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

« on: February 01, 2010, 05:53:43 PM »

I would like to rant now, assuming this is okay, in my pants...

I WANT SNOW! I WANT SNOW!

It's nice and all that people who don't ordinarily see significant snow and ice down south and along the eastern seaboard have been seeing it... but it's getting harder and harder for me to resist complaining in my pants here 

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The Game Room / Re: Guess the Next Poster

« on: February 01, 2010, 04:28:12 PM »

Negatory

Martinerary?

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

« on: February 01, 2010, 04:21:12 PM »

It sure would be nice to see the sun, in my pants. I sure hope those of you who saw all the snow I still haven't had, and are now seeing sun on top of it, enjoy it *coughs* Martin

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The Game Room / Re: Lie your Butt Off

« on: February 01, 2010, 04:17:20 PM »

I did not watch the saddest episode of Cold Case ever 

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The Game Room / Re: Lie your Butt Off

« on: February 01, 2010, 06:48:04 AM »

It is not 6:48 AM EST

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

« on: February 01, 2010, 06:46:20 AM »

I'm excited to start new classes today, in my pants

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General Discussion / Re: Post your desktops

« on: February 01, 2010, 06:36:03 AM »

I still wuvs mah metro map

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: TWC gone digital

« on: February 01, 2010, 06:01:14 AM »

Aaron your claim that nobody uses HD is far from the truth.  All new TVs today are HDTVs and most are quite less costly than before. You can pick up a 22in TV for nearly 200 bucks. People buying these TVs (and there are a lot of them) want to get the best picture and who can blame them! I would much rather pay 10 more bucks a month to watch HD than analog.

Martin, I think you mistunderstood my point. Everyone has different income levels. Between my mom's house and my dad's house, our cable bills are well over $300... even after talking it down. Believe it or not, even $10 a month is not something either of them can do (or are willing to for that matter). Some people can easily afford it, and good for them. And yes, I am well aware that costs are going down with time, as technology that was once thought out of reach becomes barely within our sight and this technology becomes more readily available. The cheapest HDTV's I have been able to find are $500... and they were at Staples for Black Friday. Believe you me, if I or my parents had that kind of money, I would be searching for every last legacy STAR north of the 45th parallel.

I did not say that no one uses it. I was simply saying that it is not as readily available as it should be yet.

Gotcha!

Wait combined the cable bill is $300? Seems a bit high. What services does that include?

Both homes have internet, cable TV, and phone service from Comcast. My dad apparently has the same package we do now (Enhanced Basic- channels 3-65), but somehow convinced Comcast to keep channel 99 on his lineup (that's CBC, Canada's version of NBC, that he insists on having). I don't know for sure the exact costs, but I do know that it is too high to add on HD service and equipment, much less higher internet speeds that I could really use.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: January 31, 2010, 07:59:03 PM »

Anyone know if the Heat Safety Tips screen is still on any current IntelliStar playlist/flavor lineup?

That's a good question... I would think so.

Anyways, wow, I just learned something new today about the Intellistar. As I'm sure everyone already knows, London, Canada is my regional map. I found it interesting that moderate snow was being shown on my regional map on the LF at 7:48 PM EST there, so I decided to check out the report from Environment Canada for London Int'l (I attached a picture of the forecast page with the CC). I notice that London Int'l was actually reporting Light Snow. So then I look at the visibility reading, and see it is 0.4 km, which I then found out was equivalent to a quarter mile. Here I thought the Intellistar only took into account the temperature and the actual CC report all this time. Interesting, imo 

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The Game Room / Re: Lie your Butt Off

« on: January 31, 2010, 07:44:20 PM »

Holding grudges is healthy for one's self 

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: Who here gets TWC HD?

« on: January 31, 2010, 05:49:50 PM »

I found it odd how the "HD Starter package" concept appeared on our bill. I wasn't aware we were paying for any HD service 

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: January 31, 2010, 05:44:48 PM »

Wow, must have been a while then. Say, do you know how often TWC updates the temperature records on the Intellistar almanacs? I noticed that on 12/27, the old record of 55 (set in 1959) was still showing on my almanac for the airport here, but it was broken by a new record of 61 back in 2008.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 31, 2010, 04:34:15 PM »

Hmm.. I use IE all of the time.. I don't really have a problem with it.
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Today was my last day at the fast food restaurant I work at (2 1/2 years!)!  I have been offered a position at the local ABC afilliate, and I start tomorrow.  I am so excited!!

Congrats Kyle! Hope it works out for ya, and let us know how it goes

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: January 31, 2010, 04:33:01 PM »

Hmm, how recently was the Youngstown, OH STAR upgraded? My mom seems to remember the 4000 graphics there at some point.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 31, 2010, 09:47:30 AM »

Boy I wish we could see this kind of snow... we haven't seen but a foot and a half all winter so far.