On 8 Feb 2007 16:27:11 -0800, "
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From: Leo on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 17:35:00 -0500

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From: Leo on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:03:16 -0500
On 7 Feb 2007 15:29:04 -0800, wrote:
On Feb 7, 4:40?pm, Leo wrote:
On 7 Feb 2007 03:25:23 -0800, wrote:


Leo, I think you realized that I have
seen through your cunning plan,

What cunning plan?

HUSH, Leo! The jig is up...we've been FOUND OUT!!!

Le Grande Conspiracie has been shot down!

Quick, burn all the classified papers, evacuate
the Embassy, then execute Plan B!

Egad! He's on to us! Quick, hide!

I can't run...I have to stay and feed my dog Fideaux
some Alpeaux dog food...


Cranky Spanky seems to think he is "Jim Phelps." Little
does he know that not only will "the Secretary disavow
any knowledge of him" but never knew him in the first
place and doesn't have ANY tape that self-destructs in
five seconds! :-)

cue theme from "Mission Impopsicle"

...for a guy who supposedly made it all the way to a Masters degree,
he seems to have a great deal of trouble thinking 'outside the box'.

He hasn't been able to open it yet.

I believe that you're right!



Leo, I'm debating on whether or not to submit Cranky
as an "unforgettable character I've met" article to
Readers Digest.

I'm afraid that your article would be returned without the $100 cheque
- he's actually quite forgettable....

I agree. :-)

Thought you might!



I've a hunch that it would be too far-out and be
undigestable to the Digest. :-)

As far out as the Moon, I'll bet - say, how far is that, anyway? I
have conflicting figures here from some 'engineer' in this group, who
will remain useless.....

Heh heh heh. Moon? A mere quarter-million miles away, but
saying that off-hand is classified as an ERROR and MISTAKE
to Cranky. He gonna do da Spanky and demand 6-digit
absolute numbers or have me taken out and shot for making
a MISTAKE!

If we're lucky, he won't recalculate that by himself. It took weeks
to wash the crap out of the newsgroup after he did that the first
time!


Nah, Cranky no be wrong. Ever. "CB" radio (as all know
it today) on 11m was authorized in the USA in 1958. It
was in all the electronics trade papers and Regulations of
our FCC. In 1958 little Cranky was just beginning to read,
but might have reached 13 WPM level in morse code...

A stellar accomplishment, by any measure, that!


The ****y pedant is correct in saying CLASS A and CLASS B
Citizens Band radio existed prior to 1958 but that was
above 400 MHz and never became a market best-seller. The
11m Citizens Band here was CLASS C (radio control, now in
our Part 95 regs as "Radio Control Radio Service") and
CLASS D (23 channels of radiotelephone, sharing channel
23 with R-C). The old A and B classes of Citizens Band
were eliminated several years back (maybe decades, exact
date immaterial to normal folks). By the time of
regulation changes to "CB" here, the number of channels
was expanded to 40. Not that THAT helped since there were
at least a million "11m" CB radios in-use here then and
more in various world nations. Hardly anything but
heterodynes. [at least they were 'hetero', it would be
hell if they were 'homodynes'...:-) ]

The A and B classes dies a horrible death because - they were'nt
useable by the target audience. Sure, there were transceivers
available for 450 MHz in 1945 - but they would have cost big bucks,
and been massive beasts as well. (as Ptoooey so aptly points out,
there were handheld units available for these frequencies in the
'50's, but they would have required King Kong's hand to hold them! And
King Kon's wallet to buy them, as well.....) .

But, because there was a regulation in place that said "Citizen's
Band" (regardless of whether it was usable by the "citizens' without
exorbuiant expense and superhuman effort), then CB must have existed
in 1945.

What an idiot! This guy is proof that you shouldn't sign your organ
donor card without reading it very carefully - looks like they came
for his brain a few years early!


Heil on the break-in: "You aren't funny, Leonard!"

I'd suggest taking his word as Gospel on that subject - Dave is an
expert on the subject of "not funny".

But, on the plus side, he can sign his organ donor card any time.

I do find it unusual that the US Diplomatic Corpse did not require
that particular characteristic from their employees! You'd think that
that would be a prerequisite.....


:-)


cue theme from "Moonlight Zone"

...or the theme from 'Trailer Park Boys'

Theme from "Clockwork Yellow"? "2007: A Code Oddity"?

That works too!



Bon chance, mon ami, salute,

La guerre, la guerre....tojours la guerre! snappy salute

Oui. Always the WORD WAR 3 bitter fight waged by
morsemen...

Well, after feeding Fideaux with Alpeaux I might have a
pizza with peppereaunix...? As I eat that I'll read
biographies of Guglielmeaux Marconeaunix and Phileaux
Farnsworth.

Leonardeaux

au revoir pour maintenant, mon ami - voyez-vous bientôt !



73, Leoaux (?)