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Hurricane Central / Re: Tropical Storm Don

« on: July 30, 2011, 01:47:45 PM »

The first time my name is attached to a tropical system, and it ends up being the biggest dud I've ever seen.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not rooting for destruction, and I never will. I'm very glad there was none.

Thing is, this system had the potential to deliver significant rainfall to areas that desperately need it. This TS could've been a very GOOD thing, which is almost unheard of. Nowhere near an inch fell anywhere.

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General Discussion / Re: Wisconsin

« on: July 01, 2011, 09:42:28 PM »

I recently heard about something very interesting.

As a direct result of Gov. Walker's reforms, this one particular school district (Kaukauna) immediately turns from a $400,000 budget deficit to a $1.5 million surplus. They plan to hire more teachers.

So let's see...
A.) No jobs were lost
B.) Several new jobs will be created
C.) More teachers = smaller class sizes, better student/teacher ratio, better classroom environment for students

Yet the unions fought this tooth and nail.

Who does the NEA really care about? Think about it for a while, it obviously isn't the students.

District swings from deficit to surplus with newly enacted employee contributions

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General Discussion / Re: Economy Tracker

« on: June 27, 2011, 09:54:09 PM »

This doesn't surprise me at all.

Manufacturing Surveys Imply US Economy Has Entered The Second Month Of A (Re)Recession

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: Interrupted forecasts?

« on: June 25, 2011, 10:05:22 PM »

Quote from: Mike M on June 13, 2011, 09:33:43 AM

I would contact your headend. Sounds like the cue time for the local ad inserts is off.

Comcast got an email from me tonight because it's getting worse.

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General Discussion / Re: Gas prices in your area

« on: June 25, 2011, 10:03:06 PM »

$3.45

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General Discussion / Re: What is the last thing you bought?

« on: June 15, 2011, 10:02:27 PM »

A couple mesh tank tops.

I'm getting ready for summer.

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General Discussion / Re: Gas prices in your area

« on: June 15, 2011, 09:58:14 PM »

$3.66

Seems cheap.

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Your Local Weather / Re: Chicagoland Weather

« on: June 12, 2011, 05:56:39 PM »

Quote from: WeatherWitness on June 11, 2011, 10:18:10 PM

Looks like it's going to be rather cool in Chicago tomorrow. A high of around 65° is being predicted, but the average high for this time of year is 79°. And can you believe it was in the upper 90s for a few days this past week?

A complete contrast to the constant above-average temperatures in the South...

And it's going to be in the 60s and low 70s all next week!

It feels more like April than June.

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TWC and your Cable Company / Interrupted forecasts?

« on: June 12, 2011, 05:51:34 PM »

Did a search and couldn't find anything (SIAP). Actually, I'm not 100% sure where to post this.

Am I the only one who's having his LFs interrupted by commercials? It doesn't happen every time, but when it does, the CC screen shows as normal. All of a sudden, a commercial comes on. It shows two commercials, then goes back to the LF for the 36 hour forecast.

This is without a doubt Comcast's doing, because A.) TWC would never do anything like this, and B.) The first commercial is always one for Xfinity, with the second usually being a local commercial.

It's irritating.