[Magdalen] The Angle.

[Lynn Ronkainen]

I remain amazed at how many people use their large flat TV's as 
over-the-fireplace-art (I say art with tongue in cheek).... I can't imagine 
looking up for too long a period of time either.
Lynn, who no longer has a fireplace but would *never* mount a TV over one, 
even if the mantle was low enough for comfortable viewing... just sayin'

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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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Subject: [Magdalen] The Angle.

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>
> Whenever I visit my daughter and her family, we dutifully
> watch the evening news together.
>
> They have the now archetypical large, flat screen television
> mounted on the fireplace above the mantle.  This always
> causes discomfort acutely and sometimes for days afterward
> because of the 45 degree angle above eye level required to
> see the screen.  The screen looks like a sort of black hole
> when not in use.
>
> Twin Cities, MN USA network television began functioning in
> about 1948 after the completion of their "tall towers."  I first
> saw television in 1949 at the invitation of a dealer in TV sets,
> and it wasn't until 1953 that my family actually had our own
> television.
>
> Then and now, I have always had my TV screen at or even
> a bit below the eye level while I am seated.
>
> I have a large, very colorful oil painting (Elof Wedin) above the
> fireplace mantle, and my television is in a low cabinet with doors
> that hide the screen until the evening news.
>
> There is no neck strain.
>
>
> David S.