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If the Hollywood strike lasts for very long we might all have to start reading again. Won’t hurt us…..
great
Haven’t been to the movies in near 10 years.
Haven’t had network television in my house in 25.
Only reason I’ve ever subscribed to a newspaper was because my wife got a lot more value out of the coupons than the newspaper cost.
If you choose this path, assuming you’re not already on it, be aware that the circle of people that you care to be around it’s going to shrink, and a lot of encounters with people will make you feel like a interplanetary traveler.
Your last paragraph hits home. Then again, in our circle I can’t think of anyone under the age of 55. TV isn’t a ‘big thing’.
From memory it was in ’73 or ’74, a local movie house had a Sunday evening special triple feature, for 50¢. Had to go. “A Fist Full Of Dollars”, “A Few Dollars More” and “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly”. We both had to be at work at 0800 Monday morning. We made it. That’s it for movie going since 1970 when I came to the US.
A couple of years later bought a tape player. First movie, “Blazing Saddles”. The second, “McClintock”. From reviews and comments I read, Hollywood just isn’t making entertaining movies any more. (And country and western music went ‘uptown’ at about the same time.)
Newspapers? We have a local weekly. I think they’ve pushed the price up to 60¢. They have a PDF version on line, no charge.
Books? I haunt thrift stores. Never know what I’ll find next. Several years ago I ran into several books on quilting. Bought them, 69¢ each. We don’t ‘do’ quilting. Read them, then passed them along as birthday and Christmas gifts to friends who are serious quilters. (Annual competition in town, lap size quilts. They’re hung on the city park fence and voted on by the public, including the tourists. Then they’re all sent to the nearest VA hospital.)
Your comment got me to thinking back over a bunch of decades. Thank you.