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Local Forecast / Re: TWC Songs you've heard in other places

« on: April 03, 2010, 09:00:23 PM »

"Mr. Phelps, I Presume", from the December 2004 list, played in a local restaurant this evening. That restaurant plays a lot of TWC tunes, since I heard another one while I was there.

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General Weather Chat / Re: Summer 2010 Discussion

« on: April 03, 2010, 08:58:39 PM »

We just got .18" of rain today. Lots of ponding, since the ground is so dry. Then the ground dried once the sun came out

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Local Forecast / Re: Song ID Thread

« on: April 03, 2010, 04:11:55 PM »

XL v1, Kennedy Arpt NYC 10-17-99

Pleasant Days - Bobby Love

Thanks so much, I was wondering what that was

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Local Forecast / Re: Song ID Thread

« on: April 03, 2010, 04:07:09 PM »

XL v1, Kennedy Arpt NYC 10-17-99

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: April 03, 2010, 08:26:21 AM »

Wow, cute picture of Kelly and her sister just aired from when they were kids 

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: April 03, 2010, 06:16:07 AM »

haha, fail (the picture I have attached)

But anyways, adding into that discussion about lawn mowers, I found a really good one at Sears on my way back from Howell yesterday afternoon. A really good Honda/Craftsmen mower for $336. 21", self-propelled gas engine. Gotta have self propelled...

Adding onto my post here, anyone remember that issue I brought up yesterday, regarding that burnt plastic smell I was noticing with my desktop's power supply? I went all the way down to Howell

And dropped off my desktop computer. An Easy Tech I've known for years (who moved from the Lansing store out to the Howell store) looked at it this morning. I'm glad I did not just go with replacing the power supply. He found the burning smell to actually be coming from the computer's graphics card. The graphics card's fan has actually gone kaput, so it is stuck and won't turn. Not surprising with all the things I've done with it. But anyways, I bought that graphics card new in February 2008. I'm hoping I bought the protection plan on it. If I did, then I can just swap out this one for a new one (or at least the cost of the old one can go towards a new one), with only the cost of installation to be concerned about. But if I did not, I'm running at least $200, with both the cost of the new card and the installation. This is not to mention, I probably should buy a new power supply (nothing was wrong with this, but a new graphics card would probably require a bigger power supply than the one I'm using).

Point being, I probably won't have the computer back until Tuesday. I'll try to record WUWA on Monday and Tuesday with my laptop, but if there's something you missed, I only have files from up through yesterday at noon.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: April 02, 2010, 07:54:16 PM »

Not to mention I'm buying a brand new lawn mower this week.

I am thinking of purchasing one of those electric lawnmowers. I am EXTREMELY lazy when it comes to cutting the grass. Heck I don't even do it now. I think it would be neat to try one and see how the technology has improved. Thank goodness Roomba can clean my room

Do you have a small lawn to mow? Electric/battery mowers are only recommended for smaller lawns, and you have to recharge them every 3 daze or so... or else you can inadvertently cause damage to the engine.

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Local Forecast / Re: Traffic Pulse: Like it or hate it?

« on: April 02, 2010, 07:34:35 PM »

I am also mixed, but I am moreso in favor of it than I am against it. For the longest of times, I was obsessed with it, and seemed to know more about it than even several users with it do. It is a convenience, that's for sure. Only thing though is the currency of the information. The traffic does take away time for other products to display, but TWC does not know how to put together flavors. I do believe people can see more of the regional maps if TWC were to realize you can't display every product on every LF.

Here's an idea of mine regarding traffic Intellistars:
:08- Front page CC (which is inexcusable to leave out on any LF)>8 city> sat/rad>almanac>air quality>daypart>2 metro forecast maps> regional forecast> 48 Hour Forecast>The Week Ahead>Traffic Overview>Incidents/Construction>Traffic Flow

:18- Front page CC>Regional CC>sat/rad>Almanac>air quality>daypart>metro forecast> 2 regional forecast maps>36 Hour Forecast>The Week Ahead>Traffic Overview

:28- Front page CC>Metro CC>sat/rad>Almanac>Air Quality>Getaway>Daypart>2 metro forecast maps>Regional Forecast>48 Hour Forecast>The Week Ahead>Traffic Overview>Incidents/Construction>Traffic Flow

:38-Front page CC>8 city> sat/rad>almanac>air quality>daypart>2 metro forecast maps> regional forecast> 48 Hour Forecast>The Week Ahead>Traffic Overview>Incidents/Construction>Traffic Flow

:48-Front page CC>Regional CC>sat/rad>Almanac>air quality>daypart>metro forecast> 2 regional forecast maps>36 Hour Forecast>The Week Ahead>Traffic Overview

:58-Front page CC>Metro CC>sat/rad>Almanac>Air Quality>Getaway>Daypart>2 metro forecast maps>Regional Forecast>48 Hour Forecast>The Week Ahead>Traffic Overview>Incidents/Construction>Traffic Flow

Notice how I took out the radar altogether. The radar takes up valuable time, and this time could be used to show the front page. The sat/rad does a fine job showing that there is no precipitation in the vicinity, and it would make the LF flow much more smoothly. Also, these flavors are assuming the absence of the weather bulletin screen and the local radar.

Come on The Weather Channel, it's not rocket science! It's not that hard to put together decent flavors that work.

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Local Forecast / Re: Satellite LF Sightings

« on: April 02, 2010, 07:21:25 PM »

Not a big deal, but a 2 second late cue at 7:18 PM EDT there.

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The Game Room / Re: Lie your Butt Off

« on: April 02, 2010, 07:12:13 PM »

I'm not happy that BookIt.com is finally no longer the LOT8s sponsor.

I do not have an obsession against bookit.com. I love that site! I didn't put it in my signature either.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: April 02, 2010, 07:09:22 PM »

Due to extensive cloud cover, Lansing officially fell 2 degrees short of our 81 degree record. It has been overcast ever since around noon.

Anyways, I went out to Howell, and the customer service at the Staples there was phenominal. It's just annoying how I have to drive a half hour out there and a half hour back. My desktop computer is all alone tonite, without my company
Looks like costs may run me close to $70. Not to mention I'm buying a brand new lawn mower this week.

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Local Forecast / Re: New LDL

« on: April 02, 2010, 07:01:34 PM »

Alex was actually lucky enough to see that happen:

New Bedford IntelliStar: Flood Warning updated *Until 11:45pm EDT*

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: April 02, 2010, 06:55:32 PM »

Wow, that's the exact same 90 second flavor I saw in Port Huron. It's definitely different not seeing ANY traffic products on your local forecasts.

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General Weather Chat / Re: Summer 2010 Discussion

« on: April 02, 2010, 06:52:02 PM »

Last winter brought us a lot of snow, and the excessive moisture continued into March. Our monthly precip last month totaled 7.93 inches - about 4-5 inches above normal.

Yeah, the storm pattern has definitely favored the mid-Atlantic, and not the Midwest. The question is... will this pattern remain?

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: April 02, 2010, 04:06:56 PM »

For me, it's always the first full week in April. Easter just happens to fall on the first Sunday of it. Like I mentioned earlier, we also got today off because it would have been pointless to have school.