What did you so before daytime tele? I asked this of some friends of mine of a similar age to me. And would you believe it, we all did housework bits, mostly ironing.
I realised that I did the same and also in summer I did the garden. There wasn't day time tele, in fact I didn't know there was any, some time in the 1980's, I remember my DD coming home from UNI and wanting to watch Neighbours, it was on TV during the day.
But I still didn't watch TV during the day. Once I started teaching, full time work took up my time and in the evenings, I marked books and did my lesson planning.
But in lockdown we watched a lot of tele, and since then, I like to watch some afternoon programmes like 'Escape to the Country' And we binge some films on wet afternoons.. and I read.
And that's what I realised I never did during the day years ago, I didn't sit down and read during the day. I felt guilty if I sat down to read? Can you believe that, I didn't read during the day? What a waste of reading time!
All those years I could have been reading; these days I read all the time!
What do you do in an afternoon, housework, garden, or going out?
Do you read during the day? At the moment I'm reading this book...
6 comments:
We rarely watch television in the afternoon and it feels indulgent if we do, so we enjoy it then. We read, write, play with the dogs, garden.
I read at various times of the day, between other activities. I have the tv on in the afternoon but it’s background noise usually.
I do whatever there is to be done. It might be housework, ironing, out with a friend, reading and watching telly, shopping. It all depends.
I've never really been into afternoon tele, if I put the television on during the day it's to watch YouTube videos while I eat my lunch. I had only watched Escape to the Country a couple of times and then we were asked to be on it as 'the experts' showing the potential house buyers how to keep pigs, so I watched a couple more to try to get used the various hosts.
I do read during the day if I sit quietly for a while with a coffee, but the rest of the time I'm working on the computer or proof reading work documents.
I think the only time I watched daytime TV was in the few months before I gave birth to D in 1991. It's usually after 6pm before it goes on these days. If I'm not gardening or crafting I might be reading or occasionally doing some housework in the daytime:-)
Hello! The book looks good! I find I don't watch much afternoon television until about 4:00 P.M. My daughter and I like watching old game shows as well as some new ones. Reading is my favorite, though. I always have a book... or three...around!
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