Do you know any other QWK based echogroups?
Beside configuring my fidonet node 2:31/124 (should be reachable via Netmail in the next days as the nodelist should be updated soon for zone 2) i am wondering if there are any other QWK based echoareas like DOVE-Net?
Do you know any other QWK based echogroups?
kind regards
Michael
2) i am wondering if there are any other QWK based echoareas like DOVE-Net?
2) i am wondering if there are any other QWK based echoareas like DOVE-Net?
On 04-13-21 10:25, Mortifis wrote to Michael Mrak <=-
sciNet, fsxNet, and others are also QWK capable. More info here https://filedn.com/lq3xdfCTH7jB2vO0NeTEc77/index.html
On 04-13-21 07:56, HusTler wrote to Michael Mrak <=-
There is Retronet, Gamenet, FSXnet, Scinet, and some others but these
are the nets I carry on my board. Try and get there infopacks for instructions on setup and Hubs.
On 04-13-21 09:23, Lupine Furmen wrote to Michael Mrak <=-
@VIA: VERT/FURFOL
Re: QWK based Echoareas
By: Michael Mrak to All on Tue Apr 13 2021 07:42:36
MusicalNet is QWK based.
DeveloperNet and MusicalNet both originate on QWK (I gate them to FTN myself for FTN users). Just to name a few. :)
On 04-14-21 12:41, Daryl Stout wrote to Vk3jed <=-
@VIA: VERT/TBOLT
Tony,
DeveloperNet and MusicalNet both originate on QWK (I gate them to FTN myself for FTN users). Just to name a few. :)
What is that MusicalNet about?? I know you're not the "sponsor" of
it, but I'm curious as to what it entails.
As a side note, as you know, we can't do music on ham radio, unless
it's music to awaken the space shuttle astronauts. As I heard another
ham radio operator note "Singing 'Happy Birthday' is still music, no matter how badly you sing'".
I guess that applies if one sings Tenor Solo -- ten or eleven miles away, and so low that no one can hear it...or one is "barely-a-tone" instead of baritone. <G>
Ironically, the mode of JT-65 sounds like a flute...and years ago, I worked a station over 1000 miles away on an indoor hamstick 20 meter antenna, with only 15 watts of power!! You basically get just the
needed info to make the contact, and not much else.
What is that MusicalNet about?? I know you're not the "sponsor" of
it, but I'm curious as to what it entails.
Anything to do with music - making it, instruments, mixing, listening, computers and music.
We're allowed "incidental music", which would cover that.
Yeah, a lot of the lower digital modes have musical sounds to them.
On 04-16-21 23:52, Daryl Stout wrote to Vk3jed <=-
@VIA: VERT/TBOLT
Tony,
What is that MusicalNet about?? I know you're not the "sponsor" of
it, but I'm curious as to what it entails.
Anything to do with music - making it, instruments, mixing, listening, computers and music.
Interesting. I'd have to search for an info pack.
We're allowed "incidental music", which would cover that.
That's not what it said in a publication by the ARRL on "The FCC Rule Book". I need to download a fresh copy of Part 97 for the BBS...but the way they keep changing things, I may wait until May 3, when the new RF exposure rules take effect. Then, I'll have to change it again when the FCC adds the $35 fee for a new, upgraded, or renewed license, or a callsign change.
Yeah, a lot of the lower digital modes have musical sounds to them.
At least it doesn't sound like flatulence. :P
I should have one in my file areas. You can browse by anonymous FTP or guest login on the web.
We're allowed "incidental music", which would cover that.
You've committed the cardinal sin of Americans - where am I again? ;P
"we" relative to me is...? ;)
At least it doesn't sound like flatulence. :P
LOL
... I hit the CTRL key but I'm still not in control!
On 05-01-21 20:37, Daryl Stout wrote to Vk3jed <=-
I should have one in my file areas. You can browse by anonymous FTP or guest login on the web.
I got in touch with Nightfox, and I'm set up on it.
Three things fail when we get older. The first is memory .................
My CTRL key fell out of my keyboard, so I've lost control. :P
Daryl
... If your head's in the sand, your butt's a prime target!!
I got in touch with Nightfox, and I'm set up on it.
Cool. :)
Three things fail when we get older. The first is memory .................
;)
My CTRL key fell out of my keyboard, so I've lost control. :P
Oh dear. :)
... If your head's in the sand, your butt's a prime target!!
So true! :D\
Daryl Stout wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Now, to get the BBS into the cloud, so I don't have to take it
down for thunderstorms anymore. We had severe weather in the
region, and there was a threat of near hurricane force winds here overnight (when most of our severe weather occurs). There's still
a chance of storms today, so I'm doing very limited work...I
don't want to get started on a "big move", and have to abort it.
On 05-04-21 13:14, Daryl Stout wrote to Vk3jed <=-
@VIA: VERT/TBOLT
Tony,
I got in touch with Nightfox, and I'm set up on it.
Cool. :)
Now, to get the BBS into the cloud, so I don't have to take it down
for thunderstorms anymore. We had severe weather in the region, and
there was a threat of near hurricane force winds here overnight (when
most of our severe weather occurs). There's still a chance of storms today, so I'm doing very limited work...I don't want to get started
on a "big move", and have to abort it.
On 05-04-21 21:00, Gamgee wrote to Daryl Stout <=-
Put your stuff on a UPS and stop worrying so much. Sheesh.
Yep, the cloud should make a huge difference, especially with your
area's susceptibility to severe weather.
... I stayed in a really old hotel last night. They sent me a wake-up letter.
Put your stuff on a UPS and stop worrying so much. Sheesh.
That has its own risks during thunderstorms. A friend had his UPS
spiked during a storm, and the charging circuit created a short across
the battery, which then caused thermal and chemical issues. He was
lucky to prevent disaster.
Put your stuff on a UPS and stop worrying so much. Sheesh.
Vk3jed wrote to Gamgee <=-
Put your stuff on a UPS and stop worrying so much. Sheesh.
That has its own risks during thunderstorms. A friend had his
UPS spiked during a storm, and the charging circuit created a
short across the battery, which then caused thermal and chemical
issues. He was lucky to prevent disaster.
Daryl Stout wrote to Gamgee <=-
Put your stuff on a UPS and stop worrying so much. Sheesh.
If you take a direct or close hit, you might as well as not
have a UPS or surge protection device (noted later in the
message). It only takes one lightning strike, or even one tornado
to do damage.
