Why would you think we have no lives, just because we are interested in a quality show?
1) already do that
2) do that every week
3) I have no talent for art, but I read 3 books a week and play the piano, will that count toward "art" in your mind?
4) I spend all day on the computer at work - I'd rather relax with my friends in real life
5) do that on weekends, poured concrete last week for my hurricane shutter extended anchors
6) we have a dog, a cat and an iguana and we spend a lot of time at the park with the dog, the cat's lap time was during Jericho! The iguana just kind of vegges out eating flowers.
7) I don't have OCD and neither does my son - I do a thorough job and am detail oriented at work, as he is, but we are not OCD by any stretch of the imagination.
8) having been in Scouts for 20 years, I've done plenty of hiking, camping and nature walks, including taking 20 other kids along one weekend a month to show them that there is something out there besides concrete - that's 240 campouts and about 100 hikes, not to mention 16 weeks of summer camp - some out of state where there are real mountains, some canoeing along 70 miles of rivers in north Florida.
9) I can't do that - I live in South Florida and burned to a crisp every summer of my childhood - I have to do all my hiking and camping in jeans and long sleeved cotton shirts and a hat to avoid skin cancer - why would I be stupid enough to try to get a tan?
10) fix the government? Hey, we're trying - just got the governor to toss out those stupid e-voting machines so that Florida can get back to having its votes count! And yes, I used to vote on the punch cards, but I always flipped it over and made sure none of the chads were hanging, dented or otherwise not completely punched out, before I gave it to the official.
11) charitable organizations - I actively work with 2 (1 animal related, 1 human related) and donate my disposable income to about a dozen all through the year - would you like a list?
12) do that on a regular basis - protest the war in Iraq (just like I used to protest the Vietnam war), protest animal cruelty, protest abusive people who hurt children...
13) profit? that's nobody's business but mine - I work for my living and I put my son through college and veterinary school with only a moderate amount of student loans on his part, I spend my disposable income on taking care of my family, my friends, my pets, my favorite charities... if I choose to send $5 or $10 or $20 worth of peanuts (as a Protest to Jericho's cancellation) to CBS, knowing they will donate them somewhere else, that's my business. I give 10 times that to charities every year - my "peanut money" will come out of my pocket money, which is mine to do what I wish with - so this week, maybe we'll go out to dinner for BBQ or Italian, instead of steaks - and there's our $20 in peanut money right there - not hurting anybody or changing the way we live and think.
I'm sick and tired of the crappy programming on televsion - there were 2 shows on that were interesting enough to watch - and now I'm down to one - if they don't bring Jericho back, I'll just be reading more books. And the cat can get her lap time just as easily.
Karen
South Florida
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Why would you think we have no lives, just because we are interested in a quality show? 1) already do that 2) do that every week 3) I have no talent for art, but I read 3 books a week and play the piano, will that count toward "art" in your mind? 4) I spend all day on the computer at work - I'd rather relax with my friends in real life 5) do that on weekends, poured concrete last week for my hurricane shutter extended anchors 6) we have a dog, a cat and an iguana and we spend a lot of time at the park with the dog, the cat's lap time was during Jericho! The iguana just kind of vegges out eating flowers. 7) I don't have OCD and neither does my son - I do a thorough job and am detail oriented at work, as he is, but we are not OCD by any stretch of the imagination. 8) having been in Scouts for 20 years, I've done plenty of hiking, camping and nature walks, including taking 20 other kids along one weekend a month to show them that there is something out there besides concrete - that's 240 campouts and about 100 hikes, not to mention 16 weeks of summer camp - some out of state where there are real mountains, some canoeing along 70 miles of rivers in north Florida. 9) I can't do that - I live in South Florida and burned to a crisp every summer of my childhood - I have to do all my hiking and camping in jeans and long sleeved cotton shirts and a hat to avoid skin cancer - why would I be stupid enough to try to get a tan? 10) fix the government? Hey, we're trying - just got the governor to toss out those stupid e-voting machines so that Florida can get back to having its votes count! And yes, I used to vote on the punch cards, but I always flipped it over and made sure none of the chads were hanging, dented or otherwise not completely punched out, before I gave it to the official. 11) charitable organizations - I actively work with 2 (1 animal related, 1 human related) and donate my disposable income to about a dozen all through the year - would you like a list? 12) do that on a regular basis - protest the war in Iraq (just like I used to protest the Vietnam war), protest animal cruelty, protest abusive people who hurt children... 13) profit? that's nobody's business but mine - I work for my living and I put my son through college and veterinary school with only a moderate amount of student loans on his part, I spend my disposable income on taking care of my family, my friends, my pets, my favorite charities... if I choose to send $5 or $10 or $20 worth of peanuts (as a Protest to Jericho's cancellation) to CBS, knowing they will donate them somewhere else, that's my business. I give 10 times that to charities every year - my "peanut money" will come out of my pocket money, which is mine to do what I wish with - so this week, maybe we'll go out to dinner for BBQ or Italian, instead of steaks - and there's our $20 in peanut money right there - not hurting anybody or changing the way we live and think. I'm sick and tired of the crappy programming on televsion - there were 2 shows on that were interesting enough to watch - and now I'm down to one - if they don't bring Jericho back, I'll just be reading more books. And the cat can get her lap time just as easily. Karen South Florida