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  1. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Apparently, the Yankees have not lost two in a row to the same team all season – until last night.  Big tears up here this morning.  What a bunch of babies.

  2. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    56 here this morning.
    Mornin’ Gang

  3. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    I have several high intensity/quality, LED flashlights that use 2 CR123A batteries and one small one that clips on my belt and uses one of the CR123A’s. My Boy gave me one similar to the one that I have in my truck, an NRA Freebee. It uses a single, 3.7V 2300 mah, battery that is about 2½’ long and recharges with a plug-in, USB cord. This thing has the usual high/low beam and disco strobe but the last selection is a series of flashes and when I first started playing with it, I noticed the sequence right off. 3 dots, 3 dashes and 3 dots, S.O.S, neat huh? It has a lens that zooms, trombone like, from wide to spotlight. At the highest spotlight setting the light is perfectly square, since that is the layout of the LED bank.

  4. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    Cops use the “strobe” feature of those hand held flashlights when searching for suspects that are hiding in a house or businesses.  The officer will “paint” the room with the strobing light.  The idea is for the suspect to not know where the officer is at any particular point in time.  I once played the bad guy and hid from my cousin, the cop, in his own house.  I chose to hide in his master bedroom closet.  It took him a while, but he eventually found me.  I have to admit that due to the strobing light and his “painting the room” I had virtually no idea where he was in the hall way.  If I had been intent on doing him bodily harm, I would have been at a tactical disadvantage because I didn’t know where he was in the hall way or other bedrooms.

    That strobe feature might be useful for cops, but I quite frankly will probably never use it.  If I hear a noise, I’ll grab one of those lost pistolas and turn on the solid high beam from one of those little flashlights.

  5. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Good morning Hamsters. We have a glorious 53 this morning, a bit nippy on the way to the barn and then to fetch the Chron. The mares start nickering for their breakfast as soon as I close the back door to the house on the way to the barn. Nice to be wanted and appreciated even if they have an ulterior motive. 🙂 Same for Mariposa kitty who gets fed before anybody else in the house.

  6. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #3 SD: I have about 15 of these scattered all over the house and garage. In my house, in the kitchen, if you need a magnifying glass, scissors, or a flashlight just open a drawer – it really doesn’t matter much which one.

  7. Hamous Avatar

    1 Texpat

    They’ve also picked up where the Rays left off, whining because the Astros batters have figured out their pitchers. At least the Rays admitted they were tipping their pitches.

  8. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Seen over yonder; This is what Greg Abbott’s red flag laws will produce. Crossing guard relieved of duty, guns seized.

    Stephen Nichols, 84, of Tisbury, who said his career with the Tisbury Police spanned six decades and who served in the United States Army during the Korean War, told The Times he made no threats to the school, but had criticized its school resource officer in a conversation with a friend. He said the conversation was taken out of context.

    And

    Town administrator Jay Grande wrote in an email that a crossing guard was dismissed. “In response to your inquiry, I want to acknowledge that a crossing guard was removed from active status pending a review of personnel related concerns,” he wrote. “I will not have any further comment on this matter.”

    Nichols said he was unimpressed with the Tisbury School resource officer’s alleged trips to Xtra Mart to get coffee when children came to school in the morning. While dining at Linda Jean’s a couple of weeks ago, Nichols said he told a friend about this and suggested somebody could “shoot up the school” in that officer’s absence, which he described as “leaving his post.”

    Nichols said the waitress made a complaint to Tisbury Police about what she overheard and on the strength of that, Saloio and another officer relieved Nichols of his crossing guard duties while he was in the midst of performing them and subsequently drove to his home and took away his firearms license and guns.

    “He came up and told me what I said was a felony but he wasn’t going to charge me,” Nichols said of Saloio.

    The confiscated guns were later turned over to Nichols’ son-in-law, Nichols told The Times.

    Asked if he was given a letter or any paperwork for the seizure of his license, Nichols said,

    “No he just told me to hand it over so I took it out of my wallet and handed it to him.”

    He said he didn’t receive any paperwork or receipts for the seizure of his guns, either.

