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Old 12-03-2006, 08:56 PM
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Lets start a club.....I absolutely HATE Xmas music, seriously...
one of the things I hate in life
The above will arouse the wrath of Pais... (As feared as the wrath of Khan..)
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Old 12-03-2006, 08:59 PM
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The above will arouse the wrath of Pais... (As feared as the wrath of Khan..)

Khan has NOTHING on that girl
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Old 12-03-2006, 08:59 PM
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I am very glad that I am not the only person who hates Christmas Music.
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Old 12-03-2006, 09:01 PM
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And to think I work with some people who are already wearing those silly stupid red christmas stocking hats
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Old 12-03-2006, 09:03 PM
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I am very glad that I am not the only person who hates Christmas Music.
it wouldn't be bad if you didn't have to hear it for six weeks in every store and on every station and every TV show.
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Old 12-03-2006, 09:02 PM
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Gotta tell this....

Saturday night/Sunday morning I was at Caeser's Palace and I was up most of the night, caught a HORRIBLE stretch of cards, that along with sleep deprivation caused the tension level to be at an all time high.

So I go into the bathroom and take a seat in a stall, count my cash, get an overall picture of how bad it was. Nickelback was playing over the intercom, song ended about 10 seconds after I sat down. next song was "HERE COMES Santa Claus"

I seriously almost went into a psychotic fit in a stall, needed a straight jacket.
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Old 12-03-2006, 09:14 PM
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Gotta tell this....

Saturday night/Sunday morning I was at Caeser's Palace and I was up most of the night, caught a HORRIBLE stretch of cards, that along with sleep deprivation caused the tension level to be at an all time high.

So I go into the bathroom and take a seat in a stall, count my cash, get an overall picture of how bad it was. Nickelback was playing over the intercom, song ended about 10 seconds after I sat down. next song was "HERE COMES Santa Claus"

I seriously almost went into a psychotic fit in a stall, needed a straight jacket.
If someone were to investigate it thoroughly i'm sure they would find that most of the time when some flips out, goes nuts, flies into a rampage, etc, the cause can be traced back to that person having heard one too many Christmas songs.
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Old 12-03-2006, 09:18 PM
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And a special thanks to the azzhole who stole my credit card number off the internet and ruined my bank account. As if I wasn't broke enough already!
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Old 12-04-2006, 06:30 AM
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And a special thanks to the azzhole who stole my credit card number off the internet and ruined my bank account. As if I wasn't broke enough already!
I had that happen two years ago...a complete nightmare The fraud department called me and informed me that I had $16 dollars left in my account (started with over 2K)...@ least they caught it though so I wasn't responsible for the charges...guess they understood that I wasn't likely to blow my entire checking account @ Wal mart and footlocker (guy spent like $600 on new sneakers)...Hope it works out for you Phil...
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Old 12-03-2006, 11:15 PM
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Gotta tell this....

Saturday night/Sunday morning I was at Caeser's Palace and I was up most of the night, caught a HORRIBLE stretch of cards, that along with sleep deprivation caused the tension level to be at an all time high.

So I go into the bathroom and take a seat in a stall, count my cash, get an overall picture of how bad it was. Nickelback was playing over the intercom, song ended about 10 seconds after I sat down. next song was "HERE COMES Santa Claus"

I seriously almost went into a psychotic fit in a stall, needed a straight jacket.

damn,
thats a bad daily double.

nickelback is almost as bad as hinder.
cant believe pay these people to keep producing the same unoriginal crap.

my stoner friends that play in their garage are a hell of a lot more talented.


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Old 12-04-2006, 09:36 AM
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damn,
thats a bad daily double.

nickelback is almost as bad as hinder.
cant believe pay these people to keep producing the same unoriginal crap.

my stoner friends that play in their garage are a hell of a lot more talented.


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See? You neo-cons can't even tell good music when you hear it.... I'm sorry; I can't even type that with a straight face. I'm glad to find out I'm not the only one who doesn't think Nickelback or Hinder are any good, Repent. Or any different, for that matter.

"A Nickelback Christmas"- that would be my own ninth-level of hell.
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Old 12-05-2006, 01:20 AM
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See? You neo-cons can't even tell good music when you hear it.... I'm sorry; I can't even type that with a straight face. I'm glad to find out I'm not the only one who doesn't think Nickelback or Hinder are any good, Repent. Or any different, for that matter.

"A Nickelback Christmas"- that would be my own ninth-level of hell.
isnt it just stupid how these "radio bands" all sound the same?
and someone out there is just buying it up.

i cant tell the difference btwn hinder, nickelback, and 3 doors down for that matter.

