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Re: The Good Listener: Leave 'We Built This City' Alone!

Steve Hamel — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:08:35 -0000

I simply can't handle "Love Shack"

Re: What Do You Call Your Grandparents? - Mental Floss

Steve Hamel — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 11:35:54 -0000

We called our Italian-American grandparents Noni (pronounced Naw-nee) and Papa. That is what my nephew calls my parents (my mom is Italian but my dad is not).

Re: What Does This Sound Like? Bob Boilen Bets You Won't Know

Steve Hamel — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:13:27 -0000

reminded me of Testament To Youth In Verse by The New Pornographers

Re: Droid Bionic pops up on Motorola site, looks set for September 8 release

Steve Hamel — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 09:37:46 -0000

I'm betting that the ? is supposed to be a " but something like MS Word smart quotes confused whatever they use for their site - I see that all the time.

Re: Pat Metheny's Orchestrion robot jazz

Steve Hamel — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:51:02 -0000

I just read a great article about this in Electronic Musician http://emusician.com/interv...

Re: Pat Metheny's Orchestrion robot jazz

Steve Hamel — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:51:02 -0000

I just read a great article about this in Electronic Musician http://emusician.com/interv...

Re: Gary Tanguay Out at 98.5 FM

Steve Hamel — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 21:59:48 -0000

Looks like the tweet was deleted. Plot thickens?

Re: The 100 Watt Lightbulb Goes Out: Ronald Howes, Easy Bake Oven Inventor, Dies at 83

Steve Hamel — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:08:27 -0000

How will we make tiny brownies when incandescent bulbs are phased out over the next several years?

Re: A new back for the penny

Steve Hamel — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:11:45 -0000

boo! the penny's tiny Abe inside the Lincoln Memorial has always been my favorite feature on US coins

Re: Liquor establishments caught selling to minors

Steve Hamel — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:17:19 -0000

the signs posted at stores always say they have to ask for ID if you appear to be under 30 or something like that

Re: Our view: It's getting easier to recycle

Steve Hamel — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:22:05 -0000

Now we just need a way for people who recycle to automatically get their 5 cent deposits back (or not have to pay them at all)

Re: All are welcome to express themselves in the box below

Steve Hamel — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:46:35 -0000

Oh I recognize that from elsewhere on the web, that's done by Justin Frankel (the guy who wrote Winamp, Gnutella, etc)

And they don't always stay between the lines:
http://1014.org/?article=363

But he fixed it:
http://1014.org/?article=364

Re: All are welcome to express themselves in the box below

Steve Hamel — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:46:35 -0000

Oh I recognize that from elsewhere on the web, that's done by Justin Frankel (the guy who wrote Winamp, Gnutella, etc)

And they don't always stay between the lines:
http://1014.org/?article=363

But he fixed it:
http://1014.org/?article=364

Re: Copyright Fight Brewing Over Amazon’s Kindle 2

Steve Hamel — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:08:46 -0000

Potential loss of revenue from audiobook sales does not automatically make this a copyright issue.

Re: Our view: Meals-tax hike threatens downtown revival

Steve Hamel — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:01:15 -0000

The usual arguments about such taxes are about driving business to nearby New Hampshire. Meals tax is quite the opposite -- New Hampshire already has an 8% meals tax, which will be higher than the downtown Haverhill restaurants in any of these situations.
I'd find it hard to believe that people will refuse to patronize downtown restaurants over what amounts to $1 on a $50 dinner.

Re: City plans 6-month trial of single-stream recycling

Steve Hamel — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:25:02 -0000

*curbside* single stream is probably the only way to get widespread participation
also, the state needs to get rid of the 5 cent deposit, but that's not going to happen any time soon

Re: Man wearing sheriff's shirt robs Haverhill bank

Steve Hamel — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:29:16 -0000

I doubt the downtown video cameras are going to be very helpful on upper Main St, but thanks for playing

Re: Registration, tapes stolen from unlocked car in Haverhill

Steve Hamel — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:28:01 -0000

wouldn't hold out much hope for the tape deck though... or the creedence

Re: Car goes off road in Haverhill but driver escapes injury

Steve Hamel — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:55:39 -0000

Oh man, a brand new car. That's unfortunate.

Re: Our View: Recycling initiative could shrink deficit

Steve Hamel — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:03:43 -0000

I don't have any concrete info, but I heard once that the city was hesitant to do too much recycling because if the amount of trash drops below a certain level, the rate they pay per ton goes up. Anyone have any info on that?

Re: Deadline approaches for civilian ticketer applications

Steve Hamel — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:50:21 -0000

"The employee is occasionally required to sit"
I was interested until I read that :-)

Re: The Quick 10: The 10 Most Annoying Songs Ever

Steve Hamel — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:04:45 -0000

I can't deal with "Love Shack" by the B-52s

Re: Our view: School lunch deficit makes case for city oversight

Steve Hamel — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:39:59 -0000

Since I didn't attend or watch the meeting, my only info on this is from the paper, so I'm curious what they got wrong here.

Re: Our view: Club closures are not what law intended

Steve Hamel — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:58:12 -0000

There are plenty of businesses that did what the law required and installed sprinklers. It's not like the deadline was unreasonable -- if the law was passed in 2004, these places had 3+ years to come into compliance. The chicken and egg situation that these private clubs are in (needing a liquor license to buy sprinklers, but losing their liquor license because of no sprinklers) was avoidable with some planning. It appears that they chose to test the consequences of ignoring the deadline. Admittedly, the American Legion has a unique case with their lease, but that does not exempt them from the rules.

Re: Sound Off

Steve Hamel — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:30:57 -0000

Count delegates:
It's hard to say Hillary won them "fair and square" when Obama wasn't even on the Michigan ballot and no candidates campaigned in those states.