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Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog 
I’m with Tina. Lots of books! Reading really cuts into my TV time.
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😀 😀 😀
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Thankfully TV is not obligatory. I hardly switch it on, these days.
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Same here Fran – the programmes are not as interesting or entertaining as they used to be (at least, to me) 😀
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“the programmes are not as interesting or entertaining as they used to be (at least, to me)”
Well, maybe your taste got refined. Or you get bored with all that repetition. I know the children’s programmes I grew up with, intelligently made, teaching sometimes, at other times telling stories, not just an endless series of teenager rom-coms or, for even smaller children, repetetive drivel (like in Dora, the explorer, or even worse in Teletubbies. THOSE were awful.) And – it was limited in time, here in Germany, we did not have 24/7 TV before the late 80ies. We started 24/7 TV in September 1990, at the weekends, first … The last station followed in 1994. And since then, since they needed more and therefore cheaper material to broadcast, they show the drivel.
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I remember German TV in the early 1980’s and mid 1990’s when I lived and worked there Fran – I agree 😀
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Then you know exactly what I am talking about, when you remember the early 1980ies and compare it to the rubbish we had in the 1990ies – and I can assure you, it has not gotten any better since then. If I watch TV it is mostly Sportschau (from August on, when Bundesliga starts again), sometimes something on phoenix – when something catches my interest – and news, now and then, especially when something dramatic happened.
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A book on every surface keeps the duster at bay 🙂 Oh, yeah, that’s me 🙂
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😀 😀 😀
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Even better than something shiny. 🙂
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😀 😀 😀
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Oh look, the moon is not bright tonight, we can see the stars. Oh, look, how beautiful 🙂
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YEP 😀
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Oh, look, I have email!
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About new books!!! 😈
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You kidding? With me, it’s “I will fix the lawnmower today. Oh, look a chapter needing rewrite.”
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There you go John – Plans A & B sorted 😄😄😄
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🙂
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I keep lots of books scattered about just in case I get the urge to clean.
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Wise man David – one can never be too careful 👍😃😄
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If I could just get those books to do the cleaning, I would have a lot more time for reading.
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They don’t make coffee either 😈
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😦
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Oh yes, I certainly have this problem!
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😄😄😄
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Anything to keep away from that cleaning! “Ooh, look. The sun is out.” or “Ooh, look. There’s a beer in the fridge.”
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Oh look – Danny needs a walk 😀 😀 😀
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