didn't fly there instead of taking Amtrak?? I replied "I want to treata vacation like a Thanksgiving Day meal...savor every bite from the
I don't want to "wolf it down", like I did working
DS >> of the parking lot (I think I've told that story before). :P
I don't think so.
I had been severely nearsighted since elementary school...wearing
glasses since 4th grade. The teacher said that "I couldn't tell time",
and my parents said "He can tell time...he can't see the clock!!".
it was determined I needed cataract surgery.
The no stitch cataract surgery was invented by Dr. Mike McFarland,namesake of the eye center. When it came out, they thought he was
My visual acuity went from 20/2000, with THICK
glasses, and severe nearsightedness...to 20/20 with a little bit of astigmatism,
To this day, I have people ask if I need help getting out of parking
lots, and parking decks...I'll never live it down!! <BG>
But, if you can't laugh at yourself, you have a lot of problems.
didn't fly there instead of taking Amtrak?? I replied "I want to treat JM>a vacation like a Thanksgiving Day meal...savor every bite from the JM>dinner roll to the pumpkin pie.
Good analogy. --swipe--
I have a very bad habit of wolfing down my food as well. At home I
think nothing of it, but when I'm with others I have to keep reminding JM>myself "slow down".
To me food is simply fuel for the body. The reason I'm as happy with a
bowl of corn flakes as with a big juicy steak.
I really liked the line about the seeing eye dog tied to the front
bumper!
When I was 13 my got my first pair of real glasses and could see the
world in focus all the time.
All my life I wore coke bottle lenses and hated them. In my mid 30s
the price of contacts had come down, got them and never looked back. (I JM>do wear glasses once a week while my eyes are "resting" and the contacts JM>being cleaned.
Thankfully I've never had that.
Isn't it strange in medicine (and science) something new comes along
and it pooh-poohed by others then eventually becomes the norm?
Mine were never that bad but do have a bit of stigmatization in one eye.
Once in a while I need readers (esp. if small print) but generally don't.
Then there are times I do and the next time I don't. Or to put it
another way, sometimes I don't need them and sometimes I do. :)
Don't ya love how some people never let you live something down? :)
But, if you can't laugh at yourself, you have a lot of problems.
Ain't it the truth!
Oh, you mentioned being lost in a parking lot. I never consider myself
lost, I'm just on an unexpected side trip. :)
its privileges. <G>Good analogy. --swipe--
I would call you a thief, but since you're the moderator, rank has
bowl of chicken broth in front of her. She growled "What is this
garbage?? I want a steak!!". <G>
front bumper!I really liked the line about the seeing eye dog tied to the
When their eyes glow, as in a photo, they have their bright lightson. <G>
notes "Corrective Lenses". When the woman replied "I've got contacts",
the cop exploded "I don't care who you know!! You're supposed to be
wearing glasses!!". <G>
One woman was lamenting that the man she thought she was going to
marry dealt with Cadillacs -- when he actually said "Cataracts". :P
Good analogy. --swipe--
I would call you a thief, but since you're the moderator, rank has JM>its privileges. <G>
Well then, lets just say borrowed? :)
When their eyes glow, as in a photo, they have their bright lights JM>on. <G>
LOL
When I took an eye test for my license renewal characters were a tad
fuzzy looking in that box. I told the woman I had contacts and a bit JM>dirty that day. She said it made no difference she was marking down I JM>was to wear glasses when driving. Yeah, right, sure.
Like the Asian gentleman whose doctor said he had cataracts and he
replied, Oh no, I have Rincoln.
Sounds lovely, actually.... there have been lots of places I've passedby over the years because of the pressures of time... Dunno as I'll ever
Even your times for meeting up with echo friends can be flexible...just need to be able to contact to adjust the times... ;)
Quoting Joe Mackey to Daryl Stout on 03-29-19 06:30 <=-
I have a very bad habit of wolfing down my food as well. At home I
think nothing of it, but when I'm with others I have to keep reminding myself "slow down".
To me food is simply fuel for the body. The reason I'm as happy
with a bowl of corn flakes as with a big juicy steak.
When I was 13 my got my first pair of real glasses and could see
the world in focus all the time.
All my life I wore coke bottle lenses and hated them. In my mid
30s the price of contacts had come down, got them and never looked
back. (I do wear glasses once a week while my eyes are "resting" and
the contacts being cleaned.
Oh, you mentioned being lost in a parking lot. I never consider
myself lost, I'm just on an unexpected side trip. :)
For a while, I was having to keep up with husband and son, both fast
eaters
My baby brother had similar issues with seeing... he got his first pair
of glasses... and could finally see the stars in the night sky
I don't get lost either... I just explore.... Sometimes intentionally, sometimes less so...
