Dumb Freecycle "wanted" post of the day:

[eyesroll]

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>I am in need of several things for the family and a neighbor

>we need a couple working tv sets for the kids rooms they do not
>have to look fancy just working.


I don't know...I grew up without a TV in my room. Hell, I don't have a TV in my room now.

How can anyone post, presumably with a straight face, that they "need" TVs for their kids' rooms?

[terrya]

1. Jesus.

My parents would have laughed at me if I asked them for a television in my room.

I mean, WTF?

[eyesroll]

3. I bought one at a garage sale for $10. When I was in college.

My parents still really didn't want me to have it when I came home for summers, but concededed there wasn't a good reason.

[terrya]

5. It was financial reasons for my parents.

Hell, it was a while before we got a color television.

I was born into a working class family. My dad didn't earn enough to buy us stuff like our own television sets.

[eyesroll]

8. For us, it was a combination of $ and "can't you read or play outside for a change?"

My sister and I (especially, I) watched entirely too much TV -- bedroom TVs would have been worse.

[terrya]

9. Me too.

Hell, I watched WAY too much television myself, growing up. I'd never have left my bedroom if I had my own televsion. I wasn't a big "go outside and play" kind of kid. Watching television and reading, instead.

[Hugin]

7. I had one as the monitor for my then computer...

Rarely watched TeeVee on it.

:blush:

[Left Is Write]

2. My kids have TVs, but I would definitely classify them as a "want"

and not a "need."

(The kids' TVs are not hooked up to any antenna - they are for viewing videos)

[eyesroll]

6. Exactly. Unless your kid is bedridden, there's really no *need*.

(And even if your kid is bedridden, *need* is relative.)

And the thing is, reasons are not needed from Milwaukee's Freecycle list. All you need to do is say: "Wanted: Two functional small TVs, any make or age. Will pick up within 10 miles of downtown," and people will answer or not. But if I had a TV to give, I would think twice before giving it to someone who says her kids need TVs.

[Left Is Write]

10. I agree. Her ad seems a little manipulative.

"Let's see who I can guilt into giving me the TVs we neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed. It's for CHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILDREN!"

[jobycom]

4. LOL! Yeah, my car's getting a bit old... nt