Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Welcome to Dayton (Partial Hamvention Primer)
Nate, Even though the video is almost 20 minutes in length, I watched it in it's entirety. It was really good. Others on the list should consider viewing it. Although it doesn't pertain to R-B, it sends a clear message of the state of the country. Thanks for sharing it. Don, KD9PT - Original Message - From: Nate Duehr To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 5:14 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Welcome to Dayton (Partial Hamvention Primer) On Mar 21, 2010, at 3:43 PM, wb6dgn wrote: Maybe we'll get Obamacare for autos and we'll all be saved. In the interest of not being kicked off the board, I'll keep my comments on that to myself (even though the last headline I read just made me do a lot of screaming!). I'll just share a video that covers it ... (and no, it's not a political video about healthcare.) Mike Rowe talks about his experiences filming the TV Show Dirty Jobs. http://www.ted.com/talks/mike_rowe_celebrates_dirty_jobs.html Takes a few minutes to get going, but it's great. If more people thought like Mike, they wouldn't need so much... and they'd be happier. -- Nate Duehr, WY0X n...@natetech.com
RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Welcome to Dayton (Partial Hamvention Primer)
Irony mode on C'mon Tom. you've gotta be kiddin'! Somebody with a '6' call complaining about Ohio drivers? Yer killin' me. Lemme go through these by the numbers: 1: Date---un, o-HI-o 2: I believe this refers to Texas 3: I lived there 12 years. in the 80's. can't tell you where any of those were 4: Yep. same as any other military town 5: That's Texas (or Georgia) again! 6: Pretty much 7/8: That describes the entire Midwest! 9: Texas again! 10: True. Same holds true for I-70 Westbound. The close you get to Indy, the higher the speeds. 11: Good advice anywhere in the U.S. these days. Ya never know who's packin' a .40 under the seat! 12: Georgia! 13/14: Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, at least! 15: Isn't there a festival EVERY weekend in Dayton?! Irony mode off I sure miss that place (except the snow)! 73, Mike WM4B From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of wb6dgn Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 4:29 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Welcome to Dayton (Partial Hamvention Primer) Agreed to all above BUT what's different from the REST of OHIO? Worst drivers and highest insurance rates I've ever encountered anywhere. That says it all! --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com , skipp025 skipp...@... wrote: You probably have to be somewhat or a local to get some of these, but what the heck. Enjoy and get ready for the Dayton Hamvention just around the corner... s. Visitor's Guide to Dayton, Ohio 1. You must learn to correctly pronounce the city name. It is Date ---uhn, O-hi-o 2. Forget the traffic rules you learned elsewhere. Dayton has its own version of traffic rules - the truck with the loudest exhaust goes next at a 4-way stop. The truck with the biggest tires goes after that. The exception to the above is that blue haired ladies driving anything have the right of way anytime. 3. To find anything in Dayton, it is required that you know where the old Rike's, Rike's Kettering, and Mayor's Jewelers buildings were. 4. The morning rush hour is from 5:00 to 10:00 am. The evening rush hour is from 3:00 to 7:00. Friday's rush hour starts Thursday morning. 5. If you actually stop at a yellow light, you will be rear ended, cussed out and possibly shot. 6. You must know that Woodman Drive, Harshman Road, Turner Road, Shoup Mill and Wright Brothers Parkway are the same road. 7. Construction is a permanent fixture in Dayton. The orange barrels are moved around in the middle of the night to make the next days driving a bit more exciting. 8. Watch carefully for road hazards such as deer, skunks, dogs, barrels, cones, cows, horses, pot holes, cats, pieces of other cars, opossum, truck tires, raccoons, squirrels, rabbits, and crows or vultures feeding on any of these items. Be careful of individuals scouring these items for possible usage as the main entree on their dinner menu. 9 . If someone actually has their turn signal on, wave them to the shoulder immediately to let them know it has been accidentally activated and welcome them to Dayton, because they must be a visitor. 10. The minimum acceptable speed on the Indy speedway (I-675) is 95 mph. Anything less is considered downright sissy. This is Dayton's version of NASCAR and the Indy 500. 11. Never honk at anyone. To do so, invites serious bodily injury. 12. If you are in the left lane, and only going 70 in a 55 zone ... you are considered a road hazard and will receive flashing lights and blaring horns from other drivers.. 13. Ground clearance of at least 12 inches is recommended for city driving. 14. If it's 100 degrees, Thanksgiving must be next weekend. 15. If it's 10 degrees and sleeting/snowing, then there's a Festival going on somewhere in the Dayton area. (If you work at Wright-Patt, there's a 95% chance you'll have a fire drill).
RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Welcome to Dayton (Partial Hamvention Primer)
When I moved to Edwards, CA (Kern County) from Dayton, my insurance doubled. When I moved to Texas, it went up again. Maybe we'll get Obamacare for autos and we'll all be saved. Mike WM4B From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of wb6dgn Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 5:03 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Welcome to Dayton (Partial Hamvention Primer) C'mon Tom. you've gotta be kiddin'! Somebody with a `6' call complaining about Ohio drivers? Mike, I wouldn't have believed it either! My insurance slightly more than DOUBLED when I moved to Ohio from a like sized city in Indiana. My insurance in Ohio was about the SAME rate for my Plymouth Voyager (getting conservative in my old age) as it was for my high performance Corvette (L82) in California a few years before I moved East. Is there a message there somewhere? --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com , Mike Besemer \(WM4B\) mwbese...@... wrote: Irony mode on C'mon Tom. you've gotta be kiddin'! Somebody with a '6' call complaining about Ohio drivers? Yer killin' me. Lemme go through these by the numbers: 1: Date---un, o-HI-o 2: I believe this refers to Texas 3: I lived there 12 years. in the 80's. can't tell you where any of those were 4: Yep. same as any other military town 5: That's Texas (or Georgia) again! 6: Pretty much 7/8: That describes the entire Midwest! 9: Texas again! 10: True. Same holds true for I-70 Westbound. The close you get to Indy, the higher the speeds. 11: Good advice anywhere in the U.S. these days. Ya never know who's packin' a .40 under the seat! 12: Georgia! 13/14: Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, at least! 15: Isn't there a festival EVERY weekend in Dayton?! Irony mode off I sure miss that place (except the snow)! 73, Mike WM4B From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com [mailto:Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of wb6dgn Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 4:29 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Welcome to Dayton (Partial Hamvention Primer) Agreed to all above BUT what's different from the REST of OHIO? Worst drivers and highest insurance rates I've ever encountered anywhere. That says it all! --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com , skipp025 skipp025@ wrote: You probably have to be somewhat or a local to get some of these, but what the heck. Enjoy and get ready for the Dayton Hamvention just around the corner... s. Visitor's Guide to Dayton, Ohio 1. You must learn to correctly pronounce the city name. It is Date ---uhn, O-hi-o 2. Forget the traffic rules you learned elsewhere. Dayton has its own version of traffic rules - the truck with the loudest exhaust goes next at a 4-way stop. The truck with the biggest tires goes after that. The exception to the above is that blue haired ladies driving anything have the right of way anytime. 3. To find anything in Dayton, it is required that you know where the old Rike's, Rike's Kettering, and Mayor's Jewelers buildings were. 4. The morning rush hour is from 5:00 to 10:00 am. The evening rush hour is from 3:00 to 7:00. Friday's rush hour starts Thursday morning. 5. If you actually stop at a yellow light, you will be rear ended, cussed out and possibly shot. 6. You must know that Woodman Drive, Harshman Road, Turner Road, Shoup Mill and Wright Brothers Parkway are the same road. 7. Construction is a permanent fixture in Dayton. The orange barrels are moved around in the middle of the night to make the next days driving a bit more exciting. 8. Watch carefully for road hazards such as deer, skunks, dogs, barrels, cones, cows, horses, pot holes, cats, pieces of other cars, opossum, truck tires, raccoons, squirrels, rabbits, and crows or vultures feeding on any of these items. Be careful of individuals scouring these items for possible usage as the main entree on their dinner menu. 9 . If someone actually has their turn signal on, wave them to the shoulder immediately to let them know it has been accidentally activated and welcome them to Dayton, because they must be a visitor. 10. The minimum acceptable speed on the Indy speedway (I-675) is 95 mph. Anything less is considered downright sissy. This is Dayton's version of NASCAR and the Indy 500. 11. Never honk at anyone. To do so, invites serious bodily injury. 12. If you are in the left lane, and only going 70 in a 55 zone
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Welcome to Dayton (Partial Hamvention Primer)
On Mar 21, 2010, at 3:43 PM, wb6dgn wrote: Maybe we'll get Obamacare for autos and we'll all be saved. In the interest of not being kicked off the board, I'll keep my comments on that to myself (even though the last headline I read just made me do a lot of screaming!). I'll just share a video that covers it ... (and no, it's not a political video about healthcare.) Mike Rowe talks about his experiences filming the TV Show Dirty Jobs. http://www.ted.com/talks/mike_rowe_celebrates_dirty_jobs.html Takes a few minutes to get going, but it's great. If more people thought like Mike, they wouldn't need so much... and they'd be happier. -- Nate Duehr, WY0X n...@natetech.com