  9. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #7 Bones, do the batteries last a long time. As a rule, I don’t purchase anything like that, because of the batteries, but my wife picked up a motion sensing lamp, to use in the pantry since there isn’t a light in there. And the thing works pretty good and the batteries last a long time. I’m still going to install a light in there but I might get a battery powered LED for my chest of drawers, it has a door that opens to a dark space with two shelves.

  10. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #11 SD: ANYTHING that uses LEDs is VERY GOOD on battery life. AA batteries will last quite a while if they don’t leak. You never know which ones will leak. Those Harbor Freight lights are great because they are so cheap. I have never paid more than $3.50 for one with tax and many times they are less than $2.00; sometimes they will give them away if you buy more than $30 worth of stuff. If replacing the batteries doesn’t work easily just toss it and get another one.
    If I had insane, brilliant, electo-fixing skills like you do, I would probably repair the defective ones, but I would rather do something else.
    I am close to adding to the drawer contents those butane lighters with the long flexible snout. Having a bunch of those around is just a good idea.
    Things that belong in the “go” bag are one of those lighters, a flashlight, a magnifying glass and a scissors. I ALWAYS keep at least one knife on my person so that is not terribly important for the go bag.

  11. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    Corny joke of the day:

    At the bank, I told the cashier, “I’d like to open a joint account please.” “OK, with whom?” “Whoever has lots of money.”

  12. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    While driving back through Arkansas this past Monday, their incompetent highway department thought it was a good idea to spray down that oil base that they put down before asphalting… on both sides of the road… for THREE miles.  Even driving just 10 mph, I managed to kick that black gunk up onto both sides of my wife’s new 4-Runner.

    I had some commercially available bug & tar remover that did virtually nothing to get the gunk off.  YouTube to the rescue showed some people using good ol’ WD-40.  Worked like a charm! My daughter and I spent about an hour and we were able to remove the gunk from both sides of the vehicle.

  13. Tedtam Avatar

    Joint account:

    When Hubby and I moved our current location, we picked a nearby bank for our banking needs. Hubby went first and opened a checking account. I went the next week to open mine. The conversation went something like this:
    Her: “Oh, I recognize your name! Your husband opened an account with me last week. Do you want me to add you to his account?”
    Me: “No, I want my own checking account.”
    Her (deer in headlights look): “You what?”
    Me: “I want my own checking account.”
    Her: “You don’t want a joint account?”
    Me: “No. We’ve always had separate accounts and we still want separate accounts.”
    Her: “I’ve never seen a married couple with separate accounts before.”
    Me: “It works for us. I have my set of bills that I pay. His bills get paid with his money. If we have something large to buy we pool our money to buy it. If I buy him a gift, he doesn’t know how much I paid. It keeps us from arguing over money. I have separate credit cards from him. If he dies, my credit in my name is established.”
    Her: (sitting back in her chair a bit) “That makes so much sense.”

    It means I have to reconcile a few extra bank statements each month, but it’s worth it to keep us from fighting over money.

  14. Tedtam Avatar

    Hubby’s truck got oiled yesterday. He got most of it off, but I’ll mention the WD-40 to him.

  15. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Isopropyl alcohol works great on getting tree sap off the car; much better than WD40 for that application.

    /ask me how I know . . . .

  16. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    The spring swarm of lovebugs was light this year, but I messed around and didn’t get my truck washed until they had thoroughly baked in the summer heat.
    There was a guy on YouTube extolling the virtues of a TurtleWax foaming bug/tar product. I never could find the foam but was shocked at how well their regular liquid product worked. Let it sit for ten minutes, wipe with a car sponge, and boom, they were gone.
    I doubt it would have helped much with Texmo’s tar problem, though.

  17. Tedtam Avatar

    #20

    All because a buncha folks were emotional midgets.

    My daughters SJW lib friend is still my fried over yonder. She posted something this morning about having a course in school that improved mental health, teaching coping mechanisms and such.

    Because “emotional health” is just as important as the three R’s. I actually agree with her on that.

