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I guess I agree with that. We tried watching movies in the car and it was actually kind of a pain in the ass. One kid couldn't see as well as the others, they couldn't agree on what to watch, etc...
I think that it depends how far you are going, A couple hours the kids should be able to entertain themselves - more than that they will need some kind of device to entertain themselves.
Sally wrote: "Ok, lets negate the TV at home for now, because we all know it is pretty unrealistic. But what about carrying around DVDs everywhere parents go now? Why do we have to have movies in the car, on t..."Oh I definitely agree with that. So many kids just absolutely have to be externally entertained continually. When is there room for reflection or thought or appreciation for silence? This is bad, I think.
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Pixar won't be allowed in my Prius.
Yes! Sally has my unconditional approval for motherhood.
What I hate is going to a restuarant and having a tv in every corner, having a tv hovering over the line at the bank, one in each grocery store lane. It feels like the tvs everywhere are pacifiers for adults. We can't stand in line for 5 or 10 minutes without having a screen in our faces? Our minds are that useless that we're at a loss if the tv isn't there to watch? RRRRR!!!! It really bugs me!
When I was in Italy I hadn't watched tv for a week...there wasn't one in the room, etc...then I was in a restaurant and a badly dubbed Italian version of "Hannah Montana" was playing. It was weird and intrusive.I think some public spaces lend themselves to television better than others. I like the tvs at the airports and in some types of sports bars. Wisconsin is seriously behind the times, though, because I don't think I've ever seen one in a grocery store line or at the bank. But then again, I never actually go inside the bank anymore. And we just got those self-service lanes at the grocery store. Maybe next year.
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Heh. It's funny you mention airport food. I had to search high and low at the Orlando airport for vegetarian food. I finally settled on yogurt and granola at Starbucks.They had CNN on...at least I think it was CNN. I assume they would have turned it off, though, after the plane crashed in Buffalo.
My compromise between no tv--which is what we had for 15 years, and a tv that is on almost all the time, which is what we did growing up, is to have a dvd player, little portable one, and I have tv series, movies on dvd. Sometimes we--my daughter and--watch it too much, we turn into couch potatoes and other times it isn't on for days. What I like is that it's this little machine that I can unplug and put away. It isn't a fixture that the whole living room (and life) revolves around.
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Cool! I love it when the furniture is arranged to encourage conversationa and interaction and comfort--not a view of the screen.
We move our furniture around a lot. I get bored with the setup and move things around. Is it around the tv? That's a good question...I don't think so.
The sound of the tv is really annoying and intrusive once you get used to not being around one. There were times when my daughter was little that I used it as a baby sitter, I did do that. It's a relief, but I also always felt guilty about it. I don't know what it would be like to have a dvd player in a car. My daughter didn't have one for all our trips to GA from FL--weren't even invented yet. And of course, we didn't have them when we drove from New Jersey to West Virginia every year. And back then there weren't any seat belt laws, either. Four kids in the backseat--we were everywhere, up in the back window, in the floor board--fighting, whining, playing kitty and puppy, getting mad if anyone touched anyone else, and Mom in the front trying to swat us and always missing and Dad yelling--Do I have to pull over? Those were the good old days.....
Does anyone remember Quaker Meeting?
I was born in 1945. In 1950, my dad joined the air force. From that time until I went to college in 1963, we moved every 9 months or so - usually from one end of the county to another. Far from having a DVD, we couldn't get a radio station half the time. I stood in the back seat and watched the scenery, or drew,or colored in my coloring book, or slept, or whatever. My favorite thing was to ask my dad, Are we there yet, dad? Huh dad? He couldn't smack me because he was driving. We didn't have AC, either, BTW, and we all survived! If I hadn't been an only child at the time, I'd probably have done the stop touching me thing with my sister, too. And no, I don't think I've heard of Quaker Meeting, except for the actual Quaker Meeting.
I have tinnitis, so I keep the TV on to drown that out. I'm usually reading, so music is intrusive - I know the ltrics, or the tune, or both, so it breaks my concentration. Having some neutral noise in the background is good for me. Of course, I do watch a lot of TV these days. I don't think it will rot my brain as mother nature will be taking care of that soon enough.
