[Magdalen] Film puke.

[Grace Cangialosi]

We always had a rule that there would be no TV or radio during dinner, and my kids have the same rule. Once I started living by myself, if I had TV, I would sometimes watch. 
But for those of you who watch during family meals, what effect does that have on conversation?

I am probably interested in this because when I was growing up, my father did not permit any talking at the table, and I love dinner table conversation now.

> On Sep 17, 2014, at 2:33 PM, "M J [Mike] Logsdon" <mjl at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 
> Dinnertime viewing:  Everett and I have become denizens of Food Network and Travel Channel (for the food shows).
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> "O perplexed discomposition, O riddling
> distemper, O miserable condition of man!"
> - The Rev Mr John Donne
> (in a not-so-chipper moment)