Subj : HamData Callsign Updates To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Fri Jun 03 2022 08:07:00 Hi Daryl! BM> Almost sounds like one of those "back in my day I had to go to school BM> in the ice storm ...uphill both ways" but things like that were BM> stricter. Not necessarily right or wrong, just the way things were and BM> things evolve. DS> Nowadays, we've gotten spoiled. Take indoor plumbing for DS> example. Years ago, you had holes in the ground (or you dug your DS> own). Then, it went to outhouses, slop jars, and now indoor DS> toilets. I guess because folks spend so much time in the reading DS> room of their orifice, as they want to "toil it" when they do DS> their business. :P We have a radio in ours. :) ...No, not so much for aural entertainment but when the kids were growing up we could monitor for school closings and delays. Got used to it so just left it. (Radio plugs into a switched outlet so when the bathroom light is flipped on the radio also comes on. Older mechanical tuning so maintains the station.) BM> Almost seems would be a good idea to have a periodic review for BM> everyone. especially RF safety -- thinking general electrical safety BM> too. Just because using it doesn't mean using it right. OTOH they'd BM> probably never be able to keep up with inspections. DS> The latter is true. Besides, one false move with electricity, DS> means "Game Over". And, in regards to a lightning strike DS> outdoors, it's "one strike, and you're out". That's not fair! I've done electrical work around the house; one 'rule' I have is I hang around for some time after done just in case something goes wrong. Nothing has, not paranoia, just a matter of I guess verification. When we had the house wiring updated I asked the electricians about my work. They knew I had been trained by someone in electronics as the connections were better mechanically: twist the wires together before being put in wire nuts, curved to fit around screw terminals. Electricans usually leave the wire straight so easier to remove later. They also liked I had identified many of the wire runs. My 'bad score' was I tended to leave a couple extra inches of wire termination - more room to do the work, harder to stuff the excess into the box. BM> So the moral of the story is don't let the license lapse! DS> You would be shocked (I was) at how many ham radio operators DS> have no clue as to when their license expires. Years ago, if your I can kind of see that: I don't know when my driver's license is expiring. OTOH I have a note card with the expiration date in a notebook ==> notebook has the twelve months plus 'next year'. Last year I had a dental appointment so the six-month appointment card goes the appropriate section of the notebook. My driver's license doesn't expire this year so it goes in the 'next year' section. Used some old 3«" floppy disk drive page holders for appointment cards and the like, along with top-loading page protectors for larger items. I also use electronic reminders (calendar function), just the 'old school' part of me likes a paper reminder. DS> license lapsed, you had to take everything again...3 Morse Code DS> exams, and 5 written exams....and such a thing happened to one DS> individual. He realized 2 days after his license had lapsed, that DS> "he had to start over". The thing is, if your drivers license DS> expires, the constabulary won't look too kindly on that. My ham DS> radio license and my drivers license expire on my birthday; the DS> ham radio license when I turn 69, and the drivers license when I DS> turn 67. So, I guess I'll quit driving before I quit being on the DS> radio. I'm not going by that 'rule'!! And my Mother was driving past her 93rd birthday last Spring -- restricted herself to 'good conditions', so didn't drive in the rain nor snow. She stopped because she was hospitalized after she fell and injured her leg. BM> Or not spend the money (except for the ticket cost) on purchasing the BM> new. DS> So many have to possess "the latest and greatest" and "they DS> have to keep up with the Jones's". My question is "Why??"...to DS> me, if it works, why replace it?? I replaced a light because the bulb died! ....Was my desk lamp which I had had since probably junior high school if not late elementary school. 18" fluorescent bulb. Easy enough to get a replacement bulb but was wondering if I had SAD (seasonal affective disorder due to lack of sunlight in the winter) to decided to try a full-spectrum option. BM> That's where the big money is! "All electronic" -- stll have to BM> have someone doing data entry. Even if filled the form online (so the BM> applicant is doing the data entry for free) someone had to create the BM> software to create the database and send/receive the data. Plus the BM> cost of the computers, electricity to run, web connectivity.... BM> Sounding more and more like a pretty good bargain! DS> While Robert Heinlein was right with TANSTAFFL (there ain't no DS> such thing as a free lunch), getting a good deal is what to go DS> for...such as in comparison shopping. If the generic item is DS> cheaper, but the quality is still good, I go for the generic. Generally yes. I can usually