March 05, 2013
— LauraW Eddy Grant is 65 years old today.
This video happened about the same time Mom caved and let us get cable TV, and thus, MTV.
Her acceptance of the microwave oven was still a few years off, and even then she made us keep it in the garage. She was certain it was dangerous and would cause me to grow a gigantic foul, oozing hunchback.
Eh. Three-minute pizza is worth it.
Open thread.
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Posted by: Hrothgar at March 05, 2013 05:51 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: EC at March 05, 2013 05:51 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2013 05:54 AM (GFM2b)
Posted by: SpongeBob Saget at March 05, 2013 05:56 AM (epxV4)
Posted by: Double Barrel Biden at March 05, 2013 05:57 AM (fWAjv)
NE houses aren't built to take that weight, that's why it had to go in the garage.
Posted by: Jay in Ames at March 05, 2013 05:59 AM (i2Lsf)
My parents didn't get cable until they had grandchildren who got the DTs when they were asked to go six hours without it. As infants.
Which didn't matter anyway, because the town I grew up in held a special referendum to ban MTV from the town cable franchise. Only the farm kids with satellites got MTV.
My college dorms got cable when I was a senior. MTV still showed videos overnight sometimes. Despite all my rage, I'm still just a rat in a cage.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ #NukeIowaCity at March 05, 2013 06:04 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: t-bird at March 05, 2013 06:05 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Vic at March 05, 2013 06:05 AM (53z96)
http://tinyurl.com/aun8ty2
DWI suspect tries to flee accident scene in battery-powered toy truck
Posted by: momma at March 05, 2013 06:06 AM (hxhVn)
Posted by: t-bird at March 05, 2013 06:07 AM (FcR7P)
I'm off to see Obama. At least he knows how to treat a comrade.
Posted by: zombie joseph stalin at March 05, 2013 06:07 AM (ORGYc)
It's better to burn out, than fade away.
Posted by: EC at March 05, 2013 06:07 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 05, 2013 06:07 AM (h4Bce)
Posted by: Vic at March 05, 2013 06:08 AM (53z96)
Posted by: zsasz at March 05, 2013 06:09 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 05, 2013 06:09 AM (48jWE)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at March 05, 2013 06:10 AM (+z4pE)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 05, 2013 06:11 AM (e0xKF)
Calling all co-bloggers!
Could one of you grant me a special favour and post some pics of my stepson who will be graduating from basic training this Friday in Parris Island? I will return this weekend with pictures in hand. I will try and keep the number of pics to a minimum, along with some text. I will be eternally in your debt if you do this. Thank you!
Posted by: EC at March 05, 2013 06:13 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: WTP at March 05, 2013 06:14 AM (kZVsz)
I get the Palladia Channel on cable down here. That's how I found out Todd Rundgren was still kicking some serious musical ass even tho' he's turning 65 this summer.
They show a lot of concerts and documentaries. Not too bad, but still, there's a lot more they could be doing, especially for us Boomers, music wise.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at March 05, 2013 06:14 AM (+z4pE)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 05, 2013 06:14 AM (h4Bce)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 05, 2013 06:14 AM (48jWE)
Who did the theme song to "Romancing the Bone"?
"Romancing"? What an icky word. I prefer 'Suctioning'.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at March 05, 2013 06:14 AM (NF2Bf)
There ain't no second chance
Against the thing with the forty eyes, girl
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ #NukeIowaCity at March 05, 2013 06:15 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 05, 2013 10:11 AM (e0xKF)
I use the "make your own favorite lists" options for my TV now. MTV and VH1 have never been on there so I haven't even "cruised" by them flipping the channels in years.
Posted by: Vic at March 05, 2013 06:15 AM (53z96)
Posted by: JDTAY at March 05, 2013 06:15 AM (a0nis)
I would be happy to do it.
Send them to:
nynjmeet at optimum dot net
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 05, 2013 06:16 AM (GsoHv)
Posted by: RWC at March 05, 2013 06:16 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: beach tuesday a.m. at March 05, 2013 06:16 AM (XYSwB)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 05, 2013 06:16 AM (48jWE)
Posted by: English english at March 05, 2013 06:17 AM (p/cQy)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 05, 2013 06:17 AM (48jWE)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 05, 2013 10:14 AM (h4Bce)
The "Radar Range" was the first microwave. They called it that because microwaves use a major operating tube from out of radar to generate those "microwaves". It was originally marketed in 1954.
Posted by: Vic at March 05, 2013 06:18 AM (53z96)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at March 05, 2013 10:14 AM (+z4pE)
We watch them occasionally. They had an old Moody Blues concert on a few months ago and I had to watch that.
Posted by: Vic at March 05, 2013 06:19 AM (53z96)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 05, 2013 10:17 AM (48jWE)
I loved the Marx Brothers when I was a kid.
What's the password?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 05, 2013 06:20 AM (GsoHv)
Posted by: thefritz at March 05, 2013 06:20 AM (lEKuQ)
In which case, I'm 36.
Take that, Cochran!
You too CBD.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 05, 2013 06:20 AM (sbV1u)
And none of the grumpy old music-on-TV H8rs ever watched Ed Sullivan or Hee-Haw or Great Performances or the Osmunds or A Capitol Fourth, right.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ #NukeIowaCity at March 05, 2013 06:21 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 05, 2013 06:21 AM (48jWE)
As do I. Summer between 8th grade and freshman high school year. Too young for a real summer job. Played 36 holes on Mondays at the local goat ranch. Reagan revolution in full swing. Great times.
Posted by: angler at March 05, 2013 06:21 AM (SwjAj)
Wow! You're old!
Listen up: we didn't have MTV or VHS Ones when I was a kid. We huddled around the AM radio listening to the Grand Ole Opry or WLS because it was all we could get. And when it was stormy outside, we had to go turn on the radio in the car just for that.
