LN-QRM 223: Grits, Phones and Leaf Peepers

Recorded: 15 October 2016

Hosts: Joel, Barry & Michael

Podcaster’s Anonymous BooZe—Review

  • Michael –  Yellow Tail Merlot
  • Barry – Coffee (Hot) one each
  • Joel – Captain Morgan-n-Coke

Days of our Lives

  • Barry – Leaf Peepers by the bus load
  • Michael – Ordered 15 yards of driveway gravel to patch The Road To Saskatchewan.
  • Joel – Spinal shots in the future like a lot of them.
  • Barry – New phone!
  • Michael – MTU Huskies Pep Band Concert and special guest.
  • Joel – Winter is coming Fire up the pellet stove. New LifeSmart IR Quarts Heater Model R-W6-WIQH-M (for large rooms) works the Bomb!
  • Barry – Nearfest
  • Michael – Grits season is back upon us

Broken News

  • Are we done with this election yet?

Geek Corner

  • Barry – Samsung Galaxy Note 7 – Buh bye
  • Michael – Galaxy Note 7 is now a weapon in GTA mod? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enK5XGETCZM
  • Michael – The Old Swiss Gear Backpack has retired. Long live the new Swiss Gear Backpack!

Bottom Gear

  • Barry – Prius red triangle briefly showed
  • Michael – Mark and David’s Jeep no longer has a back seat.
  • Joel – A new Jeep in the family (its name TBD)
  • Joel – Rambo gets a spare set of wheels and sneakers (thanks Craig’s List)

Entertainment Last Month

  • Barry – West World is good
  • Barry – I missed Timeless
  • Joel – Taking Fire

Musical Guest: Goldfrapp with Ooh La La

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

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”