I'm embarassed to say it, but I've been out of the loop! For the last few years, I've lived in areas where tv/radio reception is non-exhistant, the newspapers are a joke, and I could never see getting cable just because I don't watch enough of it to warrant it, but after an incident with this sniper thing (me at friend's house going "huh? someone got shot?" on victim 5...) it was decided for me that I need to be 'connected'.

Yesterday afternoon, a few friends came over and dished me up! Problem being, I haven't got a clue as to what is out there, and no inclination to try and hunt things out. (I sat for about 15 minutes with the remote, humming Springsteen's "57 Channels and nuthin' on")

What do you watch? Are the 'music channels' really music or just ads? News channels? What would you miss if you were stranded on a desert isle?

JenEllen

**PS of a heartfelt thank-you to folks like Dharmabum and katlaughing/Rog who did heavy time on their VCR's to help keep my head above water in the pre-TV days!**