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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: August 11, 2008, 09:46:20 PM »

I got about 3-4 weeks of summer left... I might also switch schools, not sure though.

I have.... five days! 

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: August 11, 2008, 05:24:01 PM »

Is anyone experiencing gmail account errors? I am

"We’re sorry, but your Gmail account is currently experiencing errors. You won’t be able to use your account while these errors last, but don’t worry, your account data and messages are safe. Our engineers are working to resolve this issue.

Please try accessing your account again in a few minutes."
 

Yes. I am getting the same error.

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: Comcast Sucks.

« on: August 11, 2008, 04:20:17 PM »

If ANYONE here can tell me how to tune channel 257 on standard cable without a cable box, I will send you 5 cents.

You can't... Standard analog cable is only capable of channels up to 125, IIRC.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: August 10, 2008, 11:52:13 PM »

So.....

Who here has heard that song "I can ride my bike with on handlebars" ?.  I'm sure not most of you..since you all hate rap..lol.  Well, the song is SOOO stupid

I love it lol

I've heard it. I think it's a pretty good song.

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Contributions / Re: Billy's IntelliStar Videos and other Contributions

« on: August 10, 2008, 09:46:09 PM »

Trammell outage - August 6, 2008 - 11:48 PM ET:

http://billy.mozfaq.org/temp/videos_for_twctoday/aug_6_2008_1148am_wm.wmv

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General Discussion / Re: Driver killed as truck careens off Bay Bridge

« on: August 10, 2008, 07:43:36 PM »

Yeah I just saw that on the news. Very scary indeed. What happened is, at the time the truck was crossing the eastbound span, the westbound span was shut down for maintenance, meaning that the eastbound span was carrying two-way traffic. I've always felt that it was very dangerous to allow two way traffic, and it seems that may have played a role in this accident.

Yeah, I don't think having two-way on one span of the bridge is safe. On our way down to the beach last Friday, the westbound span was carrying two way traffic, and we purposely didn't get in the lane that funneled off to the other span just because it's not really safe having two-way traffic on one span.

IMO, there really needs to be another Bay crossing somewhere just to alleviate traffic on the Bay Bridge.

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General Discussion / Driver killed as truck careens off Bay Bridge

« on: August 10, 2008, 07:14:12 PM »

Crash snarls traffic, leads to three-hour delays
By SCOTT DAUGHERTY, Staff Writer
Published August 10, 2008
A tractor trailer careened off the side of the Bay Bridge in the early hours Aug. 10 during a three-vehicle crash, plunging into the Chesapeake Bay and killing the driver, police said.
Two people in a Chevrolet Camaro involved in the 3:55 a.m. wreck were injured. They were flown to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center with serious injuries. Two people in the other car, a Toyota Prius, were not injured.

Divers pulled the driver from the tractor trailer shortly after the wreck. The 18-wheeler, which is owned by Mountaire Farms in Delaware, landed upright and settled with its top visible in about 10 feet of water.

Few details about the wreck — which occurred on the two-lane, eastbound span of the bridge — were available. Cpl. Jonathan Green, spokesman for Maryland Transportation Authority Police, could not say why the truck drove off the bridge or name the victims. He said he has not heard of a vehicle driving off the side of the bridge in his 15-year history with the department.

At 6 p.m., the eastbound span remained closed. The westbound span was open for two-way traffic, with two lanes open to westbound traffic and one lane open to eastbound traffic.

Drivers on Route 50 reported delays of more than three hours both ways during the afternoon and the number to call for Bay Bridge traffic conditions rang busy most of the day. Eastbound traffic was backed up past the Severn River Bridge and Interstate 97 this afternoon. Cpl. Green said westbound delays stretched to the Route 301/Route 50 split.

“This is one of the worst experiences of my life,” said Ben Boyer of Schellsburg, Pa., as he crept east on Route 50 toward the Severn River Bridge on his way to Ocean City. “It’s hot, ... (my air conditioning isn’t work), and now it’s raining on top of everything.”

Two-way traffic was in effect on the eastbound span at the time of the wreck. Cpl. Green explained the westbound span was closed for maintenance.

Cpl. Green said the tractor trailer was heading west when it crossed the eastbound lanes and struck the jersey wall a quarter-mile from Kent Island. It busted through the wall and landed in the shallow water about 30 to 40 feet below.

The unidentified truck driver was a Mountaire employee. Cpl. Green said police are working to contact the family.

“We are devastated. We are a really close-knit family,” said Roger Marino, spokesman for Mountaire Farms — a poultry company with farms in Delaware and North Carolina. He declined further comment, saying he knew little about what happened. “This is a tragic loss for the entire Mountaire family.”

http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2008/08_10-48/TOP

Scary. I was just over that bridge last weekend! 

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Blooper Thread

« on: August 10, 2008, 06:10:59 PM »

They played the Weekly Planner opener at 6:10 PM ET.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: August 10, 2008, 12:26:32 PM »

So, there's nothing about Sunday that you have to complain about?

Nope. But we are under a tornado warning currently. Cannot believe it for this day to come.

Since when do you live in New Chester, Delaware, Gloucester, or Salem counties?

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: August 09, 2008, 11:30:59 PM »

Tyler, what are you giving Vic? 

B... oh wait, I can't say that; this is a family forum.

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Local Forecast / Re: Song ID Needed Please

« on: August 09, 2008, 11:16:26 PM »

Sorry, don't know that second one.

As for "Step," I've looked through the playlists, and I don't see it listed.

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Local Forecast / Re: Trammell Sightings

« on: August 09, 2008, 11:14:39 PM »

No VCR.  Got rid of that a while ago.  I tried to get some Weatherstar Jr clips a year or so ago from the cable system in my friend's barn, but never got around to getting a VCR hooked up for it, and the x'fering from VCR to computer I couldn't figure out anyway.  He shut down the cable system unfortunetly... but I did see the Jr in the rack unit, think he sent it back to TWC.

Your friend ran a cable company from his barn?!?

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Local Forecast / Re: Song ID Needed Please

« on: August 09, 2008, 09:04:01 PM »

"Step" by Patrick O'Hearn from the "Private Music" album.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: August 09, 2008, 01:02:27 PM »

No I mean what causes the errors and outages on the Intellistar?

It's a computer. Just like any computer, it experiences glitches and crashes.

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Local Forecast / Re: Trammell Sightings

« on: August 09, 2008, 01:01:20 PM »

Hmm...I wonder too if they lost their BMI license, and instead of reloading a playlist they just activated the emergency feed until their license is renewed.

Has that happened before?

Yeah, a few times back in the 1990s. That is why we had all Network Music playlists in July 1993 and a few more times in 1995.