfire...at the beach...late at night...sublime!
     Oh, Lord, Kumbaya...

     Now, of course, we would be rounded up and thrown in the pokey.
     Ah the 70's.

     Let's link hands, shall we, Mary and OM?

     July 10, 2012 at 9:55 pm | Report abuse |
9. Obama Mama
   

   @philip- as far as TV, you are not missing much.

   July 10, 2012 at 7:48 pm | Report abuse |
10. Marzi
    

    Philip doesn't own a tv...but he watches it. He's right. They're everywhere! I don't own one either, but Best Buy is sure getting sick of me changing their channel...LOL...how am I gonna buy one if I don't know if the shows I like are going to look good? LOL

    July 10, 2012 at 7:59 pm | Report abuse |
    • banasy©
      

      Marzi:
      I don't think that's what he meant when he said he watches elsewhere...lmao!

      July 10, 2012 at 9:11 pm | Report abuse |
    • banasy©
      

      @OM:
      I'll let Philip answer that...but somehow I don't see him looking in shop windows like we did when we were kids...saying "Hey, put on the History Channel, please?" lmao!
      (I only ever watch their specials anymore; reality tv has hit them, too. 🙁 )

      Yep, slow news night, all right...

      July 10, 2012 at 10:01 pm | Report abuse |
11. Marzi
    

    When are they going to get rid of the whiny-looking Rep's picture above? Look at him. Wah wah wah.

    July 10, 2012 at 8:00 pm | Report abuse |
12. Obama Mama
    

    @Marzi-prelude to November ya think? Wah
    President Obama 2012

    July 10, 2012 at 9:12 pm | Report abuse |
13. Obama Mama
    

    Kumbyah was also sang by Peter, Paul and Mary.

    July 10, 2012 at 9:38 pm | Report abuse |
    • banasy©
      

      Ah!
      Peter, Paul, and Mary!
      They also sang one of my favorite 60's songs: "Leaving On A Jet Plane".
      I still remember all the words...
      "Puff The Magic Dragon", too, innit?

      July 10, 2012 at 10:06 pm | Report abuse |
14. Mary
    

    @ Obama Mama, LMAO Yeah they can be mesmerizing. Do Do Do Do ... Do Do Do Do ...
    Watch the pendulum swing back and forth ... Now repeat after me ...
    " It's all in my mind ... It's all in my mind"
    You're too funny
    Nite all

    July 10, 2012 at 10:04 pm | Report abuse |
15. banasy©
    

    A little Twilight Zone action, Mary, lol?
    Good night.

    July 10, 2012 at 10:24 pm | Report abuse |