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Daily discussion. 🚊🚋 🐀🎟️ Friday, 26 July, 2024 (aussie.zone)

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[–] Nath@aussie.zone 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Ok, it's happened again. I don't watch TV, except when the Olympics or World Cup are on. I am amped to be completely smothered in sport for a few weeks until I again am sick of sports for another four years. 🏑🏃‍♂️🚴‍♂️🤸‍♀️🏅🏀🏓🎯🏸

[–] StudChud@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Same same, love me the archery. Favourite to watch of the Olympic sports

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 3 points 4 months ago

I love them all - I'm always amazed seeing people who are the best in the world at what they do, doing their thing.

The biggest change in our house is the kids have taken up hockey in the past four years. So, hockey (a sport I've been mildly interested in at most) is going to be a huge deal. I think Perth might be the HQ for hockey in Australia. The kids met and had photos playing and hanging out with the Hockeyroos - who visited our club.

[–] Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Only time I regret not having a TV (but can just watch on 7plus anyway I assume 🤷‍♂️

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 2 points 4 months ago

$27 gets you a month of Stan + the sports pack. Every event live or on-demand at a time that suits you. No ads. It's amazeballs. I just watched four rugby rapid recaps, 8 hours of rugby distilled into 20 intense minutes. You can watch on whatever screen you have.

[–] Cendana@aussie.zone 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

My wife and I spent an hour trying to justify buying a TV for shits and giggles.

We came up with a massive list of arguments. A large handful of strong against, and 1 weak support.

We had a landlord-provided TV in the old apartment. We both lived there for 2 years, the TV used for probably an hour in total.