Comments on: I was the afternoon DJ on WEIRD… http://nancynall.com/2003/11/02/i-was-the-afternoon-dj-on-weird/ one writer's daily download Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:15:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Linda http://nancynall.com/2003/11/02/i-was-the-afternoon-dj-on-weird/comment-page-1/#comment-355 Linda Tue, 04 Nov 2003 02:09:39 +0000 http://70.88.31.129/nancy/2003/11/02/i-was-the-afternoon-dj-on-weird/#comment-355 I enjoyed reading about your stint at that 50,000-watt station. I grew up listening to that station. I think it is terrible now, and Jay Gould must be turning over in his grave. Bob Sievers must be thoroughly disgusted. And the bit about the cyclists is really shocking. I enjoyed reading about your stint at that 50,000-watt station. I grew up listening to that station. I think it is terrible now, and Jay Gould must be turning over in his grave. Bob Sievers must be thoroughly disgusted. And the bit about the cyclists is really shocking.

]]> By: Paul http://nancynall.com/2003/11/02/i-was-the-afternoon-dj-on-weird/comment-page-1/#comment-354 Paul Tue, 04 Nov 2003 01:49:39 +0000 http://70.88.31.129/nancy/2003/11/02/i-was-the-afternoon-dj-on-weird/#comment-354 So it was a Harry Chapin reference. Just ... strained. As for me, I've been makin' extra money playin' high school sock hops/I'm a big time guest MC. So it was a Harry Chapin reference. Just … strained.

As for me, I’ve been makin’ extra money playin’ high school sock hops/I’m a big time guest MC.

]]> By: Nance http://nancynall.com/2003/11/02/i-was-the-afternoon-dj-on-weird/comment-page-1/#comment-353 Nance Mon, 03 Nov 2003 17:48:30 +0000 http://70.88.31.129/nancy/2003/11/02/i-was-the-afternoon-dj-on-weird/#comment-353 Yes, I did, and no, I really haven't. I keep thinking it -- small-market TV and radio -- ought to make a good novel someday. Yes, I did, and no, I really haven’t. I keep thinking it — small-market TV and radio — ought to make a good novel someday.

]]> By: Mark http://nancynall.com/2003/11/02/i-was-the-afternoon-dj-on-weird/comment-page-1/#comment-352 Mark Mon, 03 Nov 2003 16:15:38 +0000 http://70.88.31.129/nancy/2003/11/02/i-was-the-afternoon-dj-on-weird/#comment-352 Nancy - Didn't you also spend a few years doing TV commentary in the Fort? Have you ever shared any stories on this site or in your column about the various electronic forms of journalism? Nancy - Didn’t you also spend a few years doing TV commentary in the Fort? Have you ever shared any stories on this site or in your column about the various electronic forms of journalism?

]]> By: ashley http://nancynall.com/2003/11/02/i-was-the-afternoon-dj-on-weird/comment-page-1/#comment-351 ashley Mon, 03 Nov 2003 15:32:55 +0000 http://70.88.31.129/nancy/2003/11/02/i-was-the-afternoon-dj-on-weird/#comment-351 Nance, love the Harry Chapin reference... Nance, love the Harry Chapin reference…

]]> By: Bob http://nancynall.com/2003/11/02/i-was-the-afternoon-dj-on-weird/comment-page-1/#comment-350 Bob Mon, 03 Nov 2003 04:04:34 +0000 http://70.88.31.129/nancy/2003/11/02/i-was-the-afternoon-dj-on-weird/#comment-350 You got it, Nance. I was a teenager putting in long days in the field riding a wagon behind a baler, pulling 80-pound bales of clover hay out of the bale chute with a hook and stacking them higher than my head -- and that was on the good days. On the bad days, when the outside temp was in the 90's I was the guy in the top of the barn under the tin roof, taking the bales off the elevator as fast as they came up and stacking them neatly to fill every nook and cranny. I won that job by being the only one on the crew who didn't get sick in the heat. It seemed we baled all summer long; after the hay, it was straw which was somewhat nicer because the bales were lighter and less dusty. In addition to putting away winter forage and bedding for our own dairy herd, we did custom baling. On the custom jobs, I got paid -- a dollar an hour was the going rate. I ate anything and everything that didn't eat me first, and at just shy of six feet, I never weighed more than 120 pounds until I left the farm. You got it, Nance. I was a teenager putting in long days in the field riding a wagon behind a baler, pulling 80-pound bales of clover hay out of the bale chute with a hook and stacking them higher than my head — and that was on the good days. On the bad days, when the outside temp was in the 90’s I was the guy in the top of the barn under the tin roof, taking the bales off the elevator as fast as they came up and stacking them neatly to fill every nook and cranny.

I won that job by being the only one on the crew who didn’t get sick in the heat. It seemed we baled all summer long; after the hay, it was straw which was somewhat nicer because the bales were lighter and less dusty. In addition to putting away winter forage and bedding for our own dairy herd, we did custom baling. On the custom jobs, I got paid — a dollar an hour was the going rate.

I ate anything and everything that didn’t eat me first, and at just shy of six feet, I never weighed more than 120 pounds until I left the farm.

]]> By: Nance http://nancynall.com/2003/11/02/i-was-the-afternoon-dj-on-weird/comment-page-1/#comment-349 Nance Mon, 03 Nov 2003 00:52:30 +0000 http://70.88.31.129/nancy/2003/11/02/i-was-the-afternoon-dj-on-weird/#comment-349 Mmm, that's what they call field-hand food. You can eat that way when you're going to spend the afternoon haying. Otherwise, it's blimp city. Mmm, that’s what they call field-hand food. You can eat that way when you’re going to spend the afternoon haying. Otherwise, it’s blimp city.

]]> By: Bob http://nancynall.com/2003/11/02/i-was-the-afternoon-dj-on-weird/comment-page-1/#comment-348 Bob Mon, 03 Nov 2003 00:45:02 +0000 http://70.88.31.129/nancy/2003/11/02/i-was-the-afternoon-dj-on-weird/#comment-348 I prefer BEEF and noodles, nice and sloppy, over my mashed potatoes. I prefer BEEF and noodles, nice and sloppy, over my mashed potatoes.

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