Baseball, anyone?
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Great Old Songs You Rarely Hear Anymore
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NYTimes Connections
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Wordle - daily game
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Name My Band
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Trump
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Gotta Get Your Drink On
- Red_Dragon - Dec 9, 2023 - 11:37am
Guns
- Red_Dragon - Dec 9, 2023 - 7:56am
Today in History
- Red_Dragon - Dec 9, 2023 - 7:38am
RightWingNutZ
- Steely_D - Dec 9, 2023 - 12:18am
Radio Paradise Comments
- oldviolin - Dec 8, 2023 - 9:09pm
Joe Biden
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The Obituary Page
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Israel
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Catch Me Up on RP Changes
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December 2023 Photo Theme - Reflection
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Best guitarists
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Radio Paradise NFL Pick'em Group
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Thoughtful Suggestions for Improving America
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Live Music
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Things You Thought Today
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Bug Reports & Feature Requests
- ScottFromWyoming - Dec 7, 2023 - 10:56am
What Puts You In the Christmas Mood?
- lily34 - Dec 7, 2023 - 5:36am
Questions.
- oldviolin - Dec 6, 2023 - 10:09am
If not RP, what are you listening to right now?
- miamizsun - Dec 6, 2023 - 8:55am
Upcoming concerts or shows you can't wait to see
- Steve - Dec 6, 2023 - 8:21am
What the hell OV?
- miamizsun - Dec 6, 2023 - 5:29am
Outstanding Covers
- Steely_D - Dec 6, 2023 - 4:03am
Chess
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• • • The Once-a-Day • • •
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Republican Party
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Is there any DOG news out there?
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Museum of Iconic Album Covers
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The Pogues
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Did somebody hack RP ? (just kidding)
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Buddy's Haven
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As California Goes, So Goes The Rest Of The Country
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Picnic Games Suggestions
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Pernicious Pious Proclivities Particularized Prodigiously
- Red_Dragon - Dec 4, 2023 - 10:51am
Photos you haven't taken of yourself
- Beez - Dec 4, 2023 - 9:57am
New Music
- miamizsun - Dec 4, 2023 - 6:28am
Artificial Intelligence
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Think About It
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USA! USA! USA!
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Radio Paradise on multiple Echo speakers via an Alexa Rou...
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The World IS Hunted
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November 2023 Photo Theme - Perspective
- MrDill - Dec 2, 2023 - 10:11am
2024 Elections!
- Red_Dragon - Dec 2, 2023 - 9:16am
Musky Mythology
- Red_Dragon - Dec 2, 2023 - 9:11am
Update playlist please
- hansotten - Dec 2, 2023 - 2:55am
Vinyl Only Spin List
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Fear of Flying
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Talk Behind Their Backs Forum
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Eclectic Sound-Drops
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songs that ROCK!
- thisbody - Dec 1, 2023 - 6:53am
Other Medical Stuff
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OUR CATS!!
- Red_Dragon - Nov 30, 2023 - 6:11pm
JFK Assassination
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Pogues!
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FLAC stream crashes Sonos
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Download Manager IPhone problems
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RP On Windows Media Player?
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RP Daily Trivia Challenge
- lily34 - Nov 29, 2023 - 8:44am
Animal Resistance
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The Dragons' Roost
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Economix
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NY Times Spelling Bee
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New mix, what would you like to see ?
- KurtfromLaQuinta - Nov 28, 2023 - 6:27am
Tech - what makes RP sound so good?
- William - Nov 27, 2023 - 5:37pm
Dialing 1-800-Manbird
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♥ ♥ ♥ Vote For Pie ♥ ♥ ♥
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iPad wake screen
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the Todd Rundgren topic
- Coaxial - Nov 27, 2023 - 9:36am
Mixtape Culture Club
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Lyrics That Remind You of Someone
- oldviolin - Nov 26, 2023 - 8:25pm
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black321

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On this day (+1) in 1783, weeks of rumbling beneath Mt. Skaptar, a volcano in southern Iceland, ended with a roar. And what a roar it was. Across a line of over 10 miles, the earth split as in an earthquake in a movie. But instead of leaving a small canyon or valley, the rift in the earth poured forth massive amounts of molten lava and hazy blue gases. Over the next two months, it spewed out enough molten stuff to cover the entire island of Manhattan with a lava cover a mile high. Looking for a place to go, the lava filled up riverbeds, harbors, seabeds and it melted centuries-old glaciers. Thousands of people were either burned to death by the lava or drowned in the floods it caused. The lava alone would have caused this to be rated one of history's great calamities. But then there was the haze. The heavy, blue, sulphur-smelling haze spewed forth from the fissure and hung like a low cloud that grew and grew until it spread from Iceland southward to Gibraltar. And it hung there. And as it did, there were reports of cattle dying in the field because their flesh had begun to eat them alive. (Now where did I hear that before?) Some humans had a similar experience. Many more developed sudden open sores, sudden loss of hair and bleeding gums, finally dying in the streets. Then things started to get bad. Leaves fell off the trees and plants. Birds, rabbits and other wildlife began to die, often rotting as they fell. Then the fish began to die, rising to the surface, often partially decomposed. (I hope you're not reading this at breakfast.) Now there was no food and those remaining people and animals began to starve. Thankfully, the winds began to shift, the volcano began to still and the dying began to stop....finally!
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Red_Dragon

