Dentist Discovers What He Had Been Missing Without Satellite TV

Beatrice, known to her friends as Bea, lived infootball bowl games during the holiday season. Even if
Slaughterville, Oklahoma with her husband. Herthe Sooners didn't make it to one of the four major
husband, Chuck, was a hard worker and had been allbowl games, they often had an invitation to one of the
of his life, while Bea was a stay at home mom whosmaller ones, which unfortunately were not covered
raised the children in a proper fashion. Bea and Chuckby local network television.
had met each other at the University of OklahomaA couple of years passed without Chuck and Bea
where they both had attended their undergraduatebeing able to watch their alma mater compete in the
studies. Chuck had gone on to get his degree to be abowl games, and Chuck wanted to do something
dentist while Bea worked as a school teacher her firstabout it. Oklahoma City had recently acquired it's first
couple of years out of college. Once Chuck had hisprofessional athletic team, the NBA Oklahoma City
degree in dentistry he and Bea married and he told herThunder. Chuck wasn't familiar with high definition
that she wouldn't need to work anymore.television until one of his patients told him and said it
Bea raised a family of three children to bewas the best way to watch sports. He even gave him
well-behaved and pursue their education. Bea wouldthe number of his satellite provider so Chuck could get
take care of the house during the day while the kidshooked up.
were at school, and her only vie was watching theHis patient hadn't been lying, and the Chuck upgraded
soap opera, As The World Turns, on networkhis television to accommodate his hid receivers and he
television. They never had cable or satellite televisionwas thoroughly impressed with HD television. All of the
and they didn't need it, and they also felt the kids didn'tathletic events were the best picture he had ever
need any distractions. Bea was able to watch herseen and Bea easily agreed with him about that. She
favorite soap opera every afternoon and the familywas also happy with the additional programming
would watch the Sooner's Football and Basketballprovided by satellite television. There was the SOAP
games every season. The only thing that they needednetwork which replayed soap operas twenty four
to see the games was the local television station.hours a day and she was able to watch episodes of
They would at least attend one or two football gamesher favorite soap from decades ago. In addition to
per season when the kids were children, and eveneverything they had the Weather Channel which was
more when they started attending college. Just likegreat because they had a bit of an advantage in the
their parents had, all three children went to theevent of a tornado with advance predictions and
University of Oklahoma where they all excelled in thewarnings. These were just a few of the great
careers they pursued. As the years progressed,features of satellite television that Bea and Chuck
Chuck noticed that there were more and more collegerealized they had been missing out on.