The reason I'm so cautious is that I'm a 2 time lightning
strike survivor, with resulting nervous system damage. While not
a meterologist, I am an amateur weather enthusiast, and know
enough to be dangerous (never mind I stayed at a Holiday Inn
Express last night <G>).
I've also been under 2 tornadic funnel clouds, within a mile of
an F-1 and an F-4 rain wrapped tornado, and nearly drowned in a
flash flood. So, this is WHY I get very nervous when there are thunderstorms. I don't mind the garden variety "thundershowers"
(there is still thunder, lightning, and rain, but no severe
weather).
Yet, when you start taking about the potential of winds from 60
to over 100 mph, hailstones from the size of a quarter to bigger
than softballs, to tornadoes that can be as much as 2-3 miles
wide, and on the ground for hundreds of miles, and moving as fast
as 90 mph in some cases (those downstream have little time to
react and prepare)...you have to get concerned, and take
precautions. Not doing so could be at the peril of your life.
In the last week, large tornadoes affected areas near Atlanta,
Georgia, and Abbieville, South Carolina. And, much of the
Birmingham, Alabama area suffered significant flooding rain and
resulting damage. Tornadoes have occurred in all 50 states.
As for thunderstorms, I *DO* know that each lightning bolt:
1) Can strike from 20 to 200 miles from the parent thunderstorm
(the latter was documented in Okahoma recently). People are hurt
and killed from these "bolts from the blue" (when the sky
overhead is clear). One kid, walking down railroad tracks, was
killed from a distant lightning strike, that traveled down the
rail to where he was.
2) Is 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit (5 times hotter than the sun's
surface).
3) Can be as wide as your thumb, but 5 miles long.
4) Has 3 million volts and 300,000 amps of electricity.
5) Gives little warning of where it will strike next. By the time
you feel the static charge, you're likely to be struck, and
possibly fatally injured. While those struck carry no electrical
charge, and can be handled safely, the strike can stop their
heart, killing them.
6) Occurs whether the thunderstorm is classified as "severe" or
not. For the record, a thunderstorm is classed as "severe" if it
has winds of 50 knots (58 mph) or more...hail 1 inch in diameter
(the size of a quarter (25 cent piece)), or a tornado.
A few years ago, a fellow ham radio operator had spared no
expense for lightning protection...you name it, he bought it, and installed...price was no object (it must be nice to have all that
money).
Well, he took a direct or very close hit, and this was the
result:
1) His ham radio tower, mast, antenna, and coaxial cable were
VAPORIZED... NOT a trace of any of them were left.
2) The inside of his computer towers and UPS units were as black
as coal, with all the electronic circuit boards melted and fused
together.
3) His monitors melted.
4) He had scorch marks down the walls of his house, and had to
have his entire structure rewired electrically. He's lucky the
entire structure didn't catch fire, and burn to the ground...as
that could've also happened.
I am working on getting the BBS into the cloud, where I won't
have to worry about it. With Arkansas being in the eastern part
of Tornado Alley and the western part of Dixie Alley, we get
severe weather both barrels.
In one severe weather event a few years ago, in Pulaski County
(the Little Rock Metro Area), lightning was so prolific, that
there were 10 lightning strikes per second, for a whole
hour...and the thunder was basically nonstop. A major power
substation in Little Rock was hit, putting much of the city in
the dark for several hours.
Plus, most of Arkansas' severe weather occurs during the
evening and overnight hours...when most people are asleep or not
expecting it. If lightning strikes your residence, it could set
it afire, and burn it to the ground.
There's a myth that storms destroy the liquor stores first, and
the churches last. Yet, I've known churches destroyed by both
lightning and tornadoes...more than the liquor stores...unless
the lightning is so intense, and the tornado is so wide that
nothing is spared in either case. Some areas have been hit by
multiple tornadoes just hours apart.
Now, if you want to tempt fate with your system...with or
without surge protection...let alone preparations for severe
weather...be my guest. I'm not the only Sysop who "pulls the
plug" with a threat of lightning.
And, those like myself who are lightning strike survivors, who
live to tell about it, wouldn't wish the resulting physical
effects on anyone.
Daryl Stout wrote to Gamgee <=-
If you take a direct or close hit, you might as well as not have a
UPS or surge protection device (noted later in the message). It only
takes one lightning strike, or even one tornado to do damage.
The reason I'm so cautious is that I'm a 2 time lightning strike survivor, with resulting nervous system damage. While not a<G>).
meterologist, I am an amateur weather enthusiast, and know enough to be dangerous (never mind I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night
Now, if you want to tempt fate with your system...with or without
surge protection...let alone preparations for severe weather...be my guest. I'm not the only Sysop who "pulls the plug" with a threat of lightning.
And, those like myself who are lightning strike survivors, who live
to tell about it, wouldn't wish the resulting physical effects on
anyone.
Gamgee wrote to Vk3jed <=-
My bigger point was that for me at least, I'm not going to be a slave
to the weather and take down my BBS just because there might be a thunderstorm that day. I think that is an over-reaction. I mean, am I also going to unplug all my TVs and other devices every time? And what
if I'm not home when the storm moves in? I don't worry too much about stuff like that, is all.
A former (explained why) friend and fellow ham was helping one night
with the local police at a site where there were downed powerlines from
a storm. He had to have been 100 feet away from one of the open cables. Now granted this isn't lightning but man-made juice. It arched and sent
a bolt directly through him killing him on the spot. We tend to forget that we need not be right next to or touching electricity for it to
cause harm.
Wow, count one's blessings eh? :-)
We get it year round here... high winds, frequent tornados now, heavy
snow and ice, soaking rains that would flood most areas but soak the ground so that the 70mph winds easily pull trees out of the ground and into wires.
As the ARRL CT Section Digital Packet BBS I have everything on UPS and during the actual storm itself I unplug coax from the back of the
radios. I have too much invested in RF for emergency communications not
to do what I can to physically protect it myself. This system I could
push up to a "cloud" server but the packet system I can not... so I run
it all on one box sharing IPs and making different hostnames for the various servers.
I bet!.. however if you're looking for an excuse to play lotto I think
you have one <G>
... The number you have dailed...Nine-one-one...has been changed.
Yep, that's all true. But the UPS protects against power outages that
may result from a thunderstorm.
Okay, but that doesn't have much to do with taking down your BBS
because there might be a thunderstorm coming through sometime today.
