Hi everyone, I'm new to this site so I'm sorry if this topic has already been posted - I did a search and couldn't find it. I'd like electricity-free ideas of things to do instead of watching the tv!
1. Plant some seeds
2. Talk to someone you love
101 things to do instead of watching television
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mrsmiggins
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ina
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Re: 101 things to do instead of watching television
HI MrsMiggins - and welcome!
I don't have telly - so everything I do would come under this heading!
I don't have telly - so everything I do would come under this heading!
Ina
I'm a size 10, really; I wear a 20 for comfort. (Gina Yashere)
I'm a size 10, really; I wear a 20 for comfort. (Gina Yashere)
Re: 101 things to do instead of watching television
I temporarily have a tv but hadn't had one before that for 5 years and this one is going in a couple of weeks as I never watch it.
Here are a few more although they might require some light to see what you are doing but they don't need any more electricity.
3. Read a book
4. Make something
5. Play a board game
Here are a few more although they might require some light to see what you are doing but they don't need any more electricity.
3. Read a book
4. Make something
5. Play a board game
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Re: 101 things to do instead of watching television
We got rid of our telly too
6. Knit/crochet
7. Walk the dog
8. Write letters
6. Knit/crochet
7. Walk the dog
8. Write letters
"It's breaking the circle.
Going to work, to get money, to translate into things, which you use up, which means you go to work again, etc, etc.
The Norm.
What we should be doing is working at the job of life itself."
- Tom Good, The Good Life.
Going to work, to get money, to translate into things, which you use up, which means you go to work again, etc, etc.
The Norm.
What we should be doing is working at the job of life itself."
- Tom Good, The Good Life.
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mrsmiggins
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Re: 101 things to do instead of watching television
Hello! I'm definitely heading in that direction, I'm sick of my tv and the way it eats my time!ina wrote:HI MrsMiggins - and welcome!
I don't have telly - so everything I do would come under this heading!
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Re: 101 things to do instead of watching television
we have a TV but the nearest I get is to dust it - it's rarely on out of football season
9. Sew
10. card and pre draft fleece Spin
11. Weave
12. read
13. Chat
14. chat online
15. listen to radio
9. Sew
10. card and pre draft fleece Spin
11. Weave
12. read
13. Chat
14. chat online
15. listen to radio
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Re: 101 things to do instead of watching television
Hi and welcome
getting a cuddle off old tree lady
reading mossflower (brian jacques)
getting a cuddle off old tree lady
reading mossflower (brian jacques)
Respect to all, be kind to all and you shall reap what you sow.
old tree man,
aka..... Russ
old tree man,
aka..... Russ
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Re: 101 things to do instead of watching television
18. write a poem or story
19. learn to play an instrument
20. invent a game! (we did this on holiday once and it was heaps of fun)
19. learn to play an instrument
20. invent a game! (we did this on holiday once and it was heaps of fun)
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Re: 101 things to do instead of watching television
Rosendula wrote:I can't believe no-one said it yet
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Re: 101 things to do instead of watching television
Hee hee!Rosendula wrote:I can't believe no-one said it yet
21.
22. Sit in the garden with friends drinking homebrew
23. Play table tennis with your family on your dining table
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Re: 101 things to do instead of watching television
andRosendula wrote:I can't believe no-one said it yet
21.
if you are lucky 
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Re: 101 things to do instead of watching television
24. Do a crossword and/or Sudoku
http://chateaumoorhen.blogspot.com/boboff wrote:Oh and just for MMM,(thanks)
Re: 101 things to do instead of watching television
27. Visit a friend
28. Go for a run / hike / cycle
29. bake
30. housework - lol, who am i kidding
31. make endless lists of all the things you need to do around the house/ garden etc (then lose them so's you can repeat this endlessly
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28. Go for a run / hike / cycle
29. bake
30. housework - lol, who am i kidding
31. make endless lists of all the things you need to do around the house/ garden etc (then lose them so's you can repeat this endlessly
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Re: 101 things to do instead of watching television
Unless watching football, then t.v. is a large dust-trap.
it's either one or the other, or neither of the two.