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Ghostvette

11-06-2018 09:22 AM

:hello::hello:

I just got back from 5 days on the road with my 80+ year old parents. We went to Cleveland for a wedding...:ugh2:

The one day I had my sister in the car, I had 3 backseat drivers...:eek: It was all I could do to remember the Madagascar penguins... 'smile and wave, boys, smile and wave'....:shakes head::shakes head:

Not doing that again.... Mom would be all whiny when she couldn't have her McDouble and mocha frappe... I told her that crap was bad for her. Her response was 'I'm 84 years old, I can have what I want... it's only 500 calories'...:icon14::icon14: yeah 500 calories of sugar and fat.... :shakes head::shakes head:

I'm glad they are still around, but I think this is probably the last road trip they need to be doing. Mom wouldn't have got out of the car, if I hadn't stopped every couple of hours for potty stops and to make them walk some... :icon14::icon14:

This afternoon, I'm off to LA for three days... I return Thursday about midnight.... :icon14::icon14:

eastwest2300

11-06-2018 09:55 AM

lil nasty

Ian B

11-06-2018 10:52 AM

Got up at 10am, doing couple of hours on the phone and heading to meet a coworker at Maudie's Too Mexican Rest for lunch before heading to clinic for 1hr training and work till 11p.

Have a good one,

Ian B

BoneZ

11-06-2018 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghostvette (Post 3797113)

I miss LA...

Rusty

11-06-2018 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghostvette (Post 3797112)

A good HF radio will do that in CW (continuous wave, also known as morse code). I had a shelter that had two radios capable of 1000W, it also served as a MARS radio switch (telephone capability). I figured out the CB freqs and could talk to truck drivers anywhere in the US. The shelter was set up about 1/4 mile from a highway and I fried a dude's CB in CW. He was walking on folks and wouldn't let them on the channel. I warned everyone I was going to transmit in CW and told them to clear the channel for 5 minutes. I keyed up the radio while I was standing in the door of the shelter. I saw a semi scream to a stop on the side of the road and a guy bail out, with smoke rolling out of the cab. :rofl2::rofl2: No more problems on that channel... :owned:

Years ago when CB radios was the in thing. I had one with a 300 watt amp in my one truck. Had a roll bar in the bed with 2 KC Highlighter lights on it and a short whip mounted between the lights. With the lights off, the amp on. I would key the mike and the lights would glow. :rofl2:

Rusty

11-06-2018 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghostvette (Post 3797113)

Your mom is 84. Enjoy her. Life is short enough as is. My mom was 88 when she past. She drove me up a wall. But I loved her.

Rusty

11-06-2018 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by BoneZ (Post 3797137)

I miss LA...

I don't. Too many fruits, nuts, and flakes. :rofl2:

BoneZ

11-06-2018 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 3797140)

I don't. Too many fruits, nuts, and flakes. :rofl2:

That's true. I was only there to work though.

Ghostvette

11-06-2018 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 3797139)

Your mom is 84. Enjoy her. Life is short enough as is. My mom was 88 when she past. She drove me up a wall. But I loved her.

I know. It will break my heart when they're gone... :(

Part of my challenge over the last few days is that my younger two sisters are completely clueless when it comes to our parents' health. When my sister that's two years younger than me & I try to point out to the other two the health issues, they say 'well, they can't be that bad'.... or 'you're exaggerating' :icon14::icon14:

Yet, they will be the two that come in, throw the sister that lives there out and sell the house and contents and keep the money..... :mad:

bunk	11-06-2018 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghostvette (Post 3797102)

I thought about it, but decided between firearms, reloading, tools and cars, I had enough expensive hobbies... :rofl2:

The Marines had a microwave radio that was capable of tropospheric scatter, it was great fun to watch the seagulls land on the feed horn and fall to the ground fully cooked.... :ugh2:

We had a problem with our gun system and a system mechanic was working on it in the turret. I was standing over it as he kept mashing the range only radar button to activate. Then he says "oh, the radar isnt working properly. Must be a broken radar guide tube".. 90degree price of tubing that guided the radiation waves. It had a hairline fracture. I look down, right in front of my nuts, the radar guide tube... no wonder I dont have kids..

bunk	11-06-2018 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by BoneZ (Post 3797137)

I miss LA...

Dont... LA is a dump.

BoneZ

11-06-2018 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by bunk (Post 3797149)

Dont... LA is a dump.

Gone down hill has it? I haven't been there in 15 years.

bunk	11-06-2018 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by BoneZ (Post 3797150)

Gone down hill has it? I haven't been there in 15 years.

It really has.. I transferred here from the bay area 15 yrs ago, and it's worse. Down town, you think it was an open air flea market. I've seen 3 homeless pooping in the open in the past 2 months alone...orange county isnt as bad, but getting there.

ZeeingAround

11-06-2018 02:58 PM

Voted. It felt good to try an make a change to the colleges in this state and try and dump a lifer politician.