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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: June 05, 2008, 10:41:02 PM »

That's hot!

99° for Monday here. I don't remember ever being this hot this early before. We've seen low 90's, but not near 100°.

TWC just updated their forecast. Supposed to hit 98° on Monday now.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: June 05, 2008, 10:23:39 PM »

That's hot!

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The Game Room / Re: "In my pants" Game

« on: June 05, 2008, 10:19:28 PM »

I have an IBM PS/2 in my pants.

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The Game Room / Re: Which would you prefer?

« on: June 05, 2008, 10:05:25 PM »

To Mike & Stephen: Tornado.

Tap or bottled water?

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The Game Room / Re: Which would you prefer?

« on: June 05, 2008, 10:00:14 PM »

Panasonic

Trammell Starks or Eddie Reasoner?

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: June 05, 2008, 07:17:22 PM »

I LOVE the heat. Bring it on! 

Try saying that after you spend eight hours a day in it, while doing strenuous physical activity.

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General Discussion / Re: I'm such a dope...

« on: June 05, 2008, 07:16:07 PM »

SR, out of curiosity, what kind of HP notebook do you have? And are you happy with it? I'm in the market for a new one, and am looking to spend $900-approx. $1200. I've been looking at Dell, just because I love the custom options/upgrades, but I've seen some nice HPs out there. Thanks!

I have an HP laptop (a dv6000z) and while it is a decent laptop, I've had various problems with is. First off, it gets insanely warm; I've actually burnt myself with it a few times. And the overheating lead to the next two problems. I got the laptop last July, and in January, the wireless stopped working. Then in April, the graphics adapter died. I later learned both were due to overheating. Luckily, HP fixed the problem for free, but I was without the laptop for a few weeks.

I also have a Dell laptop (an Inspiron 1525), and I like it a lot more than the HP. It runs much cooler than the HP; I attribute that to the Core 2 Duo in the Dell, which runs inherently cooler than the Turion 64 X2, which was in my HP. Also, both laptops are 15.4" models, and I find the Dell slightly lighter than the HP.

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General Discussion / Re: What have you eaten today?

« on: June 05, 2008, 06:58:57 PM »

Breakfast: Pop-tarts
Lunch: Pizza
Dinner: Fish, corn, noodles

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The Game Room / Re: Guess the Next Poster

« on: June 05, 2008, 06:41:01 PM »

*buzz*

Stephen?

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The Game Room / Re: Which would you prefer?

« on: June 05, 2008, 06:40:22 PM »

Catfish.

Working 7am-4pm or 10am-7pm?

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: June 05, 2008, 06:38:31 PM »

Ugh, I'm not looking forward to the weather in the coming days. Starting this Saturday, temperatures will be 90°+ for at least a week.

Neither am I looking forward to it. It's gonna be hell 'cause I have to work outside in all that heat. 

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: June 05, 2008, 01:22:40 PM »

I am looking to get OUT of fast food.  I can't stand it anymore.  I'm going job hunting tomorrow.  I will probably apply at Farm and Fleet (a store with tires, pet food, and outdoor supplies), Wal Mart, or Panera Bread (a coffe-like shop).  I NEED to get out of the place I'm at now, or i will have NO summer, what-so-ever, and I will hate it.

OMG, you guys have panera out there too? I thought it was only in san antonio...i plan on applying there too

my job hunt will probably begin today as well.

We have Panera here in MD too. 

...and here in PA...

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Blooper Thread

« on: June 05, 2008, 01:20:43 PM »

Durning the weekly planner on your weather today, this morning @ 9:20-9:22 AM ET, the showed Raleigh, NC's Highs @ 0F or 1F for the high, but marshall pointed out that actually 0F is 100F, & 1F is actually 101F.

That seems to be a bug in the Viz|Weather systems that they need to work out; it happened a few other times this week, too.

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General Discussion / Re: I'm such a dope...

« on: June 05, 2008, 08:02:23 AM »

I'm going to need to make a plan like that for my laptop.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: The Weather Channel | HD Discussion

« on: June 05, 2008, 07:59:53 AM »

Apparently Eboni Deon has been trained on the HD studio as a fill-in; she's filling in for Nicole today. The other possibility is that she's not trained for it; we'll see if she purposely stays away from the projector wall today.

I could've sworn I heard Nicole sounding a little raspy yesterday. If so, this has to be a worst case scenario for TWC unless they did indeed prep Eboni in the Studio in case this very thing happened.

Nicole is on Military Duty for a few days.