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General Discussion / Re: Swine Flu

« on: May 01, 2009, 04:51:52 PM »

Okay, H1N1 is just the normal flu, which is why it is being called H1N1.  Also, normal flu cases ALWAYS get sent in for testing, so therefore, it's just the normal flu.  Health Departments are shutting/threatening to shut down schools because of the normal flu.  BS

I am sorry, but this is not the normal flu.  Sure, it may be a little less threatening than the media or whoever is saying it is, and it could be much worse.  It is NOT KNOWN.  This is a NEW disease, and some of you on here are not understanding that,  and I am sure more and more doctors are learning something new about it every day.  This is probably why the name has been switched from  "swine" to "H1N1".  Obviously this has to be bigger than the normal flu.  Is it being taken out of proportion?  Sure, in some cases it probably is.

IMO, the name change was not smart. It implies that this is the H1N1 virus, which it is, except not THE H1N1 virus we're familiar with. I think its name should reflect its difference from our run of the mill flu. Regardless of what the pork industry wants. 

I think this whole controversy over the name is just stupid and unnecessary. The name is what it is. I don't eat any meat from pigs (except ham once a year on Christmas or possibly again on Thanksgiving) anyway, so the name does not bother me 

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: May 01, 2009, 04:49:24 PM »

Sorry for the double post, but I have NEVER seen a Kentucky Derby ad on TWC! (And yes, I know NBC now owns them which is why the ad played)

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: May 01, 2009, 04:47:31 PM »

Well, just thought I would make this point:
I am sure by now that everyone knows this, but I just wanted to point out that tomorrow is TWC's 27th since it's first launch! I think we all agree it climbed a mountain and then fell right back down 

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: May 01, 2009, 04:45:31 PM »

The pic of Serafina and her new present will come soon but first I want to share something pretty weird.

Heard of 14 oz coke bottles???? 

No, actually I don't think I have. I know of the 20 oz, and an 8 ounce (I think that was what it was) back in the olden daze (like, before TWC's time if you can believe that ).

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: May 01, 2009, 04:44:03 PM »

Today is my cat Serafina's 3rd Birthday today!!!!!! 

It's also my cat's 9-month birthday, which to most people is when they don't consider their cats as "kittens" anymore as they're almost fully grown.

I thought it was a year when a cat technically reaches adult age. As my English teacher says, "Anyhoodle", my cats were born some time in March 2007 so they turned two some time a month and a half ago.

Does anyone ever get any of those "before and after" ads of people's teeth? Not only it's annoying, but it's gross. Who would want to see that?

Yeah, I am never one for those ads since a store bought whitening kit works fine for me 
Dr. Scott Stone advertises on some of the local channels here in the Lansing area, including the NBC station here, WILX.

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General Discussion / What time of the day does school start/stop for you?

« on: May 01, 2009, 03:31:19 PM »

I will start:
For me, school begins at 7:45 AM EDT (technically 7:50 AM, which is when the 1st hour begins) and ends at 2:22 PM EDT.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: May 01, 2009, 12:25:34 PM »

uhhhh, that's been like that with the Local weather ID ever since it's been getting displayed on the LDL.

And why do you call it "FalsePoint"? I see nothing wrong with it nor HiRAD.

You and I have A LOT of disagreements then. They both produce illegitament observations that are
1) Not accurate
2) Not proven (where the location is)
3) And nothing beats the real thing

I call it Falsepoint because the results are not accurate. They are simply computer guesses. The results for April rainfall are in:
Lansing Capital City Arpt: 6.49"
Downtown Lansing guess (5 miles from Airport): 7.6"
See anything wrong?

And I was being nitpicky about the W being changed to lower case.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: May 01, 2009, 11:19:24 AM »

I know this is one VERY minuscule little thing, but I think the word "Weather" was changed when it displays as "Local Weather ID" during the LF in the LDL. Instead of being displayed as "Local Weather ID" it was changed to say "Local weather ID", so the w was lowercased. I do not know this for sure, but it looks that way to me.

