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Jun. 14th, 2002 01:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cellioI had no idea that some of my friends were such sports fans. If I were interested in the World Cup (that's, um, soccer, right?), I could track the details solely through LJ. But I'm not a fan, so I get to sleep at night instead of watching games. :-)
My father has a similar, though diurnal, involvement with football. When I was growing up, weekend activities were sometimes scheduled around games -- which sent an inconsistent message to my sister and me, who wanted to watch certain TV shows and were told "meals take priority; if you miss a show too bad". Even after VCRs had been invented and my parents got one, though, my father has always insisted that it's just not the same to watch a taped game. I would think that avoiding spoilers would be the only real problem. And hey, the VCR could provide additional sources of excitement: "Eek, they've gone into overtime! Did I record for long enough?" :-)
My father has a similar, though diurnal, involvement with football. When I was growing up, weekend activities were sometimes scheduled around games -- which sent an inconsistent message to my sister and me, who wanted to watch certain TV shows and were told "meals take priority; if you miss a show too bad". Even after VCRs had been invented and my parents got one, though, my father has always insisted that it's just not the same to watch a taped game. I would think that avoiding spoilers would be the only real problem. And hey, the VCR could provide additional sources of excitement: "Eek, they've gone into overtime! Did I record for long enough?" :-)
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Date: 2002-06-14 11:12 am (UTC)