On 15 Jul 2003 03:04:32 -0700, (Steve Robeson, K4CAP)
wrote:

(Len Over 21) wrote in message
...

Get real. Any astronaut is required to perform many, many tasks as
part of their job...and that job is to be space crewfolk first, not "hams."
Getting a no-code tech ham license is an easy task for them...do it
once and a federal merit badge callsign is theirs to keep for a decade
plus two or a shuttle burns up on reentry...whichever comes first.

Oops...that's gonna getcha flamed.

An astronaut/ham's license is renewable for the life of the
astronaut/ham. So is any other ham's license. Once a ham becomes a
silent key, responsibility for licensing him or her passes to a higher
authority (who is a ham and has just bestowed the ultimate license
upgrade to the newly deceased - the privileges are unparallelled, but
the licensing requirements are rather steep - although no
demonstration of Morse proficiency is required, the written test is
reputed to be a real killer). However, the reference to shuttles
burning up on reentry was a poor choice of words.

73 DE John, KC2HMZ

How Ugly Can One Creep Be?
 

In article ,
(Steamy the Garbage Man) wrote in a fit of distemper:

(Len Over 21) wrote in message
...

Get real. Any astronaut is required to perform many, many tasks as
part of their job...and that job is to be space crewfolk first, not
"hams."
Getting a no-code tech ham license is an easy task for them...do it
once and a federal merit badge callsign is theirs to keep for a decade
plus two or a shuttle burns up on reentry...whichever comes first.

Leonard H Anderson, you are truly one of the most callous,
cowardly and unrepetantly ugly people to ever enter USENET or any
other public forum.

Gosh, you'd better write AOL post-haste and have me banished!

HOW DISGUSTING can one human being be...?!?!

Now now, quit looking in the mirror when posting, okay?

What a piece of work. Truly deserving of every ugly epithet I
can think to "laud" you with and more. There hasn't been a prfanity
created to adequately "describe" just how cold and disgusting that
comment was.

Go for it, garbageman. Exhaust your entire collection of epithets
and cursewords. It may do you good psychologically...you surely
aren't getting any professional help on your distemper tantrums.

"Scumbag" is an understatment. "Putz" only scratches the top.

Oy gevalt! Dey got a shtetl in TN? :-)

You try to embellish your own "reputation" on the graves of
American KIA's, then you completely disgrace and humilate the graves
of seven men and women who, regardless of nationality, died what can
only be assumed to have been a horrific death in the pursuit of
science

Tsk, tsk, tsk. No end to your hatred and disgust, is there?

What an utterly foul, irrelevent and truly puny shadow of a human
being you are. When YOUR death comes, I can only hope that, unlike
those seven brave souls, that it is long, lingering and painful, and
that you remain sufficiently aware of your circumstances to appreciate
it all.

Creep.

There ya go, Dr. Killgore, ER hero and role-model for medical
professionals the world over!

You MUST learn not to stick your hand in the Sharps box so much.

You should take up a nice, restful hobby...maybe stamp collecting.
You can always lick stamps whenever you want...you can't lick your
newsgroup opponents with curses and wishes for death.

Remember that "9 ounces" works both ways...ready on the left?
Ready on the right? Ready on the firing line? You have 20 seconds.

Now take those meds like a good patient...

LHA

In article , ospam
(Extra class Paratransit Operator Sir Larry Roll)
scribbled in a vain attempt at syncophancy:

In article ,
(Steamy Garbageman) writes:

Get real. Any astronaut is required to perform many, many tasks as
part of their job...and that job is to be space crewfolk first, not
"hams."
Getting a no-code tech ham license is an easy task for them...do it
once and a federal merit badge callsign is theirs to keep for a decade
plus two or a shuttle burns up on reentry...whichever comes first.

Leonard H Anderson, you are truly one of the most callous,
cowardly and unrepetantly ugly people to ever enter USENET or any
other public forum.

Lennie:

That WAS totally uncalled for. Your present and future credibility: ZERO.

Poor baby. You don't understand that ALL astronauts have faced that
possibility since manned spaceflight began. That is the unfortunate
REALITY of present-day manned spaceflight.

Well, we know that you can't stand reality.

HOW DISGUSTING can one human being be...?!?!

Steve:

Unfortunately, I think our Lennie has just set a new threshold on
"disgusting."

Yes, failure to love, cherish, honor and obey morse code is terms
for contempt by you, Roll. No problem.

