Do you watch TV while hubbing?

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   Ultimate Hubberposted 13 years ago

   I do!

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      emievilposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Uhm no. I play online games instead .

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      vox vocisposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I usually do...or I listen to music. My dear husband is watching a DVD concert now - Rammstein is the name of the group (it is not metal, not hardrock, I don't know what it is). They are famous in America, too (although they "sing" in German). The arena in France is full to the top...and I am wondering how can these people like this music???

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         Ultimate Hubberposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Hahaha, I think same about some music and don't get how people can even listen to it. Then I tell me that some people might have same views about the kind of music I listen to.

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      ImChemistposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I cant focus on hubbing while i watch TV but i like to hear music .

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         Ultimate Hubberposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Do you have another account here?

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      caycoltkenposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I love to watch t.v. and hub.Eat also multitasking at it`s finest
      I just need to learn how to spell.
      
      If anybody has any plumbing or heating questions .
      I love to help people out

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   Cagsilposted 13 years ago

   Watching TV dulls brain cells.
   
   So, no I do not. Besides, even with 300 channels, there is never anything good on.

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      Ultimate Hubberposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Now I know why I couldn't think of a topic to write yesterday.
      
      Just switched my TV off. haha!

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      lorlie6posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      So why on earth do you even have a TV, Cags?   And if you've 300 channels, that's cable you pay for, right?
      
      Anyhow, yes, I have TV on low volume just for company during the day, though I couldn't tell you what's on...background noise, I suppose.

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         Cagsilposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Hey Lorlie, I don't live alone, so I have a TV with Cable.

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            lorlie6posted 13 years agoin reply to this

            AHA!  I don't know why, but I've always assumed you were a single guy.  Why do folks-like me for instance-do this?  Assume.  I imagine it's a way to categorize people in one's memory.  Any psychologists in the house?

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               Cagsilposted 13 years agoin reply to this

               Hey Lorlie, again you assume too much. I am single, but I do not live alone.

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                  lorlie6posted 13 years agoin reply to this

                  Yep, Cags, you're right!

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                     Cagsilposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                     But, it's nice to see you anyways Lorlie.

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                        lorlie6posted 13 years agoin reply to this

                        Thx, I started a thread about assumptions-sort of-since this came up with you.  No bites yet.

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      camloposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      We used to only have three or four channels here and there was always something good to watch. Now that we have countless channels, there's rarely anything worth watching. Ironic.

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   evvy_09posted 13 years ago

   Yep, might be why I take so long to finish a hub.  My husband has Family Guy on netflix right now.  I hate the show but I'm still watching it.
   I resent that Cagsil my brain cells are shiny and pretty.  Nice to see you back in the forums.

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      Cagsilposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Hey Evvy, have you seen your brain cells recently? And, if so, how did you get them shiny and pretty?
      
      Nice to see you again Evvy and it's nice to be seen too.

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         evvy_09posted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Gamers just have shiny and pretty brain cells....Barcardi helps too

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   warchild75posted 13 years ago

   Not a chance,dont get me wrong i love my tv but i cant concentrate,so my laptop is at the breakfast bar in the kitchen and i do most of my work there,i get 2 days off in the week so i tend to have those days to myself which makes it nice to work on hubs then.

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      Ultimate Hubberposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      No doubt about the concentration thing.... But you can watch TV while in forums as forums don't require much concentration.

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         warchild75posted 13 years agoin reply to this

         yeah i tend to do that if the wife is on one laptop i'll take the other one in the living room and have the tv on low while on the forums

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   Mark Ewbieposted 13 years ago

   I don't watch TV.  Hubbing is better than TV.  Internet is better than TV.  Pretty much anything is better than TV.  What Cagsil said - 300 channels of garbage.

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   evvy_09posted 13 years ago

   I don't waste money on cable, just internet, xbox and netflix

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      Abbasangelposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Don't you get free to air tv?

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         evvy_09posted 13 years agoin reply to this

         yep but always found myself bored with the shows on lately and wandered off to do something else unproductive. 
         Same with going to the movie theater,  2 or 3 hours is a long time to have to sit in the dark and hopefully no screaming kids are there.   
           Netflix and video games takes care of my entertainment needs.    You can have dinner and a movie at home for the same cost as two tickets and a large soda at the theater.