Again, fairly irrelevant to taking down a BBS as a "precaution".
Again, not relevant to BBS operation.
Understood, but not related to BBS operation.
I'm thinking you pretty much missed my point. Hope you get things
moved to the cloud, for your sake.
Daryl Stout wrote to Gamgee <=-
Yep, that's all true. But the UPS protects against power outages that
may result from a thunderstorm.
While the UPS's can keep power here if there's a quick
brownout, what happens is that the high speed internet usually
drops, as it's external, and it takes time for the router/modem
to reset itself. Of course, if the connection between the
internet provider and one's residence is skewed, the internet is
out, and the system is down anyway until the internet data is
restored.
Also, the batteries in the UPS units do NOT last forever. When
there were two back to back ice storms in north Arkansas years
ago, much of the area had no power for nearly 2 months, unless
they were one of the lucky few to have generators.
Okay, but that doesn't have much to do with taking down your BBS
because there might be a thunderstorm coming through sometime today.
This is why I check weather data...if I have to be out on
errands during the day, or when I sleep overnight...and there's a potential of storms, I'd rather be safe than sorry. You
apparently have no concern for the weather and what it does.
Thunderstorms don't just occur during "regular business hours".
We've even had tornadoes in the dead of winter.
Lightning gives very few secrets of its intentions...and as
noted, a strike 200 miles from the parent thunderstorm in
Oklahoma a few years ago, is enough potential to not take a
chance. But, if you want to tempt fate, be my guest. When I one
day, read the story of your system getting fried, I'll say "I
told you so". I know other Sysops (and ham radio operators) who
will shut their BBS down when there's a threat of storms. So, if
you're calling me an idiot, you're doing the same to them.
I'm thinking you pretty much missed my point. Hope you get things
moved to the cloud, for your sake.
No, you missed mine. Maybe you need some of the bad weather
that I have experienced to affect you. Until you've walked a mile
in my shoes, you have no business chiding me for the way I run my
system.
If you have such little respect for the weather, let
alone the way a fellow Sysop runs their system, then you will be
in for a rude awakening one day.
And, it does not bother me if you or anyone else would refuse
to logon to my BBS, even if their life depended on it. I run the
BBS for my enjoyment...and even if they still wouldn't telnet in
after it gets into the cloud, I won't lose any sleep over it.
Life is NOT "Fair" or "Burger King". Fair is a fall carnival, a
weather term, and a call in baseball...and you can not always
"Have It Your Way". If you don't like my responses, put me in
your twit list; I'll be happy to do likewise.
Brian Rogers wrote to Gamgee <=-
My bigger point was that for me at least, I'm not going to be a slave
to the weather and take down my BBS just because there might be a thunderstorm that day. I think that is an over-reaction. I mean, am I also going to unplug all my TVs and other devices every time? And what
if I'm not home when the storm moves in? I don't worry too much about stuff like that, is all.
I don't necessarily think it's a matter of over reacting per say.
As for a BBS in this situation, I don't think if a tornado or
hurricane is coming, and you may have been ordered to evacuate...
that a sysop is going to leave a BBS running because there will
be that one jabronie out there who'll think to themself: "hey, no
one is around to login and play my doors so I think I'll log into
the bbs and play when I know that no one else is going to bother
me while I do my thing.".
A severe storm like that I'd want to
unplug as much as possible so my place isn't a magnet to draw a
bolt of lightning towards my house.
As a ham operator the antennas are enough of a risk which is why
my mast is 9' into the ground.
A "chance" for a storm... no I'll let things go as they are. When
there's flashing bolts in the distance I'll prepare to unplug
coax from radios and watch the situation carefully. If it
intensifies then I do what I feel is best.
We have to remember this:
no matter what we use for protection whether it be a fuse, or
circuit breaker - the surge has to completely pass through said
device in order for it to trip/break first which means at least a
part of such surge is going to actually make it to the device(s)
you're trying to protect. While it may not be in it's full force,
it still may be enough to damage what it is you're trying to
protect.
Daryl Stout wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
Just like the instance where the boy was walking down the railroad tracks (he was actually trespassing, as the railroad right of way is private property). Lightning from a distant thunderstorm struck the
rail, and the current traveled down it. When it got to the boy, he was killed instantly.
There was another instance on Lake Bistineau near Shreveport, on May
25, 1987. It was on a Sunday, but it could've been any day of the week. Four guys were out on a lake in a fishing boat, and a thunderstorm
moved into the area. One of the guys stood up, shook his fist toward Heaven, and demanded to be struck by lightning. He was obliged, and
killed instantly. Now, with the spreading out of the surge, the other 3 should've also been killed, but they were totally unharmed. That's an example of Divine Judgment and Divine Protection in one whack. Can you
say "Thou Shalt Not Tempt The Lord Thy God"??!!
Especially since "I'm still on this side of the grass". Many folks
who have been struck don't survive.
We've had tornadoes in the dead of winter (Jan. 21, 1999, saw 56 tornadoes, most in 6 hours), and back to back ice storms in 2000 put
much of north Arkansas in the dark (no power) for almost 2 months.
There were also tornadoes on Dec. 2 and Christmas Eve of 1982...a
122 mile long F-4 tornado on Feb. 5, 2008 (Super Tuesday), and the
F-4 I-30 tornado that went from Arkadelphia to Little Rock, keeping
just south of Interstate 30...it barely missed the Little Rock
National Airport.
You are wise. :) As a side note, I'm on packet on the NS2B BBS in Penfield, New York. It offers RF and Telnet Access every Monday at 8pm Eastern Time. I alternate Net Control with NS2B, and that's my home
packet BBS, since I don't have RF gear here. If you go to my Bio on
QRZ, click on the hyperlink for a list of spreadsheets of 200 D-Star, D-Rats, and Echolink Nets, and PDF files related to ham radio. One of
them tells about the NS2B BBS, and The PCL Net. That net originally started on a BBS in Branson, Missouri...but that BBS is long since QRT, since it's Sysop and his wife are Silent Keys (I did get the chance to meet them a few years before their deaths). Another file tells about
"The E.D. Net", and that may also be in the "Ham Radio Humor" file.