Im not a musician, but I spend time with musicians and they can all replicate that sound so easily b/c its just simply written.


makes you really appreciate what Nirvana started back in the 1990's and what bands like Pearl Jam and Audioslave continue to this day.

dont know what kind of music you are in to,
but you should check out Pearl Jam's lastest album.
its a throwback to some of the stuff they were doing in the 1990's.
maybe not like TEN,
but a similar sound to what they put out on Vitalogy.
hard to believe those guys have been going at it for 15 years now.



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Old 12-04-2006, 06:32 AM
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not going to comment... except to inform those of you that DO like X-mas tunes that sirius has 3 channels playing nothing but, until the 26th
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Old 12-04-2006, 09:12 AM
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not going to comment... except to inform those of you that DO like X-mas tunes that sirius has 3 channels playing nothing but, until the 26th
Ugh...don't even get me stated on Sirius....so upset with them and the fcc at the moment.

For about 12 dollars a month, lots of people enjoy mostly commercial free Sirius satellite radio. In addition to satellites, Sirius uses land based repeater transmitters to provide the signal in areas where reception is blocked by buildings and hills.

Since October, Keith McCracken is among the many people who contacted us .saying they can't listen to Sirius indoors on a portable unit anymore. Keith's office is on the sixth floor.
Keith McCracken/East Pennsboro, "If you had a window on that side of the building, that you could face it out, .you could get the antenna out there. You can probably listen to it then. But other than that you need the repeater to work or you're not going to get any signal at all."

THe FCC made Sirius shut down all of its Pennsylvania repeaters in October because of a licensing problem. Sirius and the FCC are not saying when the problem may be worked out. So, if you're planning Sirius as a holiday gift for someone who listens indoors, instead of a car, keep that in mind. A forty dollar sirius antenna extension is available that may help. You can extend the antenna fifty feet.

We are not receiving any complaints from subscribers of XM satellite radio. XM has many more land-based repeaters than Sirius, and apparently, there is no licensing problem with the XM repeaters.
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Old 12-04-2006, 10:11 AM
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Ugh...don't even get me stated on Sirius....so upset with them and the fcc at the moment.

For about 12 dollars a month, lots of people enjoy mostly commercial free Sirius satellite radio. In addition to satellites, Sirius uses land based repeater transmitters to provide the signal in areas where reception is blocked by buildings and hills.

Since October, Keith McCracken is among the many people who contacted us .saying they can't listen to Sirius indoors on a portable unit anymore. Keith's office is on the sixth floor.
Keith McCracken/East Pennsboro, "If you had a window on that side of the building, that you could face it out, .you could get the antenna out there. You can probably listen to it then. But other than that you need the repeater to work or you're not going to get any signal at all."

THe FCC made Sirius shut down all of its Pennsylvania repeaters in October because of a licensing problem. Sirius and the FCC are not saying when the problem may be worked out. So, if you're planning Sirius as a holiday gift for someone who listens indoors, instead of a car, keep that in mind. A forty dollar sirius antenna extension is available that may help. You can extend the antenna fifty feet.

We are not receiving any complaints from subscribers of XM satellite radio. XM has many more land-based repeaters than Sirius, and apparently, there is no licensing problem with the XM repeaters.
to be honest I'm not happy with them either...I sent my unit back because it stopped working after 6 months...it was still under warranty so they sent me a new one no problem...BUT between last year and this year the FCC has cracked down on them regarding the strength of the signal the unit uses...meaning it must accept interference from all other radio signals...it can no longer 'override' signals on the radion etc...so now the f'ing thing is fuzzy and fades in and out all the time, and if i am stuck behind any truck with a CB radio it doesn't work...and I can no longer leave the unit in my car and pick up the signal on the radio in the barn...it really su cks. this happened to anyone else?
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Old 12-04-2006, 10:24 AM
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to be honest I'm not happy with them either...I sent my unit back because it stopped working after 6 months...it was still under warranty so they sent me a new one no problem...BUT between last year and this year the FCC has cracked down on them regarding the strength of the signal the unit uses...meaning it must accept interference from all other radio signals...it can no longer 'override' signals on the radion etc...so now the f'ing thing is fuzzy and fades in and out all the time, and if i am stuck behind any truck with a CB radio it doesn't work...and I can no longer leave the unit in my car and pick up the signal on the radio in the barn...it really su cks. this happened to anyone else?
Yes, I was having the exact same problems (I have an S50) then they shut down the repeater and I got really pissed. I mean the line into my parking garage can be bad, and at that point I need to switch it off ever since Oct. 17 or so also no signal under overpasses.

here's their complaint department...


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Old 12-04-2006, 10:34 AM
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Yes, I was having the exact same problems (I have an S50) then they shut down the repeater and I got really pissed. I mean the line into my parking garage can be bad, and at that point I need to switch it off ever since Oct. 17 or so also no signal under overpasses.

here's their complaint department...


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thanks...i don't have an s50 I have the starmate so it has to use the external antenna but I think I'll send them a little love letter anyway
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