[Hallicrafters] HCI 20 Meter Net On Mother's Day

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

If Mom will let you, please join us for the Sunday May 11th Hallicrafters
Collectors International 20 meter Net. It will commence with the pre-Net at
12:45 PM EDT, (1645 UTICA) and the Net proper at 1:15 PM EDT, (1715 UTC). The
frequency, (contestors or bust!), will be 14.293 Mhz usb +/- for key clicks,
mike splatter and the sound of the wind howling like a cross-eyed Siamese cat
that sniffed a little too much curdled skim milk and chewed the end of its own
tail off thinking it was a hairy grass snake!  How hard will the west wind be
puffing, over forty mph sustained. The NSW has already issued a high wind alert
for Sunday, being as the 20 mph morning winds are supposed to continuously
increase to over fifty mph by Net time. The tunderstorms moving in will have
winds in excess of seventy mph and golf ball size hail. Well at least the grown
men who beat the snot out of those poor little white balls with dimples might
actually hit a long drive with a tire iron with the assistance of the wind and
make it to the next green in less than a dozen shots without killing the
wetlands by slaying Cat Tails and Water Lilies as they sling mud and mutilated
Analids skyward with their frantic attempts to blast their balls out of the
rough. But one wonders, do they still shout "Fore" when they are hacking hail
stones or do they yell "Get the hail out of the way unless you want to get
stoned!"      	
	
Tell your Mom, or some other woman who is a mother, to have a wonderful day and
treat them to flowers, (preferably real and not paper or plastic), candy (not
that cheap stuff you bought the day after Halloween last year for ten cents a
pound) and dinner at a nice family oriented restaurant without cigar smoke dense
enough to color your gray hair Camel brown! Honor your mother, or if yours has
gone on to Heaven, honor a senior citizen who may be alone and forgotten by
children who are just too busy to be bothered. America is a great country
because of mothers with unfailing courage, quiet and steadfast devotion,
unquestioned love without expectations and a tireless devotion to church,
community and country. This is the true strength that flows like a powerful
quiet river below the surface of the asphalt jungles, grassy meadowlands and
golden fields of wheat. A quiet and unassuming strength that is ever
movingalways in a positive direction. If you do not have a mother to take out to
dinner or to a movie or to simply visit and show your love for, then adopt one
for the day. No greater gift could you give on Mother's Day than companionship. 
               	
	
I hope to hear many many of you later on today. Hmmm. The weather alert just
warbled and I think I need to change my Fruit Of The Looms! A tornado watch
until 6:00 AM EDT. Being as my young grandson is here sleeping, I think I should
remain awake in case conditions worsen. The thunderstorms with this severe
weather are reported to have winds in excess of seventy mph! A great time to set
those plastic bags full of garbage outside that I forgot to do on trash pick up
day! A good gust of wind and the neighbors will have a surprise present in the
morning.  	
	
Duane Fischer, W8DBF 	
NCS: Hallicrafters Collectors International