And we were happy to hear it. You little whippersnappers don't know how good you have it. Now, get off my lawn.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at March 05, 2013 06:21 AM (+z4pE)
Posted by: RWC at March 05, 2013 06:21 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 05, 2013 06:22 AM (48jWE)
Posted by: Jay in Ames at March 05, 2013 06:23 AM (i2Lsf)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2013 06:23 AM (GFM2b)
Posted by: Cicero Kid at March 05, 2013 06:23 AM (UrENZ)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ #NukeIowaCity at March 05, 2013 10:21 AM (/kI1Q)
I used to love Hee Haw up until the time I went in the Navy and all TV was gone. However, COULD.NOT.TAKE. Topo Geego or the Osmunds.
Posted by: Vic at March 05, 2013 06:23 AM (53z96)
And who could ever forget the horrors of actually having to physically get up and walk across the room to the change the channel on the TV?
::: shudder :::
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 05, 2013 06:23 AM (sbV1u)
Mary.
Mary's not a fish!
No, but she drinks like one.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 05, 2013 06:23 AM (GsoHv)
Gov. Rick Perry called on the Obama Administration to provide state and local law enforcement with information regarding the release of criminal aliens into Texas communities.
In a letter to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton, Perry said the administration has failed to coordinate with or provide details to states where detainees have been released.
"The release of criminal aliens into our communities by ICE is unconscionable," Perry wrote. "This action far surpasses the grandstanding Americans have come to associate with sequestration talks by potentially jeopardizing the safety of 26 million Texans - safety the federal government already compromises by falling short on border security."
Perry went on to blast the administration for not providing the number of detainees which have been released
ICE has not said how many have been released, or if any of those released committed violent crimes.
They think as many as 35,000 have been released
Posted by: thunderb at March 05, 2013 06:24 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at March 05, 2013 06:24 AM (+z4pE)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 05, 2013 06:24 AM (48jWE)
Listen up: we didn't have MTV or VHS Ones when I was a kid. We huddled around the AM radio listening to the Grand Ole Opry or WLS because it was all we could get. And when it was stormy outside, we had to go turn on the radio in the car just for that.
And we were happy to hear it. You little whippersnappers don't know how good you have it. Now, get off my lawn.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at March 05, 2013 10:21 AM (+z4pE)
Please tell us all how it was living in the country under a President Roosevelt ... Teddy Roosevelt.
Posted by: Slappy at March 05, 2013 06:24 AM (LTbLf)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 05, 2013 06:26 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2013 06:26 AM (GFM2b)
Posted by: Vic at March 05, 2013 06:26 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 05, 2013 06:27 AM (e0xKF)
Now i'm hungry for Captain Crunch and Bailey's Irish Creme.
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Sounds like the breakfast of college students.
Hmmm....needs a cigarette.
Posted by: Whore's Breakfast at March 05, 2013 06:27 AM (NF2Bf)
Posted by: Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms at March 05, 2013 06:27 AM (e0xKF)
And who could ever forget the horrors of actually having to physically get up and walk across the room to the change the channel on the TV?
::: shudder :::
And good luck getting the rabbit ears to pull in a good signal. Ususally, the little brother was used for that.
"A little to the left. No, your other left. Just a bit more...OK, now stay there."
"But Dad, I can't see it from here!"
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at March 05, 2013 06:27 AM (+z4pE)
Posted by: Red Shirt at March 05, 2013 06:27 AM (FIDMq)
YOU had a RADIO! Fannnn- cee! When we wanted some music my Dad would play on old rusty harmonica that had a bullet hole in it. For drums we slapped our palms on our empty bellies. And when it was stormy outside, we moved into the lean-to where it was more comfortable.
And we LIKED it. Get off my lawn.
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 05, 2013 06:28 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Fritz at March 05, 2013 06:28 AM (UzPAd)
Posted by: archie goodwin at March 05, 2013 06:28 AM (Jsiw/)
Posted by: Vic at March 05, 2013 06:28 AM (53z96)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2013 06:28 AM (GFM2b)
http://youtu.be/LaHlIb5Hc8U
Posted by: logprof at March 05, 2013 06:28 AM (+iA5G)
What am I missing here?
When did Rick Perry acquire the ability to withhold Federal dollars from the Federal government?
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 05, 2013 06:28 AM (sbV1u)
Bailey's and brand-name cereal would have been out of my price range when I was in college. More like Val-U-Rite and frozen concentrate OJ.
Posted by: angler at March 05, 2013 06:29 AM (SwjAj)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 05, 2013 06:29 AM (e0xKF)
ICE has not said how many have been released, or if any of those released committed violent crimes.
Posted by: thunderb at March 05, 2013 10:24 AM (Dnbau)
I recall back in 2009 or 2010 a report that ICE was telling local law enforcement not to bother them with illegals they'd picked up unless they were caught committing a serious crime. So in other words, I expect they're pretty much all violent criminals.
Posted by: mugiwara at March 05, 2013 06:30 AM (W7ffl)
Posted by: thunderb at March 05, 2013 06:31 AM (Dnbau)
"But Dad, I can't see it from here!"
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at March 05, 2013 10:27 AM (+z4pE)
AT least you were able to use rabbit ears. We had to put up an antenna on top of the house with a channel 13 and channel 6 bar on it. Those were the only two stations within reception distance.
I can remember how thrilled we were on Sunday mornings before Sunrise when we could pick up "skip" from far away.
Posted by: Vic at March 05, 2013 06:31 AM (53z96)
Posted by: thunderb at March 05, 2013 06:32 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Justamom of the LiB camp at March 05, 2013 06:32 AM (Sptt8)
Posted by: Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
First CD we ever owned. Came for free with the stereo system my Dad bought. Also came with an onion for your belt loop....since that was the style at the time.
Rhinestone Cowboy was never played on the 8-track again!
Posted by: Lurking Canuck at March 05, 2013 06:32 AM (NF2Bf)
77LA hayride is an old program but The Grand Ole Opry is a lot older.
ET's 'Midnight Jamboree' came on after the Opry show. We would listen to that while tending our fishing poles.
Posted by: Cicero Kid at March 05, 2013 06:32 AM (UrENZ)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 05, 2013 06:32 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: angler at March 05, 2013 10:29 AM (SwjAj)
I once had a bowl of Amaretto and Oreo-O's for breakfast. Never tried that again.
Posted by: mugiwara at March 05, 2013 06:33 AM (W7ffl)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at March 05, 2013 06:33 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: angler at March 05, 2013 06:33 AM (SwjAj)
LA hayride is an old program but The Grand Ole Opry is a lot older.
Miraculously, North Alabama was a fairly diverse place for music when I was growing up there. A lot of my school friends would listen to the GOO on the AM station out of Nashville. This was while the British Invasion and Jimi Hendrix was happening.
Classical music was where we all pretty much drew the line, tho'.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at March 05, 2013 06:33 AM (+z4pE)
Yes, my kids suffer.
Posted by: Justamom of the LiB camp at March 05, 2013 10:32 AM (Sptt
Those old TV dials did have a limited number of "turns" on them. After a while they would get "noisy" and you would have to get the TV guy to come and clean it with special cleaning stuff. And woe if used that crap in a spray can which would shit up the contacts bad.
Posted by: Vic at March 05, 2013 06:34 AM (53z96)
Budweiser and Pecan Sandies on a dock at the lake in the summer of my senior year, a million years ago. Best breakfast ever.
Posted by: thunderb at March 05, 2013 06:34 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at March 05, 2013 06:35 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 05, 2013 06:35 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: angler at March 05, 2013 10:33 AM (SwjAj)
Yep...2600. I remember by dad bringing it home from a trip. Playing 'Combat' alone was kind of tough(it came with that game)
Posted by: Red Shirt at March 05, 2013 06:36 AM (FIDMq)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 05, 2013 06:36 AM (9Bj8R)
Posted by: Kensington at March 05, 2013 06:37 AM (uaEZS)
I can remember how thrilled we were on Sunday mornings before Sunrise when we could pick up "skip" from far away.
That's how we heard Chicago's WLS AM station in the car at night. And the trucker's station out of New Orleans, too.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at March 05, 2013 06:37 AM (+z4pE)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at March 05, 2013 06:38 AM (7ObY1)
Take that, Cochran!
You too CBD.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 05, 2013 10:20 AM (sbV1u)
32. Ex-NFL cheerleader. BOOM.
*rips off shirt and takes victory lap*
Posted by: BCochran1981 at March 05, 2013 06:38 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 05, 2013 06:38 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: Red Shirt at March 05, 2013 06:39 AM (FIDMq)
Posted by: Red Shirt at March 05, 2013 06:39 AM (FIDMq)
Posted by: Vic at March 05, 2013 06:39 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Vic at March 05, 2013 06:39 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 05, 2013 06:39 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel
Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at March 05, 2013 06:39 AM (NF2Bf)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 05, 2013 06:39 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel
Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at March 05, 2013 06:39 AM (NF2Bf)
Posted by: logprof at March 05, 2013 06:39 AM (+iA5G)
Posted by: logprof at March 05, 2013 06:39 AM (+iA5G)
Yes!! There was a huge knock-off market for middle-class families like mine in the '80s. Remember the "polo" shirts that weren't polos, but had some other similar logo? Same with Nikes and Izod.
Posted by: angler at March 05, 2013 06:40 AM (SwjAj)
Yes!! There was a huge knock-off market for middle-class families like mine in the '80s. Remember the "polo" shirts that weren't polos, but had some other similar logo? Same with Nikes and Izod.
Posted by: angler at March 05, 2013 06:40 AM (SwjAj)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at March 05, 2013 10:37 AM (+z4pE)
You can get WLS AM without skip. I can get it now on my radio with the 200 ft long wire antenna.
Posted by: Vic at March 05, 2013 06:40 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 05, 2013 06:40 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at March 05, 2013 10:37 AM (+z4pE)
You can get WLS AM without skip. I can get it now on my radio with the 200 ft long wire antenna.
Posted by: Vic at March 05, 2013 06:40 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 05, 2013 06:40 AM (e0xKF)
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Ah, bless! I remember sitting in my basement for days at a time playing the Atari. Not bothering to shower. Just sitting in my own funk and playing "Adventure," the first open world RPG, and "Haunted House," the first survival horror game.
And "E.T." Yes, "E.T." Awful, incoherent "E.T."
Posted by: Kensington at March 05, 2013 06:40 AM (uaEZS)
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Ah, bless! I remember sitting in my basement for days at a time playing the Atari. Not bothering to shower. Just sitting in my own funk and playing "Adventure," the first open world RPG, and "Haunted House," the first survival horror game.
And "E.T." Yes, "E.T." Awful, incoherent "E.T."
Posted by: Kensington at March 05, 2013 06:40 AM (uaEZS)
Posted by: Kensington at March 05, 2013 06:41 AM (uaEZS)
Martha Quinn. I think some of them are still on the radio or satellite..not sure.
IIRC, Second City Television had a skit once about V-Jays before MTV, as in Video Disk Jockeys.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at March 05, 2013 06:41 AM (+z4pE)
I had the Intellivision which came out about the same time. Those controllers were ergonomic nightmares.
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Good games but, yes, horrible controllers. The Colecovision ones aren't much better, either.
Spent many hours enjoying Bump n Jump at a family friend's farm house. Where the phone was on a 4-way party line.
Posted by: Lurking Canuck at March 05, 2013 06:42 AM (NF2Bf)
Posted by: Vic at March 05, 2013 06:42 AM (53z96)
47
HeatherRadish
There was also The Smothers Brothers Show. Yea, Yea I know they hard core lefties, but I was a teenager.
Posted by: ExSnipe at March 05, 2013 06:42 AM (PBm/l)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 05, 2013 06:42 AM (e0xKF)
Yes, but she's what....2 years younger? Same age? I got you beat on that by a factor of 6.
And I think "professional dancer" (NOT involving a pole you Morons) covers the "NFL cheerleader" thingy.
'Cause my wife still fits into her high school cheerleader outfit.....
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 05, 2013 06:43 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 05, 2013 06:44 AM (e0xKF)
They're all on Sirius-XM. And none of them can keep from bashing Reagan or 21st-century Republicans on the air.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ #NukeIowaCity at March 05, 2013 06:44 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: zsasz at March 05, 2013 06:44 AM (MMC8r)
“The objective of the event is to encourage young women and men to better understand the human anatomy...
