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  • We stumble through one garbled, staticy corner of the television hellscape to another: inane talk shows, My Three Sons, superhero shows, and tabloid coverage of the sibling murder trial.

    My Year of Flops Nathan Rabin 2010

  • Problem: The SWR Cal Blonde is a bit staticy, and much of it seems to be that the 100watt head isn't handling the lower frequencies as well as I'd like.

    more than just oom-pah-pah, and bassgear thoughts badger 2006

  • In the netherworld of staticy dreams and test pattern nightmares, there resides a chunk of real estate set aside for the creaky stars of yesteryear.

    Monday Evening 7:43pm 2005

  • Interestingly enough the Morley sounded much less hissy and staticy a pedal at my home than it did in the store, so I was even happier than expected.

    reverberations from the deep and the use of weapons #[RAND] badger 2003

  • So my flat staticy hair got put into pigtails around 1 pm.

    truepyrite Diary Entry truepyrite 2001

  • To prove the point that a cable man cannot tell that you where or are using these filters I called for a repair man to come and tell me why some of channels where coming in staticy.

    A Deadly Misunderstanding Duffy, Eamon 2001

  • You know ... the staticy feedback crap you get when you're not on a designated channel ... snow.

    unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2000

  • I think he did, but we had kind of a staticy connection, so I couldn't be sure.

    Interview Of President On Af 1 En Route Home ITY National Archives 1994

  • Thankfully there are static dischargers to save the chronically staticy from regularly receiving small shocks.

    British Blogs 2010

  • Also had my internal speakers replaced. (headphones and internal speakers were affected by staticy sound previously)

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2010

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