skymama 37 #1 October 15, 2009 This question is geared mostly to when you're eating dinner with your family members. Do you keep the tv on? Is it on it the background while you're at the table or do you sit at the couch and eat on trays? What do you usually end up watching?She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Southern_Man 0 #2 October 15, 2009 sometimes w/ my kids in front of a movie on Pizza night (Fridays). By myself, I almost never watch TV but eat a lot of meals in front of the computer."What if there were no hypothetical questions?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kbordson 8 #3 October 15, 2009 My husband has tinnitus so he likes having background noise to drown the ringing. We typically have the TV in the dining area on... and usually watch it. But, we don't have cable, so if there isn't anything really on basic programming, then we either let it just babble in the background or turn to HULU Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yoink 321 #4 October 15, 2009 Never with family, usually on my own. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #5 October 15, 2009 Only sometimes. Since my girl(s) have been old enough to sit up and eat on their own, we have made it a point to eat together as a family at the dining table, no TV. I don't want my kids to think TV is their family."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orchid 0 #6 October 15, 2009 Quote This question is geared mostly to when you're eating dinner with your family members. Do you keep the tv on? Is it on it the background while you're at the table or do you sit at the couch and eat on trays? What do you usually end up watching? For us, at dinner time...tv's off....everyone at the dinner table, so I can interrogate...oops I mean, check with my kids about their day/school/homework. We discuss things that happened throughout our day. After dinner, they help me clean up...then they can resume their activities. "Love is doing small things with great love." Lacrosse: Legally beating men with sticks since 1492 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d_squared431 0 #7 October 15, 2009 We always eat at the table and have the catch up time about the day and so on. Sometimes the tv is on. Having an 8yr old, he is a messy eater and there is no way he is eating anywhere but the table.. I swear he eats non stop cause only a 1/3 of the food ever maks it in his mouth. The rest is on the floor by his chair. TPM Sister#130ONTIG#1 I love vodka.I love vodka cause it rhymes with Tuaca~LisaH You having a clean thought is like billyvance having a clean post.iluvtofly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #8 October 15, 2009 Quote We always eat at the table and have the catch up time about the day and so on. Sometimes the tv is on. Having an 8yr old, he is a messy eater and there is no way he is eating anywhere but the table.. I swear he eats non stop cause only a 1/3 of the food ever maks it in his mouth. The rest is on the floor by his chair. That is why my mom always used a shower curtain on the floor and set my high chair in the middle of it. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d_squared431 0 #9 October 15, 2009 Quote Quote We always eat at the table and have the catch up time about the day and so on. Sometimes the tv is on. Having an 8yr old, he is a messy eater and there is no way he is eating anywhere but the table.. I swear he eats non stop cause only a 1/3 of the food ever maks it in his mouth. The rest is on the floor by his chair. That is why my mom always used a shower curtain on the floor and set my high chair in the middle of it. LMAO!! TPM Sister#130ONTIG#1 I love vodka.I love vodka cause it rhymes with Tuaca~LisaH You having a clean thought is like billyvance having a clean post.iluvtofly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shah269 0 #10 October 15, 2009 The wife and I eat dinner while watching the evening news. It can take us up to an hour or an hour and a half to actually eat what's on our plate.Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harmless 0 #11 October 15, 2009 Quote This question is geared mostly to when you're eating dinner with your family members. Do you keep the tv on? Is it on it the background while you're at the table or do you sit at the couch and eat on trays? What do you usually end up watching? In front of the TV, next to the computer. Every night that I don't go out to eat. What family? "Damn you Gravity, you win again" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BDashe 0 #12 October 15, 2009 Quote The wife and I eat dinner while watching the evening news. It can take us up to an hour or an hour and a half to actually eat what's on our plate. Someone married you? The poor guy.So there I was... Making friends and playing nice since 1983 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuckyMcSwervy 0 #13 October 15, 2009 Quote Quote The wife and I eat dinner while watching the evening news. It can take us up to an hour or an hour and a half to actually eat what's on our plate. Someone married you? The poor guy. Always be kinder than you feel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mutumbo 0 #14 October 15, 2009 Quote Quote