Apparently, students are supposed to make cupcake decorations that resemble female genitals.
Posted by: thunderb at March 05, 2013 06:45 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 05, 2013 06:45 AM (Ec6wH)
Posted by: lauraw at March 05, 2013 06:46 AM (O88Rb)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 05, 2013 06:47 AM (e0xKF)
“The objective of the event is to encourage young women and men to better understand the human anatomy...
Did they not cover that in 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th grades?
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at March 05, 2013 06:47 AM (+z4pE)
Jesus. Stop looking at me that way. I have a sharpened pterodactyl bone and I'm not afraid to use it.
Posted by: lauraw at March 05, 2013 10:46 AM (O88Rb)
LOL, I actually installed those during the Summer while working at a TV shop.
Posted by: Vic at March 05, 2013 06:47 AM (53z96)
You had a roof? Fannnnn-cee.
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 05, 2013 06:48 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: zsasz at March 05, 2013 06:48 AM (MMC8r)
Ha. I just heard this on the radio: Studies now show that eating steak AND ITS FAT is good for your heart. I am sure we will see a link soon for the AoSHQ lifestyle.
and then I heard this bumper music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=MJxOHD3Bsrw#t=90s
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 05, 2013 06:48 AM (p/cQy)
Posted by: RWC at March 05, 2013 06:48 AM (fWAjv)
When I was in college around 1980, all the girls wore thin gold belts with their jeans. Was that just a Texas thang?
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 05, 2013 06:48 AM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 05, 2013 06:48 AM (e0xKF)
She's 6 weeks older actually.
And I think "professional dancer" (NOT involving a pole you Morons) covers the "NFL cheerleader" thingy.
No pole? Booooo.....
'Cause my wife still fits into her high school cheerleader outfit.....
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 05, 2013 10:43 AM (sbV1u)
You know the rule.....
Posted by: BCochran1981 at March 05, 2013 06:49 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: thunderb at March 05, 2013 10:45 AM (Dnbau)
I shudder to think what they'll use for frosting...
Posted by: Insomniac at March 05, 2013 06:49 AM (DrWcr)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 05, 2013 06:49 AM (e0xKF)
Maybe this is just because I grew up all sheltered and shit, but I don't recall needing any encouragement from authority figures to explore sex when I was 19.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ #NukeIowaCity at March 05, 2013 06:49 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 05, 2013 06:49 AM (9Bj8R)
Posted by: polynikes at March 05, 2013 06:50 AM (m2CN7)
Yes. Thank God.
That's always how I've though of Texas, though.
A little bit of country...a little bit of gold lamé
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 05, 2013 06:50 AM (sbV1u)
You want the one where she was 17?
Or last night?
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 05, 2013 06:51 AM (sbV1u)
A rowdy Rodman, just back from his visit with "friend for life" Kim Jong Un, was escorted out of the Time Hotel in Midtown on Sunday after spending hours at the restaurant bar loudly telling anyone who would listen what a great guy the North Korean dictator is.
A witness said, “Dennis was making a total jerk of himself. He wouldn’t leave, and he wouldn’t let anyone talk to him about shutting up, or what an oppressive country North Korea is. Eventually he had to leave the bar because the bartender was starting to get [bleep]ed-off.”
Posted by: thunderb at March 05, 2013 06:52 AM (Dnbau)
Or last night?
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 05, 2013 10:51 AM (sbV1u)
Either/or. I'm not picky.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at March 05, 2013 06:53 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: RWC at March 05, 2013 06:53 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: lauraw at March 05, 2013 06:53 AM (O88Rb)
Posted by: zsasz at March 05, 2013 06:53 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 05, 2013 06:53 AM (9Bj8R)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 05, 2013 06:54 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 05, 2013 06:55 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2013 06:55 AM (GFM2b)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 05, 2013 06:56 AM (9Bj8R)
Posted by: RWC at March 05, 2013 06:56 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: thunderb at March 05, 2013 06:56 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Vic at March 05, 2013 10:34 AM (53z96)
Protip - use a pencil eraser to clean the contacts. You don't need any special cleaning stuff.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at March 05, 2013 06:57 AM (xaCBT)
Works pretty good, except when it's really windy (which seems rather odd).
Never had cable....
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 05, 2013 06:57 AM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, the future Pope Ampersand I at March 05, 2013 06:57 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 05, 2013 06:57 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: RWC at March 05, 2013 06:57 AM (fWAjv)
God wanted me to be a rich man but I ignored everyone of his signs and nudges that he gave me.
My father was a blue collar worker, retired Marine Sargeant who for some reason decided he wanted one of them new fangled Commodore 64's. I was introduced to the PCs early but ignored the signs.
I also took a pre college FORTRAN course at the local University when I was in the 11th grade not because I was interested in computers but because all of the cute girls were going to take it. At this course, I came across a number of college nerds who told me that the PC and companies who made them and the programs to go with them would be huge. I ignored it.
I think I even recall being told about a little company called Microsoft. You think I would have learned right? No, about a year later someone told me about an Arkansas based store called Walmart. Ignored it.
Posted by: polynikes at March 05, 2013 06:58 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: thunderb
Is that a pink butterfly?
Posted by: Dang at March 05, 2013 06:58 AM (R18D0)
Posted by: thunderb
Chocolate chips = vaginal warts
Posted by: Dang at March 05, 2013 06:59 AM (R18D0)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 05, 2013 07:00 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: thunderb at March 05, 2013 07:00 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 05, 2013 07:00 AM (48jWE)
Posted by: RWC at March 05, 2013 07:01 AM (fWAjv)
Well, passing notes in class, eh?
Then share it with the rest of us!<<<<
Indeed. EC was nice enough to share the magnitude of his good fortune with the horde. You know you want to.
Posted by: Muad'dib at March 05, 2013 07:01 AM (KjlbF)
Posted by: RWC at March 05, 2013 07:02 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: RWC at March 05, 2013 11:00 AM (fWAjv)
Those things never really made it to market. I have never seen one and I have seen a LOT of old vintage shit at that shop I used to work at. Some of it I wish I had now.
