Eisboch wrote:
"Boater" wrote in message
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Hehehe. NPR is terrific. The best interviewers, the best interview
subjects, informative talk radio shows where the hosts maintain civility,
long, detailed features.


While driving I like to stay awake, so I don't listen to NPR in the car.
It seems like all the program hosts have the same, almost hypnotic style.

While discussing the effects of Asian tree frog excretement on global
warming, there's a sublimital message going on:

"Your eyelids are getting v e rrrr y heavy. You are getting v e rrr y
sleepy. Watch out for that tree!"

Eisboch










I suppose NPR is not the best network for the non-intellectuals who
require their information be spooned out in tidy little soundbites. :)

Boater wrote:
Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:56:50 -0400, Boater
wrote:

Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
I keep hearing horror stories about Sirius customer service, but I
gotta tell you - I've had nothing but success with them.

Yesterday, I cancelled my second reciever because Mrs. Wave is getting
a new car with Sirius installed. So I called and cancelled that radio
until her new car is delivered on Monday.

Little bit of a screwup unfortunately - they cancelled the wrong radio
- instead of cancelling Mrs. Wave's receiver, they cancelled mine.
Little mixup.

Expecting a huge hassle, I got to customer service, they did a
receiver swap and everything is now up and running.

Took all of three minutes start to finish.

Can't beat that.
Honestly, I cannot figure out the appeal of a "subscribed" radio
service to listen to music.

Well, I guess it's the difference between an eclectic knowledge and
appreciation of different musical genres than a rather static approach
to "radio".

For me, I like the ability to switch according to mood. I do have my
favorites - latin and light jazz, moldie oldies and electronica. Hell,
I was introduced to a great band, Ladytron, via the Chill
electronic/technica channel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtqGoHouoE0

On the other hand, I have news, sports and traffic informtion
available when I want it, not when it's on the hour. Now that it's
linked up with my in-car GPS, I also have traffic cams which is kind
of cool.

Even on at it's best, terrestrial radio is boring, commercial ridden
and flatly uninteresting. The other day, I was listening to WEEI out
of Boston - a sports talk radio station in a rental car and in one
hour, there was 31 minutes of commercials during drive time - 31
minutes. And that's not the only one who does that. I switched to
the local NPR station and it was 26 minutes of begging for money out
of an hour.

My wife and I each have iPods that have "hard wiring" plug-ins in the
cars, and we listen to what we want to listen to when we want to
listen to music. Otherwise, the car radio is on NPR.

To each their own - I gots mine, you gots yours. :)

And, frankly, NPR sucks - the most god awful programming on the face
of the planet.


Hehehe. NPR is terrific. The best interviewers, the best interview
subjects, informative talk radio shows where the hosts maintain
civility, long, detailed features.

I don't like mindless "Rush" radio.

Have you noticed? You two don't seem to have much in common. Tom is
usually upbeat, funny at times, engaging, interesting, honest,
knowledgeable, and usually willing to share his knowledge. And he
usually doesn't end up on the bottom of a pig pile.

On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:24:27 -0400, Jim wrote:

Have you noticed? You two don't seem to have much in common. Tom is
usually upbeat, funny at times, engaging, interesting, honest,
knowledgeable, and usually willing to share his knowledge. And he
usually doesn't end up on the bottom of a pig pile.

Ah - another of my adoring fans.

Thank you - thank you - I'll be here all week.

Try the salad, but watch out for the fish.

On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:54:27 -0400, Boater
wrote:

Hehehe. NPR is terrific. The best interviewers, the best interview
subjects, informative talk radio shows where the hosts maintain
civility, long, detailed features.

Yep - sure do.

Its a great way to fall asleep.

Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:54:27 -0400, Boater
wrote:

Hehehe. NPR is terrific. The best interviewers, the best interview
subjects, informative talk radio shows where the hosts maintain
civility, long, detailed features.

Yep - sure do.

Its a great way to fall asleep.


I usually don't fall asleep during the day while listening to the radio.

If you are really interested in an issue, though, the NPR news features
are much more detailed and informative than anything on the usual
broadcast or cable news shows, and certainly more content-neutral than
the rabid right-wing talk radio shows.

Hell, I found a Peruvian convention speaker for a client on an NPR
interview show. He was a great hit.

On Oct 31, 8:54*am, Boater wrote:
Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:





On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:56:50 -0400, Boater
wrote:

Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
I keep hearing horror stories about Sirius customer service, but I
gotta tell you - I've had nothing but success with them.

Yesterday, I cancelled my second reciever because Mrs. Wave is getting
a new car with Sirius installed. *So I called and cancelled that radio
until her new car is delivered on Monday.

Little bit of a screwup unfortunately - they cancelled the wrong radio
- instead of cancelling Mrs. Wave's receiver, they cancelled mine.
Little mixup.

Expecting a huge hassle, I got to customer service, they did a
receiver swap and everything is now up and running.

Took all of three minutes start to finish.

