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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 12, 2012, 06:35:02 PM »

I think it's a case of having to ban the person after he returns and is positively identified.  It's utterly impossible to actually prevent him from creating new accounts.

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

« on: January 12, 2012, 04:21:44 PM »

Last night's shopping spree on Amazon.com included a new set of bedding (about time - what I have now is more than 10 years old) and the DVD set of the first season of "Here's Lucy."  I got both on sale, free shipping, and paid for some of it with what was left on my gift card account.

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General Discussion / Re: Weatherscan in Canada? Soon a reality.

« on: January 10, 2012, 12:43:56 AM »

It looks fantastic - much better than Weatherscan itself!

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: January 05, 2012, 11:01:40 PM »

LOL!  Did you try clearing out your cache?  It's possible you recently downloaded an incomplete file, and your computer keeps pulling that incomplete file out of the cache to display the image.

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General Discussion / Re: Orbitz Gum

« on: January 05, 2012, 08:33:31 PM »

I've never chewed gum, and, now that I have dentures, it's even more unlikely that I'll ever start!

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General Weather Chat / Dual polarization radar

« on: January 04, 2012, 02:52:17 PM »

My local weather radar is going to be unavailable from today through the middle of January for the dual polarization upgrade.

Message Date:  Jan 04 2012 14:55:59

THE MELBOURNE DOPPLER RADAR WILL UNDERGO A MODERNIZATION TO INSTALL NEW TECHNOLO
GY KNOWN AS DUAL POLARIZATION. MELBOURNE WILL BE AMONG THE FIRST RADARS IN THE C
OUNTRY TO ACQUIRE THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY. INSTALLATION WILL TAKE UP TO TWO WEEKS...
WHICH WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY JANUARY 4 AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY jANUARY
16. OTHER DOPPLER RADARS AVAILABLE DURING THIS OUTAGE...TAMPA...JACKSONVILLE AND
 MIAMI. ALSO FAA TERMINAL DOPPLER RADARS IN ORLANDO AND WEST PALM BEACH.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 03, 2012, 07:04:51 PM »

Daytona Beach is 41° now, with an expected overnight low around 28°.  The last time the weather was this cold here was in the middle of last January.  Fortunately, it won't last long.  I dislike heat, but I hate cold even more. 

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: January 02, 2012, 09:56:27 PM »

Yes, the chroma key wall is used, chairs and all.

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General Discussion / Re: The Debt Ceiling Deadline

« on: December 30, 2011, 02:49:01 AM »

I once made a political thread in this forum and was rebuked for it.  Yet others make political threads, and yet I still end up getting rebuked in the end.

I've never supported anything any Republican has done, and I never will.

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Local Forecast / Re: Trammell Sightings

« on: December 29, 2011, 07:50:32 PM »

7:48 PM EST

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General Discussion / Re: The Debt Ceiling Deadline

« on: December 29, 2011, 05:55:51 PM »

It's posts like this that make me want to leave this forum altogether.

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General Discussion / Re: The Debt Ceiling Deadline

« on: December 29, 2011, 02:53:29 PM »

Either I'm the only one here who doesn't support the Republicans in anything, or I grossly overestimate my intelligence when it comes to fiscal matters.  Either way, I'm not bringing politics into this forum anymore.

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General Discussion / Re: The Debt Ceiling Deadline

« on: December 28, 2011, 11:37:44 PM »

What's the alternative?  End all spending altogether?  Close all municipal fire departments and staff them only with volunteers?  Close all the public schools and force parents to pay for private schooling?  End Social Security and Medicare payments?  Stop importing oil?  Nuke the rest of the world and take their resources?

One has to think rationally.  It is going to cost money to cut the debt.  And, besides, this isn't Obama's debt.  When George W. Bush took office, the U.S. had the biggest budget surplus in history.  Bush put that to an end right quick, and the debt's been growing ever since.  Bill Clinton may have had a sleazy personal life, but at least he knew how to balance budgets.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: December 28, 2011, 11:35:33 PM »

Where I come from that would be a heatwave. 

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General Discussion / Re: NBC Weather Plus Discussion

« on: December 27, 2011, 05:27:05 PM »

Too bad there hasn't been a push by NBC/TWC to replace these channels with WeatherScan. Pretty much a waste of an opportunity there. Who knows what they want to do with that product!

That's a great idea!  On the other hand, is it technically feasible?  It would require each individual broadcast station to have its own Intellistar for the purpose.