    Before, the parents taught their kids about how to approach life and deal with difficulties in life. Now, the libs want the schools to teach everything, from academics (well, not so much anymore), to character building, liberal indoctrination, and now emotional health. Who needs parents?

    What she fails to realize, though, is that when we have a generation of kids who have learned how to handle disagreements and disappointments – who are emotionally healthy – the liberal cause will fall flat on its collective face.

    Because liberalism is a mental disorder.

  18. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    1 Texpat

    They’ve also picked up where the Rays left off, whining because the Astros batters have figured out their pitchers. At least the Rays admitted they were tipping their pitches.

    Takes us back to the Giants and the Mets convinced Mike Scott was doing something with the ball. To hear them tell it, the guy had to have had a dang wood shop out there on the mound.

  19. pErpeTuAlLy OfFeNdEd Avatar
    pErpeTuAlLy OfFeNdEd

    To hear them tell it, the guy had to have had a dang wood shop out there on the mound.

    Maybe that’s why the umpire once asked Mike Scott is that a router in your pants or are you just glad to see me?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=oShTJ90fC34

  20. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Aw, sweet Mikey wouldn’t do anything to that ball.

  21. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Joe Garigiola was on the Johnny Carson rerun last night.

    He brought a corked bat given to him by a retired cheater. They split the bat with a band saw, on stage.

    Pretty interesting.

  22. pErpeTuAlLy OfFeNdEd Avatar
    pErpeTuAlLy OfFeNdEd

    26

    Was there wine in the bat?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oShTJ90fC34

  23. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I couldn’t tell if Garigiola was joking or not, but he said that one time a guy broke his bat at the plate and a bunch of Super Balls were bouncing around everywhere.

  24. Hamous Avatar

    I have to reconcile a few extra bank statements each month,

    I haven’t done that in at least 20 years. I write very few checks. Bills get paid electronically. I don’t receive any paper bills. I scroll through my electronic bank statement to see if something looks weird and call it reconciled.

  25. Hamous Avatar

    Has anyone watched the mayoral debates?

  26. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #19

    I thought the Mahk was going to be you, Hammy!

  27. Hamous Avatar

    It was a Yankee, of course.

    On Sept. 7, 1974, the Yankees’ Graig Nettles hit a home run against the Detroit Tigers. The next time up, he hit a broken-bat single. Tigers catcher Bill Freehan scrambled for the six superballs that came bouncing out. “I didn’t know there was anything wrong with the bat,” Nettles said after the game. “That was the first time I used it. Some Yankees fan in Chicago gave it to me and said it would bring me good luck. There’s no brand name on it or anything. Maybe the guy made it himself. It had been in the bat rack, and I picked it up by mistake, because it looked like the bat I had been using the last few days.” Nettles was called out on the single, but his solo homer was allowed and that made all the difference as the Yankees won 1-0.

  28. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I’m leaning toward Buzbee. Change my mind, anyone?

     

  29. Hamous Avatar

    I thought the Mahk was going to be you, Hammy!

    I couldn’t tell you the last time I ate at Burger King. Not in this millennium, for sure.

  30. Hamous Avatar

    I’m voting for Buzbee. I don’t care much for King.

  31. Hamous Avatar

    Man, it’s hard to beat the weather out there today.

    Rosanne and Bobby

  32. El Gordo Avatar

    Morning gang – yes I know that it’s 12:30.  I’m coming down with a cold, so I went to Walmart to get some cold supplies – Allegro works best for me.  While there I decided to take my first shingles vaccination shot.  The second is due no sooner than 2 months from now.  My brother’s face is still a mess after having shingles for about a month now.  I was up late last night watching the Trump rally in Dallas after the ball game.  Anyway, it’s a beautiful day up here and I’m stuck inside with a dripping nose.  You all have a good day, and don’t forget to yell “Go Astros” to everyone you see.

  33. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #39

    Would have been helpful if the Dems had hated the Russians so much 30-40 years ago.

  34. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    I thought we was sposeta finally see The Big IG Report today?