I can barely beat the casino games on the BBS, and lost more than I
won with the lotto...although I prefer the scratch off tickets. The
best I ever did in a casino, was one year, when I flew Southwest
Airlines from Little Rock to Saint Louis, to use some expiring flight miles. I took the Metrolink light rail system to East St. Louis, Illinois...and walked down to one of the permanently moored casino riverboats there. I spent $1 in the casino, but hit the jackpot on an
all you can eat breakfast buffet for $4!! H.A.M. stands for H)ave
A)nother M)eal, and you don't call us "late for dinner" (hi hi). I keep thinking they're going to replace the courtesy tones on the repeaters
on Thanksgiving with a belch <LOL!>.
If you have a Tex-Mex Emergency, you dial Nine Juan Juan. <G>
Daryl, WX4QZ
On 05-05-21 17:29, Daryl Stout wrote to Vk3jed <=-
In the last week, large tornadoes raked areas near Atlanta, and in
the Carolinas...and the Birmingham, Alabama area, had significant flooding.
... I stayed in a really old hotel last night. They sent me a wake-up letter.
I doubt they left the light on for you. <G>
On 05-05-21 17:37, Daryl Stout wrote to Vk3jed <=-
the battery, which then caused thermal and chemical issues. He was
lucky to prevent disaster.
I would say so...wow!!
I think of the blooper where the fire chief noted "Something hot came into contact with something flammable, and that was the cause of the
fire in the church kitchen". What was your first clue?? <G>
On 05-05-21 22:37, Gamgee wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Yes, sure, those kind of things can happen. My point was that it's probably better to have your system(s) on a UPS to protect them from intermittent power losses due to storms, not necessarily to protect
them absolutely from a direct lightning hit.
My bigger point was that for me at least, I'm not going to be a slave
to the weather and take down my BBS just because there might be a thunderstorm that day. I think that is an over-reaction. I mean, am I also going to unplug all my TVs and other devices every time? And what
if I'm not home when the storm moves in? I don't worry too much about stuff like that, is all.
Gamgee wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
My bigger point was that for me at least, I'm not going to be a slave
to the weather and take down my BBS just because there might be a thunderstorm that day. I think that is an over-reaction. I mean, am I also going to unplug all my TVs and other devices every time? And what
if I'm not home when the storm moves in? I don't worry too much about stuff like that, is all.
Wow. You had to dig deep to pull that one out, eh? Who said anything about a hurricane approaching, or being ordered to evacuate? That's right.... nobody did. That's a whole different thing than what was
being discussed, which was "the chance of a thunderstorm coming
through". Please turn down the drama a notch, wouldja?
I got news for ya. The amount of items plugged in does not, in any
way, affect the chance of a lightning strike hitting your house.
There's no "magnet" in the sense that you are using it. Completely irrelevant.
Does the depth of the antenna below ground affect the chances of it
being hit by lightning? I wouldn't think that it would.
The "chance" for a storm coming through is *EXACTLY* what was being discussed by myself and Daryl. Yep. Thus my point(s).
I promise you that you're not telling me anything I don't already know, even if your information is not entirely accurate.
Brian Rogers wrote to Gamgee <=-
I got news for ya. The amount of items plugged in does not, in any
way, affect the chance of a lightning strike hitting your house.
There's no "magnet" in the sense that you are using it. Completely irrelevant.
Actually that's not necessarily true. Part of it has to do with
what exactly it is you have plugged in and whether or not it's
running, what sort of fields it may be generating, etc.
That's why one puts the cable modem, the router, switches, BBS
computer, and whatever else...... ON A UPS. That's how I've got things set up here. A momentary "blip" or a brownout does not affect
anything.
I own it because I *NEED* it to be ready for hurricanes here. Used it last fall for 10 days when I had no power. I would think that somebody
in Arkansas, where there is also frequent unsettled weather, would also own a generator. There's no "luck" involved in that. Just common
sense.
Okay, but that doesn't have much to do with taking down your BBS
because there might be a thunderstorm coming through sometime today.
I have plenty of concern for weather. Take a look at the hurricane
data in this area for the last 20 years and tell me I don't know about weather problems. Hint: I do.
If my system gets fried, I'll restore it and be back online in short
order (as in a couple of hours, maybe). Not sure how you figure that
I'm calling you an idiot, because I didn't do that. I just mentioned
that perhaps you're over-reacting to a thunderstorm. For the record, there's a rather large difference between a thunderstorm and a hurricane...
I wasn't chiding you. Not sure why you appear to be so sensitive, but whatever. I have experienced bad weather... how many hurricanes have
you been through?
Again not sure why you're so sensitive about this. As for a rude awakening, I have nightly automated backups of my system, and restoring
it would be trivial. Literally a couple of hours, maximum, and
probably less than that.
I've heard of this before, tragic!
One just never knows where the path of electricity in such an open
field will flow. It's almost parallel to water on an open field of
grass - one never knows where puddles may form.
Very true! Speaking of which I just finished cutting mine - except for
a small section where a baby bunny is trying to hide in the tall grass. Even though there's a good chance it'lll eat the flowers we'll be
planting in a few weeks, it's still a life.
We've had tornados during the winter - although quite rare. We have had snow storms dump up to 3' on us in one plop. That's just way too much!
I will say however, our power situation is pretty decent here now. We
did lose it last summer for a solid week because of a hurricane that
came through. Roughed it for the first couple of days when it was still somewhat cool enough but after that I was making trips to the gas
station twice a day for the generator to keep the a/c running.
All those folk/stations I'm quite familiar with. When it comes to
packet I'm one of the alleged village elders. We were hoping NS2B would join the rest of us in the area and go FlexNet/FBB but he did not for
some reason. I already had a link to the station in Branson, Mo.
you saw it you'd proably wonder why more aren't using it. My software supports telnet. If one sources as 44-net they only need a callsign. If one is sourced as any other IPv4 or IPv6 (yes I support that) then a password needs to be given. The sysop's email will display... and it
works great with SynchTERM!
I've never stepped foot in a casino to play! Once on New Year's eve we
had tickets to see Vicky the trailor nasty comic from AGT perform and
to get to where she was, we had to walk through the outer edges of the
MGM casino. Being New Years Eve you can imagine the barely worn dresses these #metoo girls were wearing that night - at times I saw so much "donkey" I thought I was at the DNC!
If you have a Tex-Mex Emergency, you dial Nine Juan Juan. <G>
ROFL! I hope you coated your basin with Hellmans yesterday before doing your dishes... after all it was "sink"o de "mayo" <EG>
In the last week, large tornadoes raked areas near Atlanta, and in
the Carolinas...and the Birmingham, Alabama area, had significant flooding.
