A few years ago, us cows walked away from the television set. No we didn’t upgrade to some now wangfangled digital aged wonder, we just simply stopped watching for watching sake.

Now don’t get us wrong, this is not an anti television rant, we simply moved on. The days of sitting down to watch whatever was on are gone. Now, if we happen to pass a television and something takes our interest, we’ll watch it, but there is no going through the television form guide to pick out a winner.

These days, thanks to social media, we can see if a show will take our interest. We watch a few clips on the net, maybe even download an episode or two, and if the interest is there, we buy the series on DVD.

What this has meant is noticing of a lot more hours in the day that need to be filled. That can be a dilemma at times, but it also means we are free to do things as they come up, with out worrying about missing our favourite show. While that may sound dire to some people, it’s a nice feeling not being shackled to a screen in the corner of the room.

Now sure it means we have missed out on a lot of news of things that have happened out there in the world, but you know, we’re sill chewing crud in the paddock, so who really cares. No news is good news as they say, and we’ve never felt gooder*.

So why not try it for a month, switch off the box, and just walk away, and see what you’re really missing out on. We bet you wont miss a thing, or at least not get cranky at the commercials being so much louder than the programme.

*Cows are permitted to use the word gooder, because it rhymes with fodder.