  35. pErpeTuAlLy OfFeNdEd Avatar
    pErpeTuAlLy OfFeNdEd

    I thought we was sposeta finally see The Big IG Report today?

    That will happen when Satan needs some ear muffs and mittens.

  36. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    So I have to go to Newark early this morning and ended up parking near the U.S. Federal Courthouse there.  I opened my phone after I parked and the usual notice with a list of nearby Wi-Fi terminals pops up.  As I glanced at the list of about 12, I see this:

    FBI Surveillance Van

    Wouldn’t you think the FBI doing covert surveillance would want to, you know, keep it a secret ?  What if they’re sitting in front of some terrorists’ house trying to be unseen and a bad guy opens up his phone and sees there are FBI agents sitting outside ?

    Don’t worry, folks, we’re in good hands.

  37. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Probly someone jacking around. Like the old joke if you had suspect neighbors, rename your WiFi to ICE… 😀

  38. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Lotsa kids use that one as a joke.

  39. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #39, Hamous, I saw that this morning and a few minutes ago, Rush talked about it and said something that I’ve been thinking for a while now, has the Hildabeast lost her damn mind? Rush thinks so, the Trump win pushed her over the edge. This make sense because she was the anointed one in 2008 and then along came the Magic Negro, and just blew her out of the water. FFW to 2018 and the Democrats rigged their primary so only Hillary could win, throwing crazy Bernie under the bus. And then DAMN if Trump didn’t beat her!

  40. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #39, 47: Let them keep it up and all praise St. Felonia von Pantsuit; it serves the purpose of driving more voters away. They may not vote for der Trumpenfuehrer but they may simply stay home or skip the box. Either way, the more they validate her insanity the better it is for those who can actually think.

  41. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    My #47, Don’t take this wrong, and I think Trump will win but suppose that the Tranny, throws her hat into the ring, and wins!!! I think that they’d have to put the Hildabeast down, like a lame horse. 😀

  42. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    OK, here is mharper’s cat. 😉

  43. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I never did much like Megyn Kelly, but this is an interesting report from Tucker Carlson.

    https://www.dailywire.com/news/tucker-carlson-floats-real-reason-megyn-kelly-was-canned-from-nbc

  44. Hamous Avatar

    I hate garage sale people. Nah, don’t worry. I have NO need whatsoever to get in and out of MY driveway. Feel free to park anywhere you like!

  45. pErpeTuAlLy OfFeNdEd Avatar
    pErpeTuAlLy OfFeNdEd

    Anyone ever get a call from their own number?

    I did today.

    If elected president I’ll write an executive order that advocates the Death penalty for all phone scammers, spoofers and phishers.

  46. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    #53

    I vote for Perpetually Offended!

  47. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    Texpat I have played with my SSID in the past. I’ve used Big Brother and Undercover Police before.

  48. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    My current one is The Joneses. It is a subtle reminder to myself to try and not keep up with them.

  49. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    #16 Now we know why Tedtam needed OH1 – OH5. She’s too busy reconciling bank statements.

    I’m like Hamous. I look at my bank account and one credit card online at least one a week to look for anything suspicious. I also have alerts set up that text me whenever the debit or credit card are used.

  50. Hamous Avatar

    I think I mentioned last Friday that my interwebs connection was down all day. It turned out a semi went down the wrong street somewhere on Airline and knocked out xfinity service for much of Northside. A bit of a surprise, I got a $10 credit on my account this week.

  51. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    They know all of the people who don’t reconcile their bank statements.
    Been skimming millions off of you for years.

  52. El Gordo Avatar

    Lest we forget, it’s High School Football Friday, which means it’s also Flarada Man Friday.  So, here goes – https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/florida-man-friday-naked-man-steals-american-flag-from-yacht/

  53. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Cool New Mexico license plate I just saw for the first time.

    https://cdn0.wideopenroads.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/ftd-rds-chilies.jpg

  54. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I hit the wrong button on the radio and thought I had stumbled on an interview with Alvin the Chipmunk.

    It was Ben Shapiro.

  55. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    I’ll have to find the link later, but I saw a news blurb this morning that said a poll in Iowa found 7% of registered voters gave a flying funk about impeachment.