I rest my case. :)
... I stayed in a really old hotel last night. They sent me a wake-up letter.
I doubt they left the light on for you. <G>
No, they were out of whale oil. :P
... Never do card tricks for the group with whom you play poker.
Maybe? Maybe not. Maybe? Maybe not. Maybe? Maybe not. Maybe? Maybe not.
Daryl Stout wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
When lightning strikes the ground...the soil acts as a conductor, and the current continues in the ground. Ditches and other depressions will attract and concentrate the ground current. Then, if the ground is
moist, that entire soggy area could also be electrified.
like there's no tomorrow. All of the landscaping/lawn care folks are
way behind. Mine finally got done on Monday. I had gone out to Lowe's,
and was going to buy an electric law mower, but the weight of it ruled that out. Yet, I saw a simple push mower, with no gas or electricity,
that you could push along, for just under $110. The hardest part of getting it together was to get the handle on the mower...you had to squeeze it together to fit. It reminds me of the "toy mowers" kids
had years ago. I may try to use it to trim the ivy on the lawn, but
I need to do it when it's cool, and when the insects aren't out and
about.
Two back to back storms back in mid-February had nearly 2 feet of
snow on the ground in Little Rock. Folks around this part of the
country don't know how to drive in all that mess.
It's rare I lose power here...but I can't afford a generator. The
cost you see for the generators are for the generator ONLY -- it does
NOT include labor, installation, and other costs...which can easily add $5000 to $10000 or more to it.
That BBS in Branson was my packet home until it shut down.
I need to see if one could use the telnet deal within Synchronet to access a packet BBS terminal mode via a telnet client. Of course, I'd
be sure that only licensed hams could access that. I hate I can no
longer have that packet door on the BBS, but if I can get the BBS into
the cloud, I wouldn't be able to do that, anyway.
But, between the storms of late, and an injury to my right cornea, my computer and BBS work has been greatly diminished of late. Then my
other cellphone decided to commit suicide yesterday. I cut the
brightness down on the monitors to 50%.
Exactly. I may be too old to cut the mustard, but I can still stir
the mayonnaise (hi hi).
Daryl Stout wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Especially if there's a strip involved. :P
Daryl Stout wrote to Gamgee <=-
I own it because I *NEED* it to be ready for hurricanes here. Used it last fall for 10 days when I had no power. I would think that somebody
in Arkansas, where there is also frequent unsettled weather, would also own a generator. There's no "luck" involved in that. Just common
sense.
The price they say for the generators in the commercials is for
the generator ONLY -- it does NOT include labor, installation,
and other costs; which can easily add $5000 to $10,000 to the
price.
I have plenty of concern for weather. Take a look at the hurricane
data in this area for the last 20 years and tell me I don't know about weather problems. Hint: I do.
I was in Miami when Betsy went through in 1965...they didn't
really have another storm until Andrew in 1992.
If my system gets fried, I'll restore it and be back online in short
order (as in a couple of hours, maybe). Not sure how you figure that
I'm calling you an idiot, because I didn't do that. I just mentioned
that perhaps you're over-reacting to a thunderstorm. For the record, there's a rather large difference between a thunderstorm and a hurricane...
But, there are thunderstorms in hurricanes...some describe
hurricanes as "a 200 mile wile tornado".
Again not sure why you're so sensitive about this. As for a rude awakening, I have nightly automated backups of my system, and restoring
it would be trivial. Literally a couple of hours, maximum, and
probably less than that.
Try living on $1000 a month disability, and tell me if you can
afford the expense of a generator, etc...especially when the
costs of medical and other issues keep coming up.
Actually lightning strikes the sky as it goes from the ground up no? :)
We just thew away one of those old fashioned push mowers where the
blades were on some sort of a spinning cylander - definite antique! No handle though.
That's what we often get during storms now in the winter.
Ours is a portable one. Much more affordable.
Yes, he had a link into me. It was a horrible link but it was there
when it wanted to be.
I have SBBS speaking nicely with my URONode.
Sorry to hear about your vision issues. That's never a fun thing to
deal with.
A guy knows he's getting old when he STOPS chasing girls to have fun
with them BUT INSTEAD chases girls in hopes they'll take care of him!
"This is my love dress" she whispered sensually.
"Needs ironing" he said. "What's for dinner?"
His funeral will be held next Thursday
Daryl Stout wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
His funeral will be held next Thursday
ROFLMAO!! I needed that today!! <BG>
His funeral will be held next Thursday
ROFLMAO!! I needed that today!! <BG>
I had a lot more of those... can't find them! Ugh!
A guy knows he's getting old when he stops chasing girls to have 'fun' with them but instead chases them to help take care of him!
Daryl Stout wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
They're where you left them last time. <G>
OK, doc, if that's the diagnosis, can I owe you a wooden nickel for this?? <G>
On 05-12-21 18:49, Daryl Stout wrote to Vk3jed <=-
The pattern is shaping up for heavy rain here much of next week. I'll bet come August, we won't be able to buy a drop of rain.
I was trying to think of a good comeback for that one, but with
dealing with a cornea injury to my right eye, I've had too much else on
my mind.
... Never do card tricks for the group with whom you play poker.
Especially if there's a strip involved. :P
Daryl
... If you think everything's OK, you've overlooked something.
On 05-12-21 18:50, Daryl Stout wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Or like where the guy is responding to his wife with "yes, dear".
When he says "no, dear"...she slaps the dickens out of him, and he
meekly replies "yes, dear". :P
... "Somebody left the cork out of my lunch." -W.C. Fields
They're where you left them last time. <G>
I wish they were! I know where I left them. More likely I can't recall
the filename I saved them under!
OK, doc, if that's the diagnosis, can I owe you a wooden nickel for this?? <G>
Ahh the old buffalo heads LOL
Hmm, I'm just about to head north to Queensland. It's supposed to be
the dry season up there, but they've had a fair bit of rain lately.
I was trying to think of a good comeback for that one, but with
dealing with a cornea injury to my right eye, I've had too much else on
my mind.
Fairy nuff. :P
... Never do card tricks for the group with whom you play poker.
Especially if there's a strip involved. :P
*points and giggles* You been playing poker again? :P
If you think everything's OK, you've overlooked something.
