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> Jed Rothwell, it’s over. Back in the late 60s I recall an infamous week which I experienced back when I was still a freshman in high school. It happened during geometry class. I noticed that several students had suddenly started secretly brining in portable pocket radios with ear plugs. After asking around I eventually learned they were listening to a crucial baseball ball game, something like the World Series, or something like that. I dunno. I wasn't keeping track of baseball events all that much. All I knew was that it must have been a really big ball game, and some of the students wanted to listen in to actual play-by-play scenes. I thought it was a little rude of them, but what can I say. I was a nerd, and no one had ever picked me to play ball with them. In any case I concluded that if they were going to bring in pocket radios in order to secretly listen on a baseball game, in the middle of geometry class, I might as well be able to do the same. However, in my case, I wasn't interested in listening to baseball games. I was far more interested in listening to an Apollo launch. A launch was supposed to happen that morning. I remember bringing in my own pocket radio. I popped in my ear bud and promptly sat back to listen to launch events while appearing as if I was listening to the teacher giving geometry lessons. I did notice that there didn’t seem to be any more pocket radios in the class that morning. While listening in I recall a student in front of me turning around and looking at me, and my pocket radio. He seemed to have a rather tired, almost patronizing look on his face as he told me, "Steve, the ball game is over." I don't think he liked the answer I gave him. With appropriate apologies to all baseball fans. Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