Posted by: Vic at March 05, 2013 07:02 AM (53z96)
Posted by: zsasz at March 05, 2013 07:02 AM (MMC8r)
172 -
Well I happen to be working on the Virtual Kate Upton as we speak. It's in the prototype phase. I'm looking for investors...
Posted by: BurtTC at March 05, 2013 07:03 AM (TOk1P)
Google regret™. Thankfully didn't click on any pics.
Posted by: Dang at March 05, 2013 07:04 AM (R18D0)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 05, 2013 07:05 AM (9Bj8R)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 05, 2013 07:05 AM (LL42r)
Mothball filled sponge-bath cake with a Jergens® frosting?
Posted by: Dang at March 05, 2013 07:08 AM (R18D0)
Posted by: Madness and Haircut 100 at March 05, 2013 07:08 AM (ypzqs)
Posted by: BurtTC at March 05, 2013 11:03 AM (TOk1P)
If you could put it on a app form for the I-phone I may consider investing.
Posted by: polynikes at March 05, 2013 07:09 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 05, 2013 07:09 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: Helen's coochcake surprise at March 05, 2013 07:10 AM (KXm42)
Posted by: Whatev at March 05, 2013 07:10 AM (A7Wh1)
Posted by: Madness and Haircut 100 at March 05, 2013 11:08 AM (ypzqs)
--Would you believe that One Step Beyond is actually a '70s song?
Posted by: logprof at March 05, 2013 07:11 AM (+iA5G)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 05, 2013 07:11 AM (xVKk3)
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So far I have a blonde wig, some latex, a car battery, and a toilet paper roll with some moistened tp inside it.
I'll take cash or checks. Send to burt.purv@prison.org
Posted by: BurtTC at March 05, 2013 07:11 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: rockmom at March 05, 2013 07:12 AM (NYnoe)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 05, 2013 11:11 AM (xVKk3)
Good one hit wonder song also.
Posted by: polynikes at March 05, 2013 07:13 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 05, 2013 07:13 AM (48jWE)
The school is offering counseling to those children who were traumatized by the incident
IANMTU
I am not making this up
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 05, 2013 07:13 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 05, 2013 07:14 AM (9Bj8R)
Posted by: Josephus at March 05, 2013 07:15 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 05, 2013 07:15 AM (hNqVf)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 05, 2013 07:17 AM (9Bj8R)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 05, 2013 07:17 AM (48jWE)
Posted by: Kensington at March 05, 2013 07:18 AM (uaEZS)
Posted by: Ian Faith at March 05, 2013 07:18 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at March 05, 2013 07:19 AM (g2LPC)
I did it with the whiffle ball bat.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 05, 2013 07:20 AM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 05, 2013 07:20 AM (Ec6wH)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 05, 2013 07:21 AM (C8mVl)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 05, 2013 11:14 AM (9Bj8R)
To be perfectly fair, it is easy to forget that Obama is CiC since he never acts like one!
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 05, 2013 07:22 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 05, 2013 07:22 AM (9Bj8R)
Posted by: Vic at March 05, 2013 10:40 AM (53z96)
So you're a ham?? SW listener?? I can pick up all sorts of stuff on an old tube radio if I stay up late enough...Cuba, China, Russia Not so much anymore, it's hard to stay up that late.
Posted by: 4TZNh at March 05, 2013 07:23 AM (4TZNh)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 05, 2013 07:23 AM (9Bj8R)
Oh, the trauma! The poor children!
Cancel classes!
Over loudspeaker: "All students are to turn in all Pop-Tarts immediately to the nearest instructor. Trama counselors, please stand by."
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at March 05, 2013 07:23 AM (+z4pE)
DAMNED TREES!!!!
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 05, 2013 11:18 AM (wtvvX)
The next time it is windy go out and look at the antenna. If the actual receiving part of the antenna is rocking back and forth in the wind that will cause it to lose signal off and on as well.
It also means you did not install the guy wires high enough up on the mast. For a 30 ft mast (common in the old days) we used to use two sets of wires. One installed at 15 ft and one up about two ft from the top.
Posted by: Vic at March 05, 2013 07:24 AM (53z96)
Posted by: thunderb at March 05, 2013 07:24 AM (Dnbau)
What about cricket bats?
Posted by: Ian Faith at March 05, 2013 11:18 AM (e0xKF)
What about pointed sticks?
Posted by: unamed guy from that sketch at March 05, 2013 07:25 AM (XTy5s)
Posted by: Barry Choom Gang Soetoro at March 05, 2013 07:25 AM (ypzqs)
And the point is probably not "we're pussies", although that seems to be the point that was made.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ #NukeIowaCity at March 05, 2013 07:26 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: Josephus at March 05, 2013 11:15 AM (e0xKF)
The film includes some amazing footage from that show, with audio of Don Felder telling Glenn Frey he can't wait to kick his ass after the show, and Frey calling Felder a dumb MF.
Posted by: rockmom at March 05, 2013 07:26 AM (aBlZ1)
Posted by: 4TZNh at March 05, 2013 11:23 AM (4TZNh)
Never did get my license but I used to be big in it. I have a couple of Icom radios one that gets 0 to 30 Mhz and the other that goes from 25 Mhz to 1.2 Ghz.
And I have stayed up many a night doing DX. But I haven't turned them on in years now.
Posted by: Vic at March 05, 2013 07:27 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Bubba from County at March 05, 2013 07:27 AM (5PMD3)
They should stay away from Ole Miss, then. White hoods and gowns are what are worn for graduation ceremonies. Instead of a fake diploma, they hand graduates a small burning cross.
Posted by: Country Singer at March 05, 2013 07:27 AM (L8r/r)
Posted by: rockmom at March 05, 2013 07:27 AM (aBlZ1)
Posted by: Country Singer at March 05, 2013 07:28 AM (L8r/r)
Posted by: Whatev at March 05, 2013 07:28 AM (A7Wh1)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 05, 2013 07:30 AM (C8mVl)
Student "disrupted class" and the class in question was lunch. Right off, that makes no sense, since lunch itself is a class disruption.
No, that's write!
