[NJARC] Today's event at InfoAge

[John Ruccolo]

The Bronx Bombers won, of course. Without looking it up, I think it went seven games.

Dem Bums only beat the Yankees once -- in 1955.


--- On Sun, 10/5/08, Scott Roberts <ng19delta at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Scott Roberts <ng19delta at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [NJARC] Today's event at InfoAge
> To: "New Jersey Antique Radio Club" <njarc at mailman.qth.net>, jr6v6gt at yahoo.com
> Date: Sunday, October 5, 2008, 9:15 PM
> SO who won? Dem bums or de uddah guys?
> 
> Scott
> 
> 
> --- On Sun, 10/5/08, John Ruccolo <jr6v6gt at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: John Ruccolo <jr6v6gt at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: [NJARC] Today's event at InfoAge
> > To: "New Jersey Antique Radio Club"
> <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
> > Date: Sunday, October 5, 2008, 8:04 PM
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> > _______________________________________________
> > Folks,
> > 
> > Today Cub Scout Troop 66 from Edison, NJ came to
> InfoAge
> > for a tour.
> > 
> > One of the great things about working these events is
> how
> > old radios sometimes trigger great old memories for
> people.
> > 
> > There was an older gentlemen in one of the groups
> (probably
> > a grandfather
> > of one of the kids) who was quite intersted in my
> > description of Al Klase's
> > Korean-era R-392 truck receiver. (FYI, this is
> basically a
> > repackaged version of the famous R-390 for vehicle
> use).
> > 
> > He said that he and his buddies were up at 3
> o'clock in
> > the morning in Korea listening to the 1953 World
> Series,
> > sitting outside a Signal Corps truck, which probably
> used
> > these very radios. He said that he and his friends did
> not
> > want to hear the re-broadcast later in the day on
> Armed
> > Forces radio -- they wanted to hear it live.
> > 
> > BTW, the 1953 World Series was between the Yankees and
> the
> > Dodgers. The *Brooklyn* Dodgers, that is.
> > 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > JR
> > 
> > 
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