Subj : Thursday night
To   : Avon
From : Spectre
Date : Fri Sep 16 2022 15:31:00

 Av> Hope your week is rolling along OK.

Busy busy, no time for idle hands...

 Av> The week's been pretty good have managed to push a few projects along at
 Av> work and in the evenings have mostly been watching a bit of TV or some of
 Av> the coverage with the pomp and pageantry of the death of Queen Elizabeth
 Av> II in the UK.

Its a bit odd with Her Maj kicking the bucket, but she's a been a bit of a
institution in her own right, let alone the monarchy.  She's been on that
throne all my life. Feels like the end of an era.. No idea if Chuck can keep
the boat afloat or how much longer "The Firm" will persist without her.

 Av> I have a number of things on my BBS to-do list and feeling a bit
 Av> overwhelmed as to where to start. But I will try to dip my toe in the pond

A always, at the beginning, one at a time, and celebrate the little victories
along the way.

 Av> Spring is in full swing here now, bulbs are up, trees have some blossom or
 Av> flowers. We have this tree called a Kowhai which has a nice yellow flower

Ours is struggling a bit, while the trees know somethings up and most are
breaking into leaf, we keep getting these cold snaps that seem to slow
everything up again.  The Rhubarb is having a crack, pushing some leaves, if
the possums don't maul it.  Chrysanthemums are having a go, there's even one
flower there.  Last but not least, the Tippani, I've gotten so used to
calling it that island style, its a Frangipani, can't make up its mind. It
hasn't managed to flower where it lives, and when the greenery gets thin over
winter those dastardly possums will chew the top off it, which it takes a
while to sort out.

Speaking of possums, I presently seem to have a mating pair in the roof :( At
times one pads around fairly quietly, at others its like a day at the races,
and its on around the lounge room, sounding like they're getting ready fall
through the ceiling, plus the doors and windows shake rattle and roll. Had
roof and possum guys out, apparently the ridgecap is missing down the front
of the units somewhere... and they're migrating to my end for some extra
seclusion.

 Av> I've been looking at CB radios lately, kinda revisiting my youth and
 Av> pondering getting some gear and setting up again, thing is much of the new
 Av> gear I can buy here in New Zealand seems pretty naff.... it use to be you

I don't know a lot about CB... here they used to require a license.. never
had one, but did have a handheld in the car for a while in my mispent youth.
VK3 can probably fill you in better.. ours used to be 27Mhz, also had the UHF
and SSB phase though. I know they changed a lot of stuff regarding them
though. No license required these days, lots of cheap chineso sets that break
faster than you can buy them, 5W max power, and I suspect the rest has gone
by the wayside.. but I'm no expert.


Always good to hear you're still kicking out there in radio land somewhere.

Spec


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