Always. ;)
... "Somebody left the cork out of my lunch." -W.C. Fields
Sounds like a business lunch (and a long one at that). ;)
Daryl Stout wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
I've had that happen as well...even when using a file searching
utility, you still can't find a file.
Remember...when the chips are down, the buffalo is empty. <G>
Daryl Stout wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Murphy's Law (sigh!).
On 05-16-21 18:06, Daryl Stout wrote to Vk3jed <=-
@VIA: VERT/TBOLT
Tony,
Hmm, I'm just about to head north to Queensland. It's supposed to be
the dry season up there, but they've had a fair bit of rain lately.
It may be a mud bog when you get there...it'll be that way here after the forecast of 6 to 12 inches of rain here by this time next week. At least I'm high enough where that's not an issue.
Fairy nuff. :P
Is that one related to Tinkerbell?? <G>
The one thing they don't discuss in a nudist colony are tape
measures. But, at a nudist wedding, you can tell who the best man is.
If you think everything's OK, you've overlooked something.
Always. ;)
Murphy's Law (sigh!).
Daryl
... Ham Radio QRP: When you care the most to send the very least.
On 05-16-21 18:07, Daryl Stout wrote to Vk3jed <=-
He also noted "Inflation has gone up over a dollar a quart". <G>
Daryl
... "I was married by a judge. I should've asked for a jury." -Groucho
On 05-18-21 09:25, Brian Rogers wrote to Daryl Stout <=-
@VIA: VERT/CARNAGE
Daryl Stout wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Murphy's Law (sigh!).
Murphy seemed to have written the rough draft, I perfected it *sigh*
Vk3jed wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
Haha, it's the quantised revision of Murphy's Law that really gets you
- *verything goes wrong all at once". :)
On 05-16-21 18:07, Daryl Stout wrote to Vk3jed <=-
... "I was married by a judge. I should've asked for a jury." -Groucho
Might have got a better opinion and verdict. :D
I've had that happen as well...even when using a file searching
utility, you still can't find a file.
I know they exist somewhere because for my Evolution email, I use them like taglines for my signature. It's a shame when my one liners in the signature often get more comments then the body contents of my mails...
he says as he mumbles with a mouthfull of oatmeal <G>
Remember...when the chips are down, the buffalo is empty. <G>
+1 and made into a tagline :)
Murphy's Law (sigh!).
Murphy seemed to have written the rough draft, I perfected it *sigh*
... Suicidal twin kills sister by mistake!
We'll see. So far, the weather up ahead looks good. Currently
cruising at altitude about 30-35 minutes north of Brisbane. :)
Is that one related to Tinkerbell?? <G>
Only if you pull the other one (it has bells on ;) ).
Murphy's Law (sigh!).
Murphy was an optimist ;)
... I have a mind like a steel... uh... thingy.
On 05-19-21 17:11, Brian Rogers wrote to Vk3jed <=-
@VIA: VERT/CARNAGE
Vk3jed wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
Haha, it's the quantised revision of Murphy's Law that really gets you
- *verything goes wrong all at once". :)
Seems the older I get the more of those sorts of days I have...
On 05-19-21 21:25, Daryl Stout wrote to Vk3jed <=-
We'll get a few days of dry weather, but the heat and humidity will
make it feel like summer a month early.
Never mind "my ding-a-ling". <G>
... "Junior!! Quit Playing With Your Floppy!!"
Daryl Stout wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
Or you named it something else than what you thought it might be.
I haven't had oatmeal in ages...I preferred the apples and cinnamon,
but preferred it THICK.
Remember...when the chips are down, the buffalo is empty. <G>
I need to streamline my tagline collection.
... Eat beans...America needs the gas.
Daryl Stout wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
No wonder the ham radio and BBS stuff gets so screwed up. :P
... Definition of an upgrade: Take old bugs out; insert new bugs.
... "I was married by a judge. I should've asked for a jury." -Groucho
Might have got a better opinion and verdict. :D
hahahaha truer words were never spoken!!
We'll get a few days of dry weather, but the heat and humidity will
make it feel like summer a month early.
Like here. ;)
Never mind "my ding-a-ling". <G>
I wanna play with my ding-a-ling. :P
... "Junior!! Quit Playing With Your Floppy!!"
That goes with the above. :P
On 05-20-21 10:27, Daryl Stout wrote to Vk3jed <=-
I prefer the COLD weather...it means no insects (especially the
stinging ones), no heat illness, and no tornadoes. We have a chance of
isolated tornadoes here through tonight, due to backed winds, and
strong shear. It is supposed to dry out Friday through next Tuesday,
then storms are back again, and it could affect the holiday weekend
next weekend.
Never mind "my ding-a-ling". <G>
I wanna play with my ding-a-ling. :P
Now, I'll have that song in my head all day.
... "Junior!! Quit Playing With Your Floppy!!"
That goes with the above. :P
Does it go with the tagline below??
Daryl
... How long do we have to practice sex before it's safe??
On 05-20-21 06:45, Brian Rogers wrote to Daryl Stout <=-
@VIA: VERT/CARNAGE
Daryl Stout wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
No wonder the ham radio and BBS stuff gets so screwed up. :P
Ha! It's much better here anyway.
I had a guy set up a new system and send me a test msg. He's in Pennsylvania. He has an RF path to me. His "new server" is in Florida.
His route to me went first to the netherlands, another hop within the netherlands, to south america, to the u.k. then finally over to me. I refuse to answer him. I didn't study to play amatuer WIRED internet!
This is what Hank W0RLI warned us about happening. I miss him and his
LLL area <G> He probably had more in there than the FCC does in their
db xD
... Definition of an upgrade: Take old bugs out; insert new bugs.
Only Microsoft :) They call that "Job Security".
... ISDN: It Still Does Nothing
Daryl Stout wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
Or a Miss-Trial. <G>
Vk3jed wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
Currently with packet, that's the only way I can fly, but I would like
to have a RF node of some sort on the air and invite others to connect.
:) Another side project is to setup an Internet server for VK 1200 MHz repeater owners to connect to, to create a 23cm network.
What's wrong with IRLP, Echolink or AllStar? Nothing, except that they allow 2m and 70cm nodes to connect, and because of our retransmission rules, Foundation stations can appear on these modes and be
retransmitted to anything else. And because they're not allowed on
23cm, that means it's easy to cause a licence breach that's almost impossible to prevent, short of not connecting to the mainstream
networks. So for now, a dedicated 23cm network is needed, until the
regs change. :/ I'm considering using a SvxReflector for this, perhaps
TG 1273 on a new server, given that repeater outputs tend to be around 1273 MHz. )
LOL yep, coz no one can afford it - in Australia, ISDN was
prohibitively expensive for home users, because calls were metered.
