[QCWA] Gutter clip brings back memories!

[jangus at socal.rr.com]

Ernest wrote:

> One day my mother used the car, the hook in the whip was facing 
> forward, and she entered the Joske's parking lot in downtown
> San Antonio, TX. Before they could get her stopped, she had
> pulled down most of the overhead strings of lights in the
> parking lot. They used two wires with sockets every 10-15 feet
> at about 10 or 12 feet off the ground for night lighting. Brings 
> back fond memories of simpler days, before the underground
> parking garages, and large mall parking lots.


Heh, that brought back a couple of memories...

(1) Driving into the parking structure at Hughes Aircraft with an
HF antenna I forgot to fold over. I knocked out sevreal dozen
flourescent lights before I figured out what was going on.

(2) Non-radio related. I was driving a tow truck for a friend and
we had fit inside the parking structure just fine on the way in.
However, on the way out, with the boom up (and a 65 Ford Falcon
attached) I hit one of the exposed sewer lines. Funny thing, the
people at Clean Steel INSISTED that I hose off the car before they
would let me in the yard with it.

Jeff
wa6fwi