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AWR
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: State of Flux
 
2006-12-07, 04:42

More TVs than people? I must admit that when friends tell me their kids have TVs in their bedrooms I cringe.

Meanwhile: My days are numbered
Rick Moranis
International Herald Tribune
December 5, 2006

The average American home now has more television sets than people
... according to Nielsen Media Research. There are 2.73 TV sets in
the typical home and 2.55 people, the researchers said. - The
Associated Press, Sept. 21.

I have two kids. Both are away at college.

I have five television sets. I have three DVD players, two VHS
machines and four stereos.

I have 19 remote controls, mostly in one drawer.

I have three computers, four printers and two non-working faxes.

I have three phone lines, three cell phones and two answering
machines.

I have no messages.

I have 46 cookbooks.

I have 68 takeout menus from four restaurants.

I have 116 soy sauce packets.

I have 382 dishes, bowls, cups, saucers, mugs and glasses.

I eat over the sink.

I have five sinks, two with a view.

I try to keep a positive view.

I have two refrigerators.

It's very hard to count ice cubes.

I have 39 pairs of golf, tennis, squash, running, walking, hiking,
casual and formal shoes, ice skates and rollerblades.

I'm wearing slippers.

I read three dailies, four weeklies, five monthlies and no annual
reports.

I have 506 CD, cassette, vinyl and eight-track recordings.

I listen to the same radio station all day.

I have 26 sets of linen for four regular, three foldout and two
inflatable beds.

I don't like having houseguests.

I have 184,000 frequent flier miles on six airlines, three of which
no longer exist.

I have "101 Dalmatians" on tape.

I have 14 digital clocks flashing relatively similar times.

I have nine armchairs from which I can be critical.

I have a laundry list of things that need cleaning.

I have lost more than 1,000 golf balls.

I am missing 37 umbrellas.

I have over 400 yards of dental floss.

I have a lot of time on my hands.
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