Posted by: Oberlin Kollidge Grad at March 05, 2013 07:31 AM (NF2Bf)
Heard a new song by Eric Clapton on the radio this morning. Damn good. And he is 68 - Eddy Grant must have been pretty old already when he made "Electric Avenue."
Heh, was watching Top Gear last night when they had a segment on a Vauxhall (IIRC). They had a "local guitarist" check out the sound system by plugging a guitar into the AUX input for an IPod.
That "local guitarist" was Eric Clapton. Funny as hell.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at March 05, 2013 07:31 AM (+z4pE)
Posted by: Jim The Waco Kid at March 05, 2013 07:31 AM (e0xKF)
On the other hand, David Bowie's new song is horrible dreck. Dude should definitely hang it up.
Posted by: rockmom at March 05, 2013 07:31 AM (aBlZ1)
One show out of the entire decade, the rest was crap. The only show I watched was Hill Street Blues. I was working shift work at the time so most of the time I had to tape it on the old beta video recorder.
Posted by: Vic at March 05, 2013 07:31 AM (53z96)
They're on commercial break now, but they said what's in the letter will be one of the most astounding things we've heard in our lifetimes.
Gad.
I don't know whether to pop popcorn or start drinking.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 05, 2013 07:32 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ #NukeIowaCity at March 05, 2013 07:32 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: rockmom at March 05, 2013 07:32 AM (aBlZ1)
Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda at March 05, 2013 07:34 AM (NmR1a)
On the other hand, David Bowie's new song is horrible dreck. Dude should definitely hang it up.
Agreed. Also, that theme for the latest 007 movie sounds like the lyrics were written by a middle schooler. Adele does a good job of singing, but the words...
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at March 05, 2013 07:34 AM (+z4pE)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at March 05, 2013 07:34 AM (JQuNB)
Posted by: Helen's coochcake surprise at March 05, 2013 11:32 AM (KXm42)
Thanks! I have no idea how that happened...
Posted by: Country Singer at March 05, 2013 07:35 AM (L8r/r)
Posted by: thunderb at March 05, 2013 07:35 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Whatev at March 05, 2013 07:35 AM (A7Wh1)
And I have stayed up many a night doing DX. But I haven't turned them on in years now.
Posted by: Vic at March 05, 2013 11:27 AM (53z96)
I've got an Icom 718 in the closet I bought new about 10 years ago. Hooked it up for about a month but the nieces wouldn't leave it alone so I stuck it back in the box...it's still in the closet. Let my license lapse last year, never really used it anyways. I've got a roomful of old tube gear that will pull stations as well as the Icom did...with only a 20 foot piece of wire thrown on the floor. It always amazed me that I could pick up China with a short piece of wire but couldn't pick up local am stations in the car.
Posted by: 4TZNh at March 05, 2013 07:36 AM (4TZNh)
Before the end of the month, I'm going to get sent to HR for telling my cow-orkers to man up and buy some fucking gloves and a fucking hat instead of whining about the "cold"[sic] every fucking day.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ #NukeIowaCity at March 05, 2013 07:36 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 05, 2013 07:37 AM (Ec6wH)
Posted by: thunderb at March 05, 2013 07:37 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at March 05, 2013 07:37 AM (JQuNB)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at March 05, 2013 11:34 AM (JQuNB)
I'm an MSU alumnus, so it's de rigueur for me to bag on the Rebels/Bears at every opportunity. But they did have a Klan rally on campus recently.
Posted by: Country Singer at March 05, 2013 07:37 AM (L8r/r)
I can't believe I actually wrote a sentence about Oberlin including the words "resourceful" and, even more ludicrous, "physics major!" My bad!Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 05, 2013 07:38 AM (C8mVl)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at March 05, 2013 07:39 AM (JQuNB)
285 in today's schools you and your friends would be encouraged to go to class where you would make vagina cupcakes
With frosting?
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at March 05, 2013 07:39 AM (n8LUb)
Posted by: Baldy at March 05, 2013 07:39 AM (opS9C)
Guess I'll have to postpone the drinking until 5:00.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 05, 2013 07:40 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at March 05, 2013 11:39 AM (JQuNB)
I'm happy to hear that. Please don't concern yourself to death. But do feel free to go fuck yourself.
Posted by: Country Singer at March 05, 2013 07:40 AM (L8r/r)
When I bought this house one of the first things I did was string two antennas. One was a long wire and the other was a dipole with 75 ft legs.
I had been living in an apartment before and was forced to use crap like aluminum screens and alligator clips. I didn't even have access to the attic to string an attic antenna.
Posted by: Vic at March 05, 2013 07:41 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 05, 2013 07:41 AM (Ec6wH)
KKK protested at Ole Miss. Story below from HuffPo (i know)
According to the AP, around twelve members of the Mississippi White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan waved flags and issued Nazi-style salutes. The AP estimated that 250 people showed up to protest the Klan's presence.
Lets not get too concerned. Ole Miss seems to have this handled
Posted by: thunderb at March 05, 2013 07:42 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at March 05, 2013 07:42 AM (JQuNB)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 05, 2013 07:43 AM (C8mVl)
Do they still get their three free meals?
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ #NukeIowaCity at March 05, 2013 07:44 AM (/kI1Q)
it was called a 'radar-range' back then.
Posted by: Cicero Kid at March 05, 2013 10:25 AM (UrENZ)
And the Radar Range was made by Amana, which was a corporation, and also a religious community. Like Amish, but geeks.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2013 07:44 AM (673KB)
Posted by: Whatev at March 05, 2013 07:44 AM (A7Wh1)
I've got an attic antenna hooked to an R 390A (military receiver). Amazing what it picks up. I need to do some maintenance on the old thing but I've been putting it off........gotta weigh close to a hundred pounds. Ah, the joys of getting old!
Posted by: 4TZNh at March 05, 2013 07:44 AM (4TZNh)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 05, 2013 07:46 AM (C8mVl)
Posted by: Baldy at March 05, 2013 07:46 AM (opS9C)
New hotness: Bob Woodward is a whipped puppy looking at his master with those big, sad puppy dog eyes.
