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For me, you really have to SHOW ME the product BEFORE I will buy it. Let's take it out for a test drive, see it really can run at 210 MPH on the expressway. Its a chance you must be willing to take. I took classes and such before, based on a person's claim that they were the greatest thing since sliced bread. Turned out to be quite an exaggeration. For me, not again. Well, Belle, hopefully it will be a little cooler in the morning. I plan on getting the major work done before 9 AM.

Well Belle, it is NOT raining here. It's darn hot, and I am still enough of a radio fanatic to go out tomorrow in the sweltering heat and try to put some wire up in the air..

Even if the answer is "spiritual understanding" or something like that, there has GOT to be a few details. Whether you are ridiculed or not is irrelevant. Truth stands on its own. If it is truth, it will withstand scrutiny. Let's hear it.

Maybe I'm a newcomer here, but the only thing I observe is the same question being asked, repeatedly. Sometimes sarcastically, sometime with real care and concern. What is the answer?

For the record, I have NEVER heard whatever answer it is. Other than "you'll be 'blessed'" or "you'll be suprised"..

Sounds like a fair, straightforward question, to me..

Raf, a Marvin really should not be THAT tough to produce. Heck, just take Stan, give him a pair of tennis shoes, a broom hat, paint him black in appropriate spots, and we probably couldn't tell the difference between him and the real McCoy.

Absolutely. Staff: Think you have history so "rightly divided"? Go ahead and raise them like this. Wait till you see what they will do to you. With this Nazi belief, the old, the sick, the feeble- are EXPENDABLE. And you WILL be. Look at what "they" did to Mrs. Wierwille.

Eight WPM? Still, that's pretty good. The FCC test only requires five. In these contests, they huff along at about thirty WPM or so. My first time in one of these things I had to listen to what they were sending about ten times or so before I could decipher it. Now I can sit and listen to it like somebody is just talking to me.

Too bad my dad died so young.. I later found out he was in the army, and witnessed a lot of this stuff. Like a lot of the survivors, I think he just wanted to get on with his life, and he didn't make a big deal out of it. Maybe he thought I was too young to understand.. All I knew was for a long time he had a hard time sleeping.

Steve, they still have a linked repeater system here, and through it you can talk to people with a little hand held, from Ohio to Wisconsin. For Field Day, I like the more "primitive" methods- morse code, no repeaters involved. Every year the older modes seem to outperform the newer voice and data modes. I usually make more contacts on morse code, than all of the voice and data contacts by others, combined.

Good point. I know how stupid and embarrassed I was, for even just keeping quiet about this stuff. Some countries have gone to the extreme of outlawing holocaust denial. I don't exactly agree that this is the best route to take, mainly because I still hold to free speech, and think that all it produces is another "martyr" for the cause. but after looking at what its doing to these kids and others, it makes me wonder. I think education is probably the best fix for the problem. Too bad ole Loy and staff stood in the way of that solution.

Midland.

Been thinking about doing one of those living will things.. "In the event of my demise, it is my fervent desire that UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES should my final disposition in any way interfere with Field Day".

Yes Steve, my QTH is Michigan. This is one event that there is absolutely NO balance in my life. I know it is bad, but I have actually told people not to even think of dying for field day. May take a couple of days for me to figure out what to do with you.. Same for me though. I'd want the show to go on!

After we set everything up, we sit down and eat at five or so. There is a lady in the club that is an absolute MASTER at grilling turkey. It is almost unbelievably good.

Well, lets just say that that's another hint.

I will give you a hint on the pictures though. I am not overweight, but am slightly hairy and wear a cap.

Well, the big day has (almost) finally arrived. This is the ham version of Christmas and New Years combined. Thousands of rabidly zealous radio operators this weekend will go out in the woods and public places and see what they can do. Here is a link to some pictures we took of the event a couple of years ago. Be warned, if you are on dial up, you may be waiting a VERY long time for the pictures to load. Field Day 2003 I am in one of the pictures. I'll let you try to figure out who, heh heh. Even President Bush gets involved: Field Day Announcement It can be a competitive event, but the local group I am involved with is in it mostly for the fun.

Only problem is after a while, you run out of closets.

Thanks Raf! :o-->

In all honesty, I think the term "Nazi" is very appropriate. In every way. Why not call it what it is? It looks Nazi, feels Nazi, smells like Nazi, talks like Nazi, it must BE Nazi.

Holy Cow. And this was about a year ago. Can't convince me that this is not a relevant topic. And the idiots WON'T LET UP. They are like a starving dog with a little bit of putrid meat- won't let loose of it until they are stone, cold, dead. In a way, I still can't understand it. What's the appeal of this? If the kids did this within the year, the belief must be still more than alive and well at Der Vey. Some "witness" for the Lord Jesus Christ. Ptooie.

Sure makes more sense than the alternative, "miracles" bringing glory and honor to OUR supposed cleverness.

Yep. In a way, you could say that life for them is looking "Rosie".