You do have my email...? I think I have yours in my address book...
soon not be wolfing down my food, actually... ;) It's much pleasanter
to eat with appreciation... ;)
One can eat a bowl of cornflakes with appreciation as much as one can a NB>big juicy steak... :) It may be primarily for fuel for the body, but NB>that doesn't mean one can't also take the time to savor it... :)
My baby brother had similar issues with seeing... he got his first pair NB>of glasses... and could finally see the stars in the night sky... and NB>discovered that those big blurs of green were actually highway road
signs with words on them.... <G>
I don't get lost either... I just explore.... Sometimes intentionally, NB>sometimes less so... <G> Afterwards, I'll check it out on the map to
see what might have led me astray, and/or to solidify the better
route that I just found... ;)
(Wonder if we still need to use at instead of @ to keep unwanted people
from getting it?)
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 04-02-19 05:07 <=-
Sounds lovely, actually.... there have been lots of places I've passed
by over the years because of the pressures of time... Dunno as I'll
ever be that way again
My thoughts exactly.
Plus there have been times in the past I wanted a vacation but
either had the time or the money but not both at the same time.
Jumping at the chance now.
Even your times for meeting up with echo friends can be flexible...
just need to be able to contact to adjust the times... ;)
I plan on contacting people en-route with an e-mail such as "Plan on arriving your area on X (day) around x o'clock" and exchanging phone numbers and a place to meet. Usually when about a day or two away
when I am more sure of the day and time.
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 04-03-19 05:16 <=-
For a while, I was having to keep up with husband and son, both fast
eaters
I'm reminded of the old joke where one guy says to another that
eating slowly one eats less. The other guy replies, Yeah, it was like that in my family as well.
My baby brother had similar issues with seeing... he got his first pair
of glasses... and could finally see the stars in the night sky
I remember wearing glasses for the first time and remembering there
were stars in the sky, and coloured blobs were signs, etc.
I don't get lost either... I just explore.... Sometimes intentionally,
sometimes less so...
I recall in '84 I had visited a friend in Erie, saw the Falls and on
the way to Syracuse.
I made a wrong turn in Buffalo at the big traffic circle and was completely lost. I don't remember how many gas stations I stopped to
ask the way back to Rt 20. Everyone, to a man said, "I don't know" or "Never heard of it". After a while I was beginning to think I was in
the Twilight Zone and would spend the rest of my life driving around aimlessly looking for that phantom highway. :)
Needless to say I did eventually find it.
Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 04-03-19 13:00 <=-
I went to the local Pizza Hut buffet today...3 guys at a nearby
table were seeing who could let out the raunchiest belch from their drinks. I just kept quiet, as I used to do that myself.
One can eat a bowl of cornflakes with appreciation as much as one can a
big juicy steak... :) It may be primarily for fuel for the body, but
that doesn't mean one can't also take the time to savor it... :)
That's how I want to do a Thanksgiving Day meal...from the dinner
roll, all the way to the pumpkin pie.
My baby brother had similar issues with seeing... he got his first pair
of glasses... and could finally see the stars in the night sky... and
discovered that those big blurs of green were actually highway road
signs with words on them.... <G>
One of them literally fell off of its signage perch onto Interstate
30, damaging a vehicle, and causing wrecks and a traffic jam.
I don't get lost either... I just explore.... Sometimes intentionally,
sometimes less so... <G> Afterwards, I'll check it out on the map to
see what might have led me astray, and/or to solidify the better
route that I just found... ;)
As long as I don't get lost heading to the kitchen, bedroom, and especially the bathroom, I'll be OK. <G>
in the Twilight Zone and would spend the rest of my life driving around aimlessly looking for that phantom highway. :)"Never heard of it". After a while I was beginning to think I was
duh-dih-duh-dah-duh-dih-duh-dah ;) Probably the locals only knew it
by the street name, not the route number....
Needless to say I did eventually find it.
Obviously, you needed to have had a good map with you.... ;) That was probably already too late to get nice maps from gas stations....
In certain company, that could be considered acceptable behaviour... :)
A particularly good meal for that practice... but it holds true even
with the simpler meals... :)
That's not supposed to happen.... Those are big signs, and supposedly NB>well moored and anchored.... Were there extenuating circumstances...?
I can find those rooms just fine.... it's just that sometimes I forget NB>why I was going there... ;0
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 04-09-19 06:10 <=-
"Never heard of it". After a while I was beginning to think I wasduh-dih-duh-dah-duh-dih-duh-dah ;) Probably the locals only knew it
in the Twilight Zone and would spend the rest of my life driving
around aimlessly looking for that phantom highway. :)
by the street name, not the route number....