This question is geared mostly to when you're eating dinner with your family members. Do you keep the tv on? Is it on it the background while you're at the table or do you sit at the couch and eat on trays? What do you usually end up watching? In front of the TV, next to the computer. Every night that I don't go out to eat. What family? yeah same here, if im not eating out which is about 90% of the time. hooray for the single college student lifestyle, or something like that. . .Thanatos340(on landing rounds)-- Landing procedure: Hand all the way up, Feet and Knees Together and PLF soon as you get bitch slapped by a planet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harmless 0 #15 October 15, 2009 Single Military... but I stopped eating out as much a couple years ago, (but its still 5-10 meals a week) Mostly as a way of being healthier and spending more money on skydiving. Plus since moving to the south all my friends live at least 30 minutes away, so I only see them on the weekends."Damn you Gravity, you win again" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mutumbo 0 #16 October 15, 2009 QuoteSingle Military... but I stopped eating out as much a couple years ago, (but its still 5-10 meals a week) Mostly as a way of being healthier and spending more money on skydiving. Plus since moving to the south all my friends live at least 30 minutes away, so I only see them on the weekends. yeah im cutting back on the eating out, its getting expensive and untill i find a damn job i need to live as cheaply as humanly possible. and being healthy is always a plus.Thanatos340(on landing rounds)-- Landing procedure: Hand all the way up, Feet and Knees Together and PLF soon as you get bitch slapped by a planet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmytavino 16 #17 October 15, 2009 yes..... sometimes the News, sometimes Cash Cab sometimes Seinfeld Re-runssometimes all 3..jmy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 851 #18 October 15, 2009 I can't get the plate to stay on her back! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vdschoor 0 #19 October 15, 2009 Nope, the TV is on during cookin.. and after dinner.. During dinner, it gets turned off.. unless I'm eating alone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #20 October 15, 2009 Yes, and breakfast. It is virtually the only time we watch. It is always something DVRd. We have a perfectly beautiful dining room with great, natural light, views, etc. that makes for a great craft & game table. Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #21 October 15, 2009 Quote Do you keep the tv on? Is it on it the background while you're at the table or do you sit at the couch and eat on trays? When I am doing anything--unloading groceries, doing crafts, etc.--I keep it on the music channel--mostly classical (I admit to loving classical music). When I eat breakfast, or we eat dinner, we eat sitting on the floor. I don't know why; we have plenty of places to sit. I just always have. I have also always eaten a bagel for breakfast (these days a whole wheat bagel with all natural peanut-butter). I am a creature of habit. No matter where I go, no matter what I do, my breakfast bagel and my dinner-on-the-floor feels like home. Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tigra 0 #22 October 15, 2009 No kids and no place to sit and eat in the kitchen. Yes, normally I eat dinner in front of the tv or computer unless its a special meal- then we'll use the dining room, turn the TV off and maybe play some music in the background. I cook most of the "big" meals at home- holidays, entertaining, etc...... If I put that much effort into dinner, people are going to sit together and enjoy it! When I was a kid we always ate dinner at the kitchen table as a family, no tv, and we had to ask to be excused when we were done. The dining room was for holidays. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bolas 5 #23 October 15, 2009 T? V? Como es? In front of the computer, yep. At Easter my dad wanted to watch TV (golf) during Easter dinner. Tha of course led to a fight between us. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiverbry 0 #24 October 15, 2009 Sometimes.Depends on what time of the evening it is. Bry-------------------------------------------------- Growing old is mandatory.Growing up is optional!! D.S.#13(Dudeist Skdiver) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
topdocker 0 #25 October 15, 2009 Lets see... Leave work at 6, pick up daughter at volleyball practice, get home at 7:15 to 7:30. Feed 20 goats, herd daughter toward doing homework, sort mail, check messages, check in with wife, play with dogs, see if cats are around. Fix whatever is on list for most essential project, help wife start dinner, help more if she needs it. It's 8:30 or so and we might sit down for dinner, so yeah, I've got the TV on, because after dinner its dishes homwork and chores. By 10:00, our place is a graveyard. Gotta be up by 6 to feed goats again. We used to sit down at the table to eat, but our days are just too long. Besides, we all talk over the TV. the tv is where we gather, not why we gather. topJump more, post less! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
