Well I don't know about you but when I was living in the Osage on Beaver Creek (yes, beaver creek was a for real place) we had two TV channels to watch 2 and 6 but if you lived on a hill you might get 5 like Eddy Harris and Jon Tanny Olsen (yes, his real name is Tanny and his grandparents were Nanny and Tanny, for real). Now Jon Tanny not only had 3 stations but his family had a color TV. The only color we had on our TV was the wood frame it was in. Did I mention that the TV was about 25 inches square and about 30 inches deep in the back where there were about a hundred tubes ( a little exaggeration)? It probably weighed at least 50 pounds. Now back to the point. Everyone had an antenna which we called rabbit ears because it had two telescoping metal rods attached which you spread out and pointed until the TV channel was at its clearest. And yes, you did have to adjust it often especially if there was a cloud cover. I do remember one of the most annoying parts to this was it seemed the TV picture was like a page in a book and kept flipping over and over again. It drove me nuts at times but if you could tune things in just right the picture would not flip like pages in a book. Thank goodness to Mr. Rash (Jerri and Jodi's dad and of course Gene) he could fix any TV and if he did not Uncle Bill Heath could but he lived in Ponca (short for Ponca City). Yes, he was Jim Heath's uncle as well but he was much cooler being my uncle, just kidding. I love Uncle Bill and Aunt Peggy but that is another story or group of stories. Just ask me about Aunt Peggy making strawberry daiquiris'.
Well, we got trapped again in side stories. Antennas, I just read the other day that only about 20% of folks today know that you can still use antennas with your TV. I am SHOCKED. The fact is if you get an antenna (they look very different today and you need an HD antenna) you can get about 38 stations and get rid of cable or satellite TV saving close to $100 per month. You see, the cost of an antenna is about $15 and the 38 channels are FREE. You do not even need Internet service.
That brings me to the next point. If you have Internet service you can get a ROKU device (about $30 and you don't need the flashy one which is about $100) which gives the TV access to the Internet and you can get about any channel you want for a small monthly fee and in many cases free. If you are a movie freak you can get Netflix or better yet Amazon Prime which gives you movies and free delivery of items via Amazon. Last month almost 1 million people unhooked cable TV or Satellite TV and saved over $100 per month. Just FYI, don't get the Apple TV as it limits access to a lot of channel options over the internet (sorry folks who are Apple nuts but they are very proprietary).
Back to Antennas! Who would have ever thought? Cheap and easy, I like the sound of that. It reminds me of sitting on the porch on Beaver Creek in the evening listening to the wind going through the trees and the coyotes howling and many times walking across the hill side outside the front porch of the house. Those are great memories and I don't even need an antenna.
So what do you learn in the Osage?
Well, we got trapped again in side stories. Antennas, I just read the other day that only about 20% of folks today know that you can still use antennas with your TV. I am SHOCKED. The fact is if you get an antenna (they look very different today and you need an HD antenna) you can get about 38 stations and get rid of cable or satellite TV saving close to $100 per month. You see, the cost of an antenna is about $15 and the 38 channels are FREE. You do not even need Internet service.
That brings me to the next point. If you have Internet service you can get a ROKU device (about $30 and you don't need the flashy one which is about $100) which gives the TV access to the Internet and you can get about any channel you want for a small monthly fee and in many cases free. If you are a movie freak you can get Netflix or better yet Amazon Prime which gives you movies and free delivery of items via Amazon. Last month almost 1 million people unhooked cable TV or Satellite TV and saved over $100 per month. Just FYI, don't get the Apple TV as it limits access to a lot of channel options over the internet (sorry folks who are Apple nuts but they are very proprietary).
Back to Antennas! Who would have ever thought? Cheap and easy, I like the sound of that. It reminds me of sitting on the porch on Beaver Creek in the evening listening to the wind going through the trees and the coyotes howling and many times walking across the hill side outside the front porch of the house. Those are great memories and I don't even need an antenna.
So what do you learn in the Osage?
- Don't throw away your antenna
- Listening to the wind and coyotes is better than CNBC or Fox and a lot less annoying
- Peace of mind is found in your own heart
Thanks for listening,
gary@thepioneerman.com
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