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damonhynes

bbinks wrote: ↑Tue May 02, 2023 4:11 pm Becka's left leaning gaslighting won't be missed.

I wouldn't mind reasoned left-leaning discussion, but Becka was a grumpy, get-off-my-lawn old man who offered nothing constructive, nothing either side could hang their hat on.

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skinzfan23 wrote: ↑Tue May 02, 2023 1:13 pm Its not like we will be missing much.

I don't think any Omaha station's news offering gets above five digits in viewership.

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I grew up watching my daddy wheel around the Halls Ferry Circle in St. Louis. Roundabouts don't scare me. Bring 'em.

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thenewguy wrote: ↑Mon May 01, 2023 7:10 pm I'm glad Chwab is keeping it local.

:-)

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On that note, it kinda seems unnecessary to have the auxiliary lanes separate from the rest of I-80. Maybe I'm missing it, can anybody figure out what the solution is or was meant to be? To me it would have made more sense to just have the extra two lanes as a part of I-80 :shrug: Its goal was to e...

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skinzfan23 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 11:49 am Sometimes, I wonder if that is Big Oil's idea to get us more comfortable with paying higher prices.

It's not Big Oil...

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That’s pretty reckless reporting on KETVs part. If they took 5 minutes to actually look at the listing you would understand it’s an investment sale with 18 years of lease term left. They are implying and presenting the information as if it is closing. I’d be upset if I was the Omaha GM at this repo...

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Brad wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 12:37 pm
damonhynes wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 11:33 am I remember when Steve had the "Mr. Mechanic" show on KFAB Sat AM, it was a pleasant show, and educational. It took me a long time to twig to the Buchanan-Bucky's connection.
Still on Saturday's at 11.

Thanks, Brad!

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The previous owner of Bucky's is all like "ha ha ha... I'm mega rich and all of the Casey's suck |expletive|!" I miss the days of Kwik Shop like the one on Saddle Creek and California that had video games to play. I would go down there on the daily on summer break from school and get a re...

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Kum and Go has entered into an agreement to be purchased by Maverik: https://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2023/04/21/9799555.htm Hmm, interesting. I wonder how this affects Kum and Go's HQ in West DSM. It was built in 2015 and initially had 300 corporate employees, with space for 800. Anyone know how man...

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I actually meant missing a connection :-) And since I don't fly Spirit, I don't have to be worried about literally being stabbed... When I've flown Spirit I've never had a problem. On time if not early arrival, clean plane, unbelievably cheap fares. I'm about 6'1" and haven't had my knees touc...

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almighty_tuna wrote: ↑Wed Apr 19, 2023 8:39 am According to Twitter, Reed Timmer is on his way to **DOMINATE** here in Omaha.

I'm hanging tough until I know Jimbo Cantore's whereabouts. :-)

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I actually meant missing a connection :-) And since I don't fly Spirit, I don't have to be worried about literally being stabbed...

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Delta looks grim. I've read on some aviation boards that they're aiming toward high-end spenders, left unsaid is that maybe there aren't any in the OMA metro... :roll: Mmmm. Makes sense. Nothing pleases high-end spenders more than connecting through Atlanta no matter where they're trying to go. Heh...

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March up 16.2%, up 18.2% YTD. https://www.flyoma.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/march-2023-traffic-statistics.pdf The huge jump by United is nice to see. I remember when they were the dominant carrier at OMA. Any other time, American's +106% mainline +11% overall would have been fantastic. Mainline...

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The SPC Day 2 has Omaha in a 5% TOR risk. Now, it's spring!

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Thanks!

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Any news lately about the purported/lead-pipe-cinch Menards at Steel Ridge? John Menard is no fool, and if there's a recession coming, he should know.

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Platte City, MO was the first one I saw. It's a city unto itself :-) Joplin, MO is another one.

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S.O.Boy wrote: ↑Fri Apr 14, 2023 6:48 pm KETV interrupted programming for hail? Every PDR person has their fingers crossed, but other than that, not much can be done.

Anthony Copeland got to play with all his fancy software. Kinda sad.

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I see the SPC Has moved the Slight Risk to our area. Looks like its mostly for Wind and Hail, not Tornadoes. SPC.JPG Yep, definitely no real tornado threat - crashing cold front this time so everything will be very outflow dominant. Probably some decent sized hail though. Storm initiation in our ar...