taste a slight difference between generic/house brand food and national brands, though there are times when I prefer the taste of the house brand over the national brand. BM> You want fries with that?! DS> With ketchup, but no salt. You'd love me eating French fries, tater tots, and the like! I prefer 'neat' food so a squirt of ketchup off to the side. The salt tends to not stick to the potato so I'll salt the ketchup and get the flavour that way. ...About the only food I salt other than peanut butter. DS> bringing the drinks (booze ), and he said "it wasn't long DS> before we were as drunk as monkeys on a lawn". BM> Haven't heard that particular phrasing but can relate! DS> The closest I came to being drunk was when they gave me too DS> much nitrous oxide when I had all 4 wisdom teeth taken out. DS> Sometimes, I wonder if it affected my intelligence in the echoes DS> (yes, I'm asking for it ). That could exlain a few things!! BM> Almost would bet can't air that cartoon any more! DS> So many folks are easily offended. Even when you tell them the DS> true saying that "Life isn't Fair or Burger King. Fair is a fall DS> carnival, a weather term, or a call in baseball...and you can NOT DS> always 'Have It Your Way'"...they get mad. Next thing you know, DS> they'll file a lawsuit for sneezing, coughing, belching, or DS> farting in public. In that case, The Lord might as well nuke the DS> whole planet right now. :P Here comes another asteroid! DS> Also, two of the Tex Avery cartoons, "Red Hot Riding Hood" and DS> "Little Rural Riding Hood", were considered "too sexual in DS> nature"; yet, they used them as a morale booster for the troops DS> during World War II. Christian comedian Chonda Pierce said "Let DS> them get a bunch of post menopausal women handling DS> guns"...basically, no timidity there. :P Or like the T-shirt with DS> a picture of an ocelot on it, who looked like he had been sucking DS> on tart, bitter persimmons...with the caption "I have PMS and a DS> handgun. Any questions??". Some people wil take offence to anything, some pretty much find anything amusing/with a message/etc. BM> Some guy with his finger on a switch. AFAICT it's still being used: BM> when the weather is being giving on a local station can see some of BM> their monitors. There is roughly a six or seven second delay from what BM> is live (meteorologist giving the forecast) and what is seen on the BM> monitor in the background. (The monitor displays what we saw at home BM> about seven seconds ago.) DS> The thing is, you don't know what the caller is going to say in DS> advance, and the guy with his finger on the switch can't be DS> napping in any way. The only recourse is to block or hang up on DS> the caller. Some people just naturally pepper their speach with 'dirty words'. DS> The use of chroma-key really made technological advances in the DS> TV stations newscasts...whether for weather or something else. Don't wear certain shades of clothing else you'll disappear! DS> he said the S expletive. When admonished "Now, son...that's a DS> Bozo No-No"...the kid retorted "STUFF IT, CLOWNIE!!". That ENDED DS> the live show. :P BM> Quick! Cut to commercial!! DS> That's likely what they did. About all one can do with a live broadcast. BM> "What does 'fidgit' mean?" DS> Are we being figety?? Or are we looking for a fitbit spinner?? Seems thos fidgit spinners were a very short-lived must-have. DS> When an EMP occurs, everything gets fried...ALL DS> electronics...cellphones, cars, calculators, cash registers, etc. DS> The kids are going to panic!! BM> And us older folke can't watch the events on TV! DS> The world can't end tonight!! It's already tomorrow in New DS> Zealand!! So all we have to do is monitor New Zealand! Problem solved! BM> But gold is supposed to last forever! DS> Until its melted down. :P From the heat of the EMP? DS> So, Pandora has her own box?? BM> Pbbbtt!! DS> You need to quit eating those pinto beans before you read your DS> mail. What's worse it I do my mail after breakfast. That wasn't 'Fruity Pebbles' in the cereal bowl! DS> You can't tune a fish. Excuse me...Charlie is at the DS> Starkist door. BM> He left: you better go catch him! DS> Like the meme of this railroad locomotive spouting legs..."we DS> have a runaway train". I thought it was an escapee from the bride's dress! DS> I knew of a woman who originally was a phlebotomist...now, she DS> helps with colonoscopies. :P BM> I don't think she'd want to be cheering like before! DS> If you're married to her, don't let her get into a rear end DS> collusion with you, and don't bend over if she's behind you. :P What they do in privacy is up to them. DS> ... Sign in Restroom: Toilet Out Of Order. Use Floor Below. BM> Well if you insist! DS> Clean up in stall 4. BM> Some can be very gross! DS> Especially if they do the Triple P (pee, poop, and puke). Precisely! Oo! Projective vomiting! BM> Q: How do you kill a circus troupe? BM> A: Go for the juggler! DS> You're clowning around again. It is sometimes like a three-ring circus around here! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... So many freaks, so few circuses. --- 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) .