Three way tussle for the TV remote

[Nebulous (Chris)]

The AFL season is in full swing. At this time of year my wife can often be found glued to the TV muttering furiously at the screen as the local teams oscillate between victory and defeat.

But it’s July again, so now the footie has a rival for the eyeballs - one we both like to follow - the mighty Tour de France. It now begins at 6.30 and runs through until after midnight or whenever we buckle under the strain and fall asleep...

And if that wasn't enough of a conflict of interest, the dreaded Wimblebonk tennis tournament then begins and two weeks of grassy combat gets under way. Hours and hours of it every day... And she does love a bit of plink-plonk…

I can’t even escape outside to contemplate the stars - we’re in the grip of the wettest local spell for months.

I may have to take up reading again…

Anybody else's household having a similar dilemma??

[doppler (Rick)]

Na, tv's are so cheap these days we have 5, pretty much one in every room lol.
The funny part is I can't stand commercial tv with all the distracting adds so only ever watch the news and a little bit of the ABC.

[Nebulous (Chris)]

Originally Posted by doppler

Na, tv's are so cheap these days we have 5, pretty much one in every room lol.
The funny part is I can't stand commercial tv with all the distracting adds so only ever watch the news and a little bit of the ABC.

Five TVs!

I'm pretty much just an occasional ABC watcher too, for the same reason as you. I prefer to buy a good series on DVD or from iTunes so that we can watch without all the irritating interruptions.

And the Tour de France can be watched on an iPad app all night now, so I can watch that way and leave Mrs C to hop from channel to channel trying to keep up with it all. And she is good enough to wear headphones so that I don't have to listen to the gory details of the latest plucky Aussie being eliminated from the tennis..

[doppler (Rick)]

5 sounds like lot, but 1 big one in the lounge pretty normal. 3 bedrooms 1 smaller one in each (one doubles as a desktop monitor) and one in the kitchen (I watch the news while I am cooking).

[Boozlefoot]

One should seriously consider adapting the TV remote to operate an NEQ mount instead of the TV.

[louie_the_fly (Stew)]

This time of year is a sports lovers dream. I have Fox Sport, so I get all the Footy (overload, if you're into AFL), Test & ODI Cricket, serious motor racing, like F1, WEC, ETCC & Blancpain GT Series. Plus Wimbledon & TDF. Heck, when Le Mans was on, I only left the house once, to go to a mate's place to watch it with him. And if you get sick of sport, there's always Midsomer Murders, Doc Martin, Lewis, & Inspector George Gently.

[Nebulous (Chris)]

Originally Posted by louie_the_fly

This time of year is a sports lovers dream. I have Fox Sport, so I get all the Footy (overload, if you're into AFL), Test & ODI Cricket, serious motor racing, like F1, WEC, ETCC & Blancpain GT Series. Plus Wimbledon & TDF. Heck, when Le Mans was on, I only left the house once, to go to a mate's place to watch it with him. And if you get sick of sport, there's always Midsomer Murders, Doc Martin, Lewis, & Inspector George Gently.

That's some serious dedication!

My wife was impressed by your approach - but thought that your list of whodunnits wasn't quite long enough.... She thinks that it's also worth squeezing in Vera, Shetland, Line of Duty, Death in Paradise, Unforgotten, Silent Witness, Doctor Blake, and Endeavour... plus a few more that we have temporarily forgotten. And of course there's her whodunnit DVD collection for when the TV is failing to deliver. (If I suddenly disappear from this forum it probably means that she's finally seen the plot for the perfect way to bump off a husband... )

It seems it's definitely the time to lay in some decent stocks of beer or wine, put the pizza delivery number on speed dial, light the fire, and dig in for the Winter.