What would you give up?

[vorlon24]

If you had to give up either tv or stereo, which would you choose?

This may be presumptuous, but my guess is that the boys will keep the music and the girls the tv, but I am only going on a small part of the population where this applied.

So I thought I would do a poll as well!

[WillowTheWhisp]

I could live without TV quite easily but would hate to live without music. Someone once asked me what would be worse to lose my sight or my hearing and I think it would be the latter in spite of the fact that I enjoy handicrafts and art, I would just so miss music.

[-pixie]

I voted music, but I could probably live without them both if I had to. I much prefer books - those I couldn't live without.

[Acrylic-bob]

How odd, that you should say that Willow. Despite having done my degree in art, I long ago reached the same conclusion; I would rather loose my sight than my hearing.

[Sara]

I would give up the stereo, because after all i could always listen to music on cable.

[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob

How odd, that you should say that Willow. Despite having done my degree in art, I long ago reached the same conclusion; I would rather loose my sight than my hearing.

Odd also that you and I were thinking more in terms of sight and hearing rather than the specific items mentioned.

[lettie]

I would quite happily give up tv. When Grego and I were in our early 20's we bought a house together in order to get a foot on the property ladder. We lived quite happily without tv for several months because we didn't have any extra money to pay for a tv or license. We had a stereo and plenty of books and were quite happy with that at the time. I do have a tv now, but I don't watch it that often. Partly because there is rarely anything decent to watch and partly because I have better things to do..

[fibi]

Definately give up the stereo.....

[Sparkologist]

Originally Posted by lettie

and partly because I have better things to do..

I could quite happily pass-up on the Magic Lantern. Let's face it, how much quality programming is there on the box these days? Not a lot!
If there are travel documentaries scheduled, I will make the effort to watch those; Michael Palin's world tours are favourites of mine. Billy Connolly Down Under... In New Zealand, is top of my must-watch list at the moment, because I'm going there for a month next year, with Lettie.

I usually have some music playing when at home. When I am messing about on Accyweb, I listen to bbc 6Music streamed on broadband. I vote to keep my music.

[pendy]

We don't have a TV, either in London or in Ossy, but try telling that to the TV Licensing authority - they refuse to believe it and want to send someone round to check whether we are lying!

I would hate to live without music, though - don't think I could do it. I have always agreed with Willow that I would rather lose my sight than my hearing, and can honestly say that, having almost lost my sight through cataracts (now fixed - thanks, Moorfields!), whilst it is very frightening to glimpse the world vaguely through a fog, I do believe that being deaf is much more isolating.

So, no TV thanks, but let me keep my stereo system, my Walkman and my CD Walkman.

I will be very interested in the results of this, as it touches on the subject of the PhD I've always promised myself I'll do when I can afford to retire from paid employment!

[vorlon24]

Well the results so far seem to be going the way I expected.

Mainly boys to keep the music and girls to keep the tv!

There are of course a few exceptions, but isn't that always the way?!

[Margaret Pilkington]

I could happily give up the TV......the current stuff on the box is a whole load of C**p with just a few exceptions. And I too, would rather be blind than deaf.

[janet]

I would die if i could not watch my soaps, I KNOW, i should get a life.lol

[Tealeaf]

I gave up the TV years ago.....music would not be to difficult....beer would be impossible.

[mez]

t/v any day give me music the food of life