Subj : Re: hamfest etc was: Eggs! To : Daryl Stout From : Nancy Backus Date : Sat Feb 22 2020 21:32:06 -=> Quoting Daryl Stout to NANCY BACKUS on 17-Feb-2020 17:48 <=- NB>> I guess it makes sense for the vendors to go where the larger NB>> gatherings are, although I'd hope that one could get somewhat local NB>> vendors for the smaller ones... And the vendors aren't really the NB>> main attraction, although I'm sure they think they are... DS> Well, some of the "flea market" (old surplus stuff, that likely DS> doesn't work anymore -- we refer to that stuff as "boat anchors") DS> items, seem to move from one hamfest to another. Or at least, wherever one goes, somebody has brought in their version of it to hopefully pass along to someone else... ;) DS> The reasons I go to these are as follows: DS> 1) Administering, or helping with, amateur radio license exams. DS> 2) Attending or doing educational forums. DS> 3) "Eyeball QSO's", where you meet folks you've talked with. More DS> often than not, the mental image you made of them, is NOT what they DS> look like!! DS> 4) Feeding my face at "the food trough" . H.A.M. Stands for "Have DS> Another Meal", and you don't call us "Late For Dinner". DS> 5) Purchasing prize tickets to support the hamfest. I won 2 door DS> prizes...a "Tornado Radio" that detects tornadoes and lightning within DS> 30 miles of my location, and a $50 Publications Gift Certificate from DS> the ARRL, the National Association Of Amateur Radio. DS> 6) Purchasing novelty items for "the shack", an embroidered cap, etc. All good reasons for going... and congratulations on winning not one but two door prizes... Both seem rather useful items.... :) NB>> Fortunately you did get the paramedics to her... and I trust she did NB>> eventually recover....? I think I'd develop claustrophobia if I were NB>> being trampled by a crowd of people in a race.... DS> I still have to wonder why she was there in the first place. It's a DS> good cause, as breast cancer is the leading cause of death among women DS> (although men get it as well), and heart disease is right behind it, DS> followed by colon cancer. Indeed a good cause.... maybe she had friends that talked her into joining them... or she was doing it in memory or honor of someone special to her.... NB>> There's a certain amount of keeping up with technology changes, but NB>> there's also benefit in staying compatible with older technologies... DS> I wonder why we can't have the best of both worlds. While my BBS is DS> telnet, etc., the QWK reader I use is Offline Express (OLX), which I DS> run in a DOS Window under Windows 10. I never could get Multi-Mail for DS> Windows to work right. I'm all for the best of both worlds myself... :) I could never get OLX to work for me, or maybe it was another early offline reader... but Bluewave always worked for me and still does, so I've not changed from it... ;) NB>> Yes, you've told that story before... :) One shouldn't assume that NB>> whatever language one is using as a "cover" won't be understood by NB>> those bystanders.... whether it's a foreign language, CW, or American NB>> Sign Language or the like... ;) DS> There were 2 other hams "signing dirty jokes", and to their DS> embarrassment, another group of people at a nearby table, were DS> understanding everything they signed. As I said... DS>> the flash flood threat is increasing. NB>> Always something. DS> The Pearl River at Jackson, Mississippi is at major flood stage DS> right now. At least I'm high enough where flooding isn't an issue. Yes, I heard about that on the radio.... we lived in Jackson for 4 years when I was a kid.... glad I'm not there for the flooding now... ttyl neb .... Old bakers never die, you just can't get a rise out of them! --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .