Becoming an adult in the 1980s meant being a little child in the mid-1960s, when women were obsessed with trying to hit the "perfect" measurement: 36-24-36. They would get together for "lunch" at Woolworth's and lunch would be a lettuce leaf with a slice of pineapple on it; a scoop of cottage cheese on that, with a cherry on top; and two slices of Melba toast. That was it... and either a Tab or Fresca to drink.

well i have done so lol

In perhaps a weird sense of irony, antiwar hippie/rocker "Country” Joe McDonald, who performed with his band Country Joe and the Fish, died yesterday at the age of 84 from complications of Parkinson's.

Though I wasn't a big fan, I first heard Country Joe back in the Woodstock days (yes, I owned the album) and most kids I knew could sing along on the chorus (And it's 1, 2, 3 what are we fightin' for, don't tell me I don't give a damn, next stop is Vietnam).

RIP, Mr. McDonald, and thanks for the music. Condolences to your fans, friends, family and loved ones.

It's starting out warm today and is to get into the mid seventies this afternoon. Winds will be in the 10 to 15 range but it's March and Kansas after all. Tomorrow is to be even warmer with temps in the mid eighties with a fair chance of rain.

Red Red Wine - Neil Diamond

When I was "into" 2-way radio is when I really got an understanding of "frequencies"

My radio was an AM/FM/Sideband with a Radio frequency oscillator to dial up every feak one KHz at a time. I used a frequency meter to tell me where I was at when I was off the 23/40 channels of CB band, (27 MHz) I had a radio operator in the Panama Canal Zone ask me if I knew I was on a Government frequency and I tole him yeah I know .... lol ... We talked for a few minutes every morning.

Along with all the bands assigned for usage there is polarity such as the antennas. 360° ground plane antenna and beam antennas which have a vertical side and a horizontal side.

Then things took a radical turn when the digital age came upon us ... Analog was a thing of the past. Digital brought the ability to "trunk" banks and the govt removed the cell phone banks from the 800 band and they were no longer accessible with a crystal scanner. Actually with the progression of the digital radio, the old crystal scanners became obsolete.

Used to be one could monitor police and such until they started moving the frequencies to avoid big ears ....

The city popo here have a very sophisticated radio system that does not allow outsides to hear any transmission from a police unit, the dispatchers office can be heard but car to car and car to dispatch is not accessible.

Most big cities have moved to the "trunking" systems as this allows communications between all agencies in the area.

I filled up the car right after them bombing started, the next week prices were 50¢ a gallon higher !

BBS, (the Harley) runs on premium, guess I will not be riding too much until this is over.

Have I tole tha story of going to Grif's in Houston for St Paddys day one year ?

If you find a 10mm 3/8ths drive socket on a 3/8ths drive ratchet let me know. I misplaced mine awhile back and got no clue where I laid it down at ....

To Love Somebody - Bee Gees

Requiring

Trout.... rainbow please

fish Baked or Fried?

Ok, yesterday the Boss Lady picked up some BBQ chicken plates from the Mason's Lodge.
That turned out to be dinner.
She thought it was good. Me?...I felt it was totally flavorless. No. I take that back. The little onions in the sweet pickles tasted ok.h

New version published 1.1.0:

- Fixed some bugs
- Added french and italian language. Also app available in spanish, english and brazilian.

We appreciate your feedback and any features you see that are missing from the app.

Battery Test – Battery Health & Diagnostics

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sugus.batterytest

also available in my downloader's settings

For the first time, this year, it seems that I noticed that there was still some líght in the sky until after about 6:30, last night. Don't get me wrong here, I like a later sunset and at my age I don't have to be anywhere in the mornings any longer. But back when we had to get the kids out to school, in the dark, was almost as stressful as having a sunset at 5.30 in the evening.

A bit esoteric, perhaps, but I at least found this interesting.

rootabaga said:

I saw a news report that Trump wants to have a hand in naming the successor to Ali Khamenei.

I bet Ben Affleck never in his wildest imagination thought he might get the opportunity to make a sequel to ARGO...

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That is funny, I loved Argo lol.

This is all pretty good, but there's a joke about 8 minutes in that is excellent...but don't tell my wife I said so!