If you see a chance to slam a no-coder by standing on the garbage-
man's shoulders, go for it! [and you did!]

What a piece of work. Truly deserving of every ugly epithet I
can think to "laud" you with and more. There hasn't been a prfanity
created to adequately "describe" just how cold and disgusting that
comment was.

None that can be posted here, anyway.

Why not? Is the mighty morseman offended by those who do not
love, cherish, honor and obey morse code?

If thine eye offend thee, cast it out.


We don't know that the deaths of the Columbia (or Challenge) crews wasn't
long, lingering, and painful. They may have been well conscious long
enough to know they were doomed, and had nothing to do to prevent it.
Unfortunately, wishing the same on Lennie won't do, either. Lennie has
proven himself to be beyond contempt. Don't fall into the same pit he did.

Roll, you large bag of fat wind, you've never worked on ANY space
project, NEVER shook hands with any astronaut and look them in the
eye (I did...John Young is a nice, quiet sort, not very tall...Bob Crippen
is taller, more outgoing...both rode the air-drop Enterprize as well as
the first STS manned spaceflight). They understood the risks they
were taking. By STS 51J the press and public had colored your
thinking such that spaceflight was all just a safe, jolly jaunt in space.
You've never known anything about manned spaceflight so you project
your fantasies as if they were final judgement. You know NOTHING
about any high-tech human endeavor.

You want very much to "identify" with things you've never participated
in, talk about it like you were really "there" but you never were. You've
never done any military 24/7 radio communications nor any civilian
professional radio communications and you feel "superior" in both
morals and ethics over all "no-coders."

If you want to be a syncophant to the Garbageman, go right ahead.
When anyone wants an ideal role-model for the US Amateur Extra
radio amateur, they can always go to you or the Garbageman. :-)

LHA

Radio Amateur KC2HMZ wrote in message . ..

However, the reference to shuttles
burning up on reentry was a poor choice of words.

You have to understand the liar behind the postings, John.
Leonard H Anderson is one of the most prolific, hateful, spite-filled
pathological liars to ever darken USENET.

That he can even consider, let alone publish, the hateful and
just plain mean-spirited trash he just let out and then try to
"justify" it in some Morse Code related rhetoric is absoulety
shameful.

I thought his attempts to embellish his Army "career" record by
assosciating himself with Soldiers who died 3 years before he was even
sworn in was disgusting.

Lennie puts the "scum" in scumbag, that's for sure.

73

Steve, K4YZ

In article , Radio Amateur KC2HMZ
writes:

An astronaut/ham's license is renewable for the life of the
astronaut/ham. So is any other ham's license. Once a ham becomes a
silent key, responsibility for licensing him or her passes to a higher
authority (who is a ham and has just bestowed the ultimate license
upgrade to the newly deceased - the privileges are unparallelled, but
the licensing requirements are rather steep - although no
demonstration of Morse proficiency is required, the written test is
reputed to be a real killer). However, the reference to shuttles
burning up on reentry was a poor choice of words.

As to your last sentence, John, you would be right only in discounting
certain individuals in here.

This thread got started by one who is obsessed with throwing any kind
of garbage at myself for the slightest reason...or as manufactured
garbage through the use of inference, misdirection, or outright
malicious quoting out of context.

As one who has been IN the aerospace industry and actually worked
ON spaceflight hardware (including man-rated), I'm in the category of
ardent fans of the overall effort and certain honor the men and women
who have been chosen as astronauts...and cosmonauts.

A problem with the ordinary public is that they consider space flight
"safe," just like a long plane ride. It is most definitely NOT so. Every
single manned flight is a high-risk activity. That it has appeared safe
for many successful flights is due largely to thousands of non-astronauts
who did the engineering, design, fabrication of the vehicles and payloads.
The public is largely ignorant of them...at best only knowing the ones
around consoles at the MSFC Mission Control room.

Still, each and every space flight is not without risk today. The tragedy
of Columbia proved that very unfortunately. Back when Grissom, White,
and Chaffee lost their lives in a ground capsule test fire for Apollo, I was
working on unmanned space flight payloads...every single one of us in
the clean room were saddened on hearing of the event. At that same
facility earlier, some of us saw the unedited film of the Gemini-Agena
docking flight, the one where a stuck-open manuevering thruster caused
a high-rate double degree of freedom rolling. Command pilot Neil
Armstrong managed to shut it down, but not before the roll rate had
gotten very severe. Armstrong and David Scott could have perished on
that flight but managed to manuever just enough to splashdown in the
Pacific well away from the intended landing site.

