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Quote from: Metron2267 on June 26, 2018, 09:10:45 AMWill check it out. Currently working through all the Kitchen Nightmares shows on Amazon Video. Check this one out, especially about 2:00 in to the video:
Heh...oh you saw through me alright... :
If you've a torrent client - please allow me to recommend any season of Ramsey's seminal UK show, "The F Word"!
You will NOT be disappointed at all.
Quote from: TigerLily on June 25, 2018, 10:54:37 AMMany of Metron's posts remind me of Chef Gordon Ramsey on his Kitchen Nightmares TV series. He tells it like it is and not necessarily what the recipient wants to hear. Past episodes are now airing on Amazon Prime TV and you get Chef Ramsey's uncensored language and all, not much different than some of Metron's language flavored posts.
He's got my vote. Such a fine line between love and hate
Quote from: paladin1991 on June 23, 2018, 01:50:56 AMWell that's a sticky wicket
You cannot nominate your own sock puppet. Sorry. But thems the rules.
Quote from: albrecht on June 06, 2018, 03:37:41 PMBruce, like Art, was one-of-a-kind and can't be replaced. That final broadcast was sad after the final call was taken. I think Bruce is still alive, living near Tampa.
Thanks for posting that. His last broadcast was interesting review of his career and personal anecdotes about the industry, including the Rush stuff. I like how Bruce admitted fudging calls to get ratings when he first got the gig. I miss Bruce William shows, I have a nasty time-share situation and wonder if I should invest with a brother-in-law in a dry-cleaning business and could use his advice.
Quote from: Metron2267 on June 06, 2018, 07:40:57 AMAs legendary newscaster Walter Cronkite would say at the end of a broadcast: "And that's the way it is."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUQ2WGA8mJQ
Bellgab and their war on Heather explained.
Nuff said.
Quote from: monica on June 05, 2018, 10:22:48 PMYes, it was good to hear that things worked out for the guy and he didn't try to hide it or cover it up (or kill the person extorting him). I remember when the call was first aired on the show and I made a point to listen to the next show for an update.
So nice to hear a happy ending. The guy had "padded" $3000 in travel expense records over time. Someone must have known, because when he got back in the country, his account had $77,000 in new, unknown money. He got a call from someone (probably a money launderer) who demanded over $25,000 of the money. The guy paid it (extortion). He was a nervous wreck, called radio host Bruce, and Bruce convinced him to come clean to an attorney at least. Withdrawals over $10,000 are examined, and it turned out his bank was worried about him. They felt he might have been withdrawing it under duress.
This is just a reminder to try to do things right. Any time you cheat, someone could find out and use that against you by extorting you for money because they will tattle on you if you don't pay them. People know that cheating is risky in itself, but it also opens you up to being victimized.
Also a reminder not to have secrets. Just not worth the threat of blackmail. No matter how embarrassing something is, it is usually not worth losing your peace of mind and freedoms to being over someone else's barrel whenever they feel like blackmailing you,
Here is an article differentiating blackmail (releasing info) from extortion (threatening violence, inappropriate testimony, etc...)
https://criminal-law.freeadvice.com/criminal-law/white_collar_crimes/extortion_blackmail.htm
Remember when you meet someone who always has a black cloud over their head, that they might not be an Eyeore or sourpuss. They could be hip deep in some sort of extortion or blackmail victimization. One way to get them to open up is to ask them what their regrets in life are. They might mention something interesting, and they might appreciate a chance to vent a little even though they won't say everything. They might just say they once trusted the wrong person. Or, they broke a rule and regretted the ramifications. Or, they don't like some of the people they have to associate with.
I've heard that Oprah had to deal with extortion schemes. I think lots of celebrities do. I wonder if rich athletes have the same issue.
Quote from: Metron2267 on June 05, 2018, 11:20:16 AMYes, I listened to many of Bruce's shows back in the old TalkNet radio days. He gave sound financial and practical advice back in the day. I remember when he had his plane crash and he did his radio shows from bedside for a time while recovering. Sometimes his patience would run thin when a caller would not hear what they wanted to hear in his advice.
Consider how short peoples' memory muscles are these days.
Once you go off the air you get forgotten right fast, even Art will disappear over time.
Anyone remember Bruce Williams?
http://www.brucewilliams.com
Quote from: yoursongs on June 05, 2018, 11:52:41 AMSmall world. I have been to that site before. Someone on one of the Moody Blues fan sites I am on mentioned it. Looks like you still have some Moody Blues items
Same here, ebay is good for buyers most of the time. Not sure if this is allowed, but here is my little site:
www.yoursongscollectibles.com
Quote from: Metron2267 on June 05, 2018, 11:16:26 AMDid a crystal radio project one year for a science project in school. It was comparing 3 different designs. If I remember correctly, the results were pretty much the same regarding sensitivity and selectivity during the day, not surprising since the basic components were essentially the same and they all used the same cheap little earphone/earpiece. One design was better for night reception due to the way the coil was wound (different material that it was wound around). I also had a store bought AM radio that I wired in a jack to so I could take the audio output of the crystal set and have the sound come out of the radio speaker.
