I used to have a small black and white television but I didn't get it replaced when digital came in. (So angry that digital, which uses so much energy, was introduced, when we need to be finding ways of saving energy!). I use the laptop to catch up television* and watch so much more. It used to be when I was out, I missed what was on television. When there was more than one thing on at the same time I chose one thing and missed the others. Now I can watch all that I used to miss, plus BBC4 (lots of good history programmes) and catch up on daytime radio. I have to be fussy though and things I would quite like to watch have to be given a miss - I just don't have the time.
I do however often do other things while I watch, including some paperwork and needlework.
Today I want to watch Time Team from 4 on Demand but they haven't got it up yet. It does mean, however, that I will get a newspaper pattern made for a waistcoat I am going to make out of a old thick wool jumper that got moth. I have been trying unsuccessfully to get this to felt up. It didn't work at high temperatures in the washing machine. This last week I put some pieces in a bucket and poured boiling water I had heated on the wood burning stove and let it soak, but without success. I plan to get out the good bits and make a patchwork out of them.
I have sellotaped sheets of newspaper together and will then make the pattern based on the bought paper pattern for the waistcoat I've just made from a tablecloth I got in a sale.
*Perhaps this uses more energy than a digital television?
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