Dotsie, good question, concerning tv and how many sets we own. It started me thinking...I have always had my prejudice against television. I recall that when I was raising my girls, we had one large portable televsion, that sat on a wooden wheeled stand, in the family room. It was the only tv in the house. It's designated space was the corner of that room, pushed back, out of the way. One had to pull it out, to situate it for viewing from the couch and arm chairs. The room was dominated by filled bookcases, a large terrarium, and at one end of the room was a large table, with chairs. This table was our craft area, for myself and my girls, and for my Girl Scout Troops. The television was rarely turned on during the day. My husband would enjoy watching some programs in the evening, while I and the girls were otherwise occupied there in the family room. Remember those misty, long-gone days, when almost anything you had on the boob-tube could be viewed, or heard, by your children, especially before say nine o'clock?

Today, we have one television in our home. It's used for the most part for film viewing, and I enjoy video games. I do catch programs on the Discovery and History channels, and I have always been a Masterpiece Theatre fan.

I've realized just thinking about it now, my daughters' homes are over-tvd. The eldest daughter's home has four sets, one in each of three bedrooms, and one in the family room. My youngest daughter has three, one in the living room, one in the master-bedroom, and one in my granddaughter's room. This multi-tv thingy they did not learn from me. I do recall when having more than one television was looked at as some sort of 'status' symbol. That trend is still around, just a bit tweaked. Now, it's having the latest in technology, largest possible screen, separate expensive sound system, that feeds the 'status' symbol ego.

Something I'd like to pass along, concerning the quality of programming, the lack of intelligence displayed. I mentioned to a friend how much I do not like television, and she told me she didn't care what was on. After a day of work, she liked to sit in front of the set and just veg. She said she didn't want to HAVE to think. Maybe she summed it all up, with that statement.