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For Subscribers: North Country Musings–Time Warner, USPS & More
Remember how simple it used to be before Congress and the FCC decided that you could no longer use an antenna to get free TV service, that you had to pay some frigging company for “cable service”. What used to be available without cost now costs …
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Watch: Jonas Cuaron's 7-Minute 'Gravity' Spin-Off Short 'Aningaaq' In Full
I have to say the short film was good up until the part where the Eskimo picks up the CB radio (clearly identifiable as one), and noticed there was no antenna cable plugged to the back of the transceiver. That killed the realistic feel of the film. I …
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Here's an engineer who's providing buzz'
So this South Dakota high school kid with some ham radio experience was listening to a college radio station in the early '70s, only to find it off the air one summer. “I was maybe 17 at the time. I called 'em up, and they told me the transmitter …
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If the US Postal Service (USPS) gets its way, it will no longer sell International Reply Coupons (IRCs) after January 27, 2013. According to the October 23 edition of the Federal Register, there is not sufficient demand for the USPS to continue offering IRCs to customers; however, per the Universal Postal Union (UPU) regulations, the USPS must continue to exchange (redeem) IRCs that have been p…

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