Can't beat that.
Honestly, I cannot figure out the appeal of a "subscribed" radio service
to listen to music.

Well, I guess it's the difference between an eclectic knowledge and
appreciation of different musical genres than a rather static approach
to "radio".

For me, I like the ability to switch according to mood. *I do have my
favorites - latin and light jazz, moldie oldies and electronica. Hell,
I was introduced to a great band, Ladytron, via the Chill
electronic/technica channel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtqGoHouoE0

On the other hand, I have news, sports and traffic informtion
available when I want it, not when it's on the hour. *Now that it's
linked up with my in-car GPS, I also have traffic cams which is kind
of cool.

Even on at it's best, terrestrial radio is boring, commercial ridden
and flatly uninteresting. *The other day, I was listening to WEEI out
of Boston - a sports talk radio station in a rental car and in one
hour, there was 31 minutes of commercials during drive time - 31
minutes. *And that's not the only one who does that. *I switched to
the local NPR station and it was 26 minutes of begging for money out
of an hour.

My wife and I each have iPods that have "hard
wiring" plug-ins in the cars, and we listen to what we want to listen to
when we want to listen to music. Otherwise, the car radio is on NPR.

To each their own - I gots mine, you gots yours. *:)

And, frankly, NPR sucks - the most god awful programming on the face
of the planet.

Hehehe. *NPR is terrific. The best interviewers, the best interview
subjects, informative talk radio shows where the hosts maintain
civility, long, detailed features.

I don't like mindless "Rush" radio.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Is that the only choices for radio stations up there? Either Rush or
NPR? That's weird.

wrote:
On Oct 31, 8:54 am, Boater wrote:
Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:





On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:56:50 -0400, Boater
wrote:
Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
I keep hearing horror stories about Sirius customer service, but I
gotta tell you - I've had nothing but success with them.
Yesterday, I cancelled my second reciever because Mrs. Wave is getting
a new car with Sirius installed. So I called and cancelled that radio
until her new car is delivered on Monday.
Little bit of a screwup unfortunately - they cancelled the wrong radio
- instead of cancelling Mrs. Wave's receiver, they cancelled mine.
Little mixup.
Expecting a huge hassle, I got to customer service, they did a
receiver swap and everything is now up and running.
Took all of three minutes start to finish.
Can't beat that.
Honestly, I cannot figure out the appeal of a "subscribed" radio service
to listen to music.
Well, I guess it's the difference between an eclectic knowledge and
appreciation of different musical genres than a rather static approach
to "radio".
For me, I like the ability to switch according to mood. I do have my
favorites - latin and light jazz, moldie oldies and electronica. Hell,
I was introduced to a great band, Ladytron, via the Chill
electronic/technica channel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtqGoHouoE0
On the other hand, I have news, sports and traffic informtion
available when I want it, not when it's on the hour. Now that it's
linked up with my in-car GPS, I also have traffic cams which is kind
of cool.
Even on at it's best, terrestrial radio is boring, commercial ridden
and flatly uninteresting. The other day, I was listening to WEEI out
of Boston - a sports talk radio station in a rental car and in one
hour, there was 31 minutes of commercials during drive time - 31
minutes. And that's not the only one who does that. I switched to
the local NPR station and it was 26 minutes of begging for money out
of an hour.
My wife and I each have iPods that have "hard
wiring" plug-ins in the cars, and we listen to what we want to listen to
when we want to listen to music. Otherwise, the car radio is on NPR.
To each their own - I gots mine, you gots yours. :)
And, frankly, NPR sucks - the most god awful programming on the face
of the planet.
Hehehe. NPR is terrific. The best interviewers, the best interview
subjects, informative talk radio shows where the hosts maintain
civility, long, detailed features.

I don't like mindless "Rush" radio.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Is that the only choices for radio stations up there? Either Rush or
NPR? That's weird.

They have some real characters up the. I usually listen to AM 680. The
evening guy hates the morning guy. Both are funny as hell.

On Oct 31, 8:42*am, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:56:50 -0400, Boater
wrote:





Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
I keep hearing horror stories about Sirius customer service, but I
gotta tell you - I've had nothing but success with them.

Yesterday, I cancelled my second reciever because Mrs. Wave is getting
a new car with Sirius installed. *So I called and cancelled that radio
until her new car is delivered on Monday.

Little bit of a screwup unfortunately - they cancelled the wrong radio
- instead of cancelling Mrs. Wave's receiver, they cancelled mine.
Little mixup.

Expecting a huge hassle, I got to customer service, they did a
receiver swap and everything is now up and running.

Took all of three minutes start to finish.

Can't beat that.

Honestly, I cannot figure out the appeal of a "subscribed" radio service
to listen to music.

Well, I guess it's the difference between an eclectic knowledge and
appreciation of different musical genres than a rather static approach
to "radio".

