With a name like Lauren, I’m sure she is but, nothing is ever that simple!
I haven’t watched a film on TV for years. Its impossible. First of all, there aren’t any worth watching and secondly and most of all are the never-ending adverts, a film ends up lasting three hours in all because of those interruptions, way past my bedtime!
So glad for Netflix and Prime, although they’ve started advertising too but at least they’re short and quickly over.
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That’s why I live in the dark ages and watch DVDS Rose. I can just pause whenever I want or if I’m not going to see it through to the end of the film just leave it in the tray until the following evening.
Not to mention they can be quite collectable! 
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On should never have had time for TV, when in ones “Prime” 
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I remember watching CHIPS before going out on the town.
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Did you feel “Revved Up” when you left the house?
Raring to go.
I had a free TV licence for just over a year, then they decided pensioners should pay again anyway. I was fuming, but have to cough up the money.
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Perhaps the logic is that many pensioners can have a whole day in front of the TV therefore paying the same licence amount as everyone else is actually a bargain. But then that would mean that students and unemployed should actually be paying even more…
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It’s torture. Mrs d00d has Sky News on in every room, except the office suite, where it’s forbidden. 
Rolling news they call it, I haven’t worked out the attraction, one disaster after another. Maybe it’s her way of saying she wants to be taken out for lunch.
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Some of the new news channel broadcasters are quite open about their political leaning, what ever happened to impartiallity 
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Is it just Jeremy Vine who don’t make direct political statememts as a broadcaster?
I’m known for watching a film over two evenings, even three! 
I miss dvds and video cassettes, they give you more of a “real” feeling of watching a movie, appreciate it more, not to mention going out to the video shops to wander around and choose your entertainment for an evening or two. Part of the fun!
I actually bought some adaptors so I can still use our old dvd player and video recorder but I seem to have been infected by the “easy access” bug which is contaminating our society today, too lazy to fiddle about with wiring so I end up just choosing Netflix or Prime, having unfortunately fallen into the trap of being a streaming service subscriber! 
We got rid of Sky, that was much more expensive!
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Yes, watching films in installments has been quite a regular thing for me too… I’ll see if I can break the habit and watch a WHOLE film this evening! I think it might involve laying out a decent array of savoury snacks and a couple of beverages 
Subscriptions can seriously mount up - it’s good to have a mini subscription cull from time to time!
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I’m happy to say I’ve resisted the urge Rose. My reasoning is that because you’re paying to view, one must get value for money and view more often. Paying a licence fee just means it’s there if I want it and being an easily satisfied fellow there is always something on the terrestrial channels of interest. I usually end up falling asleep during a session anyway.
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Absolutely zero TV’s in my home, only internet connected Roku’s playing via HD monitor’s. Its been this way since HS B’band came to my area.
We also have several radio’s but as they do not require a licence, this household has been TV licence free for some time.
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Am with you on that.
Some tv series of, say, 6 episodes could quite easily be shortened down to a 90 min to 2 hour film. So, why not return the favour and turn a film into 5 or 6 episodes? 
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So we’ve heard 
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900 minutes of courtroom drama and much humour!
This was broadcast around lunchtime on TV back in the early 70s. Given some of the content I’d find it hard to imagine this series being shown on the box today…
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I still have a DVD player & lots of DVD’s some never played. Really must start watching them, but its easier to just reach for a book, 
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