[Idyllchat] Baseball and Football

[Art and Marilyn Bervin]

Cornelia,

Be careful what you wish for, you might get it.

Yes, I have nearly 70 television channels to 
choose among, but I'm on the verge of cancelling 
the whole lot.  In the past week, Comcast has 
re-configured our slate of channels, removing the 
Hallmark channel unless we rent or buy a 
converter.  In its place--let's here some 
cheering--we have our sixth sports channel.  Like 
you, I do enjoy watching baseball (in my case the 
Seattle Mariners) as well as any games involving 
our local university (Oregon State, where Jacoby 
Ellsbury played before he joined the Red Sox). 
But I groan loudly when I find yet another poker 
game, a rodeo, or skateboarding.

The quality of programming from network 
television is so low that we seldom watch it at 
all.  It must be a sign of our aging that we 
prefer PBS, Nick at Nite, and TVLand.  Andy 
Griffith and Opie might be a bit too innocent for 
our times, but I'll take that world over that 
portrayed in "Two and Half Men."

I guess we most often want what we don't have.  Are we humans not amazing?

Grüßen aus Amerika, Art Bervin






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