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> George,
>> My former source for these disappeared.  This is a site that Tucows
>> referred me to, to find Tucows old files
>> They have software, books, & movies, all for free!
>> Here's the old time radio link:
>> https://archive.org/details/oldtimeradio
>> You might even find one of your former fave stations. . .
> That's when the programming was good, and you didn't have to worry about
> questionable content.

True -- but I never worry -- I know how to turn things off, or switch
stations, or ban stations.

I so all my radio on Accuradio now -- I have full control over what I hear --
I can ban songs or even entire artists; my fave is blending different
stations  together to make my own custom mixes -- hm, I should go see if they
have the  old-time radio shows or content - they do have some in Comedy (1950s
& 1960s),  as well as on the Novelty Records channel -- I've blended these two
together  for a grand mix of old-time background radio when I'm in the mood
for such.

I don't find commercial radio any good any more -- too many ads & too much DJ 
yapping. But Accuradio fulfills my desire for background entertainment (music 
&/orcomedy, usually both mixed in together)

I listen to my fave music era: 1964-1984 in one big mixed channel. Including 
1970s' country (when it was still country,& not just rockabilly)

I've downloaded, from the original oldtimeradio site I discovered last 
millennium, a bunch of MP3s. including the Bickersons & a few of other shows, 
like some of Abbott & Costello's routines (I had no idea they had done a
series on the "Who's on First?" type of punnistry.)

It's funny to hear some of those old cigarette ads (now banned on radio) &
how  hokey they were (obviously they worked, though); none so dangerous as the
Coca  Cola print ads saying Coke is healthy for new-born babies! (I have some
of  those saved somewhere)

TRthis, to me, is far more objectionable than "bad" words. . . (I deny the 
concept that words can be bad. I agree there is bad usage (grammatical and 
contextual) and bad intent behinf d their use, but in that later, nothing is 
beter -- as the euphemisms soon become just as bad as the original (think of 
all the words for African-Americans you know have been used over the past 
century --several suggested alternatives to the N-word, that quickly became 
slurs on theirt own & new euphemisms were desired & now we have a plethora of 
words and aren't allowed to use any of them, or anything that remotely sounds 
lie them (One city councillor in Florida lost his job & his future options at
a career in public services simply for trying to advocate for more funds to
help  the inner city African-American youth in his city, by saying, "We should
not be niggardly in our response to the need."; that word has zero connection
to the  word that is now considered absolute taboo for whites to use.

As one comic put it, "We can't say the N-word because last time we had the 
ability, we didn't do such a great job of it."

Works for me. But I'm with whoever said that by saying "the N-word"(that 
phrase, not the forbidden word) the speaker is just implanting the actual
taboo word into our minds!

I'd have preferred that Huckleberry Finn was left uncensored, as it's a great 
teaching moment:

"Mommy, what's n*gger mean?" & Mommy gets the oh-so-delightful job, handed to 
her by her preceding generations, of explaining to little Johnnie, or Janie, 
that it was a word people used for many years to hurt certain people just 
because their ancestors were born closer to the equator than those from 
European ancestry.

Then when sad parent gets a call from school because her child used said word 
in an insulting/attacking way to a PIC (person of colour--the latest in 
inclusion terminology that will soon become just as futile as al the others, 
IMO.)

I don't believe in euphemisms -- but I do believe in inclusion and freedom
for  all humans, at least those who have not rejected society & its laws &
rules.

For instance, I'm crippled, yes, but I am not "A cripple."; I'm a person with
a mobility handicap(or disability, I don't care which is used, as most using
them don't get the distinction, so I auto-translate the meaning & intent
anyway.)

I wouldn't even use that adjhecti8ve for myself in the company of others I'm 
not 100% sure are on board with this kind of plain speaking terminology for 
themselves, as I know people are rote-trained to be overly sensitive to 
language subtleties.

I'm happy to speak of Melanesian police officers & pale skinned firefighters, 
and Asian mail carriers instead of the old terms, because they are more 
accurate than the presumed gender-specific predecessors, & I love accuracy in 
language -- English lends itself well to detailed & accurate descriptions of 
almost anything or anybody.

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