Posted by: WalrusRex at March 05, 2013 07:46 AM (Hx5uv)
The dissolution of the Amana Colonies is an interesting glimpse into how totalitarian socialism sucks ass. But they were anabaptists, and 21st century intelligentsia couldn't possibly learn anything from Godbotherers.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ #NukeIowaCity at March 05, 2013 07:47 AM (/kI1Q)
I used to have an old Hamerlund HQ140. Thing weighed a ton but it was a damn fine receiver. I little brother has it now. He collects old radios.
Posted by: Vic at March 05, 2013 07:48 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Jaimo at March 05, 2013 07:48 AM (9U1OG)
Dammit.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 05, 2013 07:49 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: thunderb at March 05, 2013 11:42 AM (Dnbau)
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I don't know. Video from 2009 seems to show 8 attendees. Now it is up to 12. By 2017 who knows. Hopefully, SPLC is assisting Ole Miss.
Posted by: RioBravo at March 05, 2013 07:50 AM (eEfYn)
I think I even recall being told abouta little company calledMicrosoft. You think I would have learned right? No, about a year later someone toldmeabout an Arkansas based store called Walmart. Ignored it. ----------- Could be worse. A former boss of mine used to be an EE prof at USU. He told me how one day one of his buddies from University of Utah invited him to dinner with this strange fellow who wanted them to invest in this crazy thing he had cooked up called "Pong". They passed.
Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda at March 05, 2013 07:50 AM (xGZ+b)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at March 05, 2013 11:42 AM (JQuNB)
Mighty touchy, aren't we? OK, I'll play that game.
WRT the University of Mississippi, please explain to me why charges of racism are unwarranted? Particularly given their history, including within the past few years? Because I'm sure Crunchy Mike isn't from the 60's: http://preview.tinyurl.com/a8j2mxa
Posted by: Country Singer at March 05, 2013 07:50 AM (L8r/r)
Posted by: Kristophr at March 05, 2013 07:51 AM (wYVte)
Posted by: thunderb at March 05, 2013 07:52 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 05, 2013 07:53 AM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 05, 2013 11:53 AM (wtvvX)
LOL, that is your problem. I am surprised you can get anything on it.
Posted by: Vic at March 05, 2013 07:54 AM (53z96)
from a studen at Ole Miss who was there
Under an overcast sky and greeted with a wall of boos and calls to leave, a few members of the Mississippi Chapter of the Ku Klux Klan rallied on the campus of the University of Mississippi this morning... for less than ten minutes. Little could be heard of any message they attempted to convey. Dressed in the highly recognizable robes, the ten Klansmen that showed up simply stood and waved their banners of hate and ignorance from the portico of Fulton Chapel, a fitting place since it is the home of the Theatre Department's productions. The sizable crowd that had gathered to see them was extremely hostile regardless of color, race, creed or university affiliation. After all of the fanfare, bravado and planning (including the use of bomb sniffing dog around the area), the brief appearance by the Klansmen is the very definition of anticlimactic.
The real story of the day was the students, faculty, staff and alumni who gathered peacefully and read the University's creed in unison repeatedly a few hundred feet from where the Klan had gathered. Organized by One Mississippi, a student group working towards greater social integration at Ole Miss, protesters wore shirts that said "TURN YOUR BACK ON HATE... (I live by the UM Creed)" and stickers with one simple word: "Unity." Before and after the rally, they talked to fans in town for the game about their message and plan to make their way through the 10-acre, park-like Grove, passing out copies of the UM creed to fans.
Today, the members of the real Ole Miss family were not afraid to show their faces. They were not afraid of the Klansmen. They stood with their backs to them. They stood together to say with one voice that Ole Miss "believe(s) in respect for the dignity of each person." They stood as the leaders of a new Mississippi, a Mississippi that her citizens and a nation can be proud of.
Racists
Posted by: thunderb at March 05, 2013 07:55 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 05, 2013 07:56 AM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Whatev at March 05, 2013 07:56 AM (A7Wh1)
Posted by: Vic at March 05, 2013 07:57 AM (53z96)
Especially considering how being racist against me is perfectly hunky dory.
I just don't give a shit anymore.
Posted by: eleven at March 05, 2013 07:58 AM (KXm42)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 05, 2013 07:58 AM (C8mVl)
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at March 05, 2013 10:57 AM (xaCBT)
Pretty hard to even get into one of those old TV tuners using the wafer-type switches. There is a product, called DeOxit made by Caig, that does a real fine job of cleaning contacts. All the antique radio collectors swear by it. I bought some, and have used it many times, and it indeed does the job. Works fine on flaky connections on automotive fuel injection systems, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2013 07:58 AM (673KB)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 05, 2013 07:58 AM (e0xKF)
(Insert "back when MTV actually was music television" rant here.)
Happy birthday Eddy Grant!
Posted by: exdem13 at March 05, 2013 07:58 AM (1GunI)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2013 07:58 AM (GFM2b)
Posted by: thunderb at March 05, 2013 11:55 AM (Dnbau)
Look, I know that there is a sizable portion of the student body at Mississippi that is not racist, and is trying to erase that image. But I reserve the right as an alumnus of their in-state rival school to give them grief at every opportunity, and to point out instances in which they perpetuate their history.
Posted by: Country Singer at March 05, 2013 07:59 AM (L8r/r)
Posted by: RioBravo at March 05, 2013 07:59 AM (eEfYn)
Oh, I realize it was a tradeoff of more convenient install vs. losing some reception. But it works pretty well 98% of the time.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 05, 2013 08:00 AM (wtvvX)
Hammarlund, Hallicrafter's, and National make up most of the radio's I've got. Throw in some Zenith, Philco, and Heathkit and I've got too damn many radio's!
Posted by: 4TZNh at March 05, 2013 08:00 AM (4TZNh)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 05, 2013 08:01 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: eleven at March 05, 2013 08:01 AM (KXm42)
Indecision, lack of resolve and weakness are not the traits that you find in strong leaders...like myself.
