Keeping up with Muggle events (Was: What to do with the Quidditch team? )

[jrober4211]

No: HPFGUIDX 32634

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Martin Smith" <mediaphen at h...> wrote:
Which raises a totally different question: How does Dean keep up with 
the
> recent events of his beloved football team (??West Ham??)? Being a 
hardcore
> football fan, and a brit, I reckon he grew up glued to the telly 
(when not
> actually being at the stadium to watch the games live) whenever the 
Hammers
> played. Now, locked up in a TV-less castle in Scotland, surely he 
suffers
> from abstinence in his
> must-watch-every-match-and-keep-track-and-statistics-of-every-event-
in-premi
> er-league obsession. If his Muggle parents owl him the sports 
section every
> day it could help a little, but I know I wouldn't think that's 
enough if I
> couldn't follow my beloved IFK Göteborg (UEFA Cup champions 1982 
and 1987)

Ok, here is my theory of how they could accomplish this. Mr. Weasley 
is always taking apart muggle gadgets , charming them to work 
magically, and putting them back together( ex- the ford anglia, that 
flies,  with the interior the size of a bus, when needed, and no need 
for gasoline as it now lives in the forbidden forest) Its possible 
the kids could get a television and vcr that is reworked to not need 
electricity and have parents send tapes. Oh by the way, I read an 
interview done by JKR and she mentioned something in the upcoming 
books that would be similar to our internet but infinitely more fun, 
so perhaps thats how they will be able to keep up with muggle events.

Jo Ellen