Possible.
Needless to say I did eventually find it.Obviously, you needed to have had a good map with you.... ;) That was probably already too late to get nice maps from gas stations....
I had a map, but found I was just a couple of blocks from where I
wanted to be. And yes there were still maps at gas stations but none
had the information I needed.
I recall one time this out-of-towner asked me where such-and-such
was. I gave him directions and we went our separate ways. A few
minutes later I realised, to my horror, I had given him the wrong direction, thinking the place he wanted was another one.
For all I know he may still be driving around trying to find it 35
years later. :)
Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 04-09-19 08:25 <=-
In certain company, that could be considered acceptable behaviour... :)
In some cultures, if you don't belch or fart after a meal, it's
considered an INSULT to the chef!! :P
A particularly good meal for that practice... but it holds true even
with the simpler meals... :)
I'm just on a simple diet...lunch meat sandwiches. Buddig has 90
calorie packs of things like Turkey, Ham, Honey Roasted Turkey, Honey Roasted Ham, Black Forest Ham (my favorite), and some other varieties.
The sodium count per pack is just over 500 milligrams, but the slices
are very thin. I just add mustard and some bacon bits, into the
sandwich (white bread -- the cheapest brand I could find), and it's lunchtime. Admittedly, this limited cuisine does get old, but after all the other bills right now, I can't afford to get fancy on food.
I can find those rooms just fine.... it's just that sometimes I forget
why I was going there... ;0
You and me both. <G>
none had the information I needed.I had a map, but found I was just a couple of blocks from where I
wanted to be. And yes there were still maps at gas stations but
Nothing with the local detail...? Or anyone that could show you, You
Are Here, on a map....
somewhere else by now... :)For all I know he may still be driving around trying to find it 35
years later. :)
I'm sure that by now, he would have given up on it, and be off
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 04-11-19 05:32 <=-
I had a map, but found I was just a couple of blocks from where I wanted to be. And yes there were still maps at gas stations butNothing with the local detail...? Or anyone that could show you, You
none had the information I needed.
Are Here, on a map....
Most of the gas jockeys I spoke to were uniformly rude and gave the impression I was interrupting something important they were doing,
even if it was just leaning against a gas pump.
I've told this story several times over the years and almost to a
person people who have traveled in NY (either city or state) tell me
the same thing, they were told "I don't know".
For all I know he may still be driving around trying to find it 35 years later. :)I'm sure that by now, he would have given up on it, and be off
somewhere else by now... :)
I imagine. :)
Another event in my life, which I think I've mentioned here before,
was when I was around seven or eight.
My father had gone to the court house of a neighbouring town. It
was a hot summer day and I had been given an ice cream cone.
Part way through the ice cream was melting faster than I could eat
it and just tossed it out the open window. I tossed a bit too hard
since it flew through the air landing on the drivers seat of a black
'48 Ford sedan. Suddenly I went from carefree and happy to worried
the owner would return before my father. What seemed like hours passed until my father came back and we left before that driver.
For years when I saw a black '48 Ford sedan I was sure that was the
driver looking for me. :)
the impression I was interrupting something important they were doing,Most of the gas jockeys I spoke to were uniformly rude and gave
That's sad...
I've traveled rather extensively in NYS, and somewhat in NYC... but
perhaps I've been fortunate enough to not need to ask for directions or help.... :)
..Instead of being like the song about Charlie and the MTA... his fatethe man who never returned"... :)
still unknown... "he may ride forever on the streets of Boston, he's
the driver looking for me. :)For years when I saw a black '48 Ford sedan I was sure that was
I'm sure the statute of limitations has expired on that one
... and probably so has the owner of that sedan... ;)
... There's no substitute for incomprehensible good luck.
Quoting Ed Vance to Nancy Backus on 05-04-19 10:11 <=-
I was 16 when the F.C.C. licensed Me as KN4ZIQ.
The ZIQ part means - Zero Intelligence Quotient ( 0.0 I.Q. ) .
Was that your choice, or was it the usual assignment for novices...?
The F.C.C. issued licenses in alphabetically order back in the late 1950's. I knew a Ham who was issued the suffix YXY to his call sign, so
I was fairly sure the call sign I would get would start with a Z, I was hopeing for ZAP but when it came time for the F.C.C. to get to My paperwork ZIQ was next in line to be issued to someone in the Fourth
Call Area so they gave that one to Me.
On my Hallicrafter S38E receiver I would listen to local Hams talking
and some of them had made up interesting Phonetics for their call sign letters, so I tried and tried and tried to figure out some words for
mine.
