Theme for October 23 - Rules of Distraction - how to live without TV?

Hi Everyone,

the theme is

“Rules of Distraction - how to live without TV?”

1) How much power (or how little) do you have when it comes to resisting the urge of channel endless surfing?
2) How many times have you seen the re-runs of your favourite sitcom?

I have lived without television for years, precisely because the answer to the first question is MICROSCOPIC, and the answer to the second one is LOST COUNT AT 15, so I had  to go COLD TURKEY.  I hope to hear about
1) your coping strategies,
2)your methods to fight TV addictions (if those apply)
3)the show you find the hardest to resist,
4) what is the longest time you have lived without TV - did you really think you lost anything by not having it?
5) any horror stories (the juicier, the better) related to relationship/marital breakup over who gets to control the remote (major relationship breaker, I am told), nearly missed childhood fratricide over conflicting TV schedules (e.g. “Mom, my brother won’t give me back the remote”, or “Mom, my sister wants to watch girlie shows during Superbowl/NBA/NHL finals”) and suchlike.

It’s time for full disclosure…
Sinisa