You know what really grinds my gears...

Postby **blackjack68** » Tue Dec 18, 2018 9:35 pm

I miss Yacht Rock...not paying for the streaming.

Postby **shoeshine boy** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 7:58 am

Yacht Rock is awesome! I bought my car 3 years ago and up until last week someone else was clearly paying for my XM Radio. one day on the way home it was just disconnected. called them up and got a package for basically $5 per month but like Blackjack, I refuse to pay for the streaming.

Postby **Viva la Ben** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 8:00 am

I gotta say, billy joel ain’t yacht rock.

Postby **mamaemeritus** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 8:02 am

Yacht Rock is still on channel....311 I think it is?

Postby **shoeshine boy** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 11:47 am

Yacht Rock is still on channel....311 I think it is?

my channels stop at something like 240

Postby **mamaemeritus** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 2:49 pm

http://blog.siriusxm.com/yacht-rock/

Yacht Rock Radio bids bon voyage to channel 18. But don’t worry! You can still find us on channel 311 on newer satellite radios – or, continue enjoying the smoothness when you listen on your phone using the SiriusXM app.

Postby **blackjack68** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 2:58 pm

Yeah, streaming zone for me.

Postby **mamaemeritus** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 3:01 pm

We get the channel in Metz's Jeep - I don't know if that qualifies as a "newer satellite radio" - or he just has a higher tier subscription? No clue.

Postby **Viva la Ben** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 3:07 pm

Using my lifetime SiriusXM sub with my new echo will probably be the primary use of said echo.

Postby **Morkle** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 4:15 pm

just use spotify radio. I found that most of those Sirius stations played their same rotation of songs, defeating the purpose of having it, imo.

Postby **tifosi77** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 5:56 pm

Mrs Tif's car is a 2018 Volvo. I'm sure I want to share this "Channel 311" news with her.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Thu Dec 20, 2018 1:45 pm

The TIL thread got me thinking about Pomplamoose, which got me thinking about how annoying Indie female singers are. Why does every female indie singer under 35 have that incredibly annoying affectation whenever they sing. This six second parody sums up the style nicely:

And this is a fantastic example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBWxjAi ... u.be&t=111

It's hipster, annoying crap.

Postby **Viva la Ben** » Thu Dec 20, 2018 1:57 pm

I share a synergy of hate between that and mumble rap. I understand why people like it. Fifty years ago someone canned his own **** and called it art; some things never change.

Postby **Factorial** » Thu Dec 20, 2018 4:47 pm

The TIL thread got me thinking about Pomplamoose, which got me thinking about how annoying Indie female singers are. Why does every female indie singer under 35 have that incredibly annoying affectation whenever they sing. This six second parody sums up the style nicely:

And this is a fantastic example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBWxjAi ... u.be&t=111

It's hipster, annoying crap.

That's awful. Someone started doing it and had success and they all jumped aboard. Is it vocal fry related?

Postby **shafnutz05** » Thu Dec 20, 2018 6:12 pm

Is it vocal fry related?

Great point...yes, I think there is a lot of overlap/relation there.

Postby **Willie Kool** » Thu Dec 20, 2018 6:34 pm

Lorde related?

Postby **tifosi77** » Thu Dec 20, 2018 7:22 pm

Eh, I kinda dig Lorde. Then again, the sum total of my knowledge of her is like four songs, all of which are ten years old.

Postby **Factorial** » Thu Dec 20, 2018 7:33 pm

I listed to it again and she sounds like a warped version of Alanis Morissette in that "you aught to know" song.

Postby **Factorial** » Thu Dec 20, 2018 7:34 pm

Eh, I kinda dig Lorde. Then again, the sum total of my knowledge of her is like four songs, all of which are ten years old.

I think we finally found common ground in music Tif.

I only know a few songs but like her too.

Postby **tifosi77** » Thu Dec 20, 2018 7:37 pm

Now might not be the best time to mention that my gateway drug was a cover of Royals by The Struts.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Fri Dec 21, 2018 5:56 pm

**** Overstock.com.

I ordered something on Tuesday, 12/18. The shipping calculator said that it would arrive on 12/21. I paid $30 for express shipping.

My order status is still listed as "processing". I called their useless customer service line and their response was basically "if it says processing we don't know where it is".

Postby **Kaiser** » Fri Dec 21, 2018 5:58 pm

Did you leave them a good review or something? You need to get a handle on your powers.

Postby **AuthorTony** » Thu Dec 27, 2018 1:57 pm

When people on crappy cell phone connections are giving me their random email address and say a letter with an "e" sound but I can't make out whether it's b, c, d, e, g, p, t, v, or z. Then I ask them to repeat it and they again say only the letter. Come on, people, B as in Boy, C as in Cat, etc. It's not that freaking hard.

Postby **Shyster** » Thu Dec 27, 2018 6:52 pm

That should be B as in Bravo and C as in Charlie.

Schools should spend a week teaching kids the NATO phonetic alphabet. Put it in social studies in like 3rd grade or thereabouts. It would significantly improve communications if we all had a uniform reference point, such as being able to tell people your name is Tango Oscar November Yankee and everyone knows that spells Tony.

Postby **NTP66** » Thu Dec 27, 2018 7:51 pm

Or you could simply not be a mush mouth and enunciate.