Five astronauts and one cosmonaut (Yuri Gagarin) died in aircraft
flights. "Ordinary" air flight is supposed to be safe...but it is not
without
risk. Of the seven who died in Challenger (STS-51J), few know the
names of the major crew. Judith Resnick is honored by the IEEE
(she was a member) by having her name on an award. It was to be
Judy's second mission in space...also commander Scobee and
specialist Onizuka. Challenger never reached outer space, exploding
a mere 73 seconds after lift-off.

Before you get involved in castigating someone, consider carefully who
started this thread and the manner in which it was written. Like tens of
thousands of others, I honor ALL the names of men and women who
have gone in space...even those who have joined the space endeavor
knowing full well what their risks are.

Leonard H. Anderson
retired (from regular hours) electronic engineer person

In article ,
(Steve Robeson, K4CAP) writes:


How ANY human being with a shred of decency could have made the
disgusting, callous and thoughtless comment Lennie did is beyond me.

Steve:

That is beyond the comprehension of *any* decent human being!

What a creep.

Indeed.

73 de Larry, K3LT

In article ,
(Brian) writes:


There can be no doubt that you experience psychosomatic illness when
you expose yourself to Len's comments. Your reactions are quite
severe. It would be prudent to stop reading them.

Brian:

That's good advice -- and "Kim" could be just as easily substituted for
"Len."

73 de Larry, K3LT

In article ,
(Brian) writes:

Brian:

That's good advice -- and "Kim" could be just as easily substituted for
"Len."

73 de Larry, K3LT

I don't think Mrs Anderson goes that way, nor Kim's husband.

Now, talk about two long-suffering people! Mrs. Anderson and Mr. Walker
surely must be headed for sainthood!

73 de Larry, K3LT

"Larry Roll K3LT" wrote in message
...
In article ,
(Brian) writes:

Brian:

That's good advice -- and "Kim" could be just as easily substituted for
"Len."

73 de Larry, K3LT

I don't think Mrs Anderson goes that way, nor Kim's husband.

Now, talk about two long-suffering people! Mrs. Anderson and Mr. Walker
surely must be headed for sainthood!

73 de Larry, K3LT


Yep, that really looks ham radio related to me, Larry...NOT. Gosh, I didn't
even have to do a search to prove you wrong.

Kim W5TIT


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On 17 Jul 2003 03:51:55 GMT, ospam (Larry Roll K3LT)
wrote:

In article , Radio Amateur KC2HMZ
writes:

However, the reference to shuttles
burning up on reentry was a poor choice of words.


Do you think?

I was trying to be nice about it.

73 DE John, KC2HMZ
I transmit...er, I mean, I think, therefore I am.

On 20 Jul 2003 04:39:06 GMT, ospam (Larry Roll K3LT)
wrote:

John:

I see you live in Tonawanda, NY. I am a former Western New Yorker,
having been raised in the town of Alden. I wonder if you know my good
friend Pete Liaros, K2RSK?

Of course I do, he's very active on the airwaves in this area's 2m/440
repeaters and also operates mobile HF CW to boot. Also a fixture at
hamfests and the odd club meeting, too.

If so, next time you see him or talk to him
on a local repeater, let him know you know me and I'm sure he'll tell
you all about me and how we met on 10-meters over 20 years ago!

You can hook up with him on 40m CW of course, but if you really want
to surprise him, get EchoLink and pop onto the WB2JPQ interlink system
here in western NY. Dick has his 146.835 machine connected to the
Echolink network. That machine's part of a system of linked repeaters
that covers most of this end of the state (from the Pennsylvania line
to well east of Rochester...farther when the temperature inversions
along the south shore of Lake Ontario duct the signals from the
Rochester area machine up into the Watertown area), and Pete is
frequently on one of the linked machines, when he isn't on the BARRA
link system chatting with Ted, WA2HKS.

Whenever I visit in the WNY area, I try to have breakfast with Peter --
pehaps you could join us sometime!

Then there is the matter of that roast beef sandwich you still have
coming...though I suppose if you'd prefer a comparably priced
breakfast...

Shoot for a Tuesday or Wednesday morning. Those are my two days off
work. Other days I work from 5AM to 1:30PM, so unless you're into
eating really late breakfasts, or want to make it lunch instead
(sending us back into roast beef territory)...........

