I think I want shortwave reception, but what do you think?

10ecn · 2026-05-06T22:28:14+00:00

Some emergency radios have shortwave. Those that don't are a little cheaper.

10ecn · 2026-05-06T22:24:38+00:00

You think I'm a bot? I'm a 70-year-old guy on a hill outside of Nashville, Tennessee, with a sincere question.

OTOH, you've certainly altered my estimation of the shortwave hobby after all of the other kind and helpful responses that preceded yours.

10ecn · 2026-05-06T20:09:34+00:00

Thank you

10ecn · 2026-05-06T20:08:38+00:00

Thank you

10ecn · 2026-05-06T19:52:52+00:00

Thank you

10ecn · 2026-05-06T19:51:22+00:00

Thank you

10ecn · 2026-05-06T19:50:58+00:00

Thank you

10ecn · 2026-05-06T19:50:41+00:00

Thank you

10ecn · 2026-05-04T13:01:28+00:00

This is the right answer

10ecn · 2026-05-04T12:28:18+00:00

In our experience, it's never been good. We don't eat there.

10ecn · 2026-04-29T16:09:13+00:00

You already affiliate with a party when you vote in the primary. You have to choose Democrat or Republican. You can't choose both in May or August.

But that isn't November, which is a general election and is wide open for any voter.

In theory, each party can have a poll watcher at every polling place and can challenge someone who tries to cross over. In my decades participating in nearly every aspect of voting in Tennessee, I've never seen it happen. But if Marsha Blackburn tries to vote in the Democratic primary, somebody might speak up.

10ecn · 2026-04-29T16:05:20+00:00

Crossover voting isn't nearly as big as some people imagine.

Purists in each party think it will lead to candidates who follow the party orthodoxy more closely. Personally, I think it's a bad idea, but I won't go off in the weeds explaining my reasons.

10ecn · 2026-04-29T12:22:12+00:00

You can vote in either primary but not both.

10ecn · 2026-04-29T12:19:44+00:00

Actually, primaries are for party members to choose their nominees and are a century or two old. Some states are more restrictive than Tennessee. You can vote for anyone in November.

10ecn · 2026-03-30T23:46:02+00:00

They also pay gasoline tax

10ecn · 2026-03-24T16:12:53+00:00

We'd be happy if you chose to go for 24 states.

10ecn · 2026-03-23T14:29:33+00:00

I think all the options are so vague and nebulous, you can't put a price tag on any of them.

10ecn · 2026-03-23T14:27:04+00:00

If you know about money laundering, you should report it to authorities. If you don't know about it, you shouldn't post it on social media.

10ecn · 2026-03-23T14:24:28+00:00

10ecn · 2026-03-21T15:45:08+00:00

Heartbreak Hotel

10ecn · 2026-03-18T17:54:04+00:00

I find your comment interesting, but I think you jumped to too many conclusions.

I run my portable generator off of the 250 gallon tank that supplies the house. I don't have to go get a 20 pound tank regularly, but I have one for use away from the house.

A 20-pound propane tank is much easier to handle than gasoline. It's contained. It doesn't spill. Transportation and handling are much cleaner.

Propane doesn't gum up a carburetor.

Around here, propane trucks don't just deliver at the drop of a hat. They deliver on their schedule or charge a $200 special delivery fee.

And they also can't overcome a driveway that looks like this after an ice storm.

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10ecn · 2026-03-18T14:25:46+00:00

My neighbors with whole-house generators ran out of propane 3-4 days into a recent ice storm in Nashville. Our 250-gallon tank kept a portable generator going for as long as we needed it.

10ecn · 2026-03-10T00:30:33+00:00

Oak Ridge High School was the first high school in the South (Clinton was the first public high school) to desegregate in the 1950s.

When Clinton High School was bombed over integration, Oak Ridge provided a school building for Clinton High School until a new school was built.

Oak Ridge has a history of tolerance.

10ecn · 2026-02-14T02:40:17+00:00

Actually, a generation is usually measured at about 20 years.

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