The code was great for newbies that way, plus it really was something to look forward too when signal conditions were weak.
My first radio project was a crude crystal and antenna wire coiled around a TP cardboard roll with some funky old carbon element headset:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AI2Jixj5Bs
Quote from: yoursongs on June 05, 2018, 09:56:31 AMThe only selling I am doing is for personal use. Sold the brick and mortar business several years ago to pursue non-profit and volunteer efforts. I still have the original eBay account but it is used for buying these days. The independent website you have is the way to go now. It can be challenging at times but also can be very rewarding.
Yes, the ebay fees made impossible to do well for a lot of us. But it's so much better now with own dot.com. Are you still doing the mail order?
Quote from: yoursongs on June 05, 2018, 09:36:09 AMWow, another long timer in mail order. Congrats on the longevity with that. I started with it in the mid 1990's as a side business in conjunction with an existing retail brick and mortar operation and also during the early eBay days (that platform sure has changed, not all for the better).
Yeah, I agree 100%. I've been in mail order since 1989.....was just saying they aren't a new cool fad or anything as far as I know. Here's a Ballast Point sculpin on me, cheers.
Quote from: yoursongs on June 05, 2018, 08:52:06 AMActually, money orders in some situations are safer to use. No checking account, credit card, or personal information is exposed. Also, for those selling items online via Craigslist or other similar platforms, postal money orders are one of the bullet-proof ways to get funds when selling items to out of town buyers. Someone sends you a postal money order, you go to the post office to mail the item, cash the postal money order and you immediately know if it is real or not before sending the item out. With cash in hand, no way to get scammed.
Money Orders are not the new cool thing....I think (retarded) is making a point of the dollar amounts, in the hopes that her flock will "get the hint" and send larger amounts than usual. From what I've seen, the gifts are worthless trinkets. As for "Mike in Montana"'s 600 dollar money order, that could have been a (retarded) lie, with no way to prove it either way. Remember she is a liar and manipulator to the hilt.
Quote from: Renegade Smurf on June 05, 2018, 06:54:17 AMYes, all the questions and answers are also online and with the practice tests, anyone should be able to get at least the Technician's license with some studying. It's nice to know code for some situations but the code requirement was dropped to help with membership and because of the societal shift to voice and digital communication.
Wow. Back when I was still an active ham, my code speed was 20 wpm, and I studied the thick ARRL book on radio electronics and radio for the exam. I understand that in addition to droppign the code requirement, they publish the exam questions with the answers so all you have to do is memorize the question pool.
Quote from: starramus on June 03, 2018, 08:28:46 AMI remember hearing that Shaun had died. He was quite a character (in a good way). It was fun tuning in the his Boresight shows (I think he did them from New Jersey). Some were wondering whether it was really an accident that killed him.
Yeah and then did the show Yellow Rain where he urinated on General Instrument descramblers! Ya know he died falling off of his roof while working on antenna. Those were the hey days of C band! Damn the big boys starting with HBO determinedly shut all of that down. It could have been a great free market. Little guys like the Caribbean Super Station starting up, but monopoly closed it all down.
Quote from: Metron2267 on June 03, 2018, 08:47:36 AMWow, does this bring back memories! My first dish was a 10' fiberglass/wood/aluminum one built from scratch (bought the mount for it). Hooked it up to a Dexcel receiver, Chaparell feedhorn, and 120 degree LNC. After putting it up and searching for the first satellite, it was a thrill finally finding an ESPN tennis match and after fine tuning it, no sparklies and a great picture. It was especially thrilling because, building one from scratch, you didn't know how well it would work, with the picture quality depending on how accurate the parabolic curve was with the dish.
My setup was a Houston Tracker, DX receiver, and some really heavy ass fiberglass dish with a worm gear drive that would in time fail by grinding the teeth off the half moon-shaped drive gear.
Needless to say lacking your chops I had mine installed by some pleasantly seedy characters who worked down at the satellite store.
When the receivers got more advanced they sold black market credit card descramblers that would slide into the receiver.
New frontier it was!
Quote from: hitfan on May 31, 2018, 10:53:14 PMAlso listen to C2C as well as many of the other shows from time to time. It's more the guests or topics that is the draw for me instead of the host. All hosts have their good points and bad points. Looking back on some of the negative posts about GN, it seems like an obsession of hate rather than a factual dislike. IMHO the continued rants are not deserved. It was refreshing to hear Dave give recognition and kind words to GN and C2C on his new show. Everyone should listen for themselves and make up their own minds.
I listened to the Gabcast with Vincent shortly after it came out. It was interesting to listen to, and I'm ambivalent about how I'm supposed to feel about Art Bell, someone who I have a lot of fond memories of listening to back in the day. I understand that the controversy regarding Art being estranged from some of his children was something that had been publicized a few years ago, but this was the first time I actually became aware of some of the details.
