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Presumably a Baeofeng, they are cheap $20 radios that get handed out like candy.
Hope the one you bought is something better.
And there's a lot more to ham radio than cheap dual-band handhelds but that's where a lot of people start these days.
 
Yep, it was a Baofeng UV-5R. I already have the BF-F8HP Pro, which is the next-gen UV-5R. I'll probably end up giving it back to the club so they can gift it to someone else.
 
I was dating a gal that was attending college in a town South of me. I drove down there to see her and we walked from her dorm to the down town pubs and had a couple of beers. Being stupid, I leap frogged over a parking meter and landed half on and half off the curb to the street. That was the most painful twelve or so block walk back to her dorm of my life.
 
The_Chief said:
I woke up to an email from the FCC, issuing my call sign and license. I paid another fee to apply for a vanity call sign... but at least I'm now legal to operate across all amateur bands.
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Great, at least their backlog has long cleared.
You sure didn't waste any time applying for a vanity call. You keeping the same area or changing? That used to not be an option but now it is.
I still have my original call and don't plan to change it.
 
This might not ring true for everyone but it is certainly my opinion. I was meant to work. I love everything about it. The physical demand, the obligation, schedule, the people I work for, and leaving a quality product upon completion of my chore. I go into withdrawal every winter and I feel renewed every spring. All of my life I have traded my time and expertise for money. It isn't the money... It's being needed and pleasing someone with my efforts is what I long for. Retirement may suit some but not being needed eats at my very soul. Damn, I'm glad I made it through another winter of idleness. It felt great to work today.
 
Does anyone else like get pstd duration of an occupation.. i know i do so much i cannor reveal much in the flesh or online..i used to in my blogspot..but i learn to let go..
 
OB, I was forced to retire in 99. Well, didn't actually retire until 2000 because I had a butt load of sick leave. I came home to raising my 2 girls. What I had trouble getting used to was the absence of adults to talk to.
Now, the girls are gone with kids of their own and it's just me and the Boss Lady.
 
PitCarver said:
OB, I was forced to retire in 99. Well, didn't actually retire until 2000 because I had a butt load of sick leave. I came home to raising my 2 girls. What I had trouble getting used to was the absence of adults to talk to.
Now, the girls are gone with kids of their own and it's just me and the Boss Lady.
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Through the years, I made close friends in the construction business. We had a lot of laughs together, shared a few meals together, labored hard together to bring a project in under a deadline and to make the builder we were working for look good to his clients. Within a short span of time, we all retired and communication lines were severed. I miss the interactions with those guys. A couple of the group have passed away... maybe more. Unless you happen upon their obit, there isn't any knowing. It's a shame for they were a great bunch of guys. I worked around some of them for forty to fifty years.

I well understand the void left without that communication you speak of. Though they aren't necessarily friends, the people that I mow for and I have more than a tradesman / customer relationship. I will visit with them thirty or so times a year and I've mowed for most of them decades. I will miss those porch visits when I can no longer physically mow.

Random thought of the day: In my spare time I have mowed an average of thirty lawns a week, for an average of thirty weeks a year, for over thirty years. I've done a lot of grass through the years. 🤣
 
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