One night as I was laying in bed, about six months after I got the
license ZERO INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT came to my mind and I stuck with
that until I moved to Indiana which is in the Ninth Call Area, so I
sent a Form to the F.C.C. to Modify my license for that area.
I was issued WA9WSB, Washers, Screws and Bolts is what I choose to use
for phonetics even thought some of my friends wanted Me to use:
We Sell Beer, but that one wasn't to my liking.
In the 1970's I applied for another change of call sign and got W9ODR, which immediately My Ham Friends called Old Dirty Rat and I liked that
one so I use it.
Stay Tuned, Same Time, Same Frequency.
(I remember the old phrase was Same Time, Same Channel - but I never
had a Citizens Band Radio License, so I use the word Frequency instead
of Channel.)
And bbsing isn't quite the same either, not being time-dependent for
connection... ;) But it's the same echo, anyway.... ;)
I can grab a QWK Packet from Mike Powell's Capital City BBS almost any time of Day or Night, except for two time slots when the BBS is getting new mail.
Mike has helped Me learn how to get a QWK Packet using FTP instead of TELNET.
I made a BAT File that calls a FTP Script to do the work of checking
for Mail and I'm only Signed On for less than a minute and then Signed
Off and start Reading, Lurking, Giggling, Replying whatever... to what
I see in the packet.
... ME sane? I don't think so!! ;*)When it comes to being sane I'm NOT with the IN CROWD.
Did You or the Wizard ever use a Commodore 64 or 128 PC?
Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 05-03-19 16:35 <=-
Both of those are truly horrifying... as well as dangerous/lethal
mistakes... I heard of people ending up in fields.... and one couple
found themselves at a gated community where they weren't welcome....
Barry's been wondering about what might happen when GPSs that don't
know about that major bridge rebuild near him try to direct people
onto the old non-existant bridge... and hence right into the river....
If you're depending on an alternate device, rather than your own
resources and common sense, you're asking for trouble. If I was
traveling and driving, I'd go through AAA, and let their Trip Planning Service map out the route for me, with places to see, stay at, etc.
However, since I prefer to travel by train (Amtrak), I map out the
route, and am content to "let someone else do the driving".
That wasn't what she thought you should be doing... I don't use the
things myself... nor do I intend to, ever.... :)
I don't care to, either...and my car (formerly my Mom's) doesn't
have it in there. Plus, if you have one of those in plain sight, you're asking to get your vehicle vandalized for it.
Was the GPS for the train, then...? Or were you in a car (not a train
car) when you were using it....?
I was in the Conductors Cabin (akin to where the Conductor used to
be on a freight train, when they had cabooses)...and it was awfully cramped in there. We were "rolling down the high iron", and during my conversation (QSO), you heard the train sound the horn for an upcoming highway railroad crossing.
One time on Fred Allen's show when he was a guest and Allen went on
and about his frugality. Finally he erupted saying "The writers on
MY show don't make me that cheap!"
Ah, that look, wiggling his cigar and leering when he was about to
say something. Classic.
Comedy isn't like that today. ==sigh==
I'm a big fan of What's My Line and watch a couple of shows a week,
on Sunday of course.
Poor Bennett Cerf. If he were alive today he wouldn't last two
minutes on a stage.
When a pretty girl was trying to stump them he would make some
remark about her looks and if that helped her in whatever she work
she did.
This time of of year its still light out when I turn in.
Of course I'm up around 4.30 or 5.
I'm old fashioned. I print out a free calendar (on the back of
junk mail) and use that for appointments, etc. With a couple of
flips of paper I can see the whole year. Plus I don't have the worry
of a crash or accidentally hitting "delete" and lose everything.
Howdy! Again Daryl,
After leaving the Space Center We learned that was a Convention (not Ham) EV>in town and it took a lot of stops to find a Motel that had a room available
for Us that night.
Huntsville must be a very popular place for groups to gather.
There's Marc and then there's )\/(ark, two different Lewis's in two differen
places.
But there's only ONE JOE!
And ONE YOU!
We Are All Unique!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My feelings as well... and I do go to AAA and get my maps from them, NB>sometimes also getting the TourBook(s) for the region(s) I'm visiting... NB>and I'll sit down with their advisors and plan out my trip, to get the NB>TripTik custom-made to my preferences...
That can work, too... although it's not quite as flexible... :)
Perhaps not as much nowadays, with so many people having them now.... NB>kinda like the car radio, which used to be a prime target for thieves, NB>but now rarely is....
So what was the GPS for, anyway, then....? Or am I still missing NB>something....?
