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  • m42b32M
    m42b32M
    m42b32
    wrote on last edited by
    #4873

    patsbimmer1 said:

    You should find some emergency broadcasts as a finale.  Something to really freak him out.

    Hahaha that would be fantastic.

    Don't do anything for a week or two so he starts to forget about the radio acting weird, then out of nowhere play something like this on a Friday with nice weather:

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    • GB-335xiCoupeG
      GB-335xiCoupeG
      GB-335xiCoupe
      wrote on last edited by
      #4874

      How about something from Orson Welles War of the Worlds?

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      • KaiserRollsK
        KaiserRollsK
        KaiserRolls
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        #4875

        play that

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          B
          B C
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          #4876

          m42b32 said:

          Hahaha that would be fantastic.

          Don't do anything for a week or two so he starts to forget about the radio acting weird, then out of nowhere play something like this on a Friday with nice weather:

           Perfect! Im doing this.

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          • jc43089J
            jc43089J
            jc43089
            wrote on last edited by
            #4877

            We won't tell mom you were chewing on a dirty screwdriver...  It builds the immune system.

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            2/94 325i Sedan, Arctic Gray: UUC LTW FW, EVO 3 and DSSR, +.020 Maxsil pistons, ASC delete, Eibach shocks/springs, 16" contour reps 238k
            3/93 325i Coupe, Schwarz 2, Sketchy stance action, ebay turbo, 300k
            '89 325i Vert, Alpine White: 5spd swapped, sold.

            '04 Toyota Sienna: 24V to 24V swap in progress

            '05 Volvo V70R, 6spd.  200k
            '85 Toyota LandCruiser: Lifted, gas hog. 205k
            '99 Nissan Maxima: 5spd, Rusty but trusty winter beater. 252k RIP.

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            • B
              B
              B C
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              #4878

              Today's radio hacking:

              co-worker is now pretty sure its somehow his phone interfering with the radio and said "I really thought maybe you guys were fuckin' with me.... that would be a really good prank"

              Winter Storm Warning incoming............

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              • m42b32M
                m42b32M
                m42b32
                wrote on last edited by
                #4879

                snap said:

                Today's radio hacking:

                co-worker is now pretty sure its somehow his phone interfering with the radio and said "I really thought maybe you guys were fuckin' with me.... that would be a really good prank"

                Winter Storm Warning incoming............

                This has been the most entertaining thing ever. I almost (...almost) wish someone listened to the radio near my cubicle

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                • B
                  B
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                  #4880

                  Joe, thanks so much for that audio clip hahah!

                  Winter Storm Warning is in effect

                  I stealthily switched on the transmitter then walked away from my desk without him noticing. I sacrificed the potential humor of his commentary in order to stay undercover. I walked over about 30 feet to talk to some other co-workers. I told them what was broadcasting and right as i did, the co-worker piped up "They're saying a winter storm warning"  and the 2 guys I was talking to almost couldnt contain their laughter. I made my way back to my desk and he was searching for a different station as he said "It's like theres a devil in my radio.....they said we're gonna get 6 inches of snow near the illinois border"

                  he is now walking around telling people and trying to make sense of it. hopefully there is some more commentary to update with later

                  update:  I haven't done any more broadcasting since the winter storm warning but he keeps mentioning how cryptic and weird this whole radio thing is and how there must be some logical explanation. At the moment I believe nobody in the office is on his radar. 

                  update: "now that i want to show people it wont happen.. ... im not entirely positive that someone here isnt fuckin' with me.... im almost feeling a bit like im having psychotic episodes"

                  update: I played the theme song to the old tv show Three's Company. Something I have never watched and is obscure enough that he wouldn't expect me to know about.

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                  • m42b32M
                    m42b32M
                    m42b32
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #4881

                    This is incredible hahaha

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                    • B
                      B
                      B C
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                      #4882

                      Operation Surfin' Bird is Over. I anticipated my coworker turning the radio on pretty accurately within a few minutes time frame and already had a repeating loop of a phone operator recording  "If you'd like to make a call, please hang up and try again, if you need help dial the operator..."   so as soon as he turned the radio on thats what he heard. Conveniently I was out at my car grabbing something so i came back to a bit of a buzz in the office with everyone but him laughing.

                      I followed up a bit later with a phone busy signal recording  to try and get him to think it was his phone again.  he was genuinely flustered and confused. then a few minutes later followed that up with modem sounds.  During the modem sounds he walked sneakily over to my desk and caught me unplugging the device and hiding it. He knew i was the culprit but still not exactly how I was doing it.  a bit later he insisted that i tell him how i did it so i broadcast a hank hill "BWAAAAH!!!" and went over to his desk to explain. He said the time i played his own band over the radio really really freaked him out and gave him the chills, so at least theres that.