73 DE John, KC2HMZ

In article , Radio Amateur KC2HMZ
writes:

John:

I see you live in Tonawanda, NY. I am a former Western New Yorker,
having been raised in the town of Alden. I wonder if you know my good
friend Pete Liaros, K2RSK?

Of course I do, he's very active on the airwaves in this area's 2m/440
repeaters and also operates mobile HF CW to boot. Also a fixture at
hamfests and the odd club meeting, too.

John:

Yes, indeed. I was one of the first to see the nifty HF antenna mount he
got made for his '94 Mercury Grand Marquis. I think we had breakfast the
day after it was done. I saw him last fall, and he still had that car!

If so, next time you see him or talk to him
on a local repeater, let him know you know me and I'm sure he'll tell
you all about me and how we met on 10-meters over 20 years ago!

You can hook up with him on 40m CW of course, but if you really want
to surprise him, get EchoLink and pop onto the WB2JPQ interlink system
here in western NY. Dick has his 146.835 machine connected to the
Echolink network. That machine's part of a system of linked repeaters
that covers most of this end of the state (from the Pennsylvania line
to well east of Rochester...farther when the temperature inversions
along the south shore of Lake Ontario duct the signals from the
Rochester area machine up into the Watertown area), and Pete is
frequently on one of the linked machines, when he isn't on the BARRA
link system chatting with Ted, WA2HKS.

I'll have to check that EchoLink thing out. All I know about it is how to
spell it. I occasionally E-mail to Pete, but he doesn't seem to read his
mail that often, or reply, for that matter.

Whenever I visit in the WNY area, I try to have breakfast with Peter --
pehaps you could join us sometime!

Then there is the matter of that roast beef sandwich you still have
coming...though I suppose if you'd prefer a comparably priced
breakfast...

Breakfast or lunch, it matters not to me! A Beef on Weck and a glass
of Genny would be a great way to enjoy some ham camaraderie.

Shoot for a Tuesday or Wednesday morning. Those are my two days off
work. Other days I work from 5AM to 1:30PM, so unless you're into
eating really late breakfasts, or want to make it lunch instead
(sending us back into roast beef territory)...........

OK, great. Like I said before, my next visit to the WNY area will
most likely be over the Thanksgiving holiday, if I can manage to take
some personal days off. I've pretty much given up on being home
for Christmas, due to the tendency to be forced to spend an
inordinate amount of time behind the snow blower! If I were to
ever move again, I think I'd just go to various places and walk
around carrying a snow shovel. As soon as someone asked me,
"What the heck is THAT?" -- I'd stop!

73 de Larry, K3LT

On 22 Jul 2003 05:47:23 GMT, ospam (Larry Roll K3LT)
wrote in regards to mutual acquaintance K2RSK

Yes, indeed. I was one of the first to see the nifty HF antenna mount he
got made for his '94 Mercury Grand Marquis. I think we had breakfast the
day after it was done. I saw him last fall, and he still had that car!

Last time I saw him (this summer) he was driving it down I-290 East
just before the I-90 split, chatting with someone on the WNYDXA
repeater and wondering who he'd just passed with four antennas on top
of a van (which was me). :-)

I'll have to check that EchoLink thing out. All I know about it is how to
spell it. I occasionally E-mail to Pete, but he doesn't seem to read his
mail that often, or reply, for that matter.

John Taylor, K1RFD, created it. Its use is limited to licensed radio
amateurs only. You can download it, entirely for free, at the
following website:

http://www.echolink.org

Echolink uses voice-over-IP. You can use your computer and Internet
connection to get a repeater anywhere in the world if that repeater is
linked in via the Internet. Ham stations, including repeaters in
different parts of the world can be linked via Echolink as well. As an
example, I've talked to a ham in California using my 2m mobile rig
while driving downthe road here in New York. The repeater I was on was
connected to Echolink at the time, and so was the repeater in
California that the other ham was using.

You can also set up a link on your station at home (on a simplex
frequency) and use your handheld to access the link.

You might expect no-code Techs to gravitate to this as a means of
contacting DX without HF privileges - and they do - but many longtime
hams with HF privileges use it too, particularly guys that have
retired and moved away and use Echolink to keep in touch with the
locals from "back home" - especially true of guys who are now living
in condos down in Florida and aren't permitted to erect HF antennas.

Breakfast or lunch, it matters not to me! A Beef on Weck and a glass
of Genny would be a great way to enjoy some ham camaraderie.