But there's only ONE JOE!
And ONE YOU!
We Are All Unique!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Some of us are more uniquer than others. :)
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 05-07-19 07:56 <=-
The trickiest part of Rochester will be coordinating with Jim... you
might have to hang around for a couple days to connect with both of
us... ;)
I'll leave it up to you to let him know the date and time.
If he misses that's his bad luck. :)
And when do you actually hit the road and start your road trip...?
Monday the 13th.
I pick up my car at 8.30, then load and plan to be on the road
around 10-ish.
First stop is Alexandria, VA to see a couple of old friends, then
the 15th is Gettysburg then Harrisburg that evening. Leave there on
the 17th head toward NYC. (So far those are only rooms I have
reserved. I don't want to arrive somewhere and find there is no room
at the inn. I plan to stay there about two or three days (max) and
staying with a FOAF I've never met. Then on to Syracuse for another
two (max three) days.
I'll know more about my arrival in Rochester
once I get to Syracuse. That way the bands and parade for my arrival
will have a better time, along with city dignities with the speeches of welcome, the mayor giving me the key to city and all the other things
and surprises I'm sure you have planned. :)
Some of us are more uniquer than others. :)
Braggert. <G>
Sounds like the ending from George Orwell's "Animal Farm".
Hmmmm... hopefully I still have his contact info somewhere... ;)
Haven't actually been in contact with him for quite a while now....
Will you be keeping up with the echo while you are on your roadtrip...?
Or will the only way to reach you be by phone....?
Plotting that out on my calendar puts your arrival dangerouslyclose to when I'm going out of town
I remember several years ago, in the Dallas area, there was arash of car break-ins, thefts, etc.
fun for a time, then decided they'd had enough. They pressed abutton, and the doors locked, the windows rolled up, the engine died
missing something....?So what was the GPS for, anyway, then....? Or am I still
Usually it was for us to see where we were on the route.
Some of us are more uniquer than others. :)
Braggert. <G>
I was referring to you. :)
Sounds like the ending from George Orwell's "Animal Farm".
Oink oink.
We had a soft top Jeep on campus a few years the owner had taped to
a window a note reading: "Everything that can be stolen has been
stolen. This car has no radio, speakers", and on and with the list
read and at the end was "But you are happy to look around if you
want". I about laughing over that.
The chief looked at me and said the only time he wanted me in the
back of that car again was I was to be in cuffs. LOL
GPS is also used to track cars that are stolen.
Plus, one can look up a car and see where it is.
Its bad form to sit in the corner when visiting guests playing on
the laptop. :)
I'll drop an e-mail saying something like "I plan to arrive on X
day", following with one saying at such-and-such time asking the best JM>place to meet. I would like to time the meetings around lunch or
early afternoon.
This general principle applies also to Daryl, Ed and Mark (Mike,
Mick, Mork, whoever <g? in Frankfort.
Seems almost everyone on my trip is planning on leaving town when I
plan to be in their area... Hmmm...
I've decided where we'll graze...I just need to know the route you're coming when you get closer,
I'll be on Rt 167, coming from Louisiana. Then continuing NNE to Ed in
New Albany, IN.
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 05-08-19 06:19 <=-
We'll have to figure out meeting place(s)... :)
Plus a time.
I've seen that sort of thing when a state route gets updated and
moved a little... often there are patches of the old road to the
side... some of them actually still in use, and connecting at both
ends, but some just fragments...
We have a state road here, Rt 2, that's north-south, runs mostly
along the Ohio River.
It was one of the first paved highways in WV, in the late '20's and
was brick. In the '40's or '50's it was straightened a bit (it had
gone around farms and such) and made of concrete. Portions of the
old brick road still are in use, as limited access to various places, such as a house that was along the old road.
Huntington once had its own brick works for buildings as well as
streets. We still have brick streets here and there though most are paved with asphalt.
Funny thing. With the slight gaps between the bricks for water run
off they never get a pot hole. A street of concrete or asphalt will. Those that were paved over the hole will go to the brick and stop.
The others with no brick under them have holes deep enough to get
lost in.
Sometimes looking at Mapquest or Google they will showYup... when the map is to a larger scale, a lot more detail can be
something the atlas doesn't mention. I mean, there is only so much room on the page...
added... and places of interest are more likely to show up... :)
One thing I miss are state maps you could find at every gas
station. Those are gone now. Oh I imagine they are still around somewhere, tourist stops and all, but not on every corner like
before. Those often held a a lot of detail.
Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 05-09-19 13:12 <=-
My feelings as well... and I do go to AAA and get my maps from them,
sometimes also getting the TourBook(s) for the region(s) I'm
visiting... and I'll sit down with their advisors and plan out my
trip, to get the TripTik custom-made to my preferences...
I also use their identity theft monitoring, along with one from
Discover Card. I don't have a credit card anymore, but after being the victim of identity theft several years ago, one can't be too careful.
That can work, too... although it's not quite as flexible... :)
Well, not having funding to travel makes it less flexible. :P
If the car "looks like crap", they're not as likely to steal it.
I remember several years ago, in the Dallas area, there was a rash
of car break-ins, thefts, etc. So, the police department rigged up
these real nice cars into "rolling booby traps"...yet, they looked like nothing fancy had been done to them. They'd leave the vehicle in a
high theft area, with keys in the ignition, unlocked, etc. baiting the thieves.
On one TV show, Janice and I were watching it...and the cops were
laughing like mad at the thieves actions. The cops let them have their
fun for a time, then decided they'd had enough. They pressed a button,
and the doors locked, the windows rolled up, the engine died, and as
the car coasted to a stop, the radio blared the theme from
COPS"..."What 'cha gonna do when they come for you??", as police cars pulled up around the vehicle. The thugs were dead to rights...caught in the act!!
So what was the GPS for, anyway, then....? Or am I still missing
something....?
Usually it was for us to see where we were on the route. As we
traveled from central to northwest Arkansas and back, it gave us
updates on traffic, construction, detours (if needed, etc.).
I now use the app from IDriveArkansas.Com -- both on the phone and
the website...checking that before I go out. If I see traffic
snarls, I avoid the area, or delay the trip.
But if you were on a train, what good are those updates....? If you
were driving a vehicle, I understand better.... :)
Warned ahead of time... you'd be able to make other plans, then...
... Love me or leave me... HEY! where is everyone going!
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 05-10-19 07:19 <=-
Hmmmm... hopefully I still have his contact info somewhere... ;)
Haven't actually been in contact with him for quite a while now....
I better drop him another line and remind him.
Will you be keeping up with the echo while you are on your road
trip...?
Off and on.
When I hit NYC and Syracuse I'll probably be too busy.
Its bad form to sit in the corner when visiting guests playing on
the laptop. :)
Once I hit Syracuse I'll have a more definite arrival day and time.
I discovered by accident I can get driving time between cities with Google.
I had been using a ruler and measuring distance, factoring in
speed, and adding time for unexpected events, etc. Then putting that
to paper.
Now I just give from here to there then cut and paste that average
to a text file. So no trying to figure out when the writing is cold "what does this mean?" :)
The only problem is Google uses interstate travel and I want to
avoid them as much as possible. Thus, adding time.
Ex: Driving distance with Google from Syracuse to Rochester is
around 90 minutes. I figure with my speed, road, etc. I'd give
myself two hours to be on the safe side.
Or will the only way to reach you be by phone....?
I'll drop an e-mail saying something like "I plan to arrive on X
day", following with one saying at such-and-such time asking the best place to meet. I would like to time the meetings around lunch or
early afternoon.
This general principle applies also to Daryl, Ed and Mark (Mike,
Mick, Mork, whoever <g? in Frankfort.
Plotting that out on my calendar puts your arrival dangerously
close to when I'm going out of town
Seems almost everyone on my trip is planning on leaving town when I
plan to be in their area... Hmmm...
My dates are subject to change. I may stay two days in NYC and
Syracuse or I may stay three. Instead of one day going up the Hudson
it might be two. Depends on what catches my eye.
I was thinking of adding Waukeegan, IL to my trip to visit the home
town of Jack Benny, my role model in money management. But from what I've read there is really nothing there to see other than a high
school named after him and a statue in a park. I may or may not go there, but that's long after seeing you and Jim.
I'll be on Rt 167, coming from Louisiana. T
OK, you'll be coming up from El Dorado.
(maybe still does) an underlay of the original brick road, with the
trolley tracks that ran in the middle... I'm pretty sure they've taken
out the tracks now... it's all paved over with asphalt anyway....
while to join up if you haven't already... Some years I've paid for my membership just in the maps and trip routing... ;)
I better drop him another line and remind him.
Just got a cc of his reply to you... so now I have both your phone and
his numbers... ;)
Where do you head after Rochester....?
Just grist for your mill... It looks as though either the 22nd (Wed)or the 27th (Memorial Day/Monday) work best for me
I'll be on Rt 167, coming from Louisiana. T
OK, you'll be coming up from El Dorado.
Thanks. Saved as text file.