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      David 470posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      evvvy_09, yeah I am not a big fan of tv on comparison to internet and videogames, playing guitar etc.
      
      Tv, in my opinion is not as good. I watch tv when I am going to sleep mostly.

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   Ultimate Hubberposted 13 years ago

   So Cags, you back to the forums? When are you going to have a break again? After 100,000 forum posts?

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      Cagsilposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Yes, I'm back. For many different reasons.
      It won't be for a while, so I wouldn't put a number of posts on it.

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   JD Barlowposted 13 years ago

   No way. I can not concentrate on my work with the TV on.

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   Abbasangelposted 13 years ago

   Yes mostly!! Sometimes I turn it off!! But then I watch my cat...

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      Ultimate Hubberposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Sometimes its good to have some distractions around.

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         Abbasangelposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Yes it can be and then some days I just wish I would focus, when I find the answer to helping focus, I have a half written hub on the fact!! ha ha!

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    Uninvited Writerposted 13 years ago

    My TV is usually on in the background unless I am writing.

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       ssaulposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       yep my television always has to be on, since my toddler have to watch cartoons, it drives me nuts but what else can i do! lol

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    shoganposted 13 years ago

    UH, I watch tv, too.  Often it's on in the background when I'm trying to write.  Then I wonder why I'm having trouble coming up with an idea.

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    BRIAN SLATERposted 13 years ago

    No I can't, it must be a man thing, I cant do two things at once-i leave the multi-tasking to my other half.

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       gypsumgirlposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       There is actually some truth to the gender thing....brain research shows that females tend to be able to multi-task more successfully than men.  However, there are always exceptions. 

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    TamCorposted 13 years ago

    I usually hand write my hubs first before I put them online, so I sometimes take my clipboard upstairs to our bedroom, turn the TV on, and read my notes and write during commercials, lol...

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    SomewayOuttaHereposted 13 years ago

    ...no...music only...

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    camloposted 13 years ago

    When I'm at home, I almost always have the TV on, but never actually watch it. I find TV so boring for most of the time, it never disturbs my concentration when I'm doing something else, like Hubbing.

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    Aya Katzposted 13 years ago

    No. I don't have any TV reception. When I do watch movies on DVD in the evening, I like to pay attention to what I watch.

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    kimberlyslyricsposted 13 years ago

    always or stereo
    
    hi cag's good to see you
    
    

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       Ultimate Hubberposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       That's like a gud gurl!

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    mabrurahmedposted 13 years ago

    I want to concentrate on hubbing. so not.....

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    KristenGraceposted 13 years ago

    Yup.  Watch TV or listen to my ipod.

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    Pcunixposted 13 years ago

    What's a TV?
    
    Oh, you mean that thing we watch Netflix on?
    
    Sure.. why not?

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       lorlie6posted 13 years agoin reply to this

       You crafty writer you! 
                              Such understatement! 
                                                   I am most impressed!

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          Pcunixposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          Truthfully, my wife gets annoyed if I use my iPad while watching TV. 
          
          Unless she wants me to look up something, of course.
          
          The most common thing I'm apt to be doing is playing Scrabble, not hubbing.
          
          We seldom use the TV for anything but Netflix, though.  Wednesday nights we watch Modern Family and we do  watch Dancing with the Stars when that is on, but not much else regularly.  My wife likes Desperate Housewives, which I will watch with her to keep her company, but I do not like it.

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             lorlie6posted 13 years agoin reply to this

             You are the master of those FB games, that's for sure.  Pcunix slaughtered me in both Scrabble and Lexulous.  We didn't even complete games since I was incredibly far from success.
             I bow to your superiority in this matter, dear Pcunix!   But watch out for my superiority-it's everywhere!

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                Pcunixposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                I have noticed

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                Uninvited Writerposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                Have you tried Word Twist? I love that game

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    Rafiniposted 13 years ago

    Usually not - I usually turn the laptop off when I want to do something else.
    
    
    When I do attempt to watch TV & hub at the same time, the TV loses my attention.

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    DzyMsLizzyposted 13 years ago

    Nope.  Our TV is at the other end of the house!  Besides, I can't stand daytime TV, so I never watch it anyway until after dinner.
    
    I do, however, bounce back and forth multi-tasking between multiple websites and sometimes take a break with a PC game. 
    
    ;-)

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    Notrumposted 13 years ago

    Only if I have nothing else to do.

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    Kangaroo_Jaseposted 13 years ago

    The computer is nowhere near a TV, and I play music through headphones when I Hub.

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    Marikit Cruzposted 13 years ago

    I can't concentrate if TV is on....

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    Uninvited Writerposted 13 years ago

    If I had a bigger apartment, I would have a separate writing room. Then it would be in the other room from the TV.
    I do like to listen to music when writing though; something like Van Morrison or Billie Holiday or Steely Dan.

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    guy1973posted 13 years ago

    yes i do watch tv when am hubbing, but depends on what am doing. if am in the forum or checking out other stuffs i can do watch tv, but if am writing I prefer to be away from the tv set.

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    DonnaWallaceposted 13 years ago

    I do have the television on while I am hubbing, but I generally do not watch it while I am working. I like to have it on to keep me company. I also get a few ideas for new hubs when an advertisement or tv show catches my attention. You never know when a tiny idea can turn into a great hub!

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       gypsumgirlposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       That's me exactly!  I would say that about 75% of the time, I'm not even looking at the TV, but sometimes, something will catch my ear.  I do listen to music sometimes, but not nearly as often as having the TV on.

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       Ultimate Hubberposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Exactly! I don't exactly watch it with full concentration, sometimes the TV is muted. However, sometimes TV gets more of my concentration than HubPages.

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    mrfluffyposted 13 years ago

    I have started hubing to avoid TV, so no I don’t   

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    DPJakeposted 13 years ago

    I get easily distracted....so no tv and no music.....after hub is done....

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    Rosie2010posted 13 years ago

    No, I can't double task. It's either this or that.  I only watch a few shows anyway.

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    frogdroppingposted 13 years ago

    Nope. I turn it off - if it's on. When I'm not working I read, walk the dog, annoy Simões, my daughter, a freind, sleep, shower. Lots of things - watching TV is the last thing I usually do.

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       Mishaposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Watching Frogs is much more entertaining - and free of brainwashing.

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          frogdroppingposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          According to Simões it isn't free of causing grey hair though. He's going a bit silver down the sides now. My fault I'm told.
          
          Well for sure I worked hard to give him them

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             Mishaposted 13 years agoin reply to this

             ROFLMAO Poor Simões

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             Ultimate Hubberposted 13 years agoin reply to this

             

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       Ultimate Hubberposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Poor TV, its last on the list.

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    Richieb799posted 13 years ago

    I watch documentaries on Youtube and iPlayer between hubbing and I can't resist listening to some music whilst hubbing so sorry if there are any mistakes in grammar on my hubs!

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    camloposted 13 years ago

    I just arrived back on the ship about an hour ago, and there's nothing here ... no TV, no radio - nothing. Just me and my computer. But the connection is so slow, it's painful; I go out to smoke a cigarette while the pages are changing, and when I come back again, they still haven't fully changed.
    I want to go home.

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       Ultimate Hubberposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       I would never want to go on a ship for more than a day after reading this.

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          camloposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          Oh, this isn't a normal ship. It's always docked. I'm allowed to go off board (apart from going to the college) between 5:30PM and 10:30PM, but there's nowhere to go in this dreary place called Homberg, Duisburg.
          Only another 11 weeks, and my life will be back to normal until next year.

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             Ultimate Hubberposted 13 years agoin reply to this

             Haha... got it.

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                camloposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                Still no TV, but I'm moving with my cabin mate to a proper building on land within the next hour. Maybe my internet connection will be better there ... things can't get any worse.

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    Audarahposted 13 years ago

    Noooo! I'm so horrible with background distractions. If I am in really deep thought over a Hub or anything else I am writing, I tend to need a ton of silence. Yet... when I don't have my thinking cap on, I'll be playing with my phone, watching tv, playing a fb game on my laptop... etc. My brain flops when it use though, haha.

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       Julie2posted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Totally agree with you. I do the same thing.

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    Soquiraposted 13 years ago

    I'm lame and don't like watching TV, haha.
    
    I'll have music going or occasionally a movie or some type of anime but I'm not big on the telly. xD

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    kimberlyslyricsposted 13 years ago

    Love it-rent movies though and never actually watch them-just good background noise

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    Fluffymetalposted 13 years ago

    doing it right now :p

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       Ultimate Hubberposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       So am I, as always.

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