Line rental was actually reasonable, but the call charges were a killer for online use. ADSL killed ISDN for most purposes, eventually.
On 05-20-21 23:24, Brian Rogers wrote to Vk3jed <=-
@VIA: VERT/CARNAGE
Vk3jed wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
Currently with packet, that's the only way I can fly, but I would like
to have a RF node of some sort on the air and invite others to connect.
:) Another side project is to setup an Internet server for VK 1200 MHz repeater owners to connect to, to create a 23cm network.
What's holding you back? Not me <G>
What's wrong with IRLP, Echolink or AllStar? Nothing, except that they allow 2m and 70cm nodes to connect, and because of our retransmission rules, Foundation stations can appear on these modes and be
retransmitted to anything else. And because they're not allowed on
23cm, that means it's easy to cause a licence breach that's almost impossible to prevent, short of not connecting to the mainstream
networks. So for now, a dedicated 23cm network is needed, until the
regs change. :/ I'm considering using a SvxReflector for this, perhaps
TG 1273 on a new server, given that repeater outputs tend to be around 1273 MHz. )
Want real good retransmission? Pull me finger ;D ...then say "regulate that buddy!" LOL
Here IDSL killed ISDN. I was hired at one ISP to help migrate their
ISDN customers to IDSL. It was pretty much the same darn thing except
that the protocol overhead used for IDSN was reallocated for data
segments giving it a very slightly faster speed.
Vk3jed wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
Gotta setup my 23cm repeater first. That's a "slow burn" project. :)
On 05-22-21 12:56, Brian Rogers wrote to Vk3jed <=-
@VIA: VERT/CARNAGE
Vk3jed wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
Gotta setup my 23cm repeater first. That's a "slow burn" project. :)
I wish I knew how to gate SMTP mail to FDN and vice versa. I could
inject some good stuff in appropriate areas... such as replies from my URONode support mailman list.
Vk3jed wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
If you run Synchronet, you can gate email to echomail. Handy, if you
have a support mailing list. :) Or I can host it on VKRadio. I
already carry a couple of gated lists there, and host a mailing list on that board as well. :)
I had a guy set up a new system and send me a test msg. He's in Pennsylvania. He has an RF path to me. His "new server" is in Florida.
His route to me went first to the netherlands, another hop within the netherlands, to south america, to the u.k. then finally over to me. I refuse to answer him. I didn't study to play amatuer WIRED internet!
... Definition of an upgrade: Take old bugs out; insert new bugs.
Only Microsoft :) They call that "Job Security".
... ISDN: It Still Does Nothing
Or you named it something else than what you thought it might be.
Ahh found it! You're correct I named it something else. After all,
what's in a name? <G>
I haven't had oatmeal in ages...I preferred the apples and cinnamon,
but preferred it THICK.
Mine as well.
Remember...when the chips are down, the buffalo is empty. <G>
I said that to the millenial when we went for top soil and a bag of manuer... he had NO clue what I said. Moral of the story: they can't
think for themselves, and school can't teach that :\
... Eat beans...America needs the gas.
Only in the southeast!
... Kids, the seven basic food groups are GUM, PUFF PASTRY, PIZZA, PESTICIDES, A
We get insects all year round, especially flies and European wasps.
Heat illness is easily prevented, and tornados are rare. :) Besides, tornados are actually more common in late winter/early spring, when the weather is cold!
Ahh, OK. I'm just watching the tropicsl late autumn drizzle. :)
Now, I'll have that song in my head all day.
Hahaha, well you know what to do. ;P
... "Junior!! Quit Playing With Your Floppy!!"
... How long do we have to practice sex before it's safe??
I don't practice, I'm accomplished. :P
Daryl Stout wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
I have an OLD tea kettle, but don't use the gas stove here. I
use the microwave oven, because I don't like to wait for my
food...whether at home, or eating out.
I have an OLD tea kettle, but don't use the gas stove here. I
use the microwave oven, because I don't like to wait for my
food...whether at home, or eating out.
Wait... so, you use the microwave for everything you eat?
Daryl Stout wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
I have an OLD tea kettle, but don't use the gas stove here. I use the microwave oven, because I don't like to wait for my food...whether at home, or eating out.
Basically, a butt is a butt is a butt...but... <G>
Another tagline noted a bumper sticker on a baby stroller:
"Poo Poo Happens". :P
tell your sister??". Grinning like the cheshire cat that just swallowed the canary, she said "Yep". I asked "Same reaction??", and she said
"Yep". <G>
Or on the eastern seaboard. In Little Rock, gas prices have been
around $2.80 for regular, $3.10 for mid-grade, and $3.40 for high
test. Of course, depending on what part of town you're in, will
also affect the price. But, to my knowledge, we haven't had any
gas shortages or lines here. The Valero franchise allows their
"loyalty customers" to get mid-grade gas for the price of regular
on Monday (Holy Crap!! That's Today!!).
Your tagline got obliterated by the Borg...but it could've been
this...
... I'm Dyslexia of Borg. Prepare to have your @$$ laminated!!
Daryl Stout wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
DMR: Doesn't Mean Radio. It's like the meme of the ham holding up
a cardboard sign that notes "Not Homeless. Need Help With DMR" (hi hi).
Daryl Stout wrote to Gamgee <=-
I have an OLD tea kettle, but don't use the gas stove here. I
use the microwave oven, because I don't like to wait for my
food...whether at home, or eating out.
Wait... so, you use the microwave for everything you eat?
At home, yes. Or if it's bread and lunch meat, no cooking
needed. Ever since I became caregiver for my Mom before her death
almost 2 years ago, I've cut myself down to one meal a day. Plus,
I drink iced tea exclusively now...no more soft drinks.
Sometimes though, you can't replace that gas oven, although the
pregnant woman with a methane issue would disagree <G>
Basically, a butt is a butt is a butt...but... <G>
True that.
Another tagline noted a bumper sticker on a baby stroller:
"Poo Poo Happens". :P
LOL
Here our petrol is $3.25 regular and in some places as high as $4.00
for premium/high test. We haven't seen these prices since Obummer. Not surprised.
