Subj : Re: Fall
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Sep 09 2021 10:32:00

Sean,

 SD> The plants know better than we do.

  It would seem so.

 SD> I actually don't go "all out" for any holiday, really.  July 4th I do
 SD> like to hang a flag up in my window (not allowed to hang one on my
 SD> porch!). Thanksgiving and Christmas, I enjoy putting an appropriate
 SD> wreath on my front door.  I do, when I have one, like putting up a
 SD> Christmas tree.  I have a perfect spot for it in my living room window
 SD> for a tree this year if I can afford to get one (I prefer the small
 SD> fake trees that fit in a closet for the other 330 days of the year).

  I used to have a couple of small ceramic trees. But, I got so burned
out on the holidays over 20 years ago, for all the commercialism. I do
not go to Christmas parties, cantatas, etc., and don't even put up
decorations. 

  My 3 favorite holidays are the ones with Peanuts:

1) Halloween, where Linus suckers Sally into the Pumpkin Patch, and
Snoopy gets into a fight with the Red Baron. They were amazed that
the young girl who voiced Sally, as she grabbed Linus by the neck,
screamed "You owe me restitution", that she didn't mess up the word. <G>

2) Thanksgiving, where Snoopy gets in a fight with the lawn furniture,
in setting up the table for the "meal" of popcorn, jelly beans, etc.
Peppermint Patty felt she got ripped off, as the "traditional food"
wasn't there (they got to graze on that later), but she had "invited
herself".

3) Christmas, where Linus recites the passage from the Biblical
passage of Luke, Chapter 2. As she speaks the words of The Angel
Of The Lord, he sets his security blanket down. I understand that
when the others complained to Charles Schulz (Peanut's author)
about the Christmas sequence, Schulz replied "If we don't do it,
who will??".

 SD> My dad brought over my Buddipole and my small MFJ tuner.  I'm going to
 SD> see if I can get the 706 working.  The Buddipole really needs new coils
 SD> and telescopic arms (around $200 from the manufacturer) to rebuild it
 SD> ... it's 13 years old and has been through a lot but it still works.
 SD> This time, though, instead of getting the standard 6' arms, I'm going
 SD> to get the 10' arms for better efficiency and more bandwidth on 40
 SD> meters.  I -really- miss being on HF.

  The only time I'm on the air now is for nets, or sked requests. The
last time I worked HF was 20 meter HF railroad mobile on the Arkansas
And Missouri Railroad during Memorial Day Weekend 10 years ago. If you
search on YouTube for Arkansas And Missouri Railroad Memorial Day Troop
Train, you get to see me operating...even with train whistles in the
background.

 SD> Of course, there's two 150' tall trees across the parking lot taunting
 SD> me about putting up a G5RV Junior in between them. <G>

  More like 2 big lightning rods.

Daryl

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