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  1. Last GE we bought didn’t last too long.  Bought it in 2008 and had nothing but problems ... door water dispenser would freeze up; freezer coils would ice up because defrosting elements burned out; condenser fan burned out.

    Going on 8 years with a Kitchen Aide we purchased from Oliver Dyers in Ft Worth.  Salesman sold it to us at 5% above cost because the lady that ordered it didn’t like the style of the diamond-cut door handles.  Best fridge we’ve owned since the top freezer Kenmore we bought new in 1976.  Moved it into the garage as a beer fridge in 2000.  Finally died in summer of 2005 after my youngest graduated high school.

  2. 2 hours ago, Bama Llama said:

    My uncle was one of those living skeletons the Marines found in Tokyo.  His carrier based bomber was kamikazied out of the sky off Iwo Jima.  He survived bailing out into the ocean only to be picked up by the enemy.  He survived torture, beri beri, malnutrition.  He saw the beheading of randomly selected fellow prisoners, American officers.  He returned to Japan after the war to testify on behalf of guards who were kind to prisoners.  He was one of the coolest, smartest people I ever knew.   I had the honor of attending his inurnment at Arlington a few years ago.  Donald Trump is not worthy of speaking his name.

    My father was a member of the 1st Defense Battalion on Wake Island.  Captured Dec 22, 1941 and spent the duration in POW camps in China and mainland Japan where he worked as forced labor in the coal mines of Hokkaido.  I’m damn lucky to be here.

     

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  3. 2 hours ago, Irish Wrist Watch said:

    How far are you from the big broadcast signals? What is the limit on this thing's effectiveness

    North Ft Worth to the major network transmission sites in Cedar Hill is about 30 miles line of sight.  Antenna is rated at about 50 miles if placed at least 10 ft above ground.

    https://www.channelmaster.com/TV-Channels-a/394.htm#zip=76131&city=fort-worth&state=tx

    this was the "antenna" I tried initially, just to see if I could get anything ... tv scanner picked up about 40 channels

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  4. Installed this small OTA antenna purchased from Walmart in the attic, pointed toward Cedar Hill (south Dallas).  Digital scan yielded seventy-something hits ... a lot of religious and Hispanic programming, but still about 20 stations with decent programming.  HD picture reception from the network stations and PBS is awesome.  Also installed an in-line signal amp to feed the four TV's in the house.

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    As someone who went through the training, hiring, and socialization of a career in law enforcement, I wanted to give a first-hand account of why I believe police officers are the way they are. Not to excuse their behavior, but to explain it and to indict the structures that perpetuate it.

     

    interesting read ...

    https://medium.com/@OfcrACab/confessions-of-a-former-bastard-cop-bb14d17bc759

    ... comments are worth reading, also.

  6. 14 minutes ago, TXSG8R said:

    So has anyone else's twitter feed just got weird?  The search/explore page no longer has trending topics on the page, its all buried in tabs.  The news tab was 404 until just now.  

     

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