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August 10th 04, 01:28 PM

(Len Over 21) wrote in message ...
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(William) writes:

(Len Over 21) wrote in message
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In article , Leo

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On 07 Aug 2004 19:53:25 GMT, (Len Over 21) wrote:

I think it was cute that Kellie gave up front porch prom night fun
to rush, rush home to fire up his rig and work the UK instead.

It shows were some priorities lie. :-)

What's the Church of St. Hiram's ruling on THAT, Rev. Jim?

Perhaps it's just me, but I would have been inclined to work the date,
and forgo CW for the evening....ham radio is fun, but hey!......

"Work the date?" Odd phrasing, Leo... :-)

Some of these PCTA seem to have never heard that popular
phrase among young people, "Off like a prom dress!" :-)

But, if one really, Really, REALLY loves "CW" more than anything
else, I suppose it is understandable...but it boggles the mind just
trying to envision it...

LHA / WMD

While writing a monthly weather review for a forward location in the
ROK, I manage to work the following phrase into my report.

"The visibility was up and down like a new bride's pajamas."

So, either no one was reading the reports, or they were somewhat
amused and let it go.

Heh heh. The humor of it failed to "earn respect" from our
resident angryperson. :-)

I'm not suprised. Nothing he does suprises me anymore. It still
scares me, though.

Back when I was in class for my private pilot's license, the
instructor was explaining about old CAA weather reports and
how they were sent every half hour. If there was significant
change in the local weather, a new report would be put on the
TTY tape in between scheduled times. One morning Santa
Barbara (along the coast) was experiencing fog that came and
went many times during several hours. SBA reports were
frequent that morning, three times normal. Finally, the last
TTY read, "The fog she comes in, the fog she goes out."

Instructor had a very beat-up, taped-together printout of the
TTY loop and showed the class. :-)

LHA / WMD

Ha! Good one. Some of that stuff is priceless.

Under basic weather watch, a "Record" observation is required on or
about the hour and to be transmitted longline. After the hourly
record observation, a check on the weather is required every 20
minutes. Changes meeting certain criterion require a "Special"
observation to be transmitted lognline. Smaller changes meeting
"local" requirements are to be sent locally only. FMH1-b covers
weather observations.

When a weather forcaster finds themselves amending their forecast with
every observation, it is known as "chasing observations." No skill
required.

I've seen some interesting PIREPs as well. They get a little out of
control on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.