[RVRC] Happy Birthday, Bill! W2CA celebrates another one!

[N2GJ_AMSAT]

You're very welcome, Bill!  Hey, you need a couple of years to catch up to
ME!  <G>  Be well.  73,

GJ

Gerry Jurrens N2GJ
mailto:n2gj at amsat.org


On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Labos, William <William.Labos at pseg.com>wrote:

>  Gerry,
>
> Thank you! I have now hit the big six oh!!! At first when read the last
> line, I saying, gosh that Gerry is a great friend calling me,
>
> “one of the nicest guys I know” then in the same breath he nails me with,
> “and one of my *oldest* ham friends”. What is he
>
> going to call me when I hit 70, one of his most *ancient* ham friends!!!!
> Seriously, thank for the birthday wishes and we do go
>
> back a long way, from St. Peters to Plum St. to Foxwood Drive!!!
>
> Best wishes and 73 to all!!!
>
> Bill
>
> *William J. Labos, PE*
>
> *Asset Reliability Engineer*
>
> *80 Park Plaza MC T-14*
>
> *Newark**, NJ 07101***
>
> *Email: william.labos at pseg.com*
>
> *Phone (973) 430-8224*
>
> *Cell: (973) 610-1500*
>
> *FAX: (973) 242-8740*
>
>
>  ------------------------------
>
> *From:* gjurrens at gmail.com [mailto:gjurrens at gmail.com] *On Behalf Of *
> N2GJ_AMSAT
>
> *Sent:* Friday, September 10, 2010 8:01 AM
> *To:* Labos, William; rvrc at mailman.qth.net
> *Subject:* Happy Birthday, Bill! W2CA celebrates another one!
>
>
>
> I've known Bill Labos since High School (we went to St. Peter High School
> in New Brunswick) where we were founders & members of the SPHS Electronics
> Club! We had a club station call WB2SKY (we called ourselves the "Ham Club
> in the SKY" because we had an entire, abandoned classroom on the top floor
> of the school as our playground.  It had a door that opened to the roof
> where we put antennas!  The nuns had no idea we had copied a master key and
> used it to go in and out onto the roof!  We got a bunch of surplus
> equipment, much of it from the Navy yard in Bayonne (I think). We had a 6
> foot rack, a DX-100, a "portable" 40 meter Navy transceiver, and other
> gems.  We thought we were the cat's meow!  <G>
>
> Bill came to ham radio by way of CB, as so many others have, and one day
> I'll tell you the story about how he stumbled into our hobby by way of an
> on-the-job accident!  It makes for interesting reading.
>
> For now, happy birthday to one of the nicest guys I know, and one of my
> oldest ham friends, ARL FORTY SIX, Bill...may you live long and prosper!
> 73,
>
> GJ
>
> Gerry Jurrens N2GJ
> mailto:n2gj at amsat.org
>