From there down to Roswell, NM (to visit Daryl's relatives and
generally look for UFO's), on to San Antonio, TX, to LA then up to see JM>Daryl, up to see Ed in IN, then Mark in Frankfort, KY and home. (From JM>Ed's its a straight shot home).
staying at other places along the way or how soon they put my suitcases JM>outside their front door. :)
Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 05-12-19 09:34 <=-
But if you were on a train, what good are those updates....? If you
were driving a vehicle, I understand better.... :)
If I'm "ham radio railroad mobile", I can let folks know where I'm
at...or for my edification, to know where I'm at.
Warned ahead of time... you'd be able to make other plans, then...
Weather, traffic, and construction...3 travel hazards. Hmmm...sounds
like a tagline in the making. <G>
If I'm "ham radio railroad mobile", I can let folks know where I'm at...or for my edification, to know where I'm at.
Ah, ok... :)
Weather, traffic, and construction...3 travel hazards. Hmmm...sounds like a tagline in the making. <G>
Not pithy enough.... <G>
Plus, if I'm going to have a layover in a certain city along the way,
I can alert local hams that I'm there, and they can come down to the
depot to see me.
Plus, if I'm going to have a layover in a certain city along the way, JM>> I can alert local hams that I'm there, and they can come down to the
depot to see me.
Or remember some urgent business out of town. :)
Or remember some urgent business out of town. :)
Or remember some urgent business out of town. :)
Or, keeping with amateur radio tradition, suddenly discover that the local SD>AYCE buffet is having a special that day. ;)
Wonder if you can find these at the boneyard (flea market) at a hamfest?? <G>
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 05-13-19 07:24 <=-
I better drop him another line and remind him.Just got a cc of his reply to you... so now I have both your phone and
his numbers... ;)
I dropped him a note a few days ago but haven't heard anything from
him yet.
Where do you head after Rochester....?
Erie, Pa for a day or two, then on to Farmington Hills, MI (outside Detroit) for a day, then on to Denver.
From there down to Roswell, NM (to visit Daryl's relatives and
generally look for UFO's), on to San Antonio, TX, to LA then up to see Daryl, up to see Ed in IN, then Mark in Frankfort, KY and home. (From Ed's its a straight shot home).
Not to mention expected (and unexpected) side trips.
Just grist for your mill... It looks as though either the 22nd (Wed)
or the 27th (Memorial Day/Monday) work best for me
Ok.
I'm still not sure of the date yet. Depends on how much I enjoy
staying at other places along the way or how soon they put my
suitcases outside their front door. :)
I can give a more definite time and day once I hit Syracuse since Rochester is only about 90 minutes away.
Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 05-15-19 09:38 <=-
If I'm "ham radio railroad mobile", I can let folks know where I'm
at...or for my edification, to know where I'm at.
Ah, ok... :)
Plus, if I'm going to have a layover in a certain city along the
way, I can alert local hams that I'm there, and they can come down to
the depot to see me.
Weather, traffic, and construction...3 travel hazards. Hmmm...sounds
like a tagline in the making. <G>
Not pithy enough.... <G>
OK, how about the one below...shamelessly pilfered from a fellow ham
radio operator??
þ OLX 1.53 þ Dijon Vu: When you feel you've tasted this mustard
before
Plus, if I'm going to have a layover in a certain city along the
way, I can alert local hams that I'm there, and they can come down to the depot to see me.
That is a nice thing, too... :)
þ OLX 1.53 þ Dijon Vu: When you feel you've tasted this mustard
before
I have that one already, I'm sure... :)
... Limburger smells like a cross between skunk juice and hangover breath.
Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 05-20-19 10:53 <=-
Plus, if I'm going to have a layover in a certain city along the
way, I can alert local hams that I'm there, and they can come down to
the depot to see me.
That is a nice thing, too... :)
I saw a Facebook Live video of a ham radio operator on the Southwest Chief, heading into Gallup, New Mexico.
þ OLX 1.53 þ Dijon Vu: When you feel you've tasted this mustard
before
I have that one already, I'm sure... :)
It was new to me.
... Limburger smells like a cross between skunk juice and hangover
breath.
And a few other things we don't like to talk about. :P
I saw a Facebook Live video of a ham radio operator on the Southwest Chief, heading into Gallup, New Mexico.
Was it someone you knew....?
... Deja stew - seriously old leftovers.
Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 05-23-19 07:23 <=-
I saw a Facebook Live video of a ham radio operator on the Southwest
Chief, heading into Gallup, New Mexico.
Was it someone you knew....?