                      It was fun while it lasted!

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                      • jc43089J
                        jc43089J
                        jc43089
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #4883

                        Awesome, it's good to have some fun at work.

                        2/94 325i Sedan, Arctic Gray: UUC LTW FW, EVO 3 and DSSR, +.020 Maxsil pistons, ASC delete, Eibach shocks/springs, 16" contour reps 238k
                        3/93 325i Coupe, Schwarz 2, Sketchy stance action, ebay turbo, 300k
                        '89 325i Vert, Alpine White: 5spd swapped, sold.

                        '04 Toyota Sienna: 24V to 24V swap in progress

                        '05 Volvo V70R, 6spd.  200k
                        '85 Toyota LandCruiser: Lifted, gas hog. 205k
                        '99 Nissan Maxima: 5spd, Rusty but trusty winter beater. 252k RIP.

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                        • GB-335xiCoupeG
                          GB-335xiCoupeG
                          GB-335xiCoupe
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #4884

                          At least he didn't go Postal on you! Sounds like he had a good sense of humor about it.

                          Well done by the way!

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                          • GB-335xiCoupeG
                            GB-335xiCoupeG
                            GB-335xiCoupe
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #4885

                            jc43089 said:

                            We won't tell mom you were chewing on a dirty screwdriver...  It builds the immune system.

                            Probably just has an iron deficiency. Time to up the vitamin dosage.

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                            • HipMFH
                              HipMFH
                              HipMF
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #4886

                              My old point-and-shoot crapped out again, so I decided to get a new camera. Didn't care to spend 6 weeks shopping around, and didn't want to spend a lot of money, but knew I wanted to step up to something a little better, so I decided to pick up a vintage entry-level DSLR off ebay (Nikon D3100 circa 2010). Had it 4 hours so far, and it's been fun. Nothing cool to take pictures of here though, so here's my roommates dog.

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                              It's not pro-grade by a long shot, but I think it will suit my needs just fine.

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                              • D
                                D
                                Daggerty
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #4887

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                                classic

                                94 west has signs up after hartland wales exit for 83, saying "aircraft enforcement area" or something can't remember. @Ryan...

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                                • Ryan...R
                                  Ryan...R
                                  Ryan...
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                                  #4888

                                  Daggerty said:

                                  94 west has signs up after hartland wales exit for 83, saying "aircraft enforcement area" or something can't remember. @Ryan...

                                  Nice weather means they're out there in the planes, we'll be seeing a lot of them out there for the next 2-3 months.

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                                  • patsbimmer1P
                                    patsbimmer1P
                                    patsbimmer1
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #4889

                                    Ryan... said:

                                    Nice weather means they're out there in the planes, we'll be seeing a lot of them out there for the next 2-3 months.

                                    Between Janesville and LaCrosse yesterday I saw at least 12 squads either in traffic, parked or with someone pulled over on 94.  Looks like there's some kind of initiative going on.

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                                    • Ryan...R
                                      Ryan...R
                                      Ryan...
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #4890

                                      patsbimmer1 said:

                                      Between Janesville and LaCrosse yesterday I saw at least 12 squads either in traffic, parked or with someone pulled over on 94.  Looks like there's some kind of initiative going on.

                                      Lots of state funded traffic grants going on at this time too... Some departments have traffic grants as mandated OT, so there's going to A LOT of policia out there patrolling the highways for speeders.

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                                      • KaiserRollsK
                                        KaiserRollsK
                                        KaiserRolls
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                                        #4891

                                        “State funded traffic grants”

                                        It’s like paying the executioner to kill us more efficiently

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                                        • HipMFH
                                          HipMFH
                                          HipMF
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                                          #4892

                                          1st world problems. Maybe I've gotten old or had a brain aneurysm or something, but I'm more often than not impressed with how law-abiding most traffic is. Google "3rd world traffic" or "russian dash cam" or something similar if you have any doubts...

                                          The best one for is when you're at a red light and there isn't a single car that goes through the green, but everyone sits there and waits, sometimes for a minute or two. Plenty of time to look around to make sure there's no cops, and then drive through, but 99.9+% of the time everyone just sits there waiting...

                                          Speaking of 1st world problems 😀

                                          Still playing around with the new camera. LED taillights do the PWM things.

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                                          One of these days I'll have to travel more than 20 feet from my apartment to find something interesting to take pictures of. Concert photography is near the top of my list currently, so I've mostly been trying to figure out how to take pictures in the dark (not an easy thing to do, believe it or not...)

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