[Drake] Join US And Help Salute America's Veterns

Fri May 22 23:01:45 EDT 2009

Geez oh pete man..   just come out and say it..  stop all this extastential 
blabbering around ..

4 yr 6 mo and 28 days  1967-1971  USAF

we all wrote a blank check,  not knowing how much it might be for...for 
those that got cashed in any form,  bless you ...

mac/mc  w5mc

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com>
To: <drake at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 4:40 PM
Subject: [Drake] Join US And Help Salute America's Veterns

>
>
> As long as it is vintage or you are vintage or you once upon a diode ago
> owned a vintage radio or want to buy your childhood radio dream today or 
> ...
> Hey! If it is not painted with Radium and glows in the dark naturally, 
> join
> us and salute all of those in America, as well as our military 
> compatriots,
> and say thank you to all for keeping America, and this world, free from 
> the
> nightmares of tyrants.
>
> First, and foremost, if you are a Veteran, or the surviving family member 
> of
>
> one, or helped in the defense of our countries freedom in any way, thank
>
> you! Without the saccrifice of countless Veterans we would not be free
>
> and enjoying sunshine, family and fun. Instead of slopping Catsup on a
>
> charcoal burned Koegel frankfurter, but peering around the hand hewn Oak
>
> roof beam looking for the flask of Jim Beam - for medicinal use only - 
> while
>
> trying to cram some black powder and a ball of Lead melted and molded in
>
> what used to be your XYL's teflon coated eight inch browning skillet down
> the barrels of your eight shot shoulder slung Gattling Gun! Not to
> discourage undesirable relatives from showing up to freeload, but to keep
>
> those guys who take a tea and crumbled bread break precisely at noon. Or
>
> when the long dark line on the face of the sun dial points precisely at 
> the
>
> Roman numeral for twelve. Now if TLT + ST + GMT + UTC + CUT + Zulu ... 
> time
>
> standards or zones or local zones unique to a particular area - such as 
> CET
>
> instead of UTC - are not confusing enough, now they have to go and chisel
>
> Roman symbols on the face of an analog sun dial!
>
> Anyway, had we lost the Revolutionary War, well the U.S. Mint would not be
> doing what the U.S. Post
>
> office has not done. Made money! No, not just striking coinage or printing
>
> currency by the U.S. Mints in Philadelphia and Denver today, (San 
> Francisco
>
> strikes only Proof, Mint sets and Commemorative coins nowadays), but
>
> actually making a profit! Something the postal system has not done in over 
> a
>
> Century!
>
> So while you enjoy yourselves this Memorial Weekend, keep in mind the 
> "real"
>
> reason for the time of celebration. Freedom is a word of only seven 
> letters,
>
> but those letters also equal another seven letter word, America! God bless
>
> America and buy a Veteran a drink of his/her choosing! If it is "pure 
> spring
> water", be sure it is not that fine print copyrighted "Spring Water" stuff
> that is in fact municipal filtered water. Or city water run through a
> variety of filters to get rid of the stench of Chlorine, dead fish,
> fermenting frogs etc. Or if nobody present can read that fine print with
> their trifocals, grab a blind dude and have him sniff the top of the water
> jug. Even with plugged sinus passages any blind dude should be able to 
> smell
> those "it ain't really spring water!" scents from ten feet distance
> downwind!
>
> The Saturday HHI 40 meter Net will commence one hour earlier tomorrow,
>
> Saturday May 23rd! The Pre-Net kicks off at 11:30 AM EST/EDT, or 1530 UTC.
>
> The Net proper begins at 12:00 PM EST/EDT, or noon or 1600 UTC. No fanfare
>
> or fireworks, just some adjacent QRM and WX noises. The frequency will be
>
> 7.280 MHZ lsb +/- for key clicks, mike splatter and what sounds like a
>
> motorized movie theater corn popping machine touring my QTH! No such luck!
>
> Just my new neighbors to the East trying to mow that hay field with a gas
>
> powered riding mower that surely must hold the world record for the most
>
> backfires of a four cycle engine during one minute in time! Reminds me of 
> an
>
> old Horse my grandfather had on his farm in northeastern South Dakota 
> named
>
> "Popcorn". You can guess why!
>
> The Sunday HHI 20 meter Net will commence one hour earlier also, begining 
> at
>
> the 11:45 AM EST/EDT, or 15:45 UTC. The frequency will be 14.293 MHZ usb 
> +/-
>
> for key clicks, mike splatter and several special segments about
>
> Hallicrafters and WW2. Things I doubt that most of you have ever heard 
> about
>
> before, so join us, and propagation permitting, hear some history that has
>
> yet to make its way into the history books!
>
> Here is hoping to hear all whole grid load of you tomorrow and on Sunday! 
> If
>
> you do not have time to QSO, just stop by long enough to honk that vintage
>
> horn and blow some CW words of greeting our way. If you are a Veteran,
>
> please tell us! Why? Because I have something here that we would like to
>
> send each of you who helped to make and keep America free.
>
>
>
> Duane, W8DBF
>
>
> Duane Fischer, W8DBF - WPE8CXO
> E-Mail: dfischer at usol.com
>
> Hallicrafters web site: www.w9wze.net
> HHRP web site: hhrp.w9wze.net
>
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