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    #1

    TV, add and kids ...

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3603235.stm

    Not that I'm not taking this one seriosly, as I reckon too much of anything is a bad thing and using the telly as a babysitter is a bit of a cop out.

    But FFS, I'm pretty sure most of us posting on this board grew up watching telly at under 2, with parents who smoked and drank when they were preggers and smoked in the house as well.

    And you know what, most of us are ok.
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    Hmm.

    Trust me for grabbing the most read bit from beeb. Article is 6 years old, sure all the kids involved in that one are well and truly FUBAR'd by now.
    Hang on - there is actually a place called Cheddar?? - cailin maith

    Any forum is a collection of assorted weirdos, cranks and pervs - Board Game Geek

    That will be a simply fab time to catch up for a beer. - Tay

    Have you ever seen somebody lick the chutney spoon in an Indian Restaurant and put it back ? - Cyberghoul

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      #3
      I watched lots of TV as a kid and it never did any harm to my short term memory, attention span, or my short term memory.
      Will work inside IR35. Or for food.

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        #4
        At least nowadays, kids have 52" widescreen TVs to watch, so they don't sit so close.

        In my day, we sat (literally) 50cm away from the TV because it was so small.

        Can't have done our eyes much good staring at a screen so close all day.

        Wait a minute, isn't that what we currently do all day at work....?

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          #5
          Originally posted by bobhope View Post
          At least nowadays, kids have 52" widescreen TVs to watch, so they don't sit so close.

          In my day, we sat (literally) 50cm away from the TV because it was so small.

          Can't have done our eyes much good staring at a screen so close all day.

          Wait a minute, isn't that what we currently do all day at work....?
          I know one who has one 50+" in her bedroom, and another in her room at boarding school.
          Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
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            #6
            Originally posted by VectraMan View Post
            I watched lots of TV as a kid and it never did any harm to my short term memory, attention span, or my short term memory.

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              #7
              We didn't have a telly until I was 4, and then a colour one when I was twelve - we were not allowed to sit too close - my dad used to rant and rave about x-rays coming out of it - ironically he and my Mum used to smoke at least 20 a day each

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                Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View Post
                We didn't have a telly until I was 4, and then a colour one when I was twelve - we were not allowed to sit too close - my dad used to rant and rave about x-rays coming out of it - ironically he and my Mum used to smoke at least 20 a day each
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                Hang on - there is actually a place called Cheddar?? - cailin maith

                Any forum is a collection of assorted weirdos, cranks and pervs - Board Game Geek

                That will be a simply fab time to catch up for a beer. - Tay

                Have you ever seen somebody lick the chutney spoon in an Indian Restaurant and put it back ? - Cyberghoul

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                  #9
                  OT, but it reminds me that this morning there was a girl smoking a spliff while waiting for the tram.
                  Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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