[Magdalen] Cable internet.

[Lynn Ronkainen]

TV control sounds like me and my former husband.... it was not a good thing. 
I actually stopped watching TV (that I was interested in), or sat in the 
room with the TV and did other things for probably 10 years...
L

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When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "Scott Knitter" <scottknitter at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2016 3:56 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Cable internet.

> No need for apology. I'm just glad I no longer have strong desires to 
> watch particular programs that are live, like Chicago Tonight or PBS 
> NewsHour. He's got his own place on the couch, with control of the various 
> remotes, and watches American Dad ad nauseam as well as a guy on YouTube 
> who posts a daily video of himself playing Super Mario games and screaming 
> obscenities. I can go online for my daily Tagesschau.
>
> We do occasionally find very good documentaries to watch together via 
> Netflix. Live Olympics coverage? Missed every bit of it.
>
> Having no desires avoids a lot of disappointment but concerns my 
> therapist.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Aug 25, 2016, at 1:23 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> ALL watching?  You mean, you cannot, at your own discretion, turn on 
>> standard, actual cable TV and watch a program at will?  I don't like the 
>> sound of that at all.  The "controlling" part, that is.  But that's just 
>> me.  Ignore me as need be.  Apologies at the outset.