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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: November 30, 2008, 12:17:09 AM »

I'll give you a hint: if you've been reading my blog, you'll have some idea of what it means. If you do read the blog and still don't get it, read again. You'll get it.

Not 100% on topic, but I've been reading some of your blog. It's quite interesting.

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Local Forecast / Re: Another New XL

« on: November 30, 2008, 12:15:28 AM »

I wanted to know that as well. How did he get that Junior from TWC as well? Does he have some special contact with TWC?

I also don't get why some people here are able to have connections with people at TWC about what is going to happen with TWC in the future, future WeatherStar updates, etc.

Yeah, Martin is 17 according to his profile.

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Local Forecast / Re: Another New XL

« on: November 30, 2008, 12:10:07 AM »

From? How the heck do you get access from this stuff.

Yeah, I never understood how people here are able to have special connections with people and get special things like an XL, especially since their under 18.

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General Discussion / Re: What have you eaten today?

« on: November 29, 2008, 11:00:38 PM »

I don't usually eat much of a breakfast during the week. Its usually something quick, like maybe a Poptart or a donut, occasionally a small bowl of cereal or something. I eat a nice hot breakfast on Saturday and Sunday only.

Yeah, I do the same thing, during the school year.

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General Discussion / Re: What have you eaten today?

« on: November 29, 2008, 10:44:07 PM »

I have a very inconsistent diet. I only eat breakfast during school.

I don't usually eat breakfast during the summer. That's when I stay up later (usually after 1-2AM) and get up later, and then just have coffee for breakfast (10-11AM) and have a full lunch (12-2PM).

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: November 29, 2008, 02:02:41 PM »

Do they even know they are being laid off yet, or won't they know until the day they are laid off?

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General Discussion / Re: NBC Weather Plus Discussion

« on: November 29, 2008, 02:01:14 PM »

The National version of WeatherPlus is already showing signs that it is about to cease operations. The icons on the current conditions portion are missing, and some of the title bars on the maps are blank (no text).

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Weatherscan Topic

« on: November 29, 2008, 11:48:45 AM »

Then you probably have digital basic, like what I have here. When I picked up my box from Comcast last month (and I didn't subscribe to any specific tier) I got channels like WeatherPlus, AccuWeather, G4, Music Choice, and other channels I never had with analog cable. I looked up Comcast.com's guides and apparently I have the digital basic package, the lowest tier available w/a box, I believe.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Jim Cantore to fill in for Al Roker on Friday

« on: November 29, 2008, 11:40:23 AM »

I stand corrected, WCAU-TV actually does air all four hours of Today. It used to air "10!" at 10AM, but now it's on at 11AM. Shows you how little I watch NBC. (I'm a WTXF guy)

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Weatherscan Topic

« on: November 29, 2008, 11:22:27 AM »

That's odd. I wonder if it will make its way on dig. basic here then?

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Weatherscan Topic

« on: November 29, 2008, 10:33:51 AM »

They could add a Hanover and/or Gettysburg Forecast segment to this unit to help serve your area better. It looks like this unit's serving area recently got expanded, but didn't update its config. Maybe you could ask the Star Team about this.

Also odd how this Weatherscan doesn't have a city title on the Station ID. Mine used to be the same way until April 2006.

BTW Billy, don't you have the Digital Basic package? I thought Weatherscan was only available on Digital Preferred or higher?

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Weatherscan Segments

« on: November 28, 2008, 10:37:35 PM »

We do get a different domestic IntelliStar than what Atlantic City has though. The CC are from Atlantic City and the forecast is for "Atlantic/Cape May County." Why they opted to have a city that isn't served by this Istar as the CC site I have no clue...

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Weatherscan Segments

« on: November 28, 2008, 10:30:36 PM »

No, this was what I saw when I was in Sea Isle City, NJ. The Pleasantville and Avalon headends both get this Weatherscan. I did however pass by Northfield (which I think is pretty close to where you live) while on the GSP on my way back.

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Weatherscan Segments

« on: November 28, 2008, 10:14:48 PM »

Comcast Pleasantville's Weatherscan has underwent many changes since 2006. The current conditions and forecasts are now for the Atlantic City area instead of Pleasantville (this likely happened around late 06 or early 07). It also uses new local obs sites, and even the airports and travel cities are arranged differently than other Weatherscans in the area. What's also uniquely different is that this Weatherscan has a more zoomed in radar for the radar segment. Most others in the area use the same radar for the Radar and Forecast segments. Also, on the Station ID page it uses a neat sunny beach background, instead of the Philadelphia skyline like what it used to show.

Segments:

Atlantic City Area (CC: Atlantic City Boardwalk)
Local Radar (formerly Pleasantville Radar)
Travel
Airports (formerly Airport)
Health

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General Discussion / Re: Black Friday anyone?

« on: November 28, 2008, 03:56:41 PM »

Is it possible to have 100 friends?

100?! I only have probably about 15-20 at best (in real person). Some of those are probably not even considered as friends, but more as acquaintances. I'm not that outgoing, though I am improving somewhat and have met a handful of new people this year (mainly freshmen and sophomores).