Hey Ted, While not quite as well known as the other Hanks, don't leave out Hank Locklin. I lived on a farm near Quitman, Arkansas in the early 50's for a little over a year and all radio stations played only country/western and they played all four. Hank W. was still alive and with one smash hit after another was at the top of the heap in 1952.
Fritz _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 8:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Texascavers] (A pox on Both their houses) RE: Off-Topic Satellite Radio I have XM, I can't compare it to Sirius since I have never tried it. But let me say this, I love it. I can drive from Houston to Monterrey MX listening to the same channel without hearing one commercial or losing the signal. (Fungus and Squizz, both punk stations are my favorites) an Important factor is that XM brodcasts every major league baseball game, but I think Sirius has all NBA. You can program traffic & weather for large cities, sports and stock tickers for the teams and stock you like. and mine has a continuous recorded loop so I can pause, or listen to any song played inthe last 30 minutes again. I have a skyfi2 which is a portable just larger than a pack of cards that snaps into a docking station on my home stereo (external antena is on my roof) and a small docking station in my car, and a stereo with a dock station on my desk at work. So I have one subscription but I can use my radio at home, car and work. However, at work I am just lucky that my office has a window to the South. I think I prefer the latest "Roady" model for size though. I do not know how much farther South of Monterrey XM works but I have heard rumor of some of my sailing friends getting it all the way in Veracruz. XM however says (for legal reasons) that it is only good in the US. Also if you pay more than $77 for a year subscription (and with $0 actuivation) your paying too much. There are many promo codes out there for $77/yr some are specific to GM cars but the telephone operators do not know if your radio is actually in a GM car. And if you get an operator that says that promo code expired just call back and try a different operator. Just insist on the $77 deal and you will get it. 3 years running for me. And most of the promo codes are from 2003 but if you demand it they will let you use it. here is one promo code for Scion,XMSCION03 http://digg.com/tech_deals/XM_Radio_promotion_code_$77_for_1_year And the skyfi2 has several options for easy instal in you car. cassette adapter (yep my truck still has a cassette tape player, a direct input jack (if you car has an Ipod input jack), or you can set the reciever to a blank FM channell and you can broadcast it to your radio. Puppy =:-) PS: You can buy new in box recievers for both systems on ebay for about 1/2 off retail. -----Original Message----- From: Ted Samsel <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 7:06 am Subject: Re: [Texascavers] (A pox on Both their houses) RE: Off-Topic Satellite Radio RE XM & Sirius Not only did they drop polka planet, all the country they have on is pretty boy hat-act crapola.. No Hank (Williams/Thompson/Snow) and no Merle or George or Tammy or Skeeter. There ain't no justice!! T "If I had my life to live over, I wouldn't have time" Roger Miller http://home.infionline.net/~tbsamsel/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com <http://texascavers.com/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] _____ size=2 width="100%" align=center> Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail <http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/index.htm?nc id=AOLAOF00020000000970> !
