Subj : Other Ham Radio News To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Mon Nov 08 2021 07:17:00 Hi Daryl! BM> I figure most people around here know it's supposed to be one long BM> line. Most of the confusion comes with pasting it in to the browswer as BM> not know the address has been split. DS> Several ham radio bulletins I've posted have these long URL's DS> -- and while you figure most folks would know what's going on, DS> you have to cater to the LCD - lowest common denominator. True, and I'll admit to having been and sometimes still are in that category. We all have to learn sometime. BM> One good thing about commercially manufactured products is the tamper BM> seal can also be used to extend freshness: seals in whatever gas used BM> to slow deterioration. But yes, "back in my day" I don't recall any BM> issues with tampering, etc. The candy had to be checked by my parents BM> before eating, and I don't recall sneaking a bite while out collecting. DS> One ham radio operator in Big Spring, Texas, always puts up DS> colorful light displays for the major holidays. He had 750 pounds DS> of candy to give away. The place is widely advertised as A SAFE DS> PLACE FOR KIDS. When I heard that amount, I thought "talk about a DS> sugar rush and pimple proliferation". I told him "Do NOT send me DS> any, because the caffeine in chocolate, candy, tea, or otherwise, DS> sends my heart rate through the roof". I had to give all that up. The good news is he obtained that rating. :) As for the tachycardia (increased pulse rate), I think you're just scared to eat chocolate, drink tea, etc. and so it's the Fight or Flight Reaction that's making your blood mover go pidder-patter-pidder-patter! Seriously, people do have 'odd' reactions to stuff. BM> Well that's potentialy something: I'm recalling when reading (paper BM> book as well as computer/laptop/cell phone text) people blink only BM> about half as often as when looking into the distance. So if you're BM> not blinking as often then you're not wiping/cleaning your eyes with BM> your eyelids and also not lubrictating with tears. Maybe get one of BM> those timer apps to remind you to move the eyelids (and the rest of the BM> body) every 15 minutes or so. DS> Well, I can't sit at the computer for long periods of time. It DS> affects my eyes, plus my back/spine, and butt (and I don't care DS> if that's TMI). A friend of mine does not want to go in for a DS> prostate check or a colonoscopy, and his wife has had Chron's DS> Disease for years. I told her that I understand fully about the DS> bladder and bowel issues. But, I told her husband that "if you're DS> not proactive on your health, you may not live to tell about it". DS> I'd rather go through a period of discomfort, and find out DS> there's no cancer...then be told I'll be dead in 6 weeks. That would be a nasty surpise! :( BM> So we now know you don't have a hot butt. ...Wait, let's rephrase BM> that! DS> No, we don't have hot cross buns...but we have a smurf seat, DS> with a blue butt. Dye from you new jeans coming off?! BM> Personally I like my cold drinks cold so the ice has that benefit but I BM> also don't want to be cheated. DS> Same here. I never cared for hot drinks myself. That might be partially a regional thing: I tend to drink (hot) coffee year round in the mornings, but have noticed when it is hot outside I drink less/takes longer to drink, whereas in winter when it's cold out I tend to drink more/faster. Also do (hot) tea, hot chocolate, etc. during the cool and cold months but iced tea in the summer and sometimes will have iced coffee from the leftover hot coffee. Having lived in Florida and Arkansas all your life (AFAIK) might avoid hot drinks just because they're hot and you want something to cool you from the outside temperatures. Or you just dopn't like hot stuff and there goes my 5› Psychiatric session! BM> I haven't needed to handle any weaponry since I moved out here in 1975. DS> To me, weaponry is the knife and fork trying to cut your food. :P If you meal is fighting back you haven't cooked it enough! BM> Here the local herd has probably been disturbed by the construction of BM> the new I-74 Bridge, which also increased the number of traffic lanes. BM> OTOH maybe the herd doesn't cross the highway: both sides have woods BM> but not a forest. Never heard of a problem or sighting of deer BM> crossing. (There are a lot of patches of woods around here, just none BM> seem to be big enough for a herd, and no reports of deer in them BM> regularly.) DS> There is an area in North Little Rock where near the junction DS> of I-40 and I-430, where the deer are real bad. They hold up tourists, rob connvenience stores, etc.??!!!!! BM> Just don't do it during Halloween! (see --gaaaah!!-- above) DS> Never mind pumpkin butts. BM> That was cold! DS> I have a picture on the BBS of the naked backsides of 2 little DS> boys, and whose butt cheeks were painted to look like pumpkins. :P I know we are all the same from the back side...because "a butt is a butt s DS> a DS> butt...but...". But now we'll have to go from butts to breasts as Turkey Season is coming up! BM> Would be interesting to have a DNA study to find BM> out what causes that. Might have a scientific breakthrough! DS> If they had a study for that, I'd sign up...especially if I got DS> paid good money for it, and afterwards. But, then the government DS> probably would take away my disability. Shoot, if I got as much DS> as members of Congress did per year, I wouldn't care. Unfortunately I doubt there's much money in it. OTOH you could move to Massachusetts and be a snow plow driver: on the local news this morning they had a segment where one town is offering $200 an hour! BM> Reminds me: a little over a week ago was doing a bit of getting ready BM> for winter: cut back/remove flowers before it freezes and the stems BM> turn to mush. Pulled a plant out of a medium-size pot and saw BM> something move: was a almost 2" frog (toad?)!!! He just hunkered down, BM> trying to blend in. Moved the pot to the side of the deck -- he BM> wandered off eventually. DS> There is a town northwest of Little Rock, along the Arkansas DS> River, called "Toad Suck". The legend is that 150 years ago, DS> towboat operators would stop at the port there, and come into the DS> taverns for refreshment. The locals remarked that "they would DS> suck on the bottles of booze until they swelled up like toads". DS> There is a big festival in downtown Conway, a "bedroom community" DS> 30 miles northwest of Little Rock every spring, called "Toad Suck DS> Daze". Hmmm: don't recall anything like that -- you'd think with the traffic up and down the Mississippi.... DS> When I mentioned this to a couple of female square dancers, DS> they thought I said "Toe Suck". Needless to say, I had some DS> explaining to do. We know where their minds were!! ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® .... Bad pet gifts: Centipede: 50 pairs of 5-inch heel open toe pumps --- 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) .