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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- Tue May 02, 2023 4:18 pm
- Forum: News and Events
- Topic: Omaha Local News Channels
- Replies: 1844
- Views: 658452
- Tue May 02, 2023 1:38 pm
- Forum: News and Events
- Topic: Omaha Local News Channels
- Replies: 1844
- Views: 658452
Re: Omaha Local News Channels
I don't think any Omaha station's news offering gets above five digits in viewership.
- Tue May 02, 2023 12:33 pm
- Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
- Topic: New Gretna Middle School (SEC 192nd & Giles)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1975
Re: New Gretna Middle School (SEC 192nd & Giles)
I grew up watching my daddy wheel around the Halls Ferry Circle in St. Louis. Roundabouts don't scare me. Bring 'em.
- Mon May 01, 2023 7:19 pm
- Forum: Business
- Topic: Ameritrade Business News
- Replies: 209
- Views: 64422
- Mon May 01, 2023 11:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I-80/I-680/West Center/I-L-Q Interchange
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4080
Re: I-80/I-680/West Center/I-L-Q Interchange
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...
- Fri Apr 28, 2023 12:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Local Gas Prices
- Replies: 872
- Views: 109470
Re: Local Gas Prices
It's not Big Oil...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.
- Fri Apr 28, 2023 12:34 pm
- Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
- Topic: Top Golf Omaha (Westroads Area)
- Replies: 168
- Views: 35652
Re: Top Golf Omaha (Westroads Area)
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...
- Wed Apr 26, 2023 9:39 am
- Forum: Business
- Topic: Kum & Go ---->>> Maverik
- Replies: 180
- Views: 56618
Re: Kum & Go ---->>> Maverik
Thanks, Brad!Brad wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 12:37 pmStill on Saturday's at 11.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.
- Tue Apr 25, 2023 11:33 am
- Forum: Business
- Topic: Kum & Go ---->>> Maverik
- Replies: 180
- Views: 56618
Re: Kum & Go ---->>> Maverik
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...
- Fri Apr 21, 2023 7:41 pm
- Forum: Business
- Topic: Kum & Go ---->>> Maverik
- Replies: 180
- Views: 56618
Re: Kum & Go ---->>> Maverik
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...
- Wed Apr 19, 2023 9:25 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Omaha Eppley Airfield
- Replies: 3585
- Views: 2055312
Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield
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...
- Wed Apr 19, 2023 9:19 am
- Forum: Nebraska and Iowa
- Topic: 2023 Weather Thread
- Replies: 1364
- Views: 360782
Re: 2023 Weather Thread
I'm hanging tough until I know Jimbo Cantore's whereabouts. :-)almighty_tuna wrote: ↑Wed Apr 19, 2023 8:39 am According to Twitter, Reed Timmer is on his way to **DOMINATE** here in Omaha.
- Wed Apr 19, 2023 8:22 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Omaha Eppley Airfield
- Replies: 3585
- Views: 2055312
Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield
I actually meant missing a connection :-) And since I don't fly Spirit, I don't have to be worried about literally being stabbed...
- Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:58 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Omaha Eppley Airfield
- Replies: 3585
- Views: 2055312
Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield
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...
- Tue Apr 18, 2023 4:09 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Omaha Eppley Airfield
- Replies: 3585
- Views: 2055312
Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield
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...
- Tue Apr 18, 2023 12:52 pm
- Forum: Nebraska and Iowa
- Topic: 2023 Weather Thread
- Replies: 1364
- Views: 360782
Re: 2023 Weather Thread
The SPC Day 2 has Omaha in a 5% TOR risk. Now, it's spring!
- Mon Apr 17, 2023 6:50 pm
- Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
- Topic: 370 North (144-I80 & Highway 370)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3080
- Mon Apr 17, 2023 1:47 pm
- Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
- Topic: 370 North (144-I80 & Highway 370)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3080
Re: 370 North (144-I80 & Highway 370)
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.
- Mon Apr 17, 2023 12:56 pm
- Forum: Business
- Topic: Quick Trip Business News
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9526
Re: Quick Trip Business News
Platte City, MO was the first one I saw. It's a city unto itself :-) Joplin, MO is another one.
- Fri Apr 14, 2023 7:24 pm
- Forum: News and Events
- Topic: Omaha Local News Channels
- Replies: 1844
- Views: 658452
- Fri Apr 14, 2023 1:29 pm
- Forum: Nebraska and Iowa
- Topic: 2023 Weather Thread
- Replies: 1364
- Views: 360782
Re: 2023 Weather Thread
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...
