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- From: andy@osea.demon.co.uk (Andrew Haveland-Robinson)
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- Subject: Re: Telly Addicts
- References: <C1F7H9.7rq@fulcrum.co.uk>
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:00:20 +0000
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- In article <C1F7H9.7rq@fulcrum.co.uk> rct@fulcrum.co.uk (Richard Taylor) writes:
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- >In article <C1F498.IJG@brunel.ac.uk> cs89rdb@brunel.ac.uk (Roger D Binns) writes:
- >>David Wilkinson (davidw@fulcrum.co.uk) wrote:
- >>: According to a survey in this week's Radio Times, 15% of those
- >>: questioned wouldn't give up watching TV in exchange for a million
- >>: pounds.
- >>
- >>If you mean never look at a TV screen that is on (ie no videos, games, etc
- >>etc), then it becomes a quality of life issue. I would find it hard to
- >>live without DTDD, although a million pounds and the soundtrack would be a
- > ^^^^
- >
- >Not knowing what this is, I could rather easily live without it. In
- >fact I could happily live without acronyms and mnemonics altogether.
- >Now, if you asked me to give up the net, I think I could be bribed for
- >about a grand. I'm waiting...
-
- DTDD = Drop The Dead Donkey??
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- If I was offered a million to give up computing, I'd have to refuse it
- I'm afraid... I could quite easily give up TV for the price of a cup of
- tea though... :-)
-
- I'd like to think it reflects my earning potential over the next few years!
-
- Andy.
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