So Many TV Networks To Choose From!
No Television? My life would not move forward! So habituated am I to this luxury of being able to surf numerous channels every day! I cannot even imagine living in a remote area where it is too expensive to set up a cable or satellite connection, no paved roads for speeding automobiles, no high-tech highway or devices, etc. And even in this urban setting, if I should suddenly find that all the TV networks had disappeared barring one, I really would not know what to do!
But it is equally unbelievable how noisy people have become! There is always some sort of loud yakking going on, not to mention equally loud dogs and music. Disturbances for a writer who only wanted to be left in peace to carry on his work are too myriad to list down here! Some of them involve people who got drunk, gun lovers, and so on! Desperate for some quiet place to gather my thoughts, I bought a trailer and upped it into the deepest part of the woods! This was a situation I had only imagined, but never realized that it would be put into practice so soon!
My friends who accompanied me, had come for the sole purpose of setting up the TV with its satellite dish system. There was a remote too. I was not familiar with either of them. Despite having numerous boxes and bundles to put into their right places, I left it aside to give more attention to the TV. It was only after my friends had left, that I took up to settling the place a little. I had come here to spend a long period. Tired out after my labors, I switched on the TV with the help of the remote. The only channel that I could get hold of was showing a scene full of violence, full of guns and explosions. But I was stuck with it, since I had no idea of how to go about switching channels! And my friends were too far away to help and would return only after a few days!
That’s when I realized how grateful I should be for all the numerous TV networks that we had! Though I had to sit with one channel only, still it kept me from going insane in that quiet place. My mind also kept going round in circles, developing one hypothetical situation after another. Just imagine that there is a boat that can carry only seven people, but there are ten of you. Now try to figure out who will go with you and whom you will leave behind. This was mental dynamics at its most active! Similarly, among all the networks, which TV network would I carry with me into such remote areas if I had a choice? Reality TV had a double advantage–you could hear the news as well. Or I could go for the most popular show which refused to have commercial breaks, such as the Turner Movie Classics. The Indy Channel could also prove to be quite entertaining. If very serious by nature, there were always those educational and informative channels to choose from. Now, which one would I choose?
Wow! It is tough to decide! At least for me! What about you? Let me just say, “Thank you God for providing so many TV networks and so many good artistes! Amen!