When I was a kid my life revolved around the television. I would plan out my whole week. I would turn the TV on as soon as I got up in the morning. My Dad would feel the need to tell me to do my chores.
Having never grown up with a television, my Dad was a bit different. The TV wouldn't come on until afternoon, and he watched every Clint Eastwood, Charles Bronson, and John Wayne movie there was. Repeatedly.
Fast forward to today. Now it's my Dad who turns the televisions on when he gets up. And yes, I said "televisions". He has one in the kitchen and one in the living room. I'm sitting here at 10:30 AM with no television on. Just the sounds of my dog Winnie snoring and an occasional bark from Dora, my outside dog.
If you had told me or my Dad 30 years ago that this would be us today, neither one of us would've believed it. So, observation of the day: You are never who you think you are.
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