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Old 31-10-2009, 11:00 AM
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Yes well....you can't watch cricket in a book can you? lol

I turned to books as well only cos there was sweet FA on the TV....sick of reality shows, sick of medical shows, sick of CSI shows.......
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Old 31-10-2009, 08:12 PM
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In Year 7 my English teacher gave the class The Hobbit to read and I became a lifelong Tolkienophile. I've read LOTR >20 times and still enjoy it (Ok that is obsessive). Some of my friends read it to their children when they were <10 and they loved it. In one case a 9yo read the last book by himself because dad was going too slow.
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Old 31-10-2009, 08:19 PM
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The best thing I did with my TV was to install a set top box that can record.
I no longer waste time in front of the TV waiting for the one program I really want to see (aren't that many), I just set up the box to records what I want to see.

I can spend time in the evening doing something constructive and maybe one or two nights a week, vege out in front of the TV to catch up.
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Old 31-10-2009, 08:48 PM
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I'm so happy, I just had to share this.
My boys have had no TV for the last week.
Do you know what they're doing instead?
READING!!
This morning, driving them to school, both had their heads buried in their BOOKS!!
This is a real turn around for Jack, who has never shown any real interest in the written word.
He's really enjoying the Andy McNab novels.
Tom is right into the Harry Potter series.
No TeleVue eyepieces? That's a bit harsh Jeanette

Harry Potter is awesome - very well written, superb story, excellent morals. Ignore what the Vatican has said about these books - they are a great read.

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Old 31-10-2009, 10:52 PM
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I'm a Harry fan myself.
I love nothing more than to have a HP marathon. Either watching all the movies in one go or reading all the books one after the other.
She's made a wonderful fantasy world to retreat into.
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Old 01-11-2009, 12:04 AM
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I'm a Harry fan myself.
I love nothing more than to have a HP marathon. Either watching all the movies in one go or reading all the books one after the other.
She's made a wonderful fantasy world to retreat into.
Yup, but she's also mixed mythology into the story (the hallows), and her characters are very real, or at least the way that she intertwines them into the story arc. Few authors manage to involve the reader with the characters in such a way imho.

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Old 01-11-2009, 06:57 AM
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I know of 2 other male members on this forum who are "into" HP.
Like eating CoCo Pops for breakfast, it's nothing to be ashamed of.
It's a darn good read. No boring bits.
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Old 01-11-2009, 01:18 PM
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oooh, I wonder who they are!

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Old 01-11-2009, 04:40 PM
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I'm not at liberty to divulge that information.
But both live in SEQ.
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Old 01-11-2009, 05:09 PM
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hahaha. There's nothing to be ashamed of in being a Harry Potter fan. Along with the Lord of the rings and the Earthsea trilogy, it's one of the premiere works of fantasy of the 20th century imho.

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it's not the television that is to blame, it's what parents allow kids to watch. 2nd behind the internet it can be a great learning tool.
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Old 01-11-2009, 05:28 PM
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The key is moderation Mick.
(except when it comes to chocolate mud cake of course)
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Old 01-11-2009, 06:09 PM
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I did that a few weeks ago, didn't you notice my absence.
I cheated only a little bit. I went once to an internet cafe and had a 15 minute fix.
And one very kind IIS member rang me up and gave me all the gossip I was missing out on. You know, what new goodies are in the Buy and Sell, the news about WiFi etc We junkies understand each others needs.
Yes i noticed you wernt here JJJ

Good work on getting the kids to read, my wont have a bar of it either
I was going to trick them and say the TV is playing up but that wouldnt work as i have 4 TV's in the house plus a theatre room I cant say they are all broken
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Old 01-11-2009, 06:34 PM
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Easy fix Jen, just cut the cable.
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well done - my daughter can go through a harry potter in a day. my son - could take a long time he doesnt read very much yet - drag him kicking and screaming LOL
David,
Go to an OP Shop and buy a large format Atlas.
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I couldn't get my son to open a book, but now! And remember, Reading is a habit..
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Old 01-11-2009, 07:29 PM
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A great lead-out from Harry Potter would have to be the Narnia series from C.S.Lewis, yes a little older in values, but so are the kids.

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