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I'm an infrastructure junkie and the Pontchartrain Causeway has to be seen to be believed. I still can't get over the fact that I blew off a drive over the Huey Long Bridge, though. Have you seen that the Mississippi River is trying to reroute itself into the Atchafalaya River? https://www.youtube....

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Did the polling firm release the metadata, cross tabs, and questions with the poll? https://htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com/files/poll-6435ceb279850.pdf From the article, over half of the people polled were over 55. First question: Registered voter in Nebr.? Where's the next question: Are you a res...

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*sigh* really?....... New survey shows some Omaha residents oppose streetcar project https://www.ketv.com/article/omaha-residents-survey-streetcar-project/43565382 Yeah, 400 people took the survey. I thought about emailing the group that did the survey to show support for the streetcar. "Some&...

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I'm an infrastructure junkie and the Pontchartrain Causeway has to be seen to be believed. I still can't get over the fact that I blew off a drive over the Huey Long Bridge, though. Have you seen that the Mississippi River is trying to reroute itself into the Atchafalaya River? https://www.youtube....

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Errybody should visit New Orleans at least once. Chad, your impressions mirror mine (I went in 2007). The Quarter smells like a downtown, but really no worse than the Old Market. I'm an infrastructure junkie and the Pontchartrain Causeway has to be seen to be believed. I still can't get over the fac...

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TV news is in the sewer. Channel Third last week breathlessly announced that "CaTalYtIc CoNvErTeR ThEfTs ArE On ThE RisE!!!111!!!" when that was news...two years ago.

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Duggers_Dad wrote: ↑Mon Apr 10, 2023 11:05 am ^ Thanks, it annoys me when media blares the ominous and omits to resolution part.

"Journalism".

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Lotta burns along I-29 between Glenwood and Mound City today, too.

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HskrFanMike wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 8:04 pm
Coyote wrote: ↑Mon Mar 20, 2023 7:38 am
Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert, still weighing a bid for an unprecedented fourth term
NO.

I live in Sarpy for the moment, so I don't have a dog in this. That said, Stothert is the only thing keeping Omaha from turning into Chicago/MSP/Milwaukee, and I don't mean that in a good way.

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I talked to a buddy of mine that works for Conagra in Chicago. He used to work at the Omaha campus and moved with the company. He told me that the higher ups in the company are fed up with Chicago. They’re having a terrible time finding qualified people to work. They hire people and most end up bei...

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What I really loved about LJS was when they didn't separate shrimp before they dipped them in the batter, so most of two shrimps were uncooked.

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I chased 9 April 2011, saw a very persistent tornado (which I assumed was a landspout!) but bailed as it left Onawa and headed toward the bluffs.

I did intercept and got good video of the 22 May 2004 Hallam F-4 in its early stages before it got dustwrapped.

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ProgKingHughesker wrote: ↑Fri Mar 31, 2023 8:28 pm Is 180th and Pacific the only store in the metro with a clothing department?

I believe Stony Brook has, I know they had at one time.

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Taxes, and the fear of. MO is also phobic of tolls, too. There's been some discussion of building a route, tolled, geared toward trucks, about 5-10 mi. north of the current I-70. Too many stakeholders (I detest that word) want eight lanes on the current alignment from I-435 to I-64, but they blanch ...

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Oh, yes! That's super interesting to look at. Omaha seems to have a lot more tracks within the current city. But less tracks overall. Lincoln, way more tracks overall but almost nothing inside the city limits. Are these at the same scale? Probably not - you can go to this page though (which shows L...

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I used to listen to T&T a lot. Got old because it was the same show every day. Tune in a rare occasion now and then I nothing has changed. Can predict where they are going with everything based on listing for a few years a long time ago. Even though I'm 58 y/o, I can't stand classic/album rock....

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We used to have a game on Stormtrack.org where we'd get a Day 7 setup and we'd predict where to go. I dislike triple-points, so I'd pick Concordia KS and prepare to drift west on US-36.

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jessep28 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 8:58 am

Nice!

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He's more of a DUI lawyer than slipandfall, but check out Bryan Wilson, the Texas Law Hawk on Youtube. Talons of Justice!
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoBO ... bt2lGAZijU

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