Recent content by The_Chief

Pinot Noir again. My vino of choice.

That's one benefit of getting new tires at Costco. They included road hazard warranty (which I needed when I picked up a nail), lifetime rotation and balance, and nitrogen. I've found that the nitrogen - if it's actual nitrogen and not just nitrogenated air like most service stations offering it...

I think that's what John Wayne Bobbit did just before he went to bed one night...

How do you make 7 even?

I have a few things ahead of it on the priority list (vacation in the Caribbean and working on my next book), but I hope to take the Technician and General tests at the same time before summer.

Thanks but the Darling Bride actually gifted me an all-access pass to HamRadioPrep.com so I can study for everything at any time.

I'll absolutely go Amateur Extra, no doubt! The Technician level is pretty much a refresher of my career as an electronics guy. The General seems more about the ham bands and operating rules, with which I'm not familiar. I'll take my time, study, practice and be ready when I walk in.

I don't wake up very well, probably because I generally don't sleep very well. That said, I'm an "early to bed, early to rise" sort of person... I'm just waiting for the rest of Franklin's proverb to come true :p

Among my new goals for this year are to finish writing my new book by the end of May; and getting my FCC amateur radio license. I feel ready to pass my Technician exam; but am studying to take, and pass, the General exam at the same time. Accomplishing on both, while still taking care of the...

Finished my coffee, now working on a fruit punch RockStar Pure Zero, trying to get my heart started this early in the morning. "Early Bird Club" my azz..........

We got an HDMI adapter for the VHS player and it works; a great turntable that plays 331/3s, 45s and 78s; a CD/DVD/Blu-ray player and it's all hooked up. I don't have enough cassettes or 8mm film to worry about it. I had found a couple of OLD 8mm reels from a handheld camera I had early in my...