#GoNavyBeatArmy
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My daughter (DD2) and I will listen to the game on the radio. We are a little short on TV.
You ask where in the continental United States could these people be living to not have access to TV so a brief story is in order. This summer I learned that when the adjacent state has a "problem" bear they capture it and release the animal at the end of my dirt road. You get the picture of where we must live. Yesterday I took the two golden retrievers for the hour-long walk through the woods. It's not uncommon to see the occasional bear, the frequent deer, or have a mother moose chase the dogs back to you so yesterday it started with a large pile of fresh bear scat. The diameter of the feces tells you how big the bear is. Ohh, that is a big bear. Then we came across the tracks in the snow and again, ooh that is a big bear. Finally, I'm deeper in the woods when the older, dark red golden comes sprinting back, passes me and the younger dog at a full gallop, never acknowledging the two of us but headed back to the house. The female is no dummy and followed on his heels at a sprint. So again, yesterday became the first time I've walked out of the woods at twilight looking over my shoulder for what might be behind me. Last evening my daughter sat by the fire alternately reading chemistry and learning to operate my father's Colt .45 1911 from WWII.
You have to appreciate that nothing was going to diminish my daughter's excitement for tomorrow's game, least of all my story about a little bear outside.
Who needs TV when you have your own reality television right outside your door?! Minus the big bear scat! Great story!