Subj : Emerg. Broadcast Stations To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Sat May 30 2020 11:30:00 Hi Nancy! BM>>> I should try DuckDuckGo again -- admittedly one of those deals where NB> Curiously, recently I've been seeing billboard ads for NB> DuckDuckGo, as well as hearing them be a sponsor for NPR... ;) NB> They are pushing one of their other strong points, the privacy NB> issue, since they don't track where you go... They don't; everyone else does. (Not a slam at DuckDuckGo: everyone tracks no matter what search engine.) BM> I always hated those Windows error messages which have "or ask your BM> system administrator for help". I _am_ the 'System Administrator'!!! NB> Yes, that does make it harder for you... ;) To me it's sort of a cop out: sure, the administrator can control access and what is installed but the message doesn't tell him (or her) anything useful either, like a 0x code or some THIS_IS_WHERE_THE_BOOBOO_OCCURRED verbiage. And yes, I have received some cryptic errors from Linux; at least it doesn't tell me to go ask for help. BM>>> ...Wonder if they play _The Flight of the Bumblebee_ on WBZ?! (I know BM>>> it for Channel 4, WBZ-FM is sports radio format, WBZ-AM is talk radio.) NB>>> They could steal it to play under their station IDs... ;) BM>> Wonder if they've thought about it? NB>> Only if someone in the loop knows about the piece... and maybe it NB>> was vetoed as being too obscure... BM> Possibly! Or maybe Authur Fidler prefered WGBH over WBZ when in town. NB> That would be Arthur Fiedler, actually... ;) And he probably did NB> prefer WGBH as the classical station... ;) Oops -- there was a local company with 'Fidler' in the name. BM> (Now there's a bit of open-obscurity! I'll put 'the answer' at the BM> end.) NB> Yup. ;) NB>>> ... I am a mental tourist, My mind wanders! BM>> Heck, my mind sometimes wanders so far it needs a passport! NB>> With special visas as well, eh...? ;) BM> Maybe special MasterCards and Discovers as well! NB> Only if you are planning to charge an humungous amount.... ;) We'll put a bunch on this card, and a bunch on this other card..... BM> The open-obscurity: former conductor of the Boston Pops, Channel 2 BM> (Boston) in the NTSC/pre-digital days, Channel 4 (Boston), and Boston. NB> Right... I'm familiar with Fiedler and the Boston Pops, also with NB> WGBH as the station that broadcasts the Boston Pops and the NB> BSO... :) Not to be confused with the Fidlers of Davenport! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... I need not suffer in silence while I can still moan, whimper & complain. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .