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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

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What did you do at the radio station?

After high school I worked on the technical side building/modifying/maintaining electronic equipment.

Nothing as interesting as that. I ripped copy off a teletype machine and read the news "on the air". I had no qualifications (or knowledge) to do anything technical. I only did that for a month or two. It was a volunteer, no pay job. There was station politics (personnel and egos, not the left right center kind) to contend with and, more importantly, music and bands to play in. It was also DC in the late 60's and there was a lot of other stuff going on. Oh yeah... and classes too. I was not a stellar student.
 
And then there is Bangkok
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I've been in places where every bit of that wire would be missing by tomorrow morning. They use concrete power pole and fence posts because people steal the wooden ones for firewood.
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I've been in places where every bit of that wire would be missing by tomorrow morning. They use concrete power pole and fence posts because people steal the wooden ones for firewood.
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Like a school they were building in Palm Beach County about 30 years ago. The building wiring was finished on a Friday, and they were planning to power it up on Saturday.

Notice that I said "planning." Welp, when they showed up Saturday morning, all of the copper wire had been stripped out.

Apparently, copper recycle prices were really good at the time.

If someone could steal our air, they would.

Also apparently, that's been done before.

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An interesting approach. If the tower is taken out, multiple stations go off air. One complaint about these installations is that they’re a blight on the skyline. As are cell towers. Not in my neighbourhood often comes up when new installations are proposed.

Like many over the air TV transmissions, radio will eventually be replaced with digital fiber optic delivery.
IIRC, this was not a new installation as far as the mast goes, just a new antenna complex on top of it.

I always wondered, what if your hands are very dry. Sometimes touch screens don’t respond to a finger touch, you have to dampen them to get the screen to work.
Sign posted near the table saw: "Alway moisten your hands before use".

I used to think the same thing. But not anymore (sadly). The world is going wireless. 5G cellular will be a game-changer. There's no "last mile" to deal with. No easements required. No trenching. No technicians with vans/trucks driving all over kingdom come. No nada. I would very much prefer fiber to my home, but no one wants that business anymore.

My guess is that, once the world goes completely wireless, sunspot activity will significantly increase and take down wireless networks.

End of my conspiracy theory for today.
Hear! Hear!

AM radio .....

Then we both got fired. Part of my brother's job was bulk erasing the reel-to-reel tapes we used to record the show. Welp, one of the "unmarked" reels contained all of the new jingles for the station (the call letters changed to align with their new FM station)...and there was NO backup. Definitely not our fault, but we were teenagers.

There was station politics....
I was going to ask who didn't mark the tape, but the above could be a potential answer!

What I want to know is why we still use above-ground lines. One thunderstorm, one unlucky tree, and 200 people have to replace the contents of their refrigerators and freezers. They're unsightly, inefficient, there's just so many things wrong with a world of utility poles.
Let's try a new conspiracy plot, one that involves the food manufacturing industry.

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They do have some great food, though.:)


I've been in places where every bit of that wire would be missing by tomorrow morning. They use concrete power pole and fence posts because people steal the wooden ones for firewood.
They do that in Venezuela, too.
 
Completely implies women do not fart in the cubicle and are not polite.
I was looking at something on YT some years ago, and there was an ad in the right-hand column of a cute woman in a frock sitting on the throne and words to the effect that girls don't p**p. It was an ad for something called Poo-Pourri, which one is to spritz on the water before one sits down. It purported to virtually eliminate odor. I know I am a sucker for good advertising, so I had no intention of doing anything, but I found it funny and sent it to Mrs. Tango for her amusement. Next thing I know, we have a bottle of the stuff. It works. No more tears. We'd used it for a couple of years when I told my brother about it during a phone call one day. I'd say he pooh-poohed the whole notion, but that would be too much punishment. But he did. I mentioned his reaction to Mrs. Tango and she said, basically, "Game on!" She had a couple of bottles shipped to his house. Next phone call, he's singing its praises, said his wife had gotten a little purse-sized bottle to carry around, and that my niece was appreciative. Too funny.
 
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I was looking at something on YT some years ago, and there was an ad in the right-hand column of a cute woman in a frock sitting on the throne and words to the effect that girls don't p**p. It was an ad for something called Poo-Pourri, which one is to spritz on the water before one sits down. It purported to virtually eliminate odor. I know I am a sucker for good advertising, so I had no intention of doing anything, but I found it funny and sent it to Mrs. Tango for her amusement. Next thing I know, we have a bottle of the stuff. It works. No more tears. We'd used it for a couple of years when I told my brother about during a phone call one day. I'd say he pooh-poohed the whole notion, but that would be too much punishment. But he did. I mentioned his reaction to Mrs. Tango and she said, basically, "Game on!" She had a couple of bottles shipped to his house. Next phone call, he's singing its praises, said his wife had gotten a little purse-sized bottle to carry around, and that my niece was appreciative. Too funny.

Asparagus hates it.
 
I love cold canned asparagus with a touch of mayonnaise and salt/pepper with my turkey dinner. It's an old Alaskan tradition going back to the 50's when fresh produce was much harder to get in Alaska. Carey prefers roasted asparagus with a bit of lemon but for simplicity she eats canned but without the mayo...
 
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I love cold canned asparagus with a touch of mayonnaise and salt/pepper with my turkey dinner. It's an old Alaskan tradition going back to the 50's when fresh fruit was much harder to get in Alaska. Carey prefers roasted asparagus with a bit of lemon but for simplicity she eats it cold but without the mayo...
See, now, I'd eat the mayo cold w/o the asparagus.:smug:
 
I like asparagus now, but for years I couldn't eat it. It happened while temporarily stationed at the Naval station in Norfolk, Virginia. I filled my cafeteria tray for dinner one day with a compartment full of asparagus. While eating, I slopped some of the asparagus "juice" onto the table. When I was done, I got up and wiped up the spill...AND THE PAINT CAME OFF THE TABLE WITH IT! That was the end of eating asparagus for me for many years. My wife finally got me to try it again (she's an awesome cook) and I'm back on the team asparagus bus. She even fixed me some beets that I like! Now, the only food I won't eat (or even try) is anchovies.
 
How do you like your Carvin combo?

Bought that brand new at least 25-30 years ago and love it. Best investment I ever made. It's been through the wars as a practice amp and gigged with that 18" bottom it's sitting on. I finally had to replace the speaker last year, but it's still cranking. It would still be my favorite except I picked up a GK MB212-ii last year.
 
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