  56. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I don’t reconcile my bank statements either.

    Why the hell do you think I’ve been married since I was sixteen?

  57. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Fifty years ago I tried to reconcile my first bank statement. When it didn’t come out the first time, I had a seizure.
    Which led to a lifetime of drug and alcohol abuse.

  58. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    I’ve always heard the old saying by Mark Twain; “There are lies, damn lies and statistics”. We need to add polls. Nowadays, most polls come out the way the pollsters want them to. They control the sample, so now most all polls are “Push Polls”. The other night, right before the Democrat debate, I saw a poll, by one of the alphabet networks, on just wht the Democratic voters were interested in and #1, 87% said healthcare, #2 79% said climate Change!?!?…..Climate Change?! I know that this was Democratic voters, but DAMN! I’ve never seen climate change in the top ten for the rest of the country. SO, I AXE you are ALL of the Democrats now NUTS?!?! I really don’t think so, maybe 30% but the are the tail wagging the dawg…..SIGH

  59. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    I quit reconciling my bank statement about 15 years ago after I almost stopped writing checks, BUT it was a tough decision, ole Dave is a stickler for the details and everything has to be just right. If you don’t believe me, ask my wife.
    Once, years ago, my neighbor came over after I installed a garage door opener and he couldn’t believe that I used aluminum angle brackets to hold up the opener. I didn’t have the heart to tell him that I took the receiver apart and tuned it with a signal generator for maximum strength. I could open my garage door two blocks away from my house. 😉

  60. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Ifin’ y’all are wondering, and I’m guessing you ain’t, I sowed 25 lbs of winter, wheat, rye, and some other secret seeds on the half acre patch that I disced yesterday. This was the deer plot seed that came with my new disc. Even if it doesn’t do me any good, the does will have food on into February.

  61. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Yeah first time you hear Shapiro’s voice it makes you go, huh?

  62. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Kat Fight!
    Tulsi Gabbard Fires Back at ‘Queen of Warmongers’ Hillary Clinton For Suggesting She’s a Russian Asset. 😉

  63. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I’m telling ya. Gabbard should be the nominee.

  64. Sarge Avatar

    All that work on winding trails through the woods finally makes sense now. Dave’s growing pot on the old homestead with secret seeds

  65. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I thought it was a 9 hole course of Par 3’s.

  66. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    71 Shannon

    No, no, no.

    Are you crazy ? They might have a chance then.

  67. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    73
    But then, why would he need a $500 used driver?

  68. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    The day is ending as beautiful as it began, sun bright in the west, currently 79 with 39% humidity, the air smells fresh, barely a breath of a breeze, and wonderful to be out in. A treat so well deserved after summer hijacked September.

    The Astros could really set the Yankees and fans into fits if they win tonight. They might have to sneak out of town fast. Would be nice to win at home in friendly surroundings, but go for it tonight, win, and be greeted as royalty when they get home.

  69. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I might even vote for a brunette hottie surfer.

  70. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I’ll take a win tonight, in that cesspool of pig-breeding scumbags who hurl objects at our outfielders.

  71. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    I guess the rain out game crunched the schedule? If for some silly reason there was a game 6 it would be tomorrow, in Houston, no travel day off. Or maybe the DC’ers are belly aching tired of sitting around waitin.

  72. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I dare say that if anyone was throwing stuff at Yankee players in MinuteMaid Park, it would be stopped by locals before Security even got there.

  73. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    GJT
    That is correct.
    More reason to bury them tonight.

  74. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Yes I want to revel in a stadium full of smartass Yankee fan tears. That includes the announcers.

  75. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #80

    I would hope so.

  76. Hamous Avatar

    The only thing I ever saw thrown from the stands at Minutemaid Park was a Barry Bonds home run ball.

  77. El Gordo Avatar

    OK, game face is on.   Go Astros.

  78. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    It’s not much fun following the game with only internet live updates.
    Fay watches one site, I watch another.

    Even my CCrane radio cannot overcome the weak evening signal from AM790. Same story from the weak Brenham station.

