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01-25-2024 - NWS forecast - Today: Patchy dense fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 53. South southwest wind 3 to 6 mph. Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. Southeast wind 5 to 8 mph.

01-25-2024 - Good Morning! Once again, I've made it to coffee time. The old guys on 1947 kHz did also. When I become alert enough, I'll jump on the exercise bike for a spin. That will probably require a second cup of coffee. Meanwhile, that waste management company on 463.300 MHz, the Wichita Falls State Hospital is busy on 154.800 MHz, the City transit bus drivers on 453.5375 MHz are chatting it up, and our local school bus drivers on 152.360 MHz are preparing to pick up and deliver their loads of little darlings. If only they were all little darlings.

01-24-2024 - From my corrections consultant - The Allred Unit has, or used to have, an auto mechanics class for inmates, and employees could have minor repairs done on their cars for just $5. The employee had to supply whatever parts were needed. When a vehicle was rolled into the shop, the wheels were removed and locked in a storage room. I can't imagine why. Unknown who got the $5.

01-24-2024 - News reports indicate that the Allure Nightclub is now open at 814 Indiana Avenue in Downtown Wichita Falls. This location was a gymnastics operation a year or so ago. I guess no one gave a flip about. Allure is advertising "electric dance music." I guess that's as good a form of exercise as any.

01-24-2024 - From the U.S. Federal Trade Commission - FTC Acts to Stop FloatMe's Deceptive 'Free Money' Promises, Discriminatory Cash Advance Practices, and Baseless Claims around Algorithmic Underwriting - Order requires FloatMe to provide $3 million for refunds, clean up advertising, halt use of dark patterns to impede cancellation, and institute a fair lending program - The Federal Trade Commission is charging online cash advance provider FloatMe and its co-founders with using empty promises of quick and free cash advances to entice consumers to join its service, only to fail to deliver the promised advance amounts, make it difficult to cancel, and discriminate against consumers who receive public assistance. FloatMe is also being charged with making baseless claims that cash advance limits would be increased by an algorithm or another automated system.

01-24-2024 - I'm trying to work Parks on the Air® US-6302 Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area in Florida on CW (Morse code). He's fading in and out, but I want to know if a fish-eating creek is as bad as a kite-eating tree.

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01-24-2024 - NWS forecast - Today: A slight chance of drizzle before noon, then a slight chance of showers after 3pm. Patchy dense fog before noon. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 48. North wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Tonight: A slight chance of showers between 9pm and midnight. Widespread dense fog, mainly after 5am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. Northwest wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

01-24-2024 - Good Morning! I'm on my first cup of Folgers Black Silk, and one of the guys in the 1947 kHz group decided to bust out with some Roy Clark "Yesterday When I was Young." My advice to the gentleman: Leave that one with Roy Clark. Speaking of yesterday, there was a lot of chatter on the 147.140 MHz repeater. That's always a good thing. Let's see what today brings.

01-23-2024 - The Clay County Amateur Radio Club conducts a weekly Skywarn practice net on Tuesdays at 8:00 PM on the club's 146.800 MHz repeater. All licensed Amateur Radio Operators are invited to check in. Scanner listeners are also welcome.

01-23-2024 - From the U.S. Federal Trade Commission - FTC Finalizes Order Requiring Old Southern Brass to Stop False Made In USA and Veteran Affiliation Claims - Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission finalized a consent order settling charges that Florida-based EXOTOUSA LLC, (doing business as Old Southern Brass) falsely claimed that certain company products were manufactured in the U.S, and that the company was veteran-operated and donated 10 percent of its sales to military service charities.

01-23-2024 - U.S. Amateur (ham) Radio Operators: have you ever use an International Reply Coupon? From Wikipedia - (Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0) International reply coupon - An international reply coupon (IRC) is a coupon that can be exchanged for one or more postage stamps representing the minimum postage for an unregistered priority airmail letter of up to twenty grams sent to another Universal Postal Union (UPU) member country. IRCs are accepted by all UPU member countries. UPU member postal services are obliged to exchange an IRC for postage, but are not obliged to sell them. The purpose of the IRC is to allow a person to send someone in another country a letter, along with the cost of postage for a reply. If the addressee is within the same country, there is no need for an IRC because a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) or return postcard will suffice; but if the addressee is in another country an IRC removes the necessity of acquiring foreign postage or sending appropriate currency. The United States Postal Service stopped selling international reply coupons on 27 January 2013.

01-23-2024 - Wichita Falls could use a Go Kart track on the north side of town. In fact, the City's north side could use many new things. I'm also thinking a stand-alone catfish restaurant similar to the former Uncle Lynn's, complete with a big fireplace, would be nice.

01-23-2024 - More upcoming events at the Multi Purpose Events Center - Cross Trail Outfitters Youth Benefit Dinner, John Crist: Emotional Support Tour, Harlem Globetrotters 2024 World Tour, Leanne Morgan: Just Getting Started, Bluey’s Big Play, Lone Star Kart Nationals.

01-23-2024 - NWS forecast - Today: Showers, mainly after noon. Areas of dense fog. High near 44. Northeast wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers before 9pm. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 40. Northeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming west northwest after midnight.

01-23-2024 - Good Morning! It's 6:30 AM, and if you're in line at Starbucks at Kemp & Kell in Wichita Falls, leave now and drive across the street to Frank & Joe's Coffee in Parker Square. You can go to Starbucks tomorrow! As for me, I'm enjoying my second cup of Folgers Black Silk. I might have mentioned before that I have a younger brother who is a Starbucks addict. He once had a cup of my coffee and said, "Compared to Starbucks, this tastes like water!" Well, I'll continue to enjoy my Folgers water.

01-22-2024 - From the U.S. Federal Trade Commission - The Federal Trade Commission has issued an Opinion and Final Order that Intuit Inc., the maker of the popular TurboTax tax filing software, engaged in deceptive advertising in violation of the FTC Act and deceived consumers when it ran ads for "free" tax products and services for which many consumers were ineligible. Commission order prohibits Intuit from claiming a product or service is free unless it's free for all or must disclose detail about who qualifies

01-22-2024 - Our local Air Evac Lifeteam is on some sort of mission. You can tune in with your scanner at 159.900 MHz.