RSchneider
Elio Addict
I haven't had cable in 20 years. So I watch the local news from Allentown and then the other further away news from Scranton. I do that for about an hour in the morning. They have some national news but maybe a total of two minutes of it. Then I just turn it off and go on with my day. After 2016 I got tired of the national news, it was useless. So, I pay attention to local and state.
I also like the smaller markets news as they cover neat things. Like one College is making maple syrup, there's a St. Pats parade this weekend in Pittston. It's not all gloom and doom. The only time I watch national news is in an airport. Then when I travel, I watch their local news and then when In Europe watch whatever I can get in English. Most of the time, I have zero idea as to what's the hot button topic of the week. So far, it works. It's not like my life has changed because I don't listen to it.
I forgot, two of the guys I cycle with, are retired and they watch the news all of the time (I think their TV's are on 24/7). So, I hear all of their opinions while we ride. Mostly, the world is coming to an end and we will lose all of our freedoms. Yet they seem to still live the good life and have all the freedoms in the world. Yet talking to them, you'd think "the man" is keeping them down. Then there's crime and the illegal aliens. Yet none of that affects them at all. You'd think it would by talking to them. It just reinforces to me that I need to not watch that stuff but enjoy life. For all I know I could have a heart attack tomorrow. Maybe be like one of our riders that got hit last year while cycling and he died. You never know.
On Saturday I'm going on a 20 mile hike and enjoy nature. This summer, Switzerland for two weeks. Then go to France and hike for two weeks going over the Pyrenees Mountains on one of the trails for the Camino de Santiago. Who knows, I might go another week or two. Staying in hostels and finding small places to eat (which there are plenty). Enjoy life and surround yourself with others that do. No news too. I bet when I get back, nothing will have changed. It's like when I went to Norway last year. Gone for three weeks, watched nothing and when I got back, nothing changed.
I also like the smaller markets news as they cover neat things. Like one College is making maple syrup, there's a St. Pats parade this weekend in Pittston. It's not all gloom and doom. The only time I watch national news is in an airport. Then when I travel, I watch their local news and then when In Europe watch whatever I can get in English. Most of the time, I have zero idea as to what's the hot button topic of the week. So far, it works. It's not like my life has changed because I don't listen to it.
I forgot, two of the guys I cycle with, are retired and they watch the news all of the time (I think their TV's are on 24/7). So, I hear all of their opinions while we ride. Mostly, the world is coming to an end and we will lose all of our freedoms. Yet they seem to still live the good life and have all the freedoms in the world. Yet talking to them, you'd think "the man" is keeping them down. Then there's crime and the illegal aliens. Yet none of that affects them at all. You'd think it would by talking to them. It just reinforces to me that I need to not watch that stuff but enjoy life. For all I know I could have a heart attack tomorrow. Maybe be like one of our riders that got hit last year while cycling and he died. You never know.
On Saturday I'm going on a 20 mile hike and enjoy nature. This summer, Switzerland for two weeks. Then go to France and hike for two weeks going over the Pyrenees Mountains on one of the trails for the Camino de Santiago. Who knows, I might go another week or two. Staying in hostels and finding small places to eat (which there are plenty). Enjoy life and surround yourself with others that do. No news too. I bet when I get back, nothing will have changed. It's like when I went to Norway last year. Gone for three weeks, watched nothing and when I got back, nothing changed.