  79. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    GO ASTROS

  80. El Gordo Avatar

    You ought to try it from San Saba sometime. I think 740 picks it up after ahole Michael Berry sho is over.

  81. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    Couple of old warplanes flying around, the smaller ones trailing smoke.  Can hear planes practicing acrobatics over the bay, must be an airshow, yup CFA doing one on the morrow. Can’t see the show from here but we can watch the planes stack up and get ready for it.

  82. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Must be sundown.
    Radio fading.

  83. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    740 not simulcasting tonight.
    They’re carrying some basketball game.
    But even that blowtorch fades eventually out here.

  84. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    91, heard 790 is carrying it if that helps.

  85. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    They are.

  86. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #50 Dave

    Yep, that could be my brown cat Tyler.

  87. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    790 is much weaker. No more radio tonight.

    CBSsports dot com has been doing a lot of experimentation with live updates of this series. Tonight they even have a graphic batter with a strike zone.

  88. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Even my CCrane radio cannot overcome the weak evening signal from AM790. Same story from the weak Brenham station.

    A C Crane Loop antenna might help. But after dark all the radio stations except the Clear Channel ones cut their power.
    FWIW; I have that antenna, but I’ve not needed it in years. Oh, and for you folks in Rio Linda, this antenna was devolved for the workers, building the Alaskan Pipeline, back in the 70’s. They were in such a remote area, all they could get was AM radio and mostly at night. I forget who came up the “tuned loop” but he made a killing. C Crane reintroduced the loop for talk radio, I.E. Rush listeners, in the 90’s, imagine that.

  89. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    About AM reception, a buddy of mine used to sell car radios that were tuned to a certain frequency so that people in areas just out of the sports blackout cities could listen to the ball games. It seems that the first IF of a car radio was tuned to the receiving frequency, no other radio did that. So, he’d tune the IF to whatever frequency that they needed to pick up the station. This would have been in the 70’s and even though I met him in Texas, at NASA, he did this in south Alabama.

  90. pErpeTuAlLy OfFeNdEd Avatar
    pErpeTuAlLy OfFeNdEd

    The league wants 7 games.

  91. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    But after dark all the radio stations except the Clear Channel ones cut their power.

    Are you saying the company Clear Channel has control of all of the high power after dark stations in the country?
    Or is “Clear Channel” some technical broadcasting lingo that I am ignorant of?

  92. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Hunnerd?!? Dayaam, I stumbled in on that one.

  93. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Never mind

    A clear-channel station is an AM radio station in North America that has the highest protection from interference from other stations, particularly concerning night-time skywave propagation. The system exists to ensure the viability of cross-country or cross-continent radio service, and is enforced through a series of treaties and statutory laws. Now known as Class A stations since 1982, they are occasionally still referred to by their former classifications of Class I-A (the highest classification), Class I-B (the next highest class), or Class I-N (for stations in Alaska too far away to cause interference to the primary clear-channel stations in the lower 48 states). The term “clear-channel” is used most often in the context of North America and the Caribbean, where the concept originated.

    Since 1941, these stations have been required to maintain at least 10,000 watts of power to retain their status. Nearly all these stations in the United States, Canada and The Bahamas broadcast at 50,000 watts, with several clear-channel stations in Mexico going as high as 150,000 watts and XEW in Mexico City operating at 250,000 watts for over 80 years.

    Wiki

  94. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Middle of the batting order needs to step up, big time.

  95. El Gordo Avatar

    Back in the good old days, radio was coming of age and local stations were cropping up to serve local communities.  The FCC designated a few 50,000 watt boomers cross the country that offered wide area coverage, and designated the broadcast channels so not have any overlap with other stations after dark.  These were called clear channel stations, and were famous for things like the Grand Ole Opry when people sat around at night on the porch and listened to the radio for entertainment.  The company formerly known as Clear Channel is now iHeart.  The boomers are still out there at night.

    Wolfman Jack broadcast on a Mexican station that was running 250,000 watts, but it finally got shut down.

