What would you give up?
 

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!

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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.

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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.:)

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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.

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

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

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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..:D

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Definately give up the stereo.....:p

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:blush8: :D

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.

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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!

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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?!

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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.

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

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

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

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Vorlorn you shoud be a physciatrist with this kind of experiment if you like i could ask around school

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But.....please, please, please don't take my computer or my internet access....I would go bonkers within days!

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I need both of my computers - one for work and the other for Vice City.

I use the internet on both!!!

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Neither.

If I had to choose I would rather be deaf than blind, I am just a very visual rather than aural person.

I had a tear of joy seeing the sunset tonight, mind you listening to Marie Callas has the same affect.

If I were deaf I could always sing, and I wouldn't be able to hear how awful it was.

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I could live without the TV and have done in the past, I much prefer music and books. Hadn't realised how old this thread was until I read that Sparky and Lettie were going to NZ, I thought they'd booked to go again!

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OMG, total confusion????

I didn't realise it was an old thread until I just scrolled through the dates and it looks like my enrty last night was the post that did it!

I am totally confused though, as it was on the same page last night as the latest threads!

I too wondered how Mez was posting from her hols at the same time as asking me as asking me to send a pm for her!

I do sometimes look through old threads , but this wasn't one, I should have used my much valued sight more effectively!!!

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Mystery solved as to why this thread was on the current front page.

Someone voted in the poll last night but didn't comment, which brought it to the top and totally confused me.:)

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could live without telly- did do when i lived in spain didnt bother me much,but certainly couldnt live without my music, which was more difficult to obtain than an tv. so its got to be goodbye telly if it came down to it.

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There's no contest!!! I'd give up the telly! What would people do if they can't watch house buying/doing up or buying/selling junk n tat which makes up most of the TV schedule!!!!!

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The goggle box aint worth what we pay and threr are repeats galore. At least with music you have variety and can listen to your hearts content.

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I must say. I miss my British TV loads. The telly and radio here is crap. Being away really makes you appreciate just how good UK telly really is. So I cannot understand why so many people complain about it.

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I think you have a point Georgie, when your away from it you will miss it, but when its just there you can live without it, I'm finding the programmes on tv at the minute quite good but in general if I had to choose I'd still choose music.

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I would give uo t.v..................I so love music, it makes up for the t.v loss.

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I don't watch much TV so it can go. I need music and my kind isn't often played on radio, Big Band Swing, early Rock'n'Roll, Dixieland Jazz - oh I could make a very long list - so I must have the hi-fi.

Just don't ask me to give up Radio 4. ;)

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i love music!!! i drive people mad with my music!! get rid of tv!!!! anyday

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can we still listen to radio shows?? are they included in the music bit?? i love the goons!!!

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TV! Take it! Take the DVD too, and the video, just don't touch any of my music!! On the odd occasion (pmsl) when I can't remember whether i locked the car up or not the only thing I'm worried about is if my CD's will still be there !!!

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there are quite a lot of tv shows i like but i would drop tv in a heartbeat if if it came to a choice between music or tv

tv shows are entertaing yes but songs can have great memories attatched to them and hearing a familiar tune on the radio for example can change your mood instantly

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I am surprised more girls would give up music than TV. Maybe they cannot live without soaps and reality tv, what a thought a soap starved girl with withdrawl symptoms from corrie scarry very very scarry.

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I had forgotten about this thread!

Some surprising results though!

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dont like the t.v unless im watching lost.

i couldnt live without my radio and music. i need my daily fix of music.

if anything though i agree with pixie i need my books, take away anything they want but leave my bookcase alone. that is my baby and im very proud of it!!
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