I'm still a fan of Art Bell and his work. No man is an angel, and most people are a mixed bag. There's a saying that goes like "Trust the art, not the artist". Even with the controversies regarding Art Bell quitting his latest coming out of retirement only to quit again, I had always hoped that as long as he remained alive that he would someday come back on the air to do what he does best. I was really hoping that he'd bury the hatchet with Premiere/C2C and just become an occasional host there again. On his last run on MITD, I really enjoyed listening to Art Bell every night and it felt just like back in the 1990s when I lived alone in my apartment, unable to sleep and I'd listen to all these interesting discussions on ghosts and aliens.
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So I tend to be a casual lurker on Bellgab, and I don't really have the patience to read everything that gets posted here. Would MV and the rest of the gang be willing to host a GabCast where they discuss the controversy regarding the legacy of Art Bell and who is the true "Midnight in the Desert"? I stopped listening to MITD altogether when Art quit in late 2015. In spite of how people feel about George Noory, I still listen to C2CAM when I work at night and I feel that they are the most credible broadcaster for all things interesting and paranormal.
Does George Noory still suck? Well, I don't hate him as much as I used to. And the weekend hosts on C2C are usually pretty good. GN's appearances on the GabCast have done much to humanize him and make him more accessible. He sounds like a far better conversationalist when he is playing off of MV. I know that MV is skeptical of all things paranormal, but he might make an interesting occasional host on C2C or Dark Matter's MITD.
Quote from: Bart Ell on May 29, 2018, 09:17:21 PMBitcoin rigs have been converted for mining Bartcoins. Any truth to the rumor that Bartcoin currency will be backed by the trust and confidence of the Mt Gox exchange?
First Bartcoin of the night has been earned!
#LEGACY
Quote from: Metron2267 on May 30, 2018, 08:40:27 AM!?#%! you Metron! Once again I am working and I get a text from someone telling me I have to check out the Metron's posts for the day so I am compelled to stop what I am doing and look at your posts. Although work productivity suffers, spirits are lifted for the day
Is he not exceedingly punchable?
Quote from: timebandit on May 30, 2018, 09:28:06 AMYou are looking at the page header when you view the source code of the webpage. In this case at the top it shows the company doing the website now. Looks like it is a new page design and now has a more professional responsive (displays better on several types of devices) feel to it.
what am i looking at here?
Quote from: ItsOver on May 22, 2018, 11:59:08 AMPunchcards! Now that is a blast from the past
It was always fun trying to find errors in these things.
Also remember the paper tape days with the old Teletype terminals.
Quote from: littlechris on May 22, 2018, 11:39:38 AMHand coding is definitely preferable where efficiency and control is desired. The WYSIWYGs have their place for those who would otherwise not be able to create a website (or who would not want to spend the time to learn coding). Regarding efficiency, I have found that sometimes the WYSIWYG created website code can be edited down by hand to 10%-20% of the code to get the same design and functionality.
I’d prefer to hand code any day over these WYSIWYG’s like Wordpress which give you less control. Of course there are pluses and minuses but raw code all the way!!!!
Quote from: Bart Ell on May 22, 2018, 11:02:31 AMAh, the Notepad Legacy from the 1980's
The footer of my site proudly displays that I created my site with Notepad.
It's the right way.
It's still useful after all these years. Actually I still use Notepad as the go to for a quick and easy text file editor.
Quote from: Bart Ell on May 22, 2018, 10:03:38 AMYou guys have it easy these days. Coming from the older days of html hand coding with primitive word processors/editors, what took hours in the past takes minutes today. One word of advice for anyone creating websites, always check your sites using all of the major browsers and using both mobile devices and desktop/laptop computers.
It really isn't.
All I have done is Google what I want it to do, install the plugin I find and profit.
Quote from: Metron2267 on May 22, 2018, 08:59:26 AMMaybe we should start a betting pool: I give it 90 days
I still wonder how long it'll be before Dave gets the bum's rush here.
Quote from: DaveSchrader on May 17, 2018, 03:12:02 PMHi Dave, That is true wisdom taught from experience. Paralleling that nugget is "If everyone likes you, you're doing something wrong"
Having done this type of programming for 12 years there is NO WAY to please everyone.
Quote from: albrecht on May 15, 2018, 09:02:10 PMI remember Bruce well from the old TalkNet radio days. He had a lot of great advice. I remember him broadcasting his show for a while from bedside after his plane crash. A lot of good memories from that show.
Which station is re-airing Bruce Williams shows? I liked him but asking for a friend who has a time-share agreement that he can't get out of and wonders if he should invest in his brother-in-law's dry-cleaning franchise.
Quote from: Metron2267 on May 17, 2018, 12:54:05 PMNew member here. I joined a couple of days ago and have been wading through the posts. A few things:
Seriously?
