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Taking our minds off things, what are you watching??

Posted by januaryjane @januaryjane, Apr 4, 2020

I cant watch the news anymore. Not feeling the best right now so looking for good things to watch. Any recommendations????

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Ellen | @helenfrances | Apr 8, 2020
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Not to cut short the entertainment factor on television, but when you mention "watching" I have also been drawn in by the wonderful community that lives just out my back door in the lake behind me. There I am reminded of the joys of Spring. The Canadian geese are sitting on their nests. Actually the nest on the spoil island finally hatched yesterday. There is a hawk who has moved in and lives just above in the tall pines who watches for the babies. I don't like it, but completely understand the circle of life and he too must feed his/her family. There were about 20 turtles sunning themselves on the bank. The egret was scanning the shoreline for treats. The fish were swirling just below the surface feeding on the bugs that light on the top of the water. It made me appreciate life from another creatures perspective.

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How blessed you are!
I would call this heaven.... surrounded by nature....beautiful!

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Leonard | @jakedduck1 | Apr 9, 2020

@januaryjane
About the planets, it’s on the same channel/network or whatever they’re called nowadays where ”How the Universe Works.”
Old shows,
Leave it to Beaver, Andy Griffith show, Dick Van Dyke show, I love Lucy, Ozzie and Harriet, Burns and Allen show, Jack Benny program, The Addams family, The Munsters, Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The Beverly Hillbillies, Loretta Young show (Remember all the pretty gowns she used to wear)
Dragnet, Adam-12, Father Knows Best, Gunsmoke,
Bonanza, The Honeymooners, I Married Joan, Make Room For Daddy, Hazel, Dennis The Menace, All I the Family, Bewitched, Cheers, Everybody loves Raymond, Frasier, Carol Burnett, Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, Mr Ed, Murphy Brown, Becker, Coach, My Favorite Martian, Odd Couple, Barney Miller. Johnny Carson.
Well there’s a few shows. Some aren't 50 years old. Can you think of some other ones?
Remember when they were only 13 channels and we didn’t have to pay anything and the programs were 1000 times better?
So what programs do you enjoy?
Jake

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januaryjane | @januaryjane | Apr 9, 2020
In reply to @jakedduck1 "@januaryjane About the planets, it’s on the same channel/network or whatever they’re called nowadays where ”How..." + (show)
@jakedduck1

@januaryjane
About the planets, it’s on the same channel/network or whatever they’re called nowadays where ”How the Universe Works.”
Old shows,
Leave it to Beaver, Andy Griffith show, Dick Van Dyke show, I love Lucy, Ozzie and Harriet, Burns and Allen show, Jack Benny program, The Addams family, The Munsters, Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The Beverly Hillbillies, Loretta Young show (Remember all the pretty gowns she used to wear)
Dragnet, Adam-12, Father Knows Best, Gunsmoke,
Bonanza, The Honeymooners, I Married Joan, Make Room For Daddy, Hazel, Dennis The Menace, All I the Family, Bewitched, Cheers, Everybody loves Raymond, Frasier, Carol Burnett, Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, Mr Ed, Murphy Brown, Becker, Coach, My Favorite Martian, Odd Couple, Barney Miller. Johnny Carson.
Well there’s a few shows. Some aren't 50 years old. Can you think of some other ones?
Remember when they were only 13 channels and we didn’t have to pay anything and the programs were 1000 times better?
So what programs do you enjoy?
Jake

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Laverne and Shirley, Happy days, Mork and Mindy, Coneheads, Alf, Quantum Leap, I dream of Jeanie, Mary Tyler Moore, Lassie, Flipper, Dr Quinn medicine woman, Touched by an Angel, Tomorrows News, The price is right (bob barker), To tell the truth, Match game, Johnny Carson, Dinosaurs, The twilight zone, Gilligans island, 3rd rock from the sun, Jetsons, Mash, Superman, Zorro, the flinstones, candid camera, mr. Magoo, Columbo
Just a few i can think of. Yes, we had the bubble tv set that weighed 1000 pounds.
I like documentaries, nature, science sort of stuff. Sometimes sci fi.

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Apr 9, 2020
In reply to @januaryjane "Laverne and Shirley, Happy days, Mork and Mindy, Coneheads, Alf, Quantum Leap, I dream of Jeanie,..." + (show)
@januaryjane

Laverne and Shirley, Happy days, Mork and Mindy, Coneheads, Alf, Quantum Leap, I dream of Jeanie, Mary Tyler Moore, Lassie, Flipper, Dr Quinn medicine woman, Touched by an Angel, Tomorrows News, The price is right (bob barker), To tell the truth, Match game, Johnny Carson, Dinosaurs, The twilight zone, Gilligans island, 3rd rock from the sun, Jetsons, Mash, Superman, Zorro, the flinstones, candid camera, mr. Magoo, Columbo
Just a few i can think of. Yes, we had the bubble tv set that weighed 1000 pounds.
I like documentaries, nature, science sort of stuff. Sometimes sci fi.

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@januaryjane I enjoyed those shows as well. There was one called Early Edition and I wish one of the stations would show reruns of that. It was where this guy would get the next day's edition of the newspaper and then he would go about trying to keep tragedies from happening. Does anyone else remember that show?

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Becky, Volunteer Mentor | @becsbuddy | Apr 9, 2020
In reply to @jakedduck1 "@januaryjane About the planets, it’s on the same channel/network or whatever they’re called nowadays where ”How..." + (show)
@jakedduck1

@januaryjane
About the planets, it’s on the same channel/network or whatever they’re called nowadays where ”How the Universe Works.”
Old shows,
Leave it to Beaver, Andy Griffith show, Dick Van Dyke show, I love Lucy, Ozzie and Harriet, Burns and Allen show, Jack Benny program, The Addams family, The Munsters, Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The Beverly Hillbillies, Loretta Young show (Remember all the pretty gowns she used to wear)
Dragnet, Adam-12, Father Knows Best, Gunsmoke,
Bonanza, The Honeymooners, I Married Joan, Make Room For Daddy, Hazel, Dennis The Menace, All I the Family, Bewitched, Cheers, Everybody loves Raymond, Frasier, Carol Burnett, Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, Mr Ed, Murphy Brown, Becker, Coach, My Favorite Martian, Odd Couple, Barney Miller. Johnny Carson.
Well there’s a few shows. Some aren't 50 years old. Can you think of some other ones?
Remember when they were only 13 channels and we didn’t have to pay anything and the programs were 1000 times better?
So what programs do you enjoy?
Jake

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@jakedduck1 Love Cheers! We’re watching it now on Netflix. Brings back old memories

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santolina | @santolina | Apr 18, 2020

I have found that doing a bit of gardening, getting a bit physically tired has helped me quite a bit...at night, I usually put on some series that I can find streaming as a distration....

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Parus | @parus | May 5, 2020

Watching the Decorah Eagles.

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | May 9, 2020

In order to get our minds off of COVD-19, I think you might enjoy a musical interlude. A song dedicated to social isolation, For the Longest Time. Enjoy!

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Becky, Volunteer Mentor | @becsbuddy | May 9, 2020
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@hopeful33250

In order to get our minds off of COVD-19, I think you might enjoy a musical interlude. A song dedicated to social isolation, For the Longest Time. Enjoy!

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@hopeful33250 That was really wonderful! Thank you!

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