So why do I not watch it? Well, I do not like Tatort and though I loved the TV-Series in the 80ies, I never could get my head around Tatort. That does not make it a bad show - as proved by its many viewers - just something I am not into.
The other reason is: I do not have a TV.
Now: for many people that is quite incomprehensible. It was especially so for my family, because I was the TV-kid in my family long into my early 30ies really. So not just kid. I have watched pretty much everything possible. I think, though looking back, no. I did not watch Tatort, no daytime and hardly any nighttime talkshows, I did not watch folk-music shows, after "Zum Blauen Bock" (The blue he-goat, I don't know the english word). Anyway, I did not watch that and I did not watch anything very scary. Meaning: scarier than Sesame Street.
But I watched the 80ies TV-Series, Remington Steele I mentioned, also Murder, she wrote, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, The Stuntman-Series (the unknown stuntman), Kojak, Moonlighting, The Cosby Show, An american family,
Family ties, Lois and Clark: The new adventures of Superman, Kim Possible,
The Waltons, The Wombles, Little House on the Prairie, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Smurfs, Großstadt-Revier, Praxis Bülowbogen, Drei sind einer zuviel, Der Bastian, Dick und Dally und die Ponies and any dancing film that showed. The latter was not very easy in Germany, as they did not always show, but it was easier in the 70ies, because they were shown more often.
I watches not only the american films of that genre, but also the german and austrian ones of the 50ies and 60ies. I also loved the french films with Gerard Depardieu, Louis de Funés (I am sorry, if I wrote the name wrong) Jean Paul Belmondo, Pierre Richard, Jaques Tati and Don Camillo and Peppone Films.
A lot of the old films a lot of the typical films of my times as well. But I liked the ones with music best.
Somehow I seem to have watched everything I might ever have wanted to watch. When my TV-Set broke in 2007 I did not replace it and I didn't get another one for five years and then I had a combination of computer and TV via my phone-company, Telecom. That I only did, because a new law came up, that everyone had to pay a fee for TV, wether they watched or not. Up to 2011, it was only to pay, if you had a TV and so the chance to watch. Now everyone has to pay.
So, from 2012 to October 2015 I had access to Television and I did watch some. But there is such a lot of advertisement in there, very annoying. Plus: when I could watch, hardly anything was on, that I wanted to watch or I just mindlessy sat in front and watched TV. I did like Extreme Couponing, Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners, Horrible Histories and documentaries. Those were a lot of fun really. And "Die Sendung mit der Maus". That is educational TV for kids.
It has the Mouse (not Mickey, this one:)
and its friend, the elephant
There were Lach- und Sachgeschichten, meaning: Stories to laugh and those to learn. Armin Maiwald and his team and later Christoph explained about everything under the sun. How a bell is made, how information goes through the internet, why balloons can pop, how nails or hammers or other tools are produced, how the milk gets from the cow into the bottle or box. And many more.
At the beginning of every show, a short summary is given first in german and then in a foreign language, that can be english, finnish, italian, dutch, russian,
chinese, whatever. There are a lot of languages in the world.
That was always something I liked a lot and the Learn-Stories. It was very interesting. Also Sesamestreet of course, though it was not quite completely like the american version. Though in the beginning, the american version was translated and then the people in the show synchronized, like every foreign film in Germany. No subtext, always synchronizations. Later though, some famous german speaking actors were gotten in and in the same way, that the american version works, so did the german version.
It was the same with the Muppet Show. I loved that a lot. Especially Gonzo. :)
At any rate, I do sometimes watch old TV-Series on DVD or YouTube or watch TV, when I am on holiday somewhere else, but at home I do not miss it.
The reason, by the way, that I almost missed the Sunday-blog-post is, that I am on holiday and on holiday I do not always have a set schedule. O.k., since I did my spring-cleaning - part of it - there is some sort of schedule, but it was more playing and knitting and painting and such.
I did get a lot of cleaning done: the bedroom, the bathroom, the livingroom, part of the kitchen (I do have to cook somewhere, after all) and I did my washing and sorted my clothes.
Last week I bought a new backpack, some more wool and needles, some colours and colouring books, tea, two Tops (I had to put two away, they had dirt on them, that I could not get out) and a pair of lazy pants. I sorted two other pairs out for that. Also a windjacket, as the one, that I have had for almost four years now and used very much, really and not very nicely, showed, that it was very used.
The backpack, that I exchanged, I had for almost eight years. It broke in one part and the bottom became very thin. I could see through it. Not well, but still.
Well, other than that I had a google problem with my phone (no solution yet, but it is only my mobile and I can still use it) and I started counting steps, but for the past two days, it was already "good work" if I managed more than 2000 steps.
Well, today I got over that, because I went to church and back in a longer way.
But, I have found, that somehow I have lost the heart, that I showed you pictures of. Well, I do hope, that it brings luck to whoever may find it. At least I still have the photos. So I have a memory.
Other than that I can only say, that unfortunately one of the persons I wrote about last Sunday, has unexpectedly died, although it looked, like things were going up.
But maybe, that was to spare more heartbreak and pain for everyone. It isn't nice though to think about. So my only comfort is, that it might have prevented all that. Still it is hard for the family and the friends. There are more and more of these kind of news and this is actually a topic, that I am not happy with, in a very egotistical way: I am very afraid of the time, when all my family of my generation is dead and I am alone. And I would consider myself alone, even if I had a partner. Because that partner would not have grown up with those people.
O.k., so I have nieces and nephews, but they are the next generation. So I am only thinking of myself here. It is not the death part, we all have to day and if
we are lucky, it is after a long and fulfilled life and peacefully in our sleep, but
there is always someone left.
The reason, that I can so comfortably live alone and enjoy being alone is, that I am not really alone. I have this family and I have some very good friends, that I can talk to, a safety-net of love, you can call it. I am aware, that a lot of people do not have that and for them it is hard to be alone. And for me, who I am not used to being this kind of alone, it will be hard as well. Although I shall likely find other people to talk to and be with and you know what, so I do not anticipate lonelyness, nor am I afraid of that: I am afraid to loose my safety-net of love.
There you have it and so I leave you on this very happy note... :)
Well, no. That would be cruel. In daylight and in general, I can live with that, because that is, how it is. And so I will not make myself unhappy and unable to sleep.
I still have a week of holiday before me. One day of intensive care for my kitchen and of putting away those of my clothes, that can be given away and
for doing my budget, my shopping, my ironing and upping my steps. I work with 6.000 per day, if I can. As soon as I move farther from my house than church or supermarket, I will get in more steps. For two days I had to dance the last steps. Not very nice, believe you me...
Good night and stay happy!! If you can't be happy, make someone else happy!
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