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The Game Room / Re: Lie your Butt Off

« on: February 14, 2012, 09:44:28 PM »

It was up to 110 degrees today in my area.

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The Game Room / Re: Stupid Questions

« on: January 29, 2012, 04:10:04 PM »

Maybe.
 
Is it possible to microwave a WeatherStar Jr. unit?

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Local Forecast / Re: Trammell Sightings

« on: January 05, 2012, 05:19:45 PM »

Trammell at 5:19 PM ET

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Everything Else Classic TWC / Re: Dan Chandler outside of TWC

« on: October 14, 2011, 11:10:26 PM »

Thanks so much. I found that video when I was doing an internet search on Dan Chandler. That video must be rare too. I still think I posted on the wrong tread since I was in a hurry. 

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Everything Else Classic TWC / Dan Chandler outside of TWC

« on: October 11, 2011, 06:25:05 PM »

You won't beleve this, but I found Dan Chandler (with his face shown) doing an educational special on trains. He hosts this made-for-video presientation from 1994 called Railroads of North America.

Railroads of North America

I'm not sure whether or not if this was his only non-TWC voice-over spots or not. I think he should come back to TWC! 

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The Game Room / Re: Ban the Person above you

« on: October 11, 2011, 04:36:12 PM »

Banned for liking Snivy, Servine, and Serperior.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Transparent TWC Logo

« on: October 02, 2011, 07:32:11 PM »

For some reason, I don't mind the bug logo. I still think the transparent one looks alot better.

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Help and Support / Where's the download link?

« on: September 17, 2011, 10:25:11 PM »

Sorry to bother, but what happened to the download link? Is the new version still in beta testing? 

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: August 31, 2011, 04:55:20 PM »

I'd agree that they did a great job.    Its just that the only time I ever get to watch TWC nowadays is their severe weather coverage and not for any stupid long-form shows. Anyways, TWC did an excellent job. Even on slow and quiet weather days, I still think they should drop the long-form programs.

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: WOW! Cable is Going Digital

« on: August 31, 2011, 04:48:48 PM »

Not all cable companies make their digital channels accessible without a converter box, however, no matter what capabilities your TV has.  For example, Comcast (at least in Massachusetts where I lived) requires a converter box for ALL channels other than analogue (SD) versions of broadcast channels.  That's all you'll get if you just plug the coax from the wall into your TV, no matter what kind of TV it is.

Same here.  Before Comcast went all digital, you could get several broadcast and cable channels in digital with the built-in digital tuner in your TV (although the channel numbers were weird... TWC is channel 36 under normal circumstances, but in digital it was channel 86.4)

At the time, a buddy of mine had a digital box in his living room (full access to all digital channels in whatever package he had) while his kids' rooms had the standard plugged-straight-into-the-wall connection with the built-in digital tuner (the few select digital channels that Comcast offered).  He used to tell me that the digital picture quality in his kids' rooms was MUCH better than what he was getting with the stupid box in his living room.  And now that I'm having to deal with a box, I agree with him 100%.

I wish they'd go back to the way it was.   

My point exactly. 
 
But, even back in the analog cable days, most older TVs and VCRs that were made before the early 1990s still worked well. The only problem was that those older TVs and VCRs may only have access to cable channels 2-13 when you would just simply hook it up through the wall without a cable box. It only worked when you had to hook the cable line into the VHF input conector (some TVs/VCRs even required one of those "flatheaded adapters" to convert it into the regular thick, rounded cable). That was the usual case if an older working TV or VCR only had only an analog broadcast VHF & UHF channel tuners. Depending on the local cable provider's channel line-up, the channels between the 2-13 range must also be any unscrambled channel.
 
Yet, even those older working TVs/VCRs could still work today, but as long if it has a digital cable box hooked up and with the TV/VCR set to channel 3. I would still have to agree that it is a hassle.

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The Game Room / Re: Ban the Person above you

« on: August 28, 2011, 02:30:39 PM »

Banned for using using this face: :/ instead of: 

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The Game Room / Re: Ban the Person above you

« on: August 27, 2011, 02:59:25 PM »

Banned for not giving links to the lastest storm information from Hurricane Irene (also, note the snowflakes).

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Billy's Artwork

« on: August 26, 2011, 12:06:35 AM »

Quick rendition of the new SD Satellite LF:

Thats awesome  did you make the map yourself?? very cool.

Nice map! I was also woundering where I could get this cool map. I would like to have it for my XL emulations.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: August 23, 2011, 05:13:05 PM »

TWC has always been good about their coverage on hurricanes. We never seem to have to question that.

I still miss John Hope.  He was the expert, period. 

It's mainly the severe storms/tornadoes in the country that we sometimes have to wonder about, although I admit TWC is getting better with it.

They were better back in the day.  Sadly, the network lost its way since.

I agree with both of you. Their hurricane coverage just hasn't been the same since Hurricane Katrina (I beleve that was the first hurricane that was covered after the logo change and the first to feature the "Storm Alert" theme music). I too also miss John Hope. 

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The Game Room / Re: Lie your Butt Off

« on: August 10, 2011, 07:50:38 PM »

I hired a bunch of chickens to do the typing for me.