Did you ever get to go to the Dew Drop Inn on Rt 2? Used to go there a lot. Haven't tried 'Round the Clock yet tho... I'm sure I'll get down there again.

until my local public radio station went off the deep end in their insane quest to place NPR/PRI programs as far away from the listening public as possible, I had both a SMR and a SAR (sunday afternoon ritual).
I now have only a SMR that includes Car Talk and Wait..Wait..Don't Tell Me.

Sunday afternoons I'd go walking listening to Studio 360, This American Life, Motley Fool, and Says Who? But our fine unprofessional idiots at our big city public radio station removed two, scattered the other two and replaced them with a canned classical music selection.

So now I go to http://www.Publicradiofan.com and listen almost when I want to, though I have to be chained to the computer to do so.

I'd like to be able to automatically go to these stations, record shows on MP3 or WMA, transfer to one of my players and then I can take them with me. Anyone got any solutions?

I should clarify, of course, if I'm listening to .NET Rocks!, I don't mind being being chained to the computer..... as much :-)

> Did you ever get to go to the Dew Drop Inn on Rt 2?

Every Friday night when I was a kid, my family would go there for fish & chips, which was absolutely awesome. Sometimes my grandmother would come too. It was a ritual. :-)

> I'd like to be able to automatically go to these stations, record shows on MP3 or WMA, transfer to one of my players and then I can take them with me.

www.audible.com does that for a price.

Actually, Roy, someone with my kind of audio/internet setup could rebroadcast the shows live via the internet while recording them to .wma off the radio, and then make them available for download via ftp...... NAH!

Another favorite.

Brings up a question. Were you raised in New London? Or across the river?

Ha! I have the same SMR (Feldman etc.), and when possible, the radio stays on through the afternoon into Prairie Home Companion. ("Guy Noir" rocks!)

Come to think of it, you and Rory are kinda the geek's answer to "Click and Clack"... hmm...

I grew up in Mystic, actually.

Paul Vick commented on my comments, here (http://www.panopticoncentral.net/PermaLink.aspx/4bc19137-0150-46f6-90e7-cd3808ff6fe2) so let me comment on that.

Another great episode of This American Life that absolutely intrigued me was "The House on Loon Lake" (http://207.70.82.73/pages/descriptions/01/199.html)

Here's the description:

Our entire show this week is one long story, sort of a real-life Hardy Boys mystery. More than most of our shows, this one lends itself to a Hollywood-style tagline. Perhaps: "You Might Break In... But You'll Never Forget." Or "Dead Letters Tell No Tales."
Prologue. Ira explains that our show's a little different this week. It consists of one long story, lasting the entire hour, about a young boy, an abandoned house, and the mysterious family who once lived there but seemed to disappear without a trace.

Act One. Adam Beckman tells the first part of his story, about how, back in the 70's, he and his friends broke into an abandoned house in the small town of Freedom, New Hampshire. The home turned out to be a perfect time capsule, containing the furniture, letters and personal effects of an entire family... abandoned for decades. It seemed like the family just vanished one day, leaving salt and pepper shakers on the table, notes on the bedroom mirror, and a wallet with money still inside. Adam and his friends read the letters, saving some as clues, and never forgot. (30 minutes.)

Act Two. Adam Beckman continues his story. He returns to the town in New Hampshire where he discovered the abandoned house as a kid and tries to find out what happened there. It turns out he's not the only one looking for an answer to that question. (25 minutes)

>Anyone else listen to these shows on the
>weekend?

I sure do!

http://www.bistrotech.net/weblog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=aa2754b3-6fcb-423a-b6b1-bd58a5923413

Mystic, I have family in Groton, and Pawcatuck. (Also some in Westerly)

Spent many an evening at the Crystal Mall.

Had several Ice Creams at the Sea Swirl...

Fond memories... Whens summer gonna get here!

Indeed.

I remember going to Sea Swirl (a small take-out place with only walk-up windows and picnic tables) with my brother when I was probably 12. It was summertime, and we biked to Williams Beach for some swimming fun. We wanted to get an ice cream cone at Sea Swirl and only had pocket change. We were like 25c short and the guy not only gave us the cones, but I remember being impressed that he filled them to the very bottom!

Great clams at Sea Swirl, too. Supposedly the best in New England according to some magazine.