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Stitchawl · 11-03-2012, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by dreams

Darn. You made me go look that up to see if I spelled it correctly, mentioned the wrong member, or something. Did I miss something?

Yeah... you missed my poor attempt at humor.

(Look Fluish... Look Jewish... see? I tried...)

Stitchawl

dreams · 11-04-2012, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Yeah... you missed my poor attempt at humor.

(Look Fluish... Look Jewish... see? I tried...)

Stitchawl

now I see it. I am slow to pick it up sometimes.

wyndslash · 11-04-2012, 12:08 AM

After a while,I got it too lol

Rumpelteazer · 11-04-2012, 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by wyndslash

You mean it's an actual radio that can access internet radio?

Yes, you hook it up to your wifi or to wired network and you can find radio stations through the menu. If you can't find your favourite radio station in the menu you can add the URL online. However, with Logitech's radio's everything goes through their servers and when their servers are down there's no radio.

The Squeezebox Radio can also stream music from a computer on the network but even that wasn't working during the outage. I think Sonos also has their own servers but for other brands it's hard to find if they connect directly to an online radio service (like Tunein) or if it goes through their own servers.

WT Sharpe · 11-06-2012, 10:31 AM

The wife and I just got back from voting. We stood in line over an hour and my sciatic nerve is killing me, and my wife's back is hurting her. There should be a better way for old folks to vote. I'm not saying who I voted for, since that knowledge has no business being spoken outside of the opt-in Politics and Religion forum, but I will give you all a hint. My candidate's mother was Caucasian.

shenye · 11-06-2012, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

The wife and I just got back from voting. We stood in line over an hour and my sciatic nerve is killing me, and my wife's back is hurting her. There should be a better way for old folks to vote.

Interesting related article:

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Former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, a Republican, criticized the situation in Florida: “I don’t know what went on in Florida, but I do have to say that in this day and age, it’s inexcusable that in this country, we have anything like this going on. I’ve led delegations around the world to watch voting and this is the kind of thing you expect in a third-world country, not in the United States of America.”

Currently trying to do some work on the computer and watch a TV show at the same time. Once I was able to pull that off; nowadays, my brain doesn't function too well and I have trouble concentrating.

bjones6416 · 11-06-2012, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

The wife and I just got back from voting. We stood in line over an hour and my sciatic nerve is killing me, and my wife's back is hurting her. There should be a better way for old folks to vote. I'm not saying who I voted for, since that knowledge has no business being spoken outside of the opt-in Politics and Religion forum, but I will give you all a hint. My candidate's mother was Caucasian.

Could you have voted absentee? That's what I did, to avoid having to deal with Mom at the polls. Anybody can request an absentee ballot here, even without extenuating circumstances. I don't know about other states, though.

Mobile Beastdom · 11-06-2012, 11:20 AM

Right now I'm showing my new avatar.

WT Sharpe · 11-06-2012, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by bjones6416

Could you have voted absentee? That's what I did, to avoid having to deal with Mom at the polls. Anybody can request an absentee ballot here, even without extenuating circumstances. I don't know about other states, though.

I'll be looking into it next time around, you can bet on that!

WT Sharpe · 11-06-2012, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Mobile Beastdom

Right now I'm showing my new avatar.

Why did you decide on an orange shirt?

pdurrant · 11-06-2012, 11:29 AM

I am astonished that there should be any significant delays at polling stations. I can only assume it's the move to high-tech 'solutions' which mean that the number of polling stations is reduced.

In the UK with paper ballots, there are lots of (low-tech) polling stations and voting is on the day of the election from 7am to 10pm. I've never had to queue at a polling station. If there is ever any problem, it's big news in the UK. Counting starts almost immediately that polls have closed, and the results come in overnight as counting is carried out.

There's an interesting live blog of the UK 2010 results here.

First result was announced at 10.55pm, 55 minutes after the polls closed. Second result came in at 11.30pm. 120 results were in by 2.40am, 250 by 3.45am, and over half the results by 4.45am, and over 500 (out of 650) by 6 am.

orlok · 11-06-2012, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

The wife and I just got back from voting. We stood in line over an hour and my sciatic nerve is killing me, and my wife's back is hurting her. There should be a better way for old folks to vote. I'm not saying who I voted for, since that knowledge has no business being spoken outside of the opt-in Politics and Religion forum, but I will give you all a hint. My candidate's mother was Caucasian.

We vote electronically. Takes out all the stress on backs and knees

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ProfCrash · 11-06-2012, 11:59 AM

Part of the problem, at least that I saw, is that people were waiting for the electronic stations. There was a decent line there. I went with the paper ballot and was done in a few minutes. The line for the electronic booths was growing really fast. It is a more time consuming process. There were monitors there as well, which was weird.

desertblues · 11-06-2012, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

I am astonished that there should be any significant delays at polling stations. I can only assume it's the move to high-tech 'solutions' which mean that the number of polling stations is reduced.
............ Counting starts almost immediately that polls have closed, and the results come in overnight as counting is carried out.

In my country (Netherlands) we have the big red pencil. We did have electronic voting for a while, but it was too easy to tamper with, so.....back to the pencil. We (I volunteer each time)are open from 8-21 hours in the evening.
For transparency voters can come in and watch while we're counting. They are welcome to ask questions, though we are not supposed to get into political discussions. Most of the time the counting will be done by 2.00 in the morning.
BTW: there used to be a sign in the polling station saying ' not to lick the pencil' (for fear of contagious diseases).

WT Sharpe · 11-06-2012, 01:47 PM

In our city, we've gone back to paper ballots.

11-04-2012, 12:08 AM	#34803
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11-06-2012, 10:31 AM	#34805
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,073 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	The wife and I just got back from voting. We stood in line over an hour and my sciatic nerve is killing me, and my wife's back is hurting her. There should be a better way for old folks to vote. I'm not saying who I voted for, since that knowledge has no business being spoken outside of the opt-in Politics and Religion forum, but I will give you all a hint. My candidate's mother was Caucasian.

11-06-2012, 11:20 AM	#34808
Mobile Beastdom Member Posts: 21 Karma: 100 Join Date: Nov 2012 Device: kindle Fire	Right now I'm showing my new avatar.

11-06-2012, 11:29 AM	#34811
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 71,515 Karma: 306214458 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Voyage	I am astonished that there should be any significant delays at polling stations. I can only assume it's the move to high-tech 'solutions' which mean that the number of polling stations is reduced. In the UK with paper ballots, there are lots of (low-tech) polling stations and voting is on the day of the election from 7am to 10pm. I've never had to queue at a polling station. If there is ever any problem, it's big news in the UK. Counting starts almost immediately that polls have closed, and the results come in overnight as counting is carried out. There's an interesting live blog of the UK 2010 results here. First result was announced at 10.55pm, 55 minutes after the polls closed. Second result came in at 11.30pm. 120 results were in by 2.40am, 250 by 3.45am, and over half the results by 4.45am, and over 500 (out of 650) by 6 am.

11-06-2012, 11:59 AM	#34813
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	Part of the problem, at least that I saw, is that people were waiting for the electronic stations. There was a decent line there. I went with the paper ballot and was done in a few minutes. The line for the electronic booths was growing really fast. It is a more time consuming process. There were monitors there as well, which was weird.

11-06-2012, 01:47 PM	#34815
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,073 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	In our city, we've gone back to paper ballots.