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At last, big brother is facing the axe. ’bout flipping time.

Maybe we can get back to some decent TV like we used to have on Channel 4, like ummmm, I’ll come back to you on that one

Hey wow – since we’ve ended our self-imposed TV embargo I’ve not been posting so much – is it because we’re watching endless hours of TV – no – well mostly…

As with our Heroes catch up the previous weekend we managed to get through 4 episodes of Lost and it actually gets quite exciting again. Some old sub-stories are revisited and some new ones are introduced. Desmond (“alright brother”) has more to say and adds an additional twist!

Other than this we’ve still not watched any “live” TV for the sake of it.

Still reading and PCing and playing with gadgets (more on this later…)

Lorna got her scan on Friday as we are due to be Uncle Bruce and Auntie Lorraine at the end of August – I’ll see about posting a pic here with Lorna and Steven’s permission.

That’s all for now!

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That’s it – the last two days are over and we’ve survived the No TV regime for the whole of February.

There was no desire to stay up until midnight and watch stuff, or to get up and watch breakfast TV for the first time in a month which was good.

Saw Hot Fuzz with the Paul’s last night which was most enjoyable – if a bit gross at times. In fact it was the funniest thing I’d seen in a long time.

I’ve got some Top Gears to catch up on tonight while Lorraine is working so that’ll be the first ‘TV’ – non DVD movie stuff since January!

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Out on Thursday and Saturday evenings so no problems there Lorraine was working on Saturday and it was a reasonable day so I went and got muddy on the bicycle. Heading out to Colinton Dell then up and over the bridge and back via Craiglockhart/Gorgie. Needed to give the bike a good wash and lube so that took up my afternoon.

Sunday Lorraine was working but I strummed guitar, read, cleaned the loos, somehow managed to fill my day until she came home and we had a quiet night in.

Only a couple of days to go before we can start catching up on all the stuff we’ve saved – haven’t checked any of it though so I hope I set it all properly or we’ll have endless hours of bid up TV or QVC recorded…

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Not entirely sure what I’ve done this week instead of watching TV. I did some bicycle maintenance on Wednesday. Consisting of changing brake blocks on the front and adjusting brakes front and rear. Also trued the wheels which is a zen like experience. Getting closer and closer to perfection with lots of tiny adjustments. Quite enjoyable in a strange way.

Only 6 days of no TV to go!!! We’ve been asked what happens come March. Not entirely sure yet. Have vowed to not just switch on the box and watch whats on. Have brekkie/dinner at the table. Only watch what we have decided to watch rather than “just whatever’s on”. We’ve a few things to catch up on too…

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Noticed this article on the Scotsman Website today. (you might have to register a free account to view the whole article)

It tells of the perils of plonking junior down in front of the TV for hours on end. Serious health issues, not least the couch potato factor!

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