Barack Obama a 'dithering, controlling, risk-averse' US president Barack Obama is a "dithering" president whose controlling tendencies and extreme risk-averse attitude to foreign policy has damaged US interests in the Middle East, according to a new book by a senior former State Department adviser. Courtesy - The Telegraph
Posted by: Neville Chamberlain circa 1938 at March 05, 2013 08:01 AM (4eNxd)
Posted by: Whatev at March 05, 2013 08:02 AM (A7Wh1)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2013 11:58 AM (GFM2b)
That's the standard in academia and the MSM. My standard is, if you are associated with the University of Mississipi, you are. But only because I went to The Mississippi State University.
Posted by: Country Singer at March 05, 2013 08:02 AM (L8r/r)
Posted by: madamex at March 05, 2013 08:02 AM (+kvQd)
Posted by: Baldy at March 05, 2013 08:03 AM (opS9C)
***
There was a story in the local paper a couple of weeks ago about a local man who sold two guns to a middleman who was allegedly then going to sell them to a Mexican drug cartel. The middleman was, in fact, and ATF agent. The guy was sentenced to thirty months.
Posted by: WalrusRex at March 05, 2013 08:04 AM (Hx5uv)
BION I still have an old 60s vintage Radio Shack shortwave. Haven't turned it on in years. The last time I used it was when we had an extended power outage. It had a plug on the back you could wire to a 12VDC power supply which was located right out my back door in my truck.
Posted by: Vic at March 05, 2013 08:04 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 05, 2013 12:01 PM (e0xKF)
USM? I've never disliked the Mustard Buzzards, and wish y'all had kept Fedora since we're going to start playing each other again.
Posted by: Country Singer at March 05, 2013 08:04 AM (L8r/r)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 05, 2013 08:05 AM (hNqVf)
Posted by: WalrusRex at March 05, 2013 08:06 AM (Hx5uv)
Posted by: 4TZNh at March 05, 2013 12:00 PM (4TZNh)
No such thing as "too many radios". That sounds like a nice boat anchor collection. My oldest is a Kenwood TS-520S. I dream of a Drake or Hallicrafters setup.
Posted by: Country Singer at March 05, 2013 08:07 AM (L8r/r)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 05, 2013 08:07 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: Clemenza at March 05, 2013 08:08 AM (Snhap)
Wife still fits in her high school cheerleader uniform? Checkity-Check-Check
Well, there's only one link to rule them all : http://preview.tinyurl.com/6ozd42b
Posted by: mrp at March 05, 2013 08:09 AM (HjPtV)
Posted by: Baldy at March 05, 2013 08:09 AM (opS9C)
I heard that everyone at Alabama were all uncle fuckers.
Mother-rapers and father-stabbers maybe, not uncle-fuckers.
But I had a friend who did have an Uncle Fucker in his family.
Who's on first?
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at March 05, 2013 08:10 AM (+z4pE)
***
I was thinking that Katy Perry is announcing that she finds old, fat white men attractive but your scenario is probably more realistic.
Posted by: WalrusRex at March 05, 2013 08:10 AM (Hx5uv)
Posted by: thunderb at March 05, 2013 12:05 PM (Dnbau)
It's not bullshit if you understand the dynamic of UM vs MSU and the history between them. It goes back to the whole reason State was even founded. There's reason I didn't go to Ole Miss. It's because the campus is filled snotty, spoiled, holier-than-thou, Daddy's money kids.
Posted by: Country Singer at March 05, 2013 08:10 AM (L8r/r)
Posted by: Ed Anger at March 05, 2013 08:10 AM (tOkJB)
Posted by: RioBravo at March 05, 2013 08:11 AM (eEfYn)
All the ham gear will work ac or battery. If you ever decide to plug in the old RS radio it would be a good idea to replace the Ecaps before turning it on. Caps dry out when not in use for extended periods.
Posted by: 4TZNh at March 05, 2013 08:12 AM (4TZNh)
It was actually the economics that led to their dissolution in the 1930s, not the religion (and certainly not "diversity"--that's a recent invention and wholly irrelevant to the founding and dissolution of the colony). Young people got tired of working their asses off as directed by the elders for the food/board the elders apportioned to them; they wanted to choose their own work, and work for money so they could buy cars and make their own living arrangements (each family was assigned a portion of a community-owned house; you lived with your family of origin until married and then you got your own single room until you spawned...)
Of course these days, the whole idea of working to support the lifestyle you desire really is a relic, isn't it.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ #NukeIowaCity at March 05, 2013 08:12 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 05, 2013 08:13 AM (B/VB5)
Cranking the Way-Back machine we had the Opry and La. Hayride but down here in Tejas we had the Mexican pirate radio blowtorches.
"I heard it, I heard it, I heard it on The X."
Posted by: Mr. Dave in SPI at March 05, 2013 08:14 AM (xiaOm)
It's because the campus is filled snotty, spoiled, holier-than-thou, Daddy's money kids.
fine.
call them that.
stop playing the race card, its played out.
you wwant to play the class warfare card, go ahead
Posted by: thunderb at March 05, 2013 08:15 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Baldy at March 05, 2013 08:17 AM (opS9C)
Posted by: Ed Anger at March 05, 2013 08:18 AM (tOkJB)
Posted by: Country Singer at March 05, 2013 12:07 PM (L8r/r)
Between the 60 or so radio's and 7-800 limited edition books I find my house is too small. At least I live alone so I don't have to fight for elbow room.
Posted by: 4TZNh at March 05, 2013 08:19 AM (4TZNh)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 05, 2013 08:22 AM (9eDbm)
Country Singer - you're seriously admitting to having attended Mississippi State? That place where they haven't had any cold drinks since the guy who knew the recipe for ice passed away? The institution where they established the Veterinary School just so there weren't any more embarrassing "mix-ups" with the cheer-leading squad? Home of the Starkville branch of Al Qaeda, distinguished for fearlessly burning their lips every time they blow up a bus?
That land-grant cow-college that the flagship university of the Magnolia State occasionally stoops to acknowledge exists, as a haven for animal husbandry enthusiasts?
That Mississippi State?
Posted by: A. Pendragon at March 05, 2013 08:32 AM (wJliR)
Posted by: glide55 at March 05, 2013 09:55 AM (Z2aee)
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