Maybe You Could Read a Book?

Link to July 8 Tech Trader Daily post, "Americans Watching More TV Than Ever, Neilsen Says".

Excerpt:

The more things change, the more they stay the same: Americans in May watched more hours of television than ever before, according to Nielsen.

In May, Nielsen reports, the average American watched 127 hours and 15 minutes of television, which comes to something just over 4 hours a day. That’s up 4% from 121 hours, 48 minutes in May 2007.

The highest level of television watching was among those age 65 or older, with 177 hours, 50 minutes of watching in May. The average for kids 2-11 was 87 hours a month. (Retiring Guy plans to buck this trend.)

I have to share the first two comments to this post.

Well, duh! With gas prices the way they are, it not at all surprising that more folks are staying home and watching TV.

With the economy like it is, what else is there to do but stay home and watch TV???? What else can we afford to do?

Call me old-fashioned, but you can certainly afford to visit your public library once or twice a month and check out some books to read.