I might opt for a soft drink instead of the Genny, but other than that
it sounds good to me. Be sure and let me know ahead of time next time
you plan to head up this way, and we'll plan a get-together.

(For those not familiar with Western new York culture, Genny is a
locally brewed beer that's quite popular in these here parts)

OK, great. Like I said before, my next visit to the WNY area will
most likely be over the Thanksgiving holiday, if I can manage to take
some personal days off.

Better yet! Gives me a perfect excuse to eat something besides turkey.
I like turkey, but usually have had more than enough of it by
Saturday.

I've pretty much given up on being home
for Christmas, due to the tendency to be forced to spend an
inordinate amount of time behind the snow blower!

Snow blower!? You ain't a "real" Western New Yorker! If you were,
you'd use a shovel like they used to do a hundred years ago. It's
still a perfectly efficient and viable means of snow removal. Anybody
who uses a snow blower is just plain lazy. :-)

If I were to
ever move again, I think I'd just go to various places and walk
around carrying a snow shovel. As soon as someone asked me,
"What the heck is THAT?" -- I'd stop!

Just make sure the guy who asks is a local resident and not some
tourist from somewhere in the Mojave Desert who's just visiting! Or
one of those lazy types who's just interested in clearing the driveway
and has never even owned a shovel like a "real" Western New Yorker.

73 DE John, KC2HMZ

Radio Amateur KC2HMZ wrote in message . ..
On 22 Jul 2003 05:47:23 GMT, ospam (Larry Roll K3LT)

Breakfast or lunch, it matters not to me! A Beef on Weck and a glass
of Genny would be a great way to enjoy some ham camaraderie.

I might opt for a soft drink instead of the Genny, but other than that
it sounds good to me. Be sure and let me know ahead of time next time
you plan to head up this way, and we'll plan a get-together.

(For those not familiar with Western new York culture, Genny is a
locally brewed beer that's quite popular in these here parts)

Rochester, to be exact. Gawd, I miss that stuff. Red hots, beef on a
weck, real wings.....

If you get to Rochester or Syracuse, check out Dinosaur BBQ.

Snow blower!? You ain't a "real" Western New Yorker! If you were,
you'd use a shovel like they used to do a hundred years ago. It's
still a perfectly efficient and viable means of snow removal. Anybody
who uses a snow blower is just plain lazy. :-)

Damn straight. ;-)

I still have and use my shovel from Palmyra/Newark days. Just the
right size for the car trunk, snow slips right off, eay on the back.

If I were to
ever move again, I think I'd just go to various places and walk
around carrying a snow shovel. As soon as someone asked me,
"What the heck is THAT?" -- I'd stop!

Reworking of old Navy story about a sailor with an oar...

Just make sure the guy who asks is a local resident and not some
tourist from somewhere in the Mojave Desert who's just visiting! Or
one of those lazy types who's just interested in clearing the driveway
and has never even owned a shovel like a "real" Western New Yorker.

Ayup. Or who thinks "lake effect" has something to do with a
California basketball team...

73 de Jim, N2EY

N2EY wrote:
Radio Amateur KC2HMZ wrote in message . ..

On 22 Jul 2003 05:47:23 GMT, ospam (Larry Roll K3LT)


Breakfast or lunch, it matters not to me! A Beef on Weck and a glass
of Genny would be a great way to enjoy some ham camaraderie.

I might opt for a soft drink instead of the Genny, but other than that
it sounds good to me. Be sure and let me know ahead of time next time
you plan to head up this way, and we'll plan a get-together.

(For those not familiar with Western new York culture, Genny is a
locally brewed beer that's quite popular in these here parts)


Rochester, to be exact. Gawd, I miss that stuff. Red hots, beef on a
weck, real wings.....

If you get to Rochester or Syracuse, check out Dinosaur BBQ.


Something tells me that I'm stepping into a henway, but what is beef on
a weck?

- Mike KB3EIA -

In article , Mike Coslo writes:

Rochester, to be exact. Gawd, I miss that stuff. Red hots, beef on a
weck, real wings.....

If you get to Rochester or Syracuse, check out Dinosaur BBQ.


Something tells me that I'm stepping into a henway, but what is beef on

a weck?

A truly excellent sandwich. Roast beef on a kemmelweck roll (a type of round
roll properly made only in the region, just as true hoagie rolls are only made
by Amoroso).

