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At Christmas, when I was a kid, one of the things I enjoyed doing most was playing with model train sets. �My father bought me an HO train set so long ago I don’t remember a Christmas without it. �...
by gizmo59
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on Sun Mar 20, 2022 at 07:00 PM PDT
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‘A Perfect World’ Around Every Miniature Bend The pandemic has helped Märklin, a 162-year-old company that makes model trains, discover a new audience. The story linked above in The New York Times by Christopher F. Scheutze is a wonderful...
by xaxnar
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on Thu Mar 18, 2021 at 03:00 PM PDT
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What you see above is a real blast from the past, a Lionel die-cast steam engine still doing what it was built to do over 60 years ago. Completely analog — no computer chips anywhere. The only plastic in it is the headlight lens and maybe insulation on...
by xaxnar
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on Sun Jun 25, 2017 at 09:47 AM PDT
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Or at least the huge steam locomotive depicted in the 2004 movie is, alive and well, and steaming away in Michigan ! NPR had a story on the 66 year old steamer which recently returned to ...
by xaxnar
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on Tue Dec 17, 2013 at 07:40 PM PST
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So Air America Radio has yet another owner . Not that I think this is a bad idea. Not yet, well have to see how the shake down is. The last Shake ...
by red states blues
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on Thu Feb 21, 2008 at 04:42 PM PST
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I may be wrong, but it appears that XM has dropped the Young Turks from its Air America morning lineup. I turned on my XM radio this morning and got the Bill Press show instead of TYT. The Young ...
by josh1000f
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on Mon Jan 14, 2008 at 05:58 AM PST
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Having listened to this lightweight Lionel for months now, I can't believe anyone at Air America thought this was an improvement over Sam Seder -- who was smarter, funnier, and more progresive. But ...
by William Sumner
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on Tue Oct 23, 2007 at 08:14 AM PDT
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Last week, Michale LeBron (a.k.a Lionel ) devoted a full hour to a fawning interview with Bill Donohue, president of The Catholic League. Donohue wasted no ...
by jgraz
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on Mon Jun 18, 2007 at 03:40 PM PDT
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Remember the dust-up over John Edwards's two hires, Amanda Marcotte and Melissa McEwan? You know, the personal vendetta and charge for their firings led ...
by BobcatJH
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on Thu Jun 14, 2007 at 07:40 AM PDT
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I just started listening to talk radio. At my previous job I was on the move too much to be able to anything. Recently however I started an office job and have 8 hours of cubicle time with little ...
by LieparDestin
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on Mon May 14, 2007 at 03:13 PM PDT
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I've been listening to this joker named "Lionel" on Air America Radio for the past several minutes.
What an asshole. This is AAR's replacement for Sam Seder? Well, if the new management's goal is ...
by jimbo92107
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on Fri Apr 13, 2007 at 11:52 PM PDT
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My Email to the AAR (mis)management:
To:Scott Elberg
Chief of Operations
selberg@airamerica.com
David Berstein
Program Director
dbernstein@airamerica.com
Lionel over Sam ...
by 60th Street
52 comments
on Wed Apr 11, 2007 at 07:21 PM PDT
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Now that it is confirmed that AAR will be replacing Sam Seder with some slapnutz named "Lionel" I think I can officially pull the plug on this pathetic network. I am now convinced that they have ...
by The Apathetic Militant
80 comments
on Wed Apr 11, 2007 at 06:02 PM PDT
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