When we knew our parents were at the breaking point and would really pull over and give all four of us a spanking, we would play Quaker Meeting. I hope it isn't offensive to anyone who is actually a member of the Society of Friends. I didn't even know what a Quaker was back then, other than the guy on the oatmeal.I was the oldest, so I got to say the words:
Quaker meeting has begun,
No more laughing, no more fun,
If you show your teeth or tongue,
You shall pay a price!
Then we would all be silent, as long as possible--like maybe 15 seconds. Whoever laughed first lost. We would sit there and it was like we were gonna explode with giggles and we couldn't look at each other because we would laugh for sure if we did. Then I'd see my brother's shoulders shaking and my sister would put both of her hands on her mouth, but we always started giggling again and then went back to whining--She touched me! Are we almost there? I have to go to the bathroom! I'm hungry!
No wonder we used to leave for our trips at three am!
Sandy,Tinnitus must be very difficult to live with! I've always thought it would be.
Yes, it can be annoying. Mine isn't horrible, though. I've heard it actually drives some people insane. When I was visiting my sister in Montana, we went up the mountain to where they were going to buuild a new house. It was wonderfully quiet, and her husband asked me what I could hear. I told him "the ringing in my ears." I think he was teed off, but too bad, Howard.
When we knew our parents were at the breaking point and would really pull over and give all four of us a spanking, we would play Quaker MeetingGenius. Sure, slightly twisted, but genius. Teach my kids! Teach my kids!
It doesn't work in the long run, all those suppressed giggles end up coming out after all! But it was a couple minutes--at most--of quiet. How many kids do you have, Anthony, and how old are they? Do you guys take long road trips?Sandy, You hear ringing? I"ve heard of people hearing music, ringing, or just a note, a tone that never stops. Are there any medicenes that can help? Is it possible to tune it out, or is always in your consciousness?
Three kids, Leslie...10, 8, and 6...video games are our Quaker meetings.:) We've taken nine, ten hour road trips, and usually the kids are ok. We drove once to Florida, and I think I lost my cool more than they did. I should have been more understanding that kids want to run around Denny's after sitting in the van for hours.
I don't know if it would have been easier or harder for us if we would have had seat belt laws back then. It would have been easier for my mom and dad, that's for sure! I only have one kid, so it's a lot different. I compare doing stuff with her to when I was growing up! I dont know how my parents stayed sane sometimes! We drove from New Jersey to West Virginia every year. It's bad because you feel exhausted and stressed right when they need lots of understanding and patience. That's not easy!! But you know what's neat-I bet they will remember all those trips and how fun they were and they won't even remember when dad got mad. Or they'll think it's funny. Kids are great that way!
You sound like a great dad, by the way, Anthony!
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No more laughing, no more fun,
If you show your teeth or tongue,
You shall pay a price! "
That's awesome.
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Annoying TV: my dentist's waiting room has a TV constantly showing a teeth whitening infomercial. It's enough to make you homicidal.
The last time I went for jury duty, they had set up the room quite nicely, so that there were three large separate areas and only one of them had a TV, so people in the other areas could read and be quiet. The TV was set to some horrific show with a panel of chirpy women, I think it was called "The Talk."
When I used to fly out of St. George, UT regularly, the TV in the tiny airport terminal always had Fox on. Early mornings were always that totally inane Fox and Friends garbage. *gags*
Larry wrote: "When I used to fly out of St. George, UT regularly, the TV in the tiny airport terminal always had Fox on. Early mornings were always that totally inane Fox and Friends garbage. *gags*"New airport, new terminal, same Fox Noise.
Fox Noise is also on in McDonalds, Wells Fargo Bank, and just about everywhere else in town.
people who are so addicted to their cell phones they can't put them down for 10 minutes at a time. people who talk of absolutely nothing of any importance for 15 minutes on public transportation polluting the air with inanities.
Meagan wrote: "The entire "Jersey Shore" cast"Yessssssss....
May I add the various Housewives' casts. They annoy the hell out me.
My daughters used to be cheerleaders for a local Pop Warner football team. I was an officer in the group for quite a few years. We would have an annual awards banquet at the end of the season. I hated it when parents would bring their younger children to the banquet, get "sauced", and allow their younger children to run around unsupervised. I think they thought the people who ran the banquet would watch their children. We used to have to station an officer at the door to make sure they didn't walk out of the banquet room without a parent. Usually it was me. I'd send the kid back to get their parents to take them to the bathroom.
Karen wrote: "My daughters used to be cheerleaders for a local Pop Warner football team. I was an officer in the group for quite a few years. We would have an annual awards banquet at the end of the season. I..."The same thing would happen to me and the other responsible parents at all the games and banquets I had to attend over the years for my two girls. The parents in question would plop right down with their big gulp full of 'coffee' and leave the kids and other parents to corral their kids, who were usually little smart mouths who would inform you "You're not my Mama". Unfortunately, several of those children would end up getting hurt and the parent would have the very gall to blame it on any and everyone but themself.
Actually, I've discovered this has become an issue no matter if you're at a school function, sitting in a resturaunt or just picking up milk at Wal-Mart.
When I was younger, my mum would get sooo stressed out when we went to the beach, because a lot of the other parents were sleeping/reading/getting refreshments, so no one were watching the young kids playing and swimming in the ocean. She kept busy making sure no one drowned or drifted to sea!
Michele wrote: "people who are so addicted to their cell phones they can't put them down for 10 minutes at a time. people who talk of absolutely nothing of any importance for 15 minutes on public transportation po..."That's actually why I'm never getting a smartphone, I mean sure I can see some functions are cool, but people are so not present with friends/kids - and I really think it's rude! I was having dinner with my sister and niece, and all of a sudden the conversation halted, and they were both beeping away on their Iphones. I commented on it, and they hadn't even been aware they were doing it.
What qualifies as absolutely nothing?It bugs me more when people talk on their phones on the bus....
Michele wrote: "people who are so addicted to their cell phones they can't put them down for 10 minutes at a time. people who talk of absolutely nothing of any importance for 15 minutes on public transportation po..."
The other day, I met a friend for lunch at a little Italian cafeteria style restaurant. When I came in, the only table available was a long one for 6 people. The rest were either occupied or dirty. By the time I had reached the till, one table had been cleaned off. I walked towards it with my laden tray.A woman who had just walked in with her friend rushed over and announced, "That's MY table." I told her I got there first. She said, "I have my purse here. I was just talking to my friend in the line up." She took her purse from her shoulder and set it on a chair.
Poor thing! She was so afraid that there wouldn't be a table for her and her friend by the time that they got their food that she completely forgot her manners. I shook my head, walked over to the table for 6 and sat down.
There should be a courtesy rule in all restaurants: If you don't yet have food, you don't have a table.There are times I've seen people (or been the person) wandering around with a tray of food looking for a place to sit, while a family has sent a six year-old over to "save" a table while they wait, seven people back, in the service line.
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Janice wrote: "The other day, I met a friend for lunch at a little Italian cafeteria style restaurant. When I came in, the only table available was a long one for 6 people. The rest were either occupied or dirt..."You handled that quite well, Janice. I'm sure I would have set my tray down at the table in question and told her that I absolutely adooooore meeting new people and I'd simply love to share the table with her and her friend(s). I'd squeeze in there somewhere how grateful I was to finally have someone to listen to my most recent rant about all the bullshit that goes on in my life. Oh, and that I hope I don't talk her to death......everyone says once I get started you just can't shut me up. All of this said with enthusiasm and politeness but with a 'don't fuck with me' look firmly in place. Or maybe a face radiating a bit of manic joy would work better.
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Gus wrote: "More and more doctors seem to lack common bedside manners.I'll have to add these swine to my ongoing list."
100% argee with that
RandomAnthony wrote: "The research on tv is mixed...I don't think tv is as bad for kids as some people say, and I don't think avoiding tv or only letting the kids watch shows like Sesame Street is as good as some people..."depends on what TV people are watching, I mean Keeping Up With The Kardashinas isn't appropriate for 5-year-olds neither is a show like Suits.
I think people who should be clubbed to death are: casual readers, hipsters (I just hate them!), yuppies, people who have too many children (when they can't afford it), dumb celebs, like Paris Hilton, asshole bosses/employers and corrupt politicians.
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What is wrong with casual readers?
some of them are really dumb :-( (ones I know)
I guess it would solve the planets over population problem.
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