Location: Dumbf*ckistan 
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Jun 6, 2013 - 6:14am |
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1892: The Chicago L begins service
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Red_Dragon

Location: Dumbf*ckistan 
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Jun 6, 2013 - 6:00am |
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1944
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Red_Dragon

Location: Dumbf*ckistan 
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Jun 5, 2013 - 5:56am |
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1989
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kurtster

Location: where fear is not a virtue Gender:  
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Jun 4, 2013 - 4:33pm |
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Red_Dragon wrote:
Another famous event for good old Cleveburg.  I remember it as nickle beer night, but the story explains why. We still talk about this game to this very day.
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miamizsun

Location: (3283.1 Miles SE of RP) Gender:  
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Jun 4, 2013 - 1:08pm |
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meower wrote: 35 years ago today 18 getting ready to grad HS and i still don't won't own it
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ScottFromWyoming

Location: Powell Gender:  
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Jun 4, 2013 - 12:48pm |
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Red_Dragon wrote: The first few Oakland A's games I went to, 1982-3, somewhere in there, they sold quarts of Coors in the stands. The guy would open the bottle, dump it into a huge paper cup and get maybe $3 for it. The regular price for a bottle of beer was $2 and that guy was busy, could open and pour 4 at a time, go thru a case in 1 minute. But the fans in the cheap seats, they didn't want to have to go way out there a lot so they sold them quarts and only went out there before the game started thru maybe the 3rd inning, then they'd go sell more expensive beer to the good seats. But by the time you were halfway thru it, the paper cup would start to disintegrate so you learned PDQ to drink it fast. So of course, empty hands always wave at the beer guy for more beer so you've got an outfield of cheapskates with a half a gallon of beer in them before the game even started. They decided to only sell 12-oz bottles, that lasted a few years, then they decided to make people walk up to the beer stands. But think about the vendor. A case of beer sold for $48. Vendors in Oakland got 20% off the top, so basically $10 a case. The station for reloading vendors is under home plate, so the strong guys would carry 2 cases at a time up into the stands, sell out in 3 or 4 minutes on a hot day. They usually never had to move from the vomitorium, just show up with beer and people would gather around. Pop the tops off 4 at a time, pour 2 into 2 cups with one hand, take money & make change with the other, pour the other two, pop 4 more tops... literally could go thru 48 beers in maybe 3 minutes. Back downstairs and up, the round trip including selling was probably 8 minutes. So in a 2-hour selling window (half hour before the game to the 7th inning), a vendor who's in shape and never leaves the expensive seats could take in over $200. Back when a daily paycheck at 7–11 was maybe $25.
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Red_Dragon

Location: Dumbf*ckistan 
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Jun 4, 2013 - 12:09pm |
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arighter2

Location: dubuque Gender:  
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Jun 3, 2013 - 4:21pm |
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meower wrote: 35 years ago today Great album!
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Monkeysdad

Location: Simi Valley, CA Gender:  
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Jun 3, 2013 - 3:37pm |
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JrzyTmata wrote:I am sure Stinky would like Kitty's Back.  Not a big fan of Bruce either,...but when this one's on the volume goes to 11!
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Jun 3, 2013 - 3:21pm |
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DaveInVA wrote: I'll play it for him and see what his reaction is....
play some air guitar for full effect.
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DaveInSaoMiguel

Location: No longer in a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA Gender:  
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Jun 3, 2013 - 2:14pm |
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JrzyTmata wrote:I am sure Stinky would like Kitty's Back.  I'll play it for him and see what his reaction is....
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DD gypsyman

Location: Joined Nov 27, 2006 Gender:  
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Jun 3, 2013 - 2:12pm |
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20 yrs old, freshman in college. I took a year off after high school.
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JrzyTmata


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Jun 3, 2013 - 7:42am |
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DaveInVA wrote: 10th Ave Freeze Out and Candie's Room. The rest to me is just way to overplayed and meh.
I am sure Stinky would like Kitty's Back.
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Jun 3, 2013 - 7:35am |
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Red_Dragon wrote: for some reason, I imagined that you'd been together since like, birth.
it seems like that.  we lived about 3 miles from each other for the first 5 years of life. so that counts I guess. we were 22 & 23 when we met.
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DaveInSaoMiguel

Location: No longer in a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA Gender:  
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Jun 3, 2013 - 7:29am |
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JrzyTmata wrote: ok. now I need to know what 2 songs made the cut
10th Ave Freeze Out and Candie's Room. The rest to me is just way to overplayed and meh.
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Red_Dragon

Location: Dumbf*ckistan 
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Jun 3, 2013 - 7:24am |
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JrzyTmata wrote:21, pre-buzz. living in a house with my 2 best friends.
for some reason, I imagined that you'd been together since like, birth.
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JrzyTmata


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Jun 3, 2013 - 7:23am |
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DaveInVA wrote: Even though I like 2 of his songs I've never really been a fan of him, always felt he is way over rated.
ok. now I need to know what 2 songs made the cut
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DaveInSaoMiguel

Location: No longer in a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA Gender:  
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Jun 3, 2013 - 7:19am |
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Antigone wrote: The summer before my senior year in college, and I wasn't a fan ... yet.
Even though I like 2 of his songs I've never really been a fan of him, always felt he is way over rated.
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JrzyTmata


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Jun 3, 2013 - 7:19am |
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sirdroseph wrote:
8 and at the height of my power.
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