[ETS/PARC List] FW: REMEMBERING W2JIO

[Don WILSON]

Subject: REMEMBERING W2JIO
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 13:05:14 -0400








 


 OLD
TIMERS LIKE ME REMEMBER BOB.

I MET BOB AT HUDSON RADIO IN NEWARK
MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.  THE DAY I MET BOB HE AND HIS MANAGER JOE, I FORGOT JOE'S
CALL, W3 SOMETHING, THEY JUST GOT BACK FROM JOE'S EYE DOCTOR AND JOE SAID
TO BOB, TELL DON WHAT YOU JUST DID.  THE STORY GOES THAT JOE HAD HIS
EYES CHECKED AND WAS READING
THE EYE CHART AND WHEN HE WAS FINISHED BOB ASKED THE DOCTOR IF HE COULD HAVE
HIS EYES CHECKED.  BOB SAT DOWN AND READ THE ENTIRE EYE CHART WITHOUT A
MISTAKE.  THE DOCTOR LOOKED INTO BOB'S EYES AND THRU JOE AND BOB OUT OF HIS
OFFICE.  BOB GUNDERSON WAS BORN BLIND AND HE KNEW THE CHART BEFORE THEY
EVEN WENT INTO THE DOCTORS OFFICE.

 I
STOPPED BY TO SEE BOB ONE DAY AT HIS HOUSE IN OLD BRIDGE
AND THERE HE WAS PUTTING SIDEING UP ON HIS HOUSE, ON A LATTER, YES A
LATTER.   BOB BUILT AN AUDIO LEVELING GAGET USE TO KEEP THE SIDING STRAIT
WHILE HE WAS PUTTING IT UP.  I ALSO REMEMBER BOB USE TO SING LESS WORK FOR
MOTHER ON THE SUNDAY MORNING HORN AND HARDAC TV SHOW, AGAIN MANY, MANY YEARS
AGO.

  LINDA
GUNDERSON BOB'S WIFE, WHAT A GREAT CW OPERATOR.  I SAT DOWN WITH
LINDA ONE DAY AND FOUND OUT SHE WAS SHIP BOAD RADIO OPERATOR.  EXPLAINS
THE GOOD AND FAST CW.

 FYI, I
JUST WONDERED IF ANY OF YOU REMEMBER BOB.

HAVE A GREAT
WEEK.

BEST 73

DON


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