  96. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #99 Shannon, back in the 20’s when the government first started regulating the AM radio stations, they set aside a small number of high powered stations to broadcast at full power 24-7, the others had to reduce their power so as to not interfere with the Clear Channel Stations at night. I don’t have time to get into the politics of the day,….imagine that, politics and $$$ dictated a lot of the decisions that were made but Wiki has this, they kinda’ run off into the weeds and I didn’t read the whole thing but this should give you an idea.

  97. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Oh and #103 El Gordo, what he said, I was typing pecking at the time.

  98. El Gordo Avatar

    OK, I see you answered your own question.

    FYI, 1st quarter score – SS 36 Hico 0

    Astros not so good.

  99. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    When I was a kid, in the 60’s we’d listen to the Big BAMM out of Montgomery in the day time and WLS out of Chicago at night, there were NO FM stations, except a classical station out of Dover, (PBS) and cars didn’t have FM radios.

  100. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Alvarez is one of the most amazing rookies I have ever seen. Have the Yankees been poisoning his chow?

  101. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    CRAP!! Shannon, I missed your #101, I’m gonna’ have to start paying attention. In my defense, when I started pecking your #101 had not been posted.

  102. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I’m thinking that Mom’s ‘71ish Dart (with the 340) was the first car in the family with a stock AM/FM.

  103. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Underdash AC – much to the consternation of Wife 1.0. She kinda smashed her knee on it when I landed the car on its side on the Katy one Sunday morning.

  104. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Oh, joy.

    Another night in exciting NYC.

  105. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Great players just seem to want to play with him.

    https://youtu.be/ABpfjkqtax4

  106. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Biden sternly tells the press that no one in his family will have a job in his administration and certainly not sit in on meetings, etc. etc.

    So, today, Trump makes a point of having his daughter sit next to him when he met the press.

    That’s entertainment!

  107. pErpeTuAlLy OfFeNdEd Avatar
    pErpeTuAlLy OfFeNdEd

    Biden sternly tells the press that no one in his family will have a job in his administration

    Did his dentures unfirmly fall out?

  108. Hamous Avatar

    50,000 watts out of Mexico, this is the Border Radio.

  109. Katfish Avatar

    Let’s not forget that Lil Ole Band from Texas!!!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPTfIPHLUcw

  110. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Well, we made the weekend, 64 and drizzling rain here, we’re getting some rain from the outer bands of the tropical storm, Nestor, that is just of the coast, near Port St Joe. It is projected to head straight or for Tallassee, so we’ll be on the dryer side of the storm, but maybe we’ll get a good rain out of it.
    Oh, and Mornin’ Gang

  111. Katfish Avatar

    NW bound shortly for another new young HERO.

    Then further north to visit my Sister in Arlington

    GO ASTROS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Yall enJOY!

  112. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Stay safe Katfish!

  113. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    SD
    You never know what you’re going to find at the Dollar store.

    https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/klHBNR4ETIKDxZG9N4v5eA.pOecm3RXDSH9cg-QvMrg9y

  114. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    And, yes, there were fuzzy dice.

  115. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Good morning Hamsters. Out here on the banks of the Brazos at Richmond we’re greeted by a 63 temp at 7 with chance of rain later in the day. Cold front does not show up until Monday the forecast says. Good news about rain over Super Dave’s way.

    Astros lost last night and so have to clinch things at home today. A home crowd should help. And they do seem to thrive on suspense.

  116. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    SD
    Are you going to get anything out of that system? Looks like our aim was off.

  117. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Shannon, the rain started about 5:30 and ended an hour later. It rained fairly hard and we got ¾” enough to kick-start my Wheat/Oat patch. The TS is heading into northeast Florida and on into Georgia, so we’ll be on the dryer side, I hope we get a few more of the outer bands during the day though. It is still sprinkling a little, has been since the real rain stopped.

  118. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Looks like our aim was off.

    So, ole Karl Rove didn’t tell y’all how to adjust the azimuth on the old Weather machine, huh? 😉

  119. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    That 17” deficit must be brutal.

  120. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Weekend thread up.

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