- Thu Apr 13, 2023 1:39 pm
- Forum: Elsewhere
- Topic: New Orleans
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1749
Re: New Orleans
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....
- Wed Apr 12, 2023 4:22 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Omaha Streetcar Discussion
- Replies: 3551
- Views: 496025
Re: Official: Omaha Streetcar Discussion
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...
- Wed Apr 12, 2023 12:55 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Omaha Streetcar Discussion
- Replies: 3551
- Views: 496025
Re: Official: Omaha Streetcar Discussion
*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&...
- Tue Apr 11, 2023 6:46 pm
- Forum: Elsewhere
- Topic: New Orleans
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1749
Re: New Orleans
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....
- Tue Apr 11, 2023 1:34 pm
- Forum: Elsewhere
- Topic: New Orleans
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1749
Re: New Orleans
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...
- Tue Apr 11, 2023 8:27 am
- Forum: Urban Omaha Development
- Topic: Urban Grocery Store
- Replies: 266
- Views: 35947
Re: Grocery access in downtown Omaha
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.
- Mon Apr 10, 2023 11:15 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Omaha Streetcar Discussion
- Replies: 3551
- Views: 496025
Re: Official: Omaha Streetcar Discussion
"Journalism".Duggers_Dad wrote: ↑Mon Apr 10, 2023 11:05 am ^ Thanks, it annoys me when media blares the ominous and omits to resolution part.
- Fri Apr 07, 2023 9:50 pm
- Forum: Nebraska and Iowa
- Topic: Flint Hills prescribed burns
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2164
Re: Flint Hills prescribed burns
Lotta burns along I-29 between Glenwood and Mound City today, too.
- Thu Apr 06, 2023 3:37 pm
- Forum: Omaha Metro Area Government
- Topic: The Stothert Administration
- Replies: 451
- Views: 78483
Re: The Stothert Administration
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.
- Thu Apr 06, 2023 3:35 pm
- Forum: Business
- Topic: ConAgra moving to Chicago
- Replies: 399
- Views: 319877
Re: ConAgra moving to Chicago
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...
- Tue Apr 04, 2023 11:24 am
- Forum: eOmahaForums Bar and Grill
- Topic: Fast Food Talk Thread
- Replies: 966
- Views: 732660
Re: Fast Food Talk Thread
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.
- Mon Apr 03, 2023 10:57 am
- Forum: Nebraska and Iowa
- Topic: 2023 Weather Thread
- Replies: 1364
- Views: 360782
Re: 2023 Weather Thread
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.
I did intercept and got good video of the 22 May 2004 Hallam F-4 in its early stages before it got dustwrapped.
- Sat Apr 01, 2023 12:49 pm
- Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
- Topic: Gretna HyVee (NEC 192 & 370)
- Replies: 120
- Views: 13072
Re: Gretna HyVee (NEC 192 & 370)
I believe Stony Brook has, I know they had at one time.ProgKingHughesker wrote: ↑Fri Mar 31, 2023 8:28 pm Is 180th and Pacific the only store in the metro with a clothing department?
- Wed Mar 29, 2023 2:22 pm
- Forum: Elsewhere
- Topic: I-70 through Missouri
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1951
Re: I-70 through Missouri
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 ...
- Sat Mar 25, 2023 11:26 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Tornado’s
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1123
Re: Tornado’s
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...
- Fri Mar 24, 2023 12:37 pm
- Forum: News and Events
- Topic: Nebraska Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2519
Re: Nebraska Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame
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....
- Thu Mar 23, 2023 10:44 am
- Forum: Nebraska and Iowa
- Topic: 2023 Weather Thread
- Replies: 1364
- Views: 360782
Re: 2023 Weather Thread
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.
- Thu Mar 23, 2023 9:02 am
- Forum: eOmahaForums Bar and Grill
- Topic: Ambulance Chasing Law Firms
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2411
- Wed Mar 22, 2023 3:17 pm
- Forum: eOmahaForums Bar and Grill
- Topic: Ambulance Chasing Law Firms
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2411
Re: Ambulance Chasing Law Firms
He's more of a DUI lawyer than slipandfall, but check out Bryan Wilson, the Texas Law Hawk on Youtube. Talons of Justice!
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