Also, did the Falsepoint precip counter have to manually reset this morning? When I woke up, it actually said "May Precip: 7.6", and it now says "May Precip 0.0"

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Everything Else TWC / Re: They really did clear the old studio out early.

« on: May 01, 2009, 08:23:57 AM »

http://f.imagehost.org/download/0798/Old_studio_shot_20080606

That video is from the very first week of the HD studio being on the air, and already the old studio area looked pretty much the same as it did on the last day - two cameras left on the studio floor, and the area to the left in the shot all cleared out.

I only hear sound on that one.......   

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: May 01, 2009, 08:22:19 AM »

Well, record precip this month! 

Record April Precipitation

If your sump pump has been running alot more this spring compared to the past it is no surprise. In Lansing during April 6.49'' of precipitation was recorded at the airport. Most of that fell as rain, but some of that number is made up from snowfall.
In a normal April Lansing receives 3.09'' of precipitation. April of 2009 6.49'' of precipitation was recorded. The old record was 6.40'' set way back in 1880.

I know, this is probably not the right topic for this, but here goes:
Also, Falsepoint has reported 7.6" for downtown Lansing. NO WAY there is an inch difference over 5-10 miles, not this month. We have not had many scattered thunderstorms. And another thing, Falsepoint is saying May Precip: 7.6". Anything wrong with that?

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General Discussion / Re: Swine Flu

« on: May 01, 2009, 08:08:50 AM »

I think Gil's talking about Princess Diana. 

Anyway all those stories you mention are important. I mean, if there's a food that's going to make me sick if I eat it, I'd sure like to know! And I'd sure like to know when its safe to eat it again! 

Oops, my mistake. I never knew a whole lot about that. I was just making the counterargument there, and I never said the peanut butter and pepper/tomato stories were not important. However, the Octo-mom stuff and Casey Anthony is DEFINTELY something the vast majority of us do not care about. I was also just confirming the point made earlier that there ALWAYS has to be some kind of scare. Anyway, back to the Swine Flu news.......

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General Discussion / Re: When do you guys get out of school?

« on: May 01, 2009, 07:57:20 AM »

We end June 5th and start September 8th 
However, this may mean I have school on my 17th birthday in 2010 for the first time school has ever been on my birthday 

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General Discussion / Re: Swine Flu

« on: April 30, 2009, 09:24:40 PM »

American Media is terrible period.

British media is much worse. They killed Diana.

I'm with Gary on this one. I think you guys are TOTALLY missing the point. This is a new strain, which there is currently no known vaccine for and people do not know how to react to it. Yeah, I'm sure we are all tired of hearing about the swine flu. I know I am. And yes, there always seems to be some big scare or big story in the news. Remember the whole Casey Anthony story? How about the pepper/tomato scare? Then there was the whole Octo-mom crap which is still going on, and the peanut butter scare, and now this. That's just how society is, and it's never going to change. Sure, having freedom like this has its problems, but every type of society does. There is no such thing as a perfect society. I always like to watch the local news in the morning and evening. This story about the swine flu is annoying, but I deal with A LOT of annoying things and people in life. So, as the user wxmediafan says, I follow it. It interests me too. Every now and then, there is an interesting story in the news.

And come on, really? I do not like to associate with people who say things like that Gil. How do you figure that the British media killed Diana Ross? The news is just part of life. The market will always be there, and there will always be a need for news.

That is just my 2¢ 

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: April 30, 2009, 04:41:15 PM »

Quick question.

Socool375, do you see we now have a member with the name socool775?

Yes, that is also me. I was originally socool375 on everything. That all changed when that account of mine was supended on youtube back in mid-February. I opened my socool775 accounton TWCT in case I ever decided to switch over to that (my new username).

you're allowed to change your username here, aren't you? 

I didn't think so, am I?

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: April 30, 2009, 04:37:50 PM »

Quick question.

Socool375, do you see we now have a member with the name socool775?

Yes, that is also me. I was originally socool375 on everything. That all changed when that account of mine was supended on youtube back in mid-February. I opened my socool775 accounton TWCT in case I ever decided to switch over to that (my new username).