Subj : I finally got my license To : DaiTengu From : Daryl Stout Date : Wed Oct 21 2020 08:21:00 Da> Yeah, we're down to 5 cats, a bird, 6 bunnies, and a dog. The cats Da> are getting up there in age, the bunnies are about 3-5 years old, The Da> dog is 3, and the bird is 12. The bird will likely outlive us. You forgot the partridge in a pear tree. Da> Well, the mask isn't really for your own protection, it's for other Da> people's protection. It's more like, if you run around without pants, Da> you can piss on anyone you want. If they wear pants, they'll still get Da> wet, but it might not be as bad. If you wear pants, you're going to Da> have to piss mighty hard to get any of that out of your pants. If you can smell the fart, you're too close for social distancing. Da> But we can't, apparently. Because people don't want to be Da> inconvenienced to protect others. Our parents, grandparents, and great Da> grandparents that went through WWI and WWII would be ashamed of us. The Apostle Paul, in his letter to Timothy, noted "In the last days, perilous times shall come. For [people] shall be [selfish]". He was spot on. So many are with the *I* and *ME* attitude (never mind the person who is repeatedly sending messages to himself in one of the Dove-Net echoes... he's lonely, vain, or both). I guess being considerate of your fellow human being went the way of the dinosaurs...just like good sportsmanship. Da> I'm not sure how the 706 interfaces, I assume you need a custom cable Da> or something, along with a soundcard on your computer. What gets me is that you see the price on a rig, but then you have to buy all these accessories. Da> I also signed up for winlink, so I now I can get e-mail over HF, which Da> is pretty nifty. Even if it does run at about 1000 bytes per minute. You can email me at wx4qz@winlink.org -- I use RMS Express for Winlink, and Outpost for Packet. I am the scribe and alternating Net Control for a net on the NS2B BBS in Penfield, New York, on Mondays at 8pm Eastern Time (the net does NOT meet during a week where a holiday exists). I have a file in my D-Rats shared folder, called "The E.D. Net". Originally, The PCL Net (Patience And Chicken Lips -- Packet is SLOW, and Chicken Lips >>> is sent when we're done with our traffic (similar to K on CW, or "over" on Phone), was in Branson, Missouri...but moved to Penfield, New York, after the deaths of K.O., N0KFQ, and his XYL, Billie, KB0WSA (he was Sysop, and she was Net Control). Anyway, this one night, was after I had first gotten my prior vanity callsign...and discussion was about the vanity callsigns. One ham in Missouri, Ed, KI0HQ, wanted K0ED, but a ham in California already had it. Well, he typed (as all of us did at our keyboards) that "I'm married, and E.D. is not an issue". Billie, KB0WSA, as Net Control (XYL of K.O., N0KFQ, the Sysop), passed it over to Roger, KB0SON, in Minnesota. He thought that E.D. stood for "electronic doofus" (hi hi). Now, *I* can relate to that, as electronics was never my forte' -- although I can tell you the colors on a resistor (thanks to Violet (hi hi)), and that not even an amp of electricity could kill you. Most hams have heard of BBROYGBVGW (hi hi). When it got to K.O., all he typed was "I'm curious to see how Ed is going to explain E.D. to Roger". I'm about to bust a gut laughing at this point (hi hi). Then, it got back to Ed, and he typed "Billie, do you know Morse Code", and she typed "Yes, and I know a lot of other things as well!!". At this point, I was laughing so hard, that I was about to pee my pants... as Ed typed "erectile dysfunction" in Morse Code. Which proves, with friends like us, you don't need any enemies (hi hi). About a year after Billie became a Silent Key, I was reminiscing on that net, and K.O. was there. He commented "it was so refreshing to hear that again...and it happened EXACTLY the way Daryl told it!!" (hi hi). He became a Silent Key about 2 years after Billie did. As for D-Rats, unless thunderstorms are in my area, I leave it up all the time. I've used that as communications and checkins for nets. I also have also started using the Netlogger program for my nets. There is a packet deal in Ohio where you can send a post via both Winlink and Packet...if you want details, let me know. Daryl, WX4QZ .... Deja Two: When you just can't get to three. --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 þ Synchronet þ The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net .