LN-QRM 214: Darth Vaper

Recorded: 4 June 2016

Hosts: Joel, Barry, Barty, & Michael

Podcaster’s Anonymous BooZe—Review

  • Michael – Brickside Brewery Red Amber 3.2 special edition
  • Joel – CBB and Coke
  • Barry – Jiminy 7
  • Barty – Courvoisier Cognac

Days of our Lives

  • Barry – Air conditioners in!
  • Joel– the window a/c’s are installed… Damn it was hot!
  • Michael – Flashpoint!
  • Joel — kicking the cigarettes with a halo Triton Vape
  • Barry – Quick trip to the land of Wawa
  • Michael – Life’s been like a Warren Zevon song lately
  • — digging out around the house and putting in French drains tomorrow .
  • Barry – Somebody tried to play baseball with my mailbox
  • Michael – MMPR16!!!
  • Barry – Marathoned and caught up on all BEEs and MMVHs. I’m now officially certified
  • Michael – Band Rummage Sale!
  • Barry – FailPoint is now my energy provider
  • Joel — finally got the new front door installed onto the little cabin in the woods installed…. A big thank you to my son for the assist.
  • Michael – ping, ping!
  • Barry – The Comfy Chair has been fetched!

Broken News

  • Violent protests at Trump rallies are Trump’s fault
  • Floods in Texas
  • Muhammad Ali dead at 72
  • Thunderbird and Blue Angels aircraft crash on same day
  • Face tube, Google, Twitter all agree to block hate speech as the EU requested

Geek Corner

  • Michael video glide
  • Barry – Two DSL lines, two GB routers, two wifi routers and a load balancer has improved the home network.
  • Barty – Traded in the iPhone 6+ for an SE. Loving the small size, plus it is unlocked.
  • Barry – Time machine is starting to suck, looking into alternatives
  • Michael – good social media response to my HP 15C pic
  • Barry – Checking out music streaming services – Spotify is winning

Bottom Gear

  • Barry – The Grom BT3 is installed in the Prius. I now have a real aux port and built in Bluetooth.
  • Joel – power to the garage is laid in the ground 150 feet long! ..next a bay lift
  • Michael – Keweenaw repair solution

Entertainment Last Month

  • Barty – First artist of the year at Syracuse’s outdoor amphitheater was Ringo Starr.
  • Barry – Wayward Pines is back
  • Barry – Started watching Band of Brothers on HBO Now

Musical Guest: Harry Nilsson with “Coconut”

Theme Song: Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band “Hit the Ground Running”

LN-QRM 212: Happy Birthday LN-QRM!

Recorded: 30 April 2016

Hosts: Joel, Barry, Barty, & Michael

Podcaster’s Anonymous BooZe—Review

  • Michael –  MGD
  • Joel – Calico Jack spiced Rum–n-Coke
  • Barry – Jiminy Coke (with emphasis on the Jiminy)
  • Barty –  Poland Spring water

 

Days of our Lives

  • Barry – LateNite QRM turned 6
  • Michael – The MMPR16 dates are here, The MMPR16 dates are here! (and Hamfest!)
  • Barry – NEAR-Fest Weekend
  • Michael – Training for Keweenaw Path
  • Joel – My beautiful bride gave me my new Indian name “Walks the Goats! … That’s right the goats on a leash walking them was I.
  • Michael – Calumet Copperbots make World Finals for First Robotics. (And compete against Hamilton)
  • Michael – Ran across old documentary about a lost silver mine in the Keweenaw
  • Michael – Picking up David from MTU for the summer
  • Joel – Picking up Kiona from Norwich for the summer too.
  • Joel – Already got the approved time off from work to attend MMPR!
  • Barty – Approved as well. Classic Camera Revival photo meet May 7 in Hamilton.

 

Broken News

  • Barry – Earthquakes happening all around the rim of fire
  • Barry – Russia is buzzing our ships
  • Barry – The Queen turns 90
  • Barry – Deaths: Prince, chyna, Doris Roberts
  • Joel – Jacksons off the twenty dollar bill and being replaced with Harriet Tubman by 2020

 

Geek Corner

  • Barry – New MacBook Pro Rumors: now with less ports! WTF Apple?
  • Barty – Verizon TravelPass offers use of your wireless plan for $2 per day per device. Just in time for MMPR
  • Michael – burns it to the ground. (OSX )
  • Michael – David drops his iPhone 4s, no external damage, but phone is DOA

Bottom Gear

  • Joel – Daisy gets a Brake! Finish her up tomorrow
  • Barry – Snow tires off!
  • Joel – Goldfinger gets his spring time trainers put back on this week
  • Michael – Tractor project is back on.

Entertainment Last Month

  • Barry – The Peanuts Movie
  • Barry – Game of Throwns, Silicon Valley and Veep are back
  • Michael – (Netflix) Expedition Unknown

 

Musical Guest: Prince with Little Red Corvette

Theme Song: Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band “Hit the Ground Running”