thats frightening.

what if some kind of state of emergency goes down? do you guys have the old WWII bomb sirens?

I must say that this thread has been and eye opener for me as well. Made me look back when I was a kid the things we did as a family ect. Then as well when my kids were growing up for actually my kids did not and still do not watch much tv.

My son was into sports from the age of 3 at that time we bought our first horse as well that we had for 17 years. With the horses came events of different kinds that we in fact got involved with so our weekends were filled riding and being together as a family. During the week my son was into sporting events as well we had to make. My daughter well she was my little book worm always studying and went with us to the events as well to watch and play with the other kids.

But now my granddaughter is were the eyeopener has come in she is in fact addicted to the tv. I do get her crafts to do and sometimes we do some of them together but I in fact have as well used the tv as a crutch to keep her busy.

You have in fact made me remember back how much my granddaughter is in fact missing out on that family time. The next time she is here I will make that extra effort to go to the park and sit at the table to play some games and shut that tv off.

Excellent post I must say!!!.........

It's horrible!!!

Sometimes I wish I wasn't this damn sexy and people would just leave me alone.

OMG!!! Isn't it just AWFUL when people think you are attractive and might actually want to get to know you???

The utter NERVE of some people to be attracted to someone.

What is this world coming to????

Regardless if it was E-harmony or any other type of site even Books , CD's that you in fact order several of those type of things when you order the service they are stated within the print that they will in fact keep charging your account each month. You have to in fact call and cancel for the service to stop.

Even though E-Harmony happen to be the one you dealt with on this issue it is not uncommon for many services to do the same that is why it is always best to read the fine print and ask questions when you give others the authority to charge your account for their services.

Well folks, it's that time of the day again..............I'm off to slumber land.Night all

We used to sit for hours playing cards and scrabble, my dad worked away lots but at the weekends he was always with us and my kids were sporty so they did not have much time for TV.

I don't mind some communism in my house! Ruthless like that I am.

Here in my country, when the sun comes up, I hide the remote, and unplug the tv...


I can recall in the not so distant past....tv was from 7 am...and closed at 10 pm... all stations...


was that communism?

Hahahah!!!!!!!

No

Once upon a time we had families who sat and played cards, boardgames, had conversations, sat at a table and ate, and when the food was gone, remained at the table...and talked, shared, learnt about life....

Well if the parents do not reinforce that the children get exercise, then it leaves the government not other choice.The British government is spending millions (£) advertising the fact that children need more exercise. Now they have roped in a few athletes to visit schools to promote the need for exercise.

Sommer, my brother-in-law is from your part of the world (Linz)

Admins of few sites banished him but he found way to back . Maybe we'll need in the future IP adress - block buttons .

A U.S. Justice Department report on cyber-stalking issued late last fall suggests that thousands of people may have already become its victims, although the report acknowledges that hard statistics on the crime are difficult to obtain.
This is not some dry statistic . Each one who had/has this problem will tell you how serious is it.
I'm a victim of a stalker who doesn't give up and he makes me feel terrible . I left all sites I like, I changed, blocked and reported all I can change, block and report but he finds me again and again . I changed everything like data, information and style about me but ... most of the new friends don't want to talk to me, taking me for some faker or scammer until they slowly slowly get me better . I know that this sounds crazy and foolish that someone can have such problem but this is really terrible for me and ppl like me .Not only me but he bothers my friends also . They stand by me but I don't feel well from all this .
Have you been a victim of these ppl ? How you succeed to get rid of your stalkers and how do you react in these cases ? What is the best to stop their abuse ?

Ditto....

I'm sorry for the time it took me to rply to various views............. I dined with my children today, and just got back.

My view on this is We are all at fault! I was raised to believe that the rearing of a child or children is down to the "village" e.g, extended family! As a child I had various aunts and uncles that my mother could call on at anytime to babysit. Gone are the days when neighbours were helpful and we all looked out for each other, I do despair at the state of our society when we no longer care about each other.

This aside, the system has been failing our youngsters for many years, we have social workers who are clearly not experienced in their jobs ( yet they hold the key to making decisions that will affect countless numbers of people) You only have to look at past cases where Social Services messed up to realise that once someone assumes the position of a Social Worker they cease to let the milk of human kindness and common sense flow.Most of these "professionals" have the right qualifications for the job on paper but when it comes down to the wire, they fail!! They need to look at each case as an individual case and stop placing everyone under the same umbrella (no two families are alike) it is time these people started thinking outside of the box!!

Look beyond this young woman's "crime" and start asking questions, as some of the respondents to this post have quite rightly said, she may be going through some emotional trauma which is causing her to think irrationally............

Agreed...but unfortunately, at least from what I see, if the TV was turned off, there's always the XBox & other games...or playing around on the computer...a lot of kids these days don't KNOW HOW to play outside! You could give them a ball, a kite, & a paper airplane & they'd STILL be looking for the remote control...

But I'm not gonna just blame it on lazy kids...the parents are ultimately responsible for their sedentary lifestyle... The TV & computers have become the babysitters, teachers, & playmates...& they wonder why the rate of obesity is higher in the US among children than elsewhere...

anything that drags ppl away from mind numbing tv must be good surely?

In more ways then one....I'm sure their intentions were meant good by doing that. But...........they did not put enough thought into it like you said what about the elderly or the ones that are bed ridding, handicap that can not in fact get out much guess they expect them to read if they can.

With my kids I did not buy all the video game equipment therefore they did tend to go outside more. It comes down to what we put before them as parents where they tend to put there minds at.

I mean we had movies and some indoor games but as well had all the outside stuff to they enjoyed.

dang your from Austria and your english is this good...wow,kudos to you