... I'm Dyslexia of Borg. Prepare to have your @$$ laminated!!
Ha! That was one I stole from the tagline bot <G> I guess bots aren't smarter after all lol
Oh I have an encyclopedia set of guys who've (tried) to do me dirty in
the hobby and have either failed or ended up shooting themselves in the foot for false accusations and then later needed my assistance because certain things in packet only I know. Even the author of the software
you seem to adore on your monday net is one of them! Mr. (un)wiseman
once told me after I pointed out some security flaws of his software
said that I should scrap ALL my ham projects and only use his. That's
the spirit of the hobby? Really?? I even brought some logs of his
software to the league and asked if it fell within part 97. They didn't know so they forwarded it to the FCC who said "Absolutely NOT". You can NOT use an alias on the raw ax.25 part of ANY packet frame and his software does. Mine does not.
There's a ton more I could relay. I did however make the decision that when my license comes up for renewal in 3 years, that day will come and
go without me renewing.
DMR: Doesn't Mean Radio. It's like the meme of the ham holding up
a cardboard sign that notes "Not Homeless. Need Help With DMR" (hi hi).
Haha that's great! Now I have something to hit our local ARES with <G>
Hmmmm.... Got to say that that doesn't sound like a very healthy way
to live... Don't really understand your thinking on this - why only
one meal a day?
When the FCC charge of $35 for a new, renewed, or upgraded license, or
a callsign change takes effect, I'll bet a lot of folks won't renew, let alone enter the hobby.
DMR: Doesn't Mean Radio. It's like the meme of the ham holding up
a cardboard sign that notes "Not Homeless. Need Help With DMR" (hi
hi).
I've heard of a ton of folks having trouble with "code plugs", etc.
Daryl Stout wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
Not to mention the types of food you eat. :P
Butt cheeks aren't all they're cracked up to be. Hmmm...that'd
make a good QWK Tagline. <G>
The joys of parenting...potty training their kids. Or as Jeff
Foxworthy noted, "The kids are going out of diapers, and the
grandparents are going in them". <G>
I remember growing up when there were "gas wars" with prices between
30 and 40 cents a gallon. My late father said "I don't know what we'll
do if it hits 40 cents a gallon"...man, what we wouldn't give for those prices today!!
I use the Outpost program for the BBS...he's just the Sysop. Someone else wrote Outpost (his name escapes me offhand). This Sysop did note
that it has been 5 years since he took over PACNET from the former
N0KFQ BBS. As for the other software I like, it could be Netlogger,
CQ100, D-Rats, or Echolink.
When the FCC charge of $35 for a new, renewed, or upgraded license,
or a callsign change takes effect, I'll bet a lot of folks won't renew, let alone enter the hobby.
DMR: Doesn't Mean Radio. It's like the meme of the ham holding up
a cardboard sign that notes "Not Homeless. Need Help With DMR" (hi hi).
I've heard of a ton of folks having trouble with "code plugs", etc.
I'm really torn over the $35 fee. It's significant enough that it will drastically reduce the number of people that hop callsigns every few
weeks just to get a lower CW weight so they can squeeze an extra 10 seconds out of a QSO in a contest, but it, along with a $5-$10 VE fee, costs more than a cheap $30 Baofeng HT, which is many new ham's first radio (it was mine!).
I've read dozens of web pages and documents on Wires-X, C4FM, DMR,
D-Star, NXDN and P25. I've watched countless hours of youtube videos on them too.
I still don't get it.
Stay away from things with sulfer in them such as beans, broccoli, etc.
In my case add anything with dairy <G>
Butt cheeks aren't all they're cracked up to be. Hmmm...that'd
make a good QWK Tagline. <G>
Ummmmm.... are you the guy who got a tatoo of a W on each cheek so when you do a headstand it spells 'MOM'? <G>
Unless you're in the city streets especially San Fran. Then it's let
loose at will.
That took me back to the early 70's...
I've had a group of people ask for Outpost to be compatible with my axMail-FAX. I supplied him data he needed and never heard back. It's a shame.
Count me in that group.
Considering the average age of a ham is 70, they also have issues with hair plugs too <G>
Noah's Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals
Daryl Stout wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
Sounds like the routine the barbershop quartet "Lunch Break" did with their performance at Carnegie Hall (search YouTube for that)...one of
the critters on "Old MacDonald's Deformed Farm" is "a lactose
intolerant cow". <G>
Butt cheeks aren't all they're cracked up to be. Hmmm...that'd
make a good QWK Tagline. <G>
Cute. I got an ascii email once, where you got "email mooned". <G>
I've got it on the BBS computer. Seriously, I don't have any tattoos on me...I have more important things to spend my money on.
It's not just San Francisco anymore...in many areas, the homeless
folks relieve themselves whenever and wherever nature calls.
It was the late 60's for me.
I had an issue one time, and it took quite awhile to get a reply
back.
I've got a feeling when they announce the date of the fee, you'll see
a whole bunch of hams going for changed callsigns, and a fresh license term.
And, some may have problems with curlers. <G>
It was comical when a mock-up replica of the Titanic in Branson
was closed due to "high water issues". :P
Hello Daryl;
Sounds like the routine the barbershop quartet "Lunch Break" did with their performance at Carnegie Hall (search YouTube for that)...one of
the critters on "Old MacDonald's Deformed Farm" is "a lactose
intolerant cow". <G>
Ahh yes... almost forgot about that one.
Butt cheeks aren't all they're cracked up to be. Hmmm...that'd
make a good QWK Tagline. <G>
True!
Cute. I got an ascii email once, where you got "email mooned". <G>
I've got it on the BBS computer. Seriously, I don't have any tattoos on me...I have more important things to spend my money on.
I don't have any either.
It's not just San Francisco anymore...in many areas, the homeless
folks relieve themselves whenever and wherever nature calls.
Very true.. and quite sad.
It was the late 60's for me.
Late 60s / early 70s... tie dye, hippies, wear a flower in your hair
Hello Daryl;
This was years ago.... after a volume of contacts to get even an acknowledgement on my query. I gave up.
I've got a feeling when they announce the date of the fee, you'll see
a whole bunch of hams going for changed callsigns, and a fresh license term.
Or they're going to let their licenses expire.
And, some may have problems with curlers. <G>
ha!
It was comical when a mock-up replica of the Titanic in Branson
was closed due to "high water issues". :P
Sounds like they were just all wet. <G>
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