tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1814799811633243210.post3787991124221205515..comments2023-05-16T01:55:32.822-07:00Comments on Crumbs From the Corner: Adventures in Woolgathering: Time To BreathePhyllis Hunt McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13370730851612587650noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1814799811633243210.post-65438442689209377952008-03-26T16:14:00.000-07:002008-03-26T16:14:00.000-07:00Beth, I really like Garrison Keillor's humour, and...Beth, <BR/>I really like Garrison Keillor's humour, and liked reading Lake Woebegone Days so I'll try and check out Prairie Home Companion. The website has samples to listen to. Thank you!<BR/><BR/>Texican, my Spouse built batteries and radios when he was a boy- he says he made that crystal radio too. Thanks for prompting his memory! He still tinkers with electronics.<BR/><BR/>Steve, you're rightPhyllis Hunt McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13370730851612587650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1814799811633243210.post-20848863042267719042008-03-26T14:24:00.000-07:002008-03-26T14:24:00.000-07:00sigh...i so wish i wasn't desperately addicted to ...sigh...i so wish i wasn't desperately addicted to technology so that i could appreciate radio more. and i actually DO appreciate radio...as a podcast, downloaded because i'm not always "in front of" the radio at the right time. i desperately wish i could pare down my life and live in a simpler and more appreciative manner. and i try to in the ways that my limited brain is able to at the momentjulochkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884096685015570257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1814799811633243210.post-17060475357837652352008-03-26T14:21:00.000-07:002008-03-26T14:21:00.000-07:00It must have been quite the thing in the 1940s whe...It must have been quite the thing in the 1940s when radio was truly large for war news and entertainment. One thing those folks had was listening skills, now it is all visual.<BR/><BR/>A friend of mine says that satellite radio has lots of talk on it and if so it is almost like a return to the good old days. Truckers in particular benefit from satellite radio in that they have the ability to get Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1814799811633243210.post-37183333921849256262008-03-26T12:56:00.000-07:002008-03-26T12:56:00.000-07:00Or, making your own radio. I used to enjoy a crys...Or, making your own radio. I used to enjoy a crystal radio made in the shape of a rocket ship. It was only necessary to ground the set and adjust the tuner to get something to sound in the ear piece.Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13118854996343714131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1814799811633243210.post-41016662259174657482008-03-26T09:47:00.000-07:002008-03-26T09:47:00.000-07:00What a beautiful story, the radio is such good com...What a beautiful story, the radio is such good company. I like to do my errands on saturday morning so that I am in the car to hear the morning shows on national public radio and then on Saturday evening I like Prairie Home Companion and Thistle and Shamrock. Enjoy!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02604780070187163751noreply@blogger.com