--

I may have told this one before, but years ago I was in North Tonawanda as part
of a project for work. February, of course, and of course that particular job
involved lots of time out-of-doors. Some vendors took us to lunch at the place
where wings allegedly were invented. One of the vendors salesfolk made the
mistake of saying "you can't make 'em too hot and spicy for me". The restaurant
staff proved him wrong.

73 de Jim, N2EY

On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 08:08:52 -0400, Mike Coslo wrote:


Something tells me that I'm stepping into a henway, but what is beef on
a weck?

A sandwich consisting of sliced roast beef on a kimmel weck roll. Back
in the days BC (before chicken wings), beef on weck was the delicacy
of choice around here.

73 DE John, KC2HMZ

In article , Mike Coslo writes:


Something tells me that I'm stepping into a henway, but what is beef on

a weck?

Mike:

These days, probably about $4.95, plus drink, tax, and tip. More specifically,
it's thin-sliced roast beef on a Küemmelweck roll. Very tasty with some
extra-sharp horseradish and a nice big dill pickle on the side!

73 de Larry, K3LT

In article , ospam
(Larry Roll K3LT) writes:


Mike:

These days, probably about $4.95, plus drink, tax, and tip. More
specifically,
it's thin-sliced roast beef on a Küemmelweck roll. Very tasty with some
extra-sharp horseradish and a nice big dill pickle on the side!

73 de Larry, K3LT

Note to All:

Sorry, I misspelled "Kümmelweck." If you use the umlaut over the "u,"
the "e" is thereby implied, and is unnecessary.

73 de Larry, K3LT

Radio Amateur KC2HMZ wrote in message . ..
On 26 Jul 2003 02:22:12 GMT, (N2EY) wrote:

I may have told this one before, but years ago I was in North Tonawanda as part
of a project for work. February, of course, and of course that particular job
involved lots of time out-of-doors. Some vendors took us to lunch at the
place where wings allegedly were invented.

North Tonawanda (or just NT to us locals) is my home town. I still
spend more time in NT than in the Township of Tonawanda where I live
now. Assuming they took you to the correct place, that would be the
Anchor Bar on Main Street in Buffalo.

That was the place, as I recall.

One of the vendors salesfolk made the
mistake of saying "you can't make 'em too hot and spicy for me".
The restaurant staff proved him wrong.

...and I'd bet they cackled with glee while he was consuming mass
quantities of whatever available liquid was nearby.

Oyez! We all did. And again about 30 hours later....

They were GOOD, though. Not too hot for me!

73 de Jim, N2EY

And there is nothing stopping you from enjoying the hobby of photography
either! I routinely spend time each week driving around for those perfect
shots. There are other ways to earn money in photography as well. Try
surviellance photography. Try crime/arson scene photography/documentation.
Those are two different ways that I make a little extra income on the side
that definitely helps! And they are definitely fun, and you see some amazing
stuff!


--
Ryan, KC8PMX
FF1-FF2-MFR-(pending NREMT-B!)
--. --- -.. ... .- -. --. . .-.. ... .- .-. . ..-. .. .-. . ..-.
... --. .... - . .-. ...

Brian:

Pity. A degree in Photography from Rochester Tech could have meant
that your nephew could have got something most "photographers" out
there can only dream of: A job as a photographer that pays real money!

I did the "I wanna be a photographer" bit myself for many years -- in
fact,
they were the 14 years when I was whining about code testing requirements
in the ARS. I even had the requisite rubber stamp for the back of my
prints that said, "Lawrence J. Roll, Photographer." I actually did a bit
of
paying work, shooting weddings and high school yearbook headshots for
a studio. I won various prizes in photo contests in my own college and
others in the WNY area. After joining the Air Force, I did 100% of the
photos for my squadron yearbook during my tour in Korea, and later got
to make some actual offical USAF photos when I was stationed at
Andrews. One of my all time favorites is a shot of Pope John Paul II
on his arrival at Andrews for his 1979 visit; he is holding the infant son
of a young Sergeant on the base and his XYL who were there to greet
His Holiness that day. This photo was sent to Rome and I received
a letter of acknowledgement stating that it was placed on display on
some wall somewhere in the Vatican. I also have some amazing
photos of President and Mrs. Reagan on the Andrews flightline as they
walked from the Marine One helicopter to Air Force One prior to
departure on one of their many trips I "worked" as a Special Air Missions
Coordinator. I've got to get those photos copyrighted; they could be
worth a few bucks someday!

73 de Larry, K3LT