On Monday 17 June 2013 08:50:44 Ed Nisley did opine: > On 06/16/2013 01:24 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > "Coyote" being the handle I'd been using since about 1962. > > Ah, now, were you kye-OH-tee or COY-ote? > I pronounced it like we did in the S.D. hills, Ky-yot with a long o.
> I have an amateur radio in the van, but discovered I don't have enough > brainpower to drive and talk at the same time. Heck, I can barely drive > and *listen* at the same time. That wasn't a huge problem for me, and if I replaced the mike with one of the shacks $12 electret pencils, very little distraction. The std mikes you have to palm and squeeze were far more work. I could park the end of the pencil on the point of my chin & it went where ever my head was looking. And it sounded better by far. As my hearing fades, a cell phone is 100's of time more distraction because an eighth of an inch misplaced on your ear puts the thing they call a speaker out of reach of my hearing, a huge distraction. If it rings when I'm driving, I never even reach for it. They can leave a voice mail or hang up. Since 99.9% of the time, its the DW, wondering whats keeping me when I went out for din-din, 90% of the time I just let the voice mails expire of old age. I carry that thing for in case the vehicle decides it won't go, I can yell for help. Haven't had to in the years since I retired, but... My 99 GMC is pretty rusted out these days, I bought it with 55k miles on it, looked show room new then, made it to 113k miles before it filled the pan with several gallons of antifreeze, so I put a rebuilt long block in it last year, about $2600, but its still running on the same fresh tires that were on it then. But they are about done now, so I'll either trade up, or spend another 2G's for another set like those if I can find them. IMO, 60k+ miles on a set of tires that have never even been rotated, on a 4WD vehicle is phenomenally good, but they'll hydroplane in a downpour if I don't pay attention. Since the Toy is 4wd too, I'll probably trade up, for a long box & topper & regular cab 2wd. The king cab is nice for keeping stuff dry, but isn't an adult sized body hauler, which I don't need, and the short box is a PIMA when hauling construction stuff. Today, my living doesn't depend on going when most folks would hibernate, I can't really justify the 4wd. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! My views <http://www.armchairpatriot.com/What%20Has%20America%20Become.shtml> You scratch my tape, and I'll scratch yours. A pen in the hand of this president is far more dangerous than 200 million guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
