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

« on: January 24, 2010, 03:08:21 PM »

Well, I just miss happier times... times before people thought I was fixated on another user here... times when the local forecast actually looked good. I'm having trouble adjusting to the passage of time, partially since I am already halfway into my second-to-last year of high school, which I'm worried does not give enough time to make social amends, imp.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: January 24, 2010, 01:46:20 PM »

It appears that the :58 Intellistar flavor also airs at :28 now during DP and WN.

I thought they were always the same flavor, since the idea is generally to air the same flavor twice an hour during normal programming

The backup playlist is playing with David Becker Tribune at 1:38pm

Hmm, that's odd... I heard "Turning Pages" by Mark Krurnowski

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 24, 2010, 10:50:06 AM »

I hate to sound sadistic and insensitive here (since I'm not like that), but I'm getting awfully tired of hearing about this. WAY too over-covered, imo. Haiti is not the only story out there...

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: TWC gone digital

« on: January 24, 2010, 10:38:29 AM »

No wonder I supposedly wasn't looking hard enough, that's Walmart. Wouldn't set foot in that economic death trap even if you paid me to.

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

« on: January 24, 2010, 09:27:02 AM »

I'm really starting to get that "time-passing" anxiety 

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The Game Room / Re: Which would you prefer?

« on: January 24, 2010, 09:25:21 AM »

After The Rain... sounds slitely less repetitive to me

9:25 AM or 9:25 PM?

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The Game Room / Re: Ban the Person above you

« on: January 24, 2010, 09:23:05 AM »

Banned for I haven't been up at 2 AM as much lately as I used to be

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: TWC gone digital

« on: January 24, 2010, 09:07:29 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.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: January 24, 2010, 08:30:23 AM »

Hai Patrick
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40397489@N00/390646896/#

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: January 24, 2010, 08:23:00 AM »

I know of a few locations that may still have undiscovered legacy STARs in northern Michigan, but I am not in the position to record a STAR I have already seen. Even though Charter does not list locations in Rogers City and Gaylord, I think those may be places to try. When I went to Marquette, my original intent was to stay in Newberry, a small town in the eastern part of the UP. I'm also looking at Oscoda and Tawas City.

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: TWC gone digital

« on: January 23, 2010, 06:28:48 PM »

That's a good point... except few people have HDTV's or the ability to have HD service. I know I don't. For one thing, you have to pay extra money each month (usually around $10). But even if you subscribe to the service, you have to have special HD equipment along with an HDTV. And decent HDTVs are most often above $1500 or $2000, not a chunk of change most people are easily able to dole out or obtain. Even after most channels going digital here in Lansing (not for another year or so in the E.L.), my internet is slower than ever.

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Local Forecast / Re: Satellite LF? Anyone like the current version

« on: January 23, 2010, 10:21:28 AM »

I'm sure everyone knows I'm with you on the background and icons, Krishnan. I'm just glad the current icons are not animated on the satellite version, as the animations really irritate me the most.

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The Game Room / Re: Ban the Person above you

« on: January 23, 2010, 10:18:03 AM »

Banned for we got WJZL 92.9 here, which also carries TWC weather forecasts and has appeared on my station ID from time to time

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Contributions / Re: LFMusicFan's Intellistar Videos

« on: January 23, 2010, 10:00:24 AM »

Hey Derek, can you upload some of your videos to the site? I'd love to download them

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General Discussion / Re: Dang it! My YT account got suspended

« on: January 22, 2010, 06:42:01 PM »

So far I'm good. Just a few audio disablings, but nothing serious at the moment.