03 Jul 09 17:39, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:


 RW>> I think the difference would be that you did things to your 283
 RW>> because you could do them year-round in Lousiana. In Illinois during
 RW>> the winter, you're looking for things to do in-doors. Plus I had a
 RW>> desire to 'know' these things. That didn't change when I moved to
 RW>> Seattle and even when I got to San Diego.

 RN> We also have something you don't -- tropical storms and hurricanes.

Right, instead we had thunderstorms and tornados.

 RN> That kept us indoors when they arrived waiting for the next day so
 RN> they'd be gone.  I heard it rained in Seattle all the time.  Some gal
 RN> I knew there tried to get me to move there and I thanked her for the
 RN> offer, but declined.

For the 4th of July weekend in Seattle, 1966, I had to order oil for the
furnace it got so cold. By Labor Day, I had to buy an AC unit to keep
cool.

 RW>> Like Tom was saying, you can get a 'no-code' HAM license and apply
 RW>> for that callsign thru their 'vanity' program.

 RN> I'm no longer interested in it.  Maybe some day...

I'm not much interested in it anymore either, but I'll retain and renew my
license for as long as I live.

 RW>> That's how it goes sometimes. The old cliche' of 'out of sight, out
 RW>> of mind' applies more than you think.

 RN> Or in this case, "Why should I care?"  That's how they think unless
 RN> they would somehow need you for something.

Yeah, but by then, who needs them?

                R\%/itt

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the victory itself.

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