The wife and I have no interest in kids. We'll stick to having a dog as the family member that's under foot.

Seconded! Opted ditch any sort of TV service (antenna, cable, etc) about 9 year ago. When we moved into our current house (6yrs ago), we setup the living room to not include a TV as the focus of attention. Instead, we stuck the old 27" TV up in the spare bedroom, in case we decided to rent any movies (or play the occasional video game). On the up side, we've had to buy several more bookshelves to accommodate our reading habits. :-D

I had similar ideas, and was mighty pleased at the prospect of not having to mow the lawn anymore. Silly me for not realizing that dad would just repair the cord and send me back on my way.

I had my revenge later.. seemed the motor didn't fair so well on particularly tall and thick grass. :-)

I know I'm a bit with the Naive and silly.. I'd like to see all the carriers eventually switch using a common wireless standard/freq/whatever. So that any phone could be used on any carrier. *however* I still say let AT&T have their iPhone "exclusive" deal.. whatever. If you want a cheaper iPhone.. go get an AT&T contract. If someone on Verizon wants an iPhone.. They'll need to pony up whatever zillions of dollars the retail version will then cost. Plus maybe *everyone* can have good coverage.. not just Verizon here, T-mobile there etc..

Then it's a matter of luring people in with the better plan, or discount on the shiny new toy. Still room for making the better product.

Or.. apparently I want to move to Europe or something?