For me, I like the ability to switch according to mood. *I do have my
favorites - latin and light jazz, moldie oldies and electronica. Hell,
I was introduced to a great band, Ladytron, via the Chill
electronic/technica channel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtqGoHouoE0

On the other hand, I have news, sports and traffic informtion
available when I want it, not when it's on the hour. *Now that it's
linked up with my in-car GPS, I also have traffic cams which is kind
of cool.

Even on at it's best, terrestrial radio is boring, commercial ridden
and flatly uninteresting. *The other day, I was listening to WEEI out
of Boston - a sports talk radio station in a rental car and in one
hour, there was 31 minutes of commercials during drive time - 31
minutes. *And that's not the only one who does that. *I switched to
the local NPR station and it was 26 minutes of begging for money out
of an hour.

My wife and I each have iPods that have "hard
wiring" plug-ins in the cars, and we listen to what we want to listen to
when we want to listen to music. Otherwise, the car radio is on NPR.

To each their own - I gots mine, you gots yours. *:)

And, frankly, NPR sucks - the most god awful programming on the face
of the planet.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Tom, you just don't understand. If Harry doesn't do it, it simply
isn't something that someone else should do.

On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:36:18 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Oct 31, 8:42*am, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:56:50 -0400, Boater
wrote:





Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
I keep hearing horror stories about Sirius customer service, but I
gotta tell you - I've had nothing but success with them.

Yesterday, I cancelled my second reciever because Mrs. Wave is getting
a new car with Sirius installed. *So I called and cancelled that radio
until her new car is delivered on Monday.

Little bit of a screwup unfortunately - they cancelled the wrong radio
- instead of cancelling Mrs. Wave's receiver, they cancelled mine.
Little mixup.

Expecting a huge hassle, I got to customer service, they did a
receiver swap and everything is now up and running.

Took all of three minutes start to finish.

Can't beat that.

Honestly, I cannot figure out the appeal of a "subscribed" radio service
to listen to music.

Well, I guess it's the difference between an eclectic knowledge and
appreciation of different musical genres than a rather static approach
to "radio".

For me, I like the ability to switch according to mood. *I do have my
favorites - latin and light jazz, moldie oldies and electronica. Hell,
I was introduced to a great band, Ladytron, via the Chill
electronic/technica channel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtqGoHouoE0

On the other hand, I have news, sports and traffic informtion
available when I want it, not when it's on the hour. *Now that it's
linked up with my in-car GPS, I also have traffic cams which is kind
of cool.

Even on at it's best, terrestrial radio is boring, commercial ridden
and flatly uninteresting. *The other day, I was listening to WEEI out
of Boston - a sports talk radio station in a rental car and in one
hour, there was 31 minutes of commercials during drive time - 31
minutes. *And that's not the only one who does that. *I switched to
the local NPR station and it was 26 minutes of begging for money out
of an hour.

My wife and I each have iPods that have "hard
wiring" plug-ins in the cars, and we listen to what we want to listen to
when we want to listen to music. Otherwise, the car radio is on NPR.

To each their own - I gots mine, you gots yours. *:)

And, frankly, NPR sucks - the most god awful programming on the face
of the planet.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Tom, you just don't understand. If Harry doesn't do it, it simply
isn't something that someone else should do.

Not at all - I believe him.

Somewhat limited in context and concept as most NPR stuff is, but
that's his thing - no problems from me.

I'm not limited by anything - I like everything. I mean, listen to
World music you can go from the ever sacrine Enya to Australian
abrogine folk music sung in Lardil (a obstruent based "click"
language).

Switch over to Latin and I can get everything from salsa to mariachi
(the later being one of my more favorite genres of music). I got
light jazz, heavy jazz, decade based moldie oldies, a very nice
classical station and Saturday, live from the MET (I do have some
favorite operas) and if in the mood, I can listen to CNN, FOX,
Bloomberg, CNBC and a variety of sports.

It just seem limiting to listen to a self-produced iPod playlist and
NPR. Why not stretch your horizons a little?

Some people do, some don't.

Nuttin I can do about it. :) Live my life like I want.

On Oct 30, 11:52*am, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
I keep hearing horror stories about Sirius customer service, but I
gotta tell you - I've had nothing but success with them.

Yesterday, I cancelled my second reciever because Mrs. Wave is getting
a new car with Sirius installed. *So I called and cancelled that radio
until her new car is delivered on Monday.

Little bit of a screwup unfortunately - they cancelled the wrong radio
- instead of cancelling Mrs. Wave's receiver, they cancelled mine.
Little mixup.

Expecting a huge hassle, I got to customer service, they did a
receiver swap and everything is now up and running.

Took all of three minutes start to finish.

Can't beat that.

You know, some of customer service trouble can be blamed on the
customer, also. A lot of people who call are indignent, mad already,
or simply don't know how to tell the servicer the trouble. I know
there are a lot of problems with customer service, but not all can be
traced to them. I know someone who has worked in that field as a
software customer service person. It ain't easy sometimes!