Subj : Other Ham Radio News To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Mon Oct 25 2021 07:03:00 Hi Daryl! BM> Hey - I bet the caveman didn't like chiselling his rock in the rain! DS> Depends on where his rock is. :P In the rain! BM> When one door closes and another door opens, you're probably in prison. DS> My name is J.L. Byrd. BM> You look good in stripes! DS> Wasn't there a movie by that name?? Seems like there was a "Stripes" starring Bill Murray. (Checking: yup.) DS> are a sweet couple, having met while teenagers in a square dance DS> club. They have been dancing nearly 50 years, and have been DS> marrried for 45...with 4 kids, and 12 grandkids. Both of them are DS> "characters", and his wife is a "nut", with a wild sense of DS> humor. BM> They sound fun! :) DS> They are...especially her!! At one dance, she gave this DS> caller a deal that looked like sleigh bells, and said "Now, you DS> have your own ding-a-ling!!"...to which, they did "My DS> Ding-A-Ling" as a "singing call. When it got to the Christmas DS> dance, she put two ornaments around another callers neck, saying DS> "we had to make sure you had your balls on!!". In both cases, the DS> hall erupted in raucous laughter. But, with square dancing, DS> you forget about all the stress and other crap in your life for DS> 2-3 hours...and it's cheaper than going to a psychiatrist. Yup! A good laugh is sometimes a better than a good psychiatrist. (Bet it would be hard to find a psychiatrist would would have done the ornament thing!) DS> My dancing may be over, though. Over 10 years ago, I had DS> successful cataract surgery, which corrected the visual acuity DS> from 20/2000 to 20/20, with a little astigmastism. A couple of DS> months after the surgery, I had to have the Yag Laser treatment DS> done on the left eye...and it originally appeared that the right DS> eye wouldn't need it...now, it does. My night vision is DS> "foggy"...with haloes around the headlights, tail-lights, street DS> lights, etc. So, I've abandoned driving at night until the DS> surgery. But, if it does not go well, then I have to sell the DS> car. I won't turn in the drivers license just yet, as it doubles DS> as "the Real (Enhanced) ID"...needed to fly, enter a federal DS> government building, etc. You should go out some night and check things out: see (literally) how the street light appears, a semi-distant lit window, the Moon. View with both eyes, then left, then right. I'm thinking the foggyness might be due to the brain mixing the signals for stereoscopic vision and not realizing it's just one eye. Knowing that still would be a good idea to be cautious! Also, don't look directly at the on-coming headlights but look "to the right" of them. You'll still see the car in your peripheral vision, I'm not sure of exactly where to look as I've done since learning to drive but guessing the other side of your lane. DS> Case in point...one ham gave this guy "Your Zipper Protruding". BM> :P His reponse?? "Well played, sir". BM> Would have been better with 'Your Zinger's Perfect'!! DS> I'll have to tell him that one. Then, when he says that, he'll DS> likely be told "Braggert". Give him a consolidation prize of ABC Gum! BM> I forgot about Quiznos! DS> I think I ate at one out in San Diego, when my late Mom and I DS> went there in 2009 for the Clive Cussler Collectors Society DS> Convention. While she was at various forums during the day, I DS> took the San Diego Trolley route, and gave myself "a tour of the DS> city". Those can be fun! Especially if purchase a extended period pass allowing you to hop on and off to explore for free. DS> One route I was on stopped 50 feet from the US-Mexico DS> border...that was close enough for me. Cue "Come a Little Bit Closer" (Jay and the Americans), mix with something from _Twilight Zone_, maybe a dash of _Bizarre Murders_.... ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® .... Don't give up on your dreams: keep sleeping. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .