I haven’t had a TV set since 1996 and don’t miss it at all. Many days I don’t even listen to the radio or music. I do hear the birds outside but enjoy quiet.
I go barefoot most of the time (I’m 79). Started in childhood and has continued. When I was little the bottom of my feet were so tough that stepping on a sand bur or bee didn’t bother me. I liked school except for having to wear shoes.
I don’t have a problem with political or anything else on TV – I haven’t had a TV in over 20 years – don’t miss it at all. I do have a radio and occasionally listen to NPR if there is programming I enjoy. Otherwise I enjoy the sounds of Nature. Nice to live in a rural environment and away from the ‘people pollution’.
TV didn’t exist until I was in HS. My family purchased their first TV when I started college the summer of 1954. My little brother watched Winkie Dink.
We had a crank phone- had to crank it once to get the operator. We gave her the name of the person we were calling and she connected us. We were on a party line and heard all the rings and could call someone just by cranking their number- 3 longs and a short or what ever their ring was. I was in Jr Hi when the dial system was installed.
I remember seeing a B&W documentary about spaghetti- from planting trees to the harvest celebration. Don’t remember if it was a short with a movie or on TV. Sounded and looked very serious but was so funny.
I listened to Fibber McGee and Mollie with my Dad. Opening the closet was always a highlight. Radio programs were wonderful for the imagination. Jack Benny, Sky King, Sargent Preston and King, The Shadow, and the list goes on—
I haven’t had a TV set since 1996 and don’t miss it at all. Many days I don’t even listen to the radio or music. I do hear the birds outside but enjoy quiet.