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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 07, 2013, 03:49:26 PM »

I love backgammon.  I just have no one to play it with. 

You would have to teach me how that game works.  I've seen that board somewhere else during my childhood, but I don't know the objective of the game or how to play it.

You have to move the checkers from one side of the board to the other and then be the first to remove all of them from the board.  It's one of those games that is easy to learn but difficult to master.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 07, 2013, 03:29:03 AM »

I love backgammon.  I just have no one to play it with. 

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Winter Weather / Re: Blizzard for New England 2013

« on: February 05, 2013, 09:17:14 PM »

And nearly on the 35th anniversary of the blizzard of 1978.  Amazing...

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Weatherscan Topic

« on: February 02, 2013, 11:54:04 PM »

Nothing on YouTube that I found.  All I could do would be to shoot some video from my camera and hope for the best in terms of quality.

Basically, the channel shows weather maps of central Florida with upcoming forecasts, and then shows airport conditions around the region, the country, and some international destinations, too.

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General Discussion / Re: WeatherNation

« on: January 31, 2013, 10:03:51 PM »

I read about that.  I like to keep up with what happens on Boston TV since I've left.

I wish the Orlando market would get it, too, especially since we have NO weather digital substations anymore.  We used to have to, then one changed to MeTV, and, very recently, one changed to the Spanish language Mega TV.

We really need a constant source of weather in central Florida, and we just don't have one anymore.

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: January 30, 2013, 05:09:27 PM »

Sunny and 82° in Daytona Beach today.  Perfect beach weather, which I enjoyed very much! 

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: January 29, 2013, 11:46:54 PM »

I wouldn't mind a 5 or 6-minute local forecast... if there were more products available.  Back then, they just ran the same flavor twice.  Trust me, seeing the "Travel Cities Forecast" play twice in just a few minutes gets a little mind-numbing. 

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: January 29, 2013, 08:44:31 PM »

Maybe I'm just too old-fashioned, but a "full" local forecast for me is three minutes.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 28, 2013, 12:08:37 PM »

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2026502/facebook-legal-notice-could-get-you-cash-so-dont-trash-it.html

Did anyone receive this Facebook legal notice in their email accounts?

I did.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: January 28, 2013, 07:17:33 AM »

TWC's contract with Traffic Pulse ran out quite some time ago.  I don't remember exactly when, but it's been a couple of years that there have been no traffic reports on the local forecast.

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TWC Today News / Re: Slow and laggy

« on: January 27, 2013, 06:22:08 PM »

Such a problem would seem to be with your computer, not with the forum.  I don't know how such a problem could be the forum's fault, and especially since it affected your computer outside of the forum, too.  Could have been a memory issue.

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Contributions / Re: Local forecasts every 4 minutes

« on: January 27, 2013, 01:02:58 AM »

I don't think that would ever happen.  They'd want as many people as possible to watch the longform programming on basic cable, and who would pay extra just to watch the weather on a higher tier?!

Canada has the right idea.  The Weather Network is considered an essential service, and so it's not only guaranteed to be available on every basic cable/satellite subscription, but it's also guaranteed to have actual weather programming.  Their local forecasts have always been, in my opinion, much more informative, too.

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Contributions / Re: Local forecasts every 4 minutes

« on: January 26, 2013, 03:05:44 PM »

Why did you post this under contributions? I posted that video.

I was just looking for a place to put it. 

TWC, in my opinion, was so much better back then.  I think it was at its peak from about 1987 to 1995-1996 at the latest.  For various reasons, depending on the timeframe, it's been going downhill ever since.

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Contributions / Re: Local forecasts every 4 minutes

« on: January 25, 2013, 08:36:04 PM »

So true.  Given their latest programming changes, I'm honestly very surprised at all that there are any local forecasts left, or, for that matter, any live (or "semi-live," or just pre-recorded) weather programs left at all, as diluted as they are.

Just how long will it be before The Weather Channel turns into a full-fledged longform programming network?  I hate to say it, but I really do think it's just a matter of time.  As it is, the local forecasts and weather programs even now just feel as a "legacy holdover" from the old days, to claim that TWC is still "fulfilling" its core mission.

Barely.  Just barely.

Or, maybe they're so that cable companies won't want to try moving TWC to a higher-cost tier.  After all, TWC gets a larger audience share if it's available on basic cable.

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Contributions / Local forecasts every 4 minutes

« on: January 25, 2013, 06:26:41 PM »

My, how times have changed between 1987 and now...

Weather Channel Prime Time With Colleen Wine 1987