Sure was. His name is Elmer, and the ironic thing is, there is a
term in ham radio, known as "Elmer"...for an individual who teaches, instructs, mentors, a fellow ham radio operator on how to do a certain mode in the hobby. It can be soldering, kit building, net control,
traffic handling, administering exams, setting up a radio or computer program for a certain mode, or any other number of things.
So, Elmer is an Elmer. <G>
However, with the Elmering, once shown what to do, the individual is expected to be able to do the task at hand. The Elmer is NOT there to coddle and help them constantly, every step of the way.
It's the same as "The unwritten rule of Sysoping" in setting up a BBS. Once shown how to do a particular configuration, you're expected to do
it. Otherwise, it's the other Sysop's setup, and not yours.
I heard of one ungrateful Sysop a few years ago, who had another
Sysop set up his BBS for him, but then the Sysop, who did none of the work, took credit for doing it, without giving it to where credit was
due. The Sysop who did the work got his revenge (a dish best served
cold), in working with another Sysop. Apparently, he had been counseled
to "give credit where credit was due" (as I'm a firm believer in such), apparently his pride and his ego wouldn't let him do it.
So, while one Sysop was engaged in chat with this "thief Sysop", the
other Sysop found the guys IP address, went inside his system, and basically wiped out his hard drive. As soon as the ungrateful Sysop
exited chat, his computer crashed big time.
A name that works... ;) My Dad's last name was Elder, and he was an NB>Elder in our church... so he was Elder Elder... What's more, he had
two other (both younger than he) brothers who also were Elders in their NB>churches, so he was the eldest Elder Elder.... :)
Just to mentor, and get them started... :)
Sounds like the mentor Sysop had left some back doors open to get back NB>into the computer itself.... Had the thief sysop done what he should NB>have, to secure his own system, the other couldn't have crashed him, I'd NB>think....
Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 05-30-19 18:12 <=-
Years ago, at a local church, I was responsible for getting the
coffee and donuts for the Single Adult Sunday School Department, which
had their "Sunday School" between the 2 morning church services. The Singles Minister at the time kept saying "My Brother Darrell and the
Other Brother Daryl"...I had no idea what he was talking about.
Then, one night, I stumbled on an episode of The Bob Newhart Show...
"I'm Larry. This is my brother Darrell, and my other brother Daryl.
And, we come bearing unfortunate news. We had a grease fire down at
the restaurant".
Another character (who looked like he had been on The Andy Griffith
Show years ago), asked "A Fire??"...and the reply was "No human casualties. But, all of our major food groups were scorched"!!.
I thought "Oh, no!!".
But, one Sunday morning, I didn't make it there, as I was violently vomiting. I heard that I was cussed out for not being there. Other
issues made me leave that church, but when I tried to return, they
showed me the door. Christians are the only army that buries their wounded.
Sounds like the mentor Sysop had left some back doors open to get
back into the computer itself.... Had the thief sysop done what he
should have, to secure his own system, the other couldn't have
crashed him, I'd think....
Exactly. I'm one who believes giving credit to where credit is due.
This "thief Sysop" was "too prideful" to admit that he had to have
help, and made it look like he did it.
Then, one night, I stumbled on an episode of The Bob Newhart Show... "I'm Larry. This is my brother Darrell, and my other brother Daryl. And, we come bearing unfortunate news. We had a grease fire down at
the restaurant".
Ah...so that's where that came from.... ;)
Another character (who looked like he had been on The Andy Griffith Show years ago), asked "A Fire??"...and the reply was "No human casualties. But, all of our major food groups were scorched"!!.
I thought "Oh, no!!".
A groaner, to be sure....
That church doesn't sound all that Christian to me.... just because NB>someone takes the name doesn't mean that they truly are.... and sadly NB>there are many "churches" like that.... I'm sorry you were burnt by NB>them....
I'm not sure that it totally justifies the mentor Sysop's actions, NB>though.... Sounds like a bad situation all around....
... Good Intentions Paving Company - We did the road to Hell.
Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 06-04-19 11:40 <=-
Then, one night, I stumbled on an episode of The Bob Newhart Show...
"I'm Larry. This is my brother Darrell, and my other brother Daryl.
And, we come bearing unfortunate news. We had a grease fire down at
the restaurant".
Ah...so that's where that came from.... ;)
Yep. I don't know if it's on TV anymore, but you probably can see
reruns on YouTube.
It's as bad as the Fire Marshal noting "something hot came into
contact with something flammable, and that caused the fire in the
church kitchen".
WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CLUE??!! <G>
I'm not sure that it totally justifies the mentor Sysop's actions,
though.... Sounds like a bad situation all around....
It was. All that could've been avoided, if he hadn't been so
prideful. I'm one who will happily give credit to where credit is due.
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