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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: November 22, 2008, 11:12:53 PM »

Good grief. Women don't even shower for THAT long. 

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: November 22, 2008, 10:20:34 PM »

Welcome back Kyle! Glad to see you!

We're fairly well aware of #2. I'm guessing you didn't notice the multiple threads we have about the issue. 

Eager to hear what you have to say! Hurry up with that damn shower! 

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General Weather Chat / Re: 2008 Retired Hurrricane Names

« on: November 22, 2008, 10:18:38 PM »

Because TWC has trained people to make mountains out of molehills. 

TWC doesn't retire the names, the National Hurricane Center does.

Actually, you are also wrong, the NHC nor the NWS do not retire hurricane names.  Names are retired by the WMO (World Meteorlogical Organization).

Why does everyone here seem to think only Ike will be retired?  In 2007, we had three storms retired (Dean, Felix, and Noel).  Gustav was more damaging than all three of those storms combined, and Hanna was deadlier than any of those three storms.

Here are my predictions, percentagewise:
Arthur - 4% - not severely damaging.
Bertha - 3% - strong, but once again not severely damaging.
Cristobal - 2% - forgettable, barely damaging at all.
Dolly - 60% - Damage estimate still remains at $1.52 billion several months after its landfall.
Edouard - 5% - Damage total unknown, but once again, probably not severe.
Fay - 25% - Current damage estimate is $180 million, which is significant (especially for a tropical storm), but nothing extremely severe (far short of $1 billion mark).
Gustav - 95% - Very severely damaging, I would be very surprised if it is not retired.
Hanna - 85% - Very deadly, although Gordon (which affected the same area) of 1994 wasn't retired, yet again, Jeanne of 2004 was retired.
Ike - 100% - Third most destructive named hurricane in U.S. history, pretty obvious candidate.
Josephine - 1% - just gave Cape Verde a little breeze and nothing else.
Kyle - 5% - While not severely damaging, Canada got Juan of 2003 retired. However, Kyle was less damaging than Juan, so I don't think it is very likely Kyle will be retired.
Laura - 1% - Fishspinner while tropical.
Marco - 5% - Damage unknown, but probably not severe.
Nana - 0% - Total fishspinner.
Omar - 15% - Still waiting for damage total. Probably more damaging than Edouard and Marco, but we will have to see whether the damage is severe enough for retirement. This is exactly what we have been doing with T.S. Erin last year.
Paloma - 55% - Current damage estimate is $1.4 billion, but we will still have to wait if that estimate is accurate.

I think we all have the right to our opinion.

Imagine, getting sassed by a guy who cares to stop by here once every 6 months, if that. 

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Dave Schwartz

« on: November 22, 2008, 08:12:07 PM »

Kristina is short, that's why Dave looks big. But Dave isn't terribly tall either. He's about average.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: TWC Lays off Staff

« on: November 22, 2008, 06:25:01 PM »

I'm highly offended at your "rumor machine" comment. I go through the hard work of connecting with an insider at TWC, and you think I'm dealing with rumors? I beg your pardon. You must be confused. This is not TWC Classics.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: TWC Lays off Staff

« on: November 22, 2008, 06:07:51 PM »

Hmm...I've reviewed some stuff that I recorded, and about an hour or so ago Dave made a remark about taking a few days off. What do you think this means?

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General Discussion / Re: Gas prices in your area

« on: November 22, 2008, 05:58:26 PM »

$1.79. 

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Everything Else TWC / Re: TWC Lays off Staff

« on: November 22, 2008, 04:52:20 PM »

A couple more classic posts at TWCC, both by Lightning. First he calls the layoffs "firings". Their layoffs, doofus. There's a huge difference. 

Then he wants to know if TWC can leave NBC, and hopes there are lawsuits. LOL. The layoffs would've happened with or without NBC's involvement. Another one of those things I just can't say enough.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: TWC Lays off Staff

« on: November 22, 2008, 04:44:35 PM »

I've been thinking...if it is his last hour,i wonder if he'll say anything special when he signs off? 

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Everything Else TWC / Re: TWC Lays off Staff

« on: November 22, 2008, 04:11:03 PM »

Make sure you post it here, if you can. 

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: November 22, 2008, 04:08:11 PM »

The topic, then, was all wrong. Joyce Cooling is on the Narada label, Norman Brown has been on Warner and Motown labels (and only Motown is with Universal), Charlie Parker is on Rhino, Benoit is on GRP, Joe Sample is on Warner, Vince Guaraldi is on Fantasy, and Bernie Williams and Rippingtons are both GRP. Only one album from one artist is on a Universal label.

Interesting, because I got a copyright notice on YT for a Joe Sample song posted at it was from UMG, not Warner. I wonder why UMG claimed it instead of Warner.

I don't know. That's very puzzling indeed. 

I'll say it again. You all can argue with me all you want, but the information is right there in front of your faces. I didn't make this up. I'm just passing along my findings on THEIR website.

All you have to do is go to Amazon and look up an album. Each listing tells you what label its on.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: November 22, 2008, 03:11:59 PM »

Wow, mine is much faster than I realized!

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Everything Else TWC / Re: TWC Lays off Staff

« on: November 22, 2008, 03:07:28 PM »

Hmm, apparently I never got around to talking about the certificate more due to being distracted by Dave being on the air, but yeah, a Certificate is pretty darn insignificant in a world where so many people have degrees, even though I'm sure Dave is plenty more qualified than some of those people.

And damn, Dave is being funnier than he's been in a long time.

Exactly. With so many mets having degrees, a Certificate is not much weight.

Well..at least if today's his last day he'll go out with a bang! 

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Everything Else TWC / Re: TWC Lays off Staff

« on: November 22, 2008, 03:01:34 PM »

Anyway, to get us back on track, Dave does have a certificate in Broadcast Meteorology, much like Kristin Dodd.

And he's on Weather Center right now.

And that's not a degree. 

Hmm...I wonder when these doggone layoffs take affect? 

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Everything Else TWC / Re: TWC Lays off Staff

« on: November 22, 2008